A Day Without Rain

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Not to be confused with A Year Without Rain.
A Day Without Rain
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Studio album by Enya
Released 20 November 2000 (2000-11-20)
Recorded Summer 1998-2000[1]
Genre New age
Length 37:30
Label WEA
Producer Nicky Ryan
Enya chronology
The Memory of Trees
(1995)The Memory of Trees1995		 A Day Without Rain
(2000)		 Amarantine
(2005)Amarantine2005
Singles from A Day Without Rain
  1. "Only Time"
    Released: 20 November 2000
  2. "Wild Child"
    Released: 4 December 2001

A Day Without Rain is the fifth studio album from the Irish musician Enya, released in November 2000 on WEA Records. Three years after the release of her previous album, The Memory of Trees (1995), Enya started work on a new album with lyricist Roma Ryan and producer and arranger Nicky Ryan.

A Day Without Rain received mixed to negative reviews, but it nevertheless became a commercial success worldwide, reaching No. 6 in the UK and No. 2 in the US, where it went on to sell 7 million copies. Its lead single, "Only Time", reached No. 10 in the US after it was identified with the 11 September 2001 attacks through extensive media use. In 2002, the album won a Grammy Award for Best New Age Album. A Day Without Rain became the fifth highest selling album of 2001 and remains Enya's biggest selling album of her career with an estimated 15 million sold worldwide.[2][3] It is the top selling new age album of the 2000s in the US.[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 41/100[5]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3/5 stars[6]
Entertainment Weekly D[7]
Los Angeles Times 3/4 stars[8]
Q 2/5 stars[9]
Rolling Stone 2/5 stars[10]
The Village Voice D−[11]

A Day Without Rain received mixed to negative reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 41, which indicates "mixed or average reviews", based on 8 reviews. Stephen Thompson of The A.V. Club found it too derivative of Enya's previous albums, which he found far superior to A Day Without Rain.[12] In his review for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau panned the album as nonsense, "goopier, more simplistic" than her breakthrough 1988 album Watermark.[11]

In a positive review, Billboard magazine complimented the album's production and said that the more experimental songs such as "Only Time" and "Lazy Days" "not only freshen a musical formula that still works extremely well but also leave the listener happily curious about Enya's next move.[13] People recommended the "masterful" album for a "rainy day" because of Enya's characteristic sound and tranquil mood.[14]

Commercial performance

A Day Without Rain went on to become Enya's biggest selling release of her career and the fifth highest selling album worldwide of 2001.[2] It has sold over 15 million copies.[3] It was the top selling new age album of the 2000s in the US, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[4]

Singles

"Only Time" was first released in November 2000 as a single. It coincided with the release of the album. In 2001, "Only Time" was released again as a remix. The track was remixed by the Swiss American Federation (S.A.F.) (Christian B. and Marc Dold) with a final remix by Enya's producer, Nicky Ryan. Enya donated the earnings from the sale of that single to the Uniform Firefighters Association's Widows' and Children's Fund to help the families of fire fighters in the aftermath of 9/11.[15] The song was also featured in the soundtrack of the motion picture Sweet November. To date, "Only Time" is Enya's biggest solo hit in the United States, where it peaked at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart[16] and #1 on the adult contemporary chart.[17]

Wild Child was released as the second single in Germany, Japan, and Korea, the single was published only on Compact Disc; in the United Kingdom, it was also published on cassette. "Wild Child" was used as the title sequence of the Japanese film Calmi Cuori Appassionati (2001). Eurodance music duo CJ Crew recorded an uptempo dance mix of the song, which appeared on the compilation album Dancemania Speed 10 (2002).[18] The song charted on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and number 10.[19] The B-side to "Wild Child", "Midnight Blue" (originally an instrumental piece which has now been extended and vocals have been added. This version is now the title track from her November 2008 CD And Winter Came....)

Track listings

All lyrics written by Roma Ryan, all music composed by Enya and all songs produced by Nicky Ryan.

CD: WEA / 2 85986 (UK)
No. Title Length
1. "A Day Without Rain" (Instrumental) 2:38
2. "Wild Child"   3:47
3. "Only Time"   3:38
4. "Tempus Vernum"   2:24
5. "Deora Ar Mo Chroí"   2:48
6. "Flora's Secret"   4:07
7. "Fallen Embers"   2:31
8. "Silver Inches" (Instrumental) 1:37
9. "Pilgrim"   3:12
10. "One by One"   3:56
11. "The First of Autumn1"   3:10
12. "Lazy Days2"   3:42
CD: Reprise / 4 47426-2 (US)
No. Title Length
1. "A Day Without Rain" (Instrumental) 2:38
2. "Wild Child"   3:47
3. "Only Time"   3:38
4. "Tempus Vernum"   2:24
5. "Deora Ar Mo Chroí"   2:48
6. "Flora's Secret"   4:07
7. "Fallen Embers"   2:31
8. "Silver Inches" (Instrumental) 1:37
9. "Pilgrim"   3:12
10. "One by One"   3:56
11. "Lazy Days2"   3:42

^1 Included on Australian, Canadian, Mexican, Portuguese, UK and many other releases.
^2 "Lazy Days" is the 11th track on most editions.

Personnel

  • Enya – Instruments (All tracks), Vocals (tracks 2-7, 9-11)
  • Producer: Nicky Ryan
  • Engineer: Nicky Ryan
  • Mixing: Enya, Nicky Ryan
  • Arrangers: Enya, Nicky Ryan
  • Recorded in the digital domain by an analogue brain
  • Design & art direction by Stylorouge
  • Front cover photography by Sheila Rock
  • All other photography by Sheila Rock & Simon Fowler
  • Costume design by The Handsome Foundation
  • Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd
  • Additional strings by Wired Strings (All tracks)
  • Mastered at 360 Mastering by Dick Beetham

Accolades

Grammy Awards

Year Recipient/Nominated work Award Result
2002 A Day Without Rain Best New Age Album[20] Won

Japan Gold Disc Awards

Year Recipient/Nominated work Award Result
2001 A Day Without Rain Best International Pop Albums of the Year[21] Won

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Argentina (CAPIF)[59] Gold 30,000
Australia (ARIA)[60] 3× Platinum 210,000
Austria (IFPI Austria)[61] Platinum 50,000
Belgium (BEA)[62] 2× Platinum 100,000
Brazil (ABPD)[63] Gold 100,000
Canada (Music Canada)[64] 8× Platinum 800,000
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[65] Platinum 50,000
France (SNEP)[66] Gold 100,000
Germany (BVMI)[67] 3× Platinum 900,000
Japan (RIAJ)[68] 4× Platinum 800,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)[69] Gold 75,000
Netherlands (NVPI)[70] 3× Platinum 240,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[71] Platinum 15,000
Poland (ZPAV)[72] Gold 50,000
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[73] 2× Platinum 200,000
Sweden (GLF)[74] Platinum 80,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[75] 2× Platinum 100,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[76] 2× Platinum 600,000
United States (RIAA)[77] 7× Platinum 7,000,000
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[78] 3× Platinum 3,000,000
Worldwide 16,000,000[79]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone
Preceded by
Collection by Tracy Chapman
Fever by Kylie Minogue
 Austrian Chart number-one album
14 October 2001
28 October 2001		 Succeeded by
Fever by Kylie Minogue
Fever by Kylie Minogue
Preceded by
Hits PUR – 20 Jahre eine Band by Pur
Fever by Kylie Minogue
 German Media Control Chart number-one album
14 – 21 October 2001
4 November 2001		 Succeeded by
Fever by Kylie Minogue

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