Only Time: The Collection

Only Time: The Collection
Only Time: The Collection
	Digital edition cover
Box set by Enya
Released	5 November 2002
Recorded	1985–2001
Genre	New-age; celtic;
Length	2:57:58
Label	WEA (Europe); Reprise (US)
Producer	Nicky Ryan
Enya chronology

Only Time: The Collection is a box set from Irish singer, songwriter and musician Enya, released on 5 November 2002 in the United States and on 2 December 2002 in Europe.^[1]^[2] The set contains 51 tracks across four discs that spans her 1987 debut album Enya through her 2002 single "May It Be". A 48-page booklet with liner notes and lyrics by her longtime lyricist Roma Ryan is included. The video of "Oíche Chiúin (Silent Night)" is also included on the fourth disc, the performance comes from the BBC programme Christmas Day in the Morning aired on 25 December 1996 and was recorded at Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin. In addition to this computer playable video, there is also a screensaver in the cover art motif and a slideshow of pictures from the booklet. This release was a limited worldwide release of 200,000, with US sales of over 60,000 copies.^[3] The selection of songs was made by Enya, Nicky and Roma.

Track listing[edit]

Disc one[edit]

No.	Title	Original album	Length
1.	"Watermark"	Watermark	2:24
2.	"Exile"	Watermark	4:20
3.	"Aldebaran"	Enya	3:05
4.	"March of the Celts"	Enya	3:15
5.	"Boadicea"	Enya	3:28
6.	"The Sun in the Stream"	Enya	2:54
7.	"On Your Shore"	Watermark	3:59
8.	"Cursum Perficio"	Watermark	4:06
9.	"Storms in Africa" (original Irish version)	Watermark	4:03
10.	"The Celts"	Enya	2:56
11.	"Miss Clare Remembers"	Watermark	1:59
12.	"I Want Tomorrow"	Enya	4:00
Total length:			40:29

Disc two[edit]

No.	Title	Original album	Length
1.	"Orinoco Flow"	Watermark	4:25
2.	"Ebudæ"	Shepherd Moons	1:53
3.	"River"	Watermark	3:10
4.	"The Longships"	Watermark	3:36
5.	"Na Laetha Geal M'óige"	Watermark	3:54
6.	"Book of Days" (English/Irish lyric)	Shepherd Moons	2:55
7.	"Shepherd Moons"	Shepherd Moons	3:42
8.	"Caribbean Blue"	Shepherd Moons	3:56
9.	"Evacuee"	Shepherd Moons	3:49
10.	"Evening Falls..."	Watermark	3:46
11.	"Lothlórien"	Shepherd Moons	2:06
12.	"Marble Halls"	Shepherd Moons	3:51
Total length:			41:03

Disc three[edit]

No.	Title	Original album	Length
1.	"Afer Ventus^[a]"	Shepherd Moons	4:06
2.	"No Holly for Miss Quinn"	Shepherd Moons	2:40
3.	"The Memory of Trees"	The Memory of Trees	4:18
4.	"Anywhere Is"	The Memory of Trees	3:58
5.	"Athair Ar Neamh"	The Memory of Trees	3:39
6.	"China Roses"	The Memory of Trees	4:47
7.	"How Can I Keep from Singing?"	Shepherd Moons	4:22
8.	"Hope Has a Place"	The Memory of Trees	4:44
9.	"Tea-House Moon"	The Memory of Trees	2:41
10.	"Pax Deorum"	The Memory of Trees	4:58
11.	"Eclipse"	A Box of Dreams	1:33
12.	"Isobella"	A Day Without Rain	4:27
Total length:			46:13

Disc four[edit]

