
Shepherds Moon was another hit for Enya, soaring to #1 on the UK charts, and cruising into the #17 on the Billboard 200 in America over the week of March 28, 1992. And so it doesn't feel like you've sung five hundred vocals it feels like you've become a part of a song."


It's a process that I enjoy, and you get very, very involved with it. Especially if you'll going to sing maybe five hundred vocals, which I've done on a track. "With the voices, I sing it all in real time, and emotionally this can be quite draining to feel for each vocal.

"Myself and Nicky will combine a lot of keyboard sounds, I then try to play it like it's an instrument, and try to incorporate as much feeling as possible," the singer explained during an interview in 1991. It was the artist's first full-length following the unexpected international success of her second LP, Watermark, and the breakout single, "Orinoco Flow." Like both albums that came before it, Shepherd Moon was created by Enya with collaborators Nicky Ryan and his wife, Roma Ryan. And so it doesn't feel like you've sung five hundred vocals it feels like you've become a part of a song.It was November 4, 1992, when Enya released her third studio album, Shepherd Moons. "With the voices, I sing it all in real-time, and emotionally this can be quite draining to feel for each vocal. "Myself and Nicky will combine a lot of keyboard sounds, I then try to play it like it's an instrument, and try to incorporate as much feeling as possible," Enya explained during an interview in 1991. Their winning combination of Celtic-inspired ambient pop, Beach Boys harmonies and mystical poetry was carried through to the third album which undoubtedly came with a new set of pressures, in light of Watermark's success, but continued the exciting sonic evolution of their enchanting New Age pop. In November 1991, Enya released her first full-length album, Shepherd Moons, following the unexpected international success of her second LP, Watermark, and its breakout single, Orinoco Flow.Īs with her previous two albums, Enya recorded Shepherd Moons in collaboration with producer Nicky Ryan and his wife, lyricist Roma Ryan.
