Enya - your's heart music

Enya was involved in...

At the beginning of her career Enya worked with Clannad and sometimes was involved in creating other singers albums.

Clannad

Crann Ull (1980) - Although not credited on the album, which was released the year she joined the band, Enya contributed some keyboard work and backing vocals.
Fuaim (1982) - Credited under her real name of Eithne Ni Bhraonain, Enya plays keyboards and sings mainly backing vocals, but takes the lead vocal on An tull and has a solo spot on Mhorag 'S Na Horo Gheallaidh.

Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh & Frankie Kennedy "Ceol Aduaidh" (1983)

Credited under her real name of Eithne Ni Bhraonain, Enya plays synthesizer on An Clar Bog Deil. The album was produced by Nicky Ryan. Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh and Frankie Kennedy went on to form the folk band Altan.

Christy Moore "Ordinary Man" (1985)

Recorded at Aigle Studios with Nicky Ryan as one of its engineers. Enya is credited among the musicians (and as one of the album's arrangers) and can be heard singing backing vocals on Sweet Music Roll On, The Diamondtina Drover, and Quiet Desperation. Some of these tracks have also appeared on various Christy Moore compilation albums.

Sinead O'Connor
"The Lion And The Cobra" (1987)

Enya speaks a passage from the Bible (Psalms 91:11-13) in Irish on Never Get Old. The reading was recorded separately and edited into the track, and it was only later that Enya and O'Connor actually met.

Terry Reid "The Driver" (1991)

Recorded at London's Sarm West studios at the same time that the Enya team were there mixing Shepherd Moons, the album features several unaccredited guest artists including a couple of Eagles and Howard Jones. Enya provides a typical multi-tracked backing vocal on The Whole Of The Moon. Any other contributions from her are not obvious.

"Celtic Folk Festival" (1996)

This album features works by various artists including two previously unreleased tracks by Clannad from the period when Enya was a member of the band. Horo Gheallaid and Dulaman were recorded live at the Muziekcentrum Vredenburg Folk Festival at Utrecht, Holland, on 13 February 1982.

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