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THE ARCHIVE
DARK SKY ISLAND 2015
Dark Sky Island entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 4, Enya's highest charting album there since Paint the Sky with Stars (1997). In the United States, Dark Sky Island debuted at number 8 on the Billboard 200, with 48,000 equivalent album units; it sold 46,000 copies in its first week of release.
Dark Sky Island ended 2015 as the 40th bestselling album of the year with sales of 900,000 copies worldwide.
Music
Enya – vocals, instrumentation, mixer
Eddie Lee – double bass on "Even in the Shadows”
Production
Roma Ryan – lyrics, Loxian language, font
Nicky Ryan – arrangement, engineer, mixer, album sleeve conception
Dick Beetham – mastering at 360 Mastering in Hastings
Daniel Polley – digital advisor, technician
Simon Fowler – album sleeve conception, photography
Richard Welland – booklet layout
Michael Whitham – commissioner
Tracklist Standard Edition
1. "The Humming" 3:42
2. "So I Could Find My Way" 4:25
3. "Even in the Shadows" 4:13
4. "The Forge of the Angels" 5:12
5. "Echoes in Rain" 3:33
6. "I Could Never Say Goodbye" 3:28
7. "Dark Sky Island" 4:56
8. "Sancta Maria" 3:50
9. "Astra et Luna" 3:20
10. "The Loxian Gate" 3:33
11. "Diamonds on the Water" 3:33
Dark Sky Island – Deluxe edition
12. "Solace" 3:56
13. "Pale Grass Blue" 3:33
14. "Remember Your Smile" 2:57
Compact Disc-Standard Edition
USA
2015 WARNER BROS. RECORDS 553070-2
SOUTH AFRICA
2015 WARNER BROS. RECORDS WBCD 2357
JAPAN
2015 WARNER BROS. RECORDS WPCR-17046
INDIA
2015 WARNER BROS. RECORDS 0825646001859
RUSSIA
2015 WARNER MUSIC RUSSIA 2564682390
EUROPE
2015 WARNER BROS. RECORDS 0825646001859
ARGENTINA
2015 WARNER MUSIC GROUP 2564-60018-5
AUSTRALIA
2015 WARNER BROS. RECORDS 2564600185
VENEZUELA
2015 WARNER BROS. RECORDS 0825646001859
BRAZIL
2015 WARNER BROS. RECORDS 0825646001859
CHILE
2015 WARNER BROS. RECORDS 0825646001859
CANADA
2015 WARNER MUSIC CANADA 2-553070
Compact Disc-Deluxe Edition
UK&EUROPE
2015 WARNER BROS. RECORDS 0825646994441
TAIWAN
2015 WARNER MUSIC TAIWAN 0825646994441
JAPAN
2015 WARNER BROS. RECORDS WPCR-17045
MEXICO
2015 WARNER BROS. RECORDS 0825646994441
USA
2015 WARNER BROS. RECORDS 553131-2
THAILAND
2015 WARNER BROS. RECORDS 0825646994441
KOREA
2015 WARNER MUSIC KOREA WKPD-0354
CANADA
2015 WARNER BROS. RECORDS 2-553131
INDONESIA
2015 WARNER BROS. RECORDS 0825646994441
ARGENTINA
2015 WARNER ARGENTINA 2564 69944 4
BRAZIL
2015 WARNER BROS. RECORDS 0825646994441
12 INCH VINYL
EUROPE 2015 WARNER MUSIC UK 0825646982691
DARK SKY ISLAND (PROMOTIONAL )2015
Kala Aromas (aromatic brand) has co-published a special edition (the specific number of releases is unknown), including the "Dark Sky Island" (ordinary CD) and Kala Aromas series products.
ARGENTINA 2015
CAