Shepherd Moons
Album by Enya
Released	November 1991
Recorded	???
Genre	New Age
Length	43 min 09 sec
Record label	Reprise
Producer	Nicky Ryan
Professional reviews
AMG	4.5/5	link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47D1ED847A47E20E0B11A40DEB561F61A8F1AACD83E284541D1B43844C30E79EC40A6D8B1E8B800E203E3FE2FBB5B10D1CAEE52B0DD6C3D3C87EDA6704943&uid=SUB010411010101&sql=10:c69as36ba3xg~T1)
Enya Chronology
Watermark (1988)	Shepherd Moons (1991)	The Memory of Trees (1995)

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Track listing

1. "Shepherd Moons" (Enya, Ryan) - 3:42
2. "Caribbean Blue" (Enya, Ryan) - 3:58
3. "How Can I Keep from Singing?" (Traditional) - 4:23
4. "Ebudæ" (Enya, Ryan) - 1:54
5. "Angeles" (Enya, Ryan) - 3:57
6. "No Holly for Miss Quinn" (Enya, Ryan) - 2:40
7. "Book of Days" (Enya, Ryan) - 2:32¹
8. "Evacuee" (Enya, Ryan) - 3:50
9. "Lothlórien" (Enya, Ryan) - 2:08
10. "Marble Halls" (Traditional) - 3:53
11. "After Ventus" (Enya, Ryan) - 4:05
12. "Smaointe..." (Enya, Ryan) - 6:07

¹ Early editions of the album included a version of this song with Gaelic lyrics. Later editions substituted a new recording with English language lyrics recorded for the soundtrack of the film, Far and Away. Goidelic is one of two major divisions of modern-day Celtic languages (the other being Brythonic). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Far and Away is a 1992 drama film directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. ...

Personnel

• Enya - percussion, keyboards, Vocals
• Andy Duncan - percussion
• Roy Jewitt - clarinet
• Liam O'Flynn - Uillean pipes
• Nicky Ryan - percussion
• Steve Sidwell - cornet

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Production

• Producer: Nicky Ryan
• Executive Producer: Rob Dickins
• Engineers: Gregg Jackman, Nicky Ryan
• Assistant engineer: Robin Barclay
• Mixing: Gregg Jackman, Nicky Ryan
• Arranger: Enya, Nicky Ryan
• Photography: David Scheinmann

Charts

Album

Singles

Awards

Grammy Awards