No.	Title	Original album	Length
1.	"Only Time"	A Day Without Rain	3:38
2.	"A Day Without Rain"	A Day Without Rain	2:38
3.	"Song of the Sandman (Lullaby)"	Themes from Calmi Cuori Appassionati	3:40
4.	"Willows on the Water"	A Box of Dreams	3:00
5.	"Wild Child"	A Day Without Rain	3:47
6.	"Flora's Secret"	A Day Without Rain	4:05
7.	"Fallen Embers"	A Day Without Rain	2:29
8.	"Tempus Vernum"	A Day Without Rain	2:24
9.	"Deora Ar Mo Chroí"	A Day Without Rain	2:48
10.	"One by One"	A Day Without Rain	3:53
11.	"The First of Autumn"	A Day Without Rain	3:08
12.	"Lazy Days"	A Day Without Rain	3:43
13.	"May It Be" (single version)	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	3:30
14.	"Oíche Chiúin (Silent Night)"	6 Tracks / The Christmas EP	3:45
15.	"Oíche Chiúin (Silent Night)" (video^[b])		3:45
Total length:			50:13

Notes

^{^[a]} Misspelled as "After Ventus" in track listings
^{^[b]} Courtesy of BBC Television

Personnel[edit]

Credits are adapted from the album's 2002 liner notes.^[4]

Musicians

Enya – vocals, instrumentation
Chris Hughes – African Hand Drums on "Storms in Africa"
Nicky Ryan – Handclaps on "Storms in Africa"

Production

Enya – arranging, mixing, composer
Nicky Ryan – arranging, engineering, mixing, producer
Ross Cullum – engineering, mixing
Roma Ryan – lyrics except "Marble Halls" (Traditional), "How Can I Keep from Singing?" (Traditional) and "Oíche Chiúin (Silent Night)" (Traditional)
Dick Beetham – mastering at Mastering 360, London
Design and Art Direction by Stylorouge
Photography by Simon Fowler at Syon House Middlesex
Styling by Michele Clapton
Hair and make-up by Aran Guest

Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Weekly chart performance for *Only Time: The Collection*
Chart (2003)	Peak position
Dutch Albums (Dutch Album Top 100)^[5]	37
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[2]	93

Release history[edit]

Release dates and formats for *Only Time: The Collection*
Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
United States	5 November 2002	CD	Reprise	^[6]
Europe	2 December 2002	CD	WEA	^[7]

References[edit]

^ "Only Time: The Collection Review by James Christopher Monger". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b "German Charts > Enya". offiziellecharts.de (in German). Retrieved 18 June 2020.
^ "Ask Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
^ Only Time: The Collection (Media notes). Reprise Records. 5 November 2002. 2-49211.
^ "Discografie Enya" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
^
- "Only Time: The Collection Review by James Christopher Monger". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
^
- "German Charts > Enya". offiziellecharts.de (in German). Retrieved 18 June 2020.

External links[edit]

[1] "Only Time: The Collection Review by James Christopher Monger". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 June 2020.

[ger-2] "German Charts > Enya". offiziellecharts.de (in German). Retrieved 18 June 2020.

[3] "Ask Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 18 June 2020.

[linernotes-4] Only Time: The Collection (Media notes). Reprise Records. 5 November 2002. 2-49211.

[5] "Discografie Enya" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 June 2020.

[6] 
"Only Time: The Collection Review by James Christopher Monger". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 June 2020.

[7] "Only Time: The Collection Review by James Christopher Monger". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 June 2020.

[7] 
"German Charts > Enya". offiziellecharts.de (in German). Retrieved 18 June 2020.

[9] "German Charts > Enya". offiziellecharts.de (in German). Retrieved 18 June 2020.

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Discography
Studio albums	Enya Watermark Shepherd Moons The Memory of Trees A Day Without Rain Amarantine And Winter Came... Dark Sky Island
Singles	"Orinoco Flow" "Evening Falls..." "Storms in Africa" "Caribbean Blue" "How Can I Keep from Singing?" "Book of Days" "Marble Halls" "The Celts" "Anywhere Is" "On My Way Home" "Only If..." "Only Time" "Wild Child" "May It Be" "Amarantine" "It's in the Rain" "Trains and Winter Rains" "Echoes in Rain"
Compilations	Paint the Sky with Stars The Very Best of Enya
EPs	Sounds of the Season: The Enya Collection
Box sets	A Box of Dreams Only Time: The Collection
Soundtrack albums	The Frog Prince: The Original Soundtrack Recording Themes from Calmi Cuori Appassionati
Related articles	Clannad Nicky Ryan Roma Ryan Manderley Castle 6433 Enya
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