Only Time: The Collection Tracks
1. Watermark
2. Exile
3. Aldebaran
4. March Of The Celts
5. Boadicea
6. The Sun In The Stream
7. On Your Shore
8. Cursum Perficio
9. Storms In Africa (Original Version)
10. The Celts
11. Miss Clare Remembers
12. I Want Tomorrow
13. Orinoco Flow
14. Ebudae
15. River
16. The Longships
17. Na Laetha Geal M'ÓIge
18. Book Of Days (Original Single Version)
19. Shepherd Moons
20. Caribbean Blue
21. Evacuee
22. Evening Falls
23. LothlÓRien
24. Marble Halls
25. After Ventus
26. No Holly For Miss Quinn
27. The Memory Of Trees
28. Anywhere Is
29. Athair Ar Neamh
30. China Roses
31. How Can I Keep From Singing
32. Hope Has A Place
33. Tea House Moon
34. Pax Deorum
35. Eclipse
36. Isobella
37. Only Time (Original Album Version)
38. A Day Without Rain
39. Song Of The Sandman (Lullaby)
40. Willows On The Water
41. Wild Child (Album Version)
42. Flora's Secret
43. Fallen Embers
44. Tempus Vernum
45. One By One
46. The First Of Autumn
47. Lazy Days
48. May It Be (Single Version)
49. Silent Night
50. Silent Night (CD-ROM video footage from BBC TV performance)
Only Time: The Collection Review
A wonderful gift, this handsomely packaged four-CD box set (purple velvet cover, gold-foil lettering) also serves as an inviting midcareer retrospective of an uncommon vocalist-sonic architect. Only Time: The Collection is a mix-and-match assortment of tracks spanning Enya's first five U.S. releases (including her 1987 debut, The Celts) and embellished with a half-dozen B-sides not found on her previous U.S.-released albums. Chief among them are "May It Be" (from the Lord of the Rings soundtrack); "Isobella," a hushed, slowly evolving beauty formerly available only in Japan; and "Oiche Chiun (Silent Night)." The set's fourth disc is an enhanced CD that includes 1996 video footage of Enya performing "Oiche Chiun" during a BBC special. Also included is a 44-page, tall-format booklet filled with regal artist photos, song lyrics, and commentary on each track written by lyricist Roma Ryan. Some notations are throwaway items. Others are insightful, such as the unfinished lyrics (about lost love) for the instrumental title track to A Day Without Rain. The order is a jumble, usually mixing tracks from two recordings onto one disc. The stylistic difference between her dated 1987 debut and the sophistication of 1988's Watermark makes for some occasionally jarring listening on disc one. On the other hand, the opening sequence on disc three ("After Ventus," "No Holly for Miss Quinn," "The Memory of Trees") is mesmerizing. Overall, nicely done. --Terry Wood
Only Time: The Collection Review
This Collection is the first career spanning collection of Enya's work, gracing 4CDs with 51 tracks. Featuring signature Enya favorites such as 'Orinoco Flow,' 'Only Time,' 'Caribbean Blue,' 'The Celts,' 'Book Of Days,' 'The Memory Of Trees' and much more. Also includes tracks not previously available on any domestic release such as 'Isobella,' 'Book Of Days' (Original Single Version) and 'May It Be' (Single Version). 48 page booklet features liner notes by lyricist Roma Ryan, a discography and archival photos. The 4th disc is enhanced with the previously unreleased performance of 'Silent Night'. The discs are housed in a purple-velvet covered digibook with 40 + page booklet. Reprise. 2002.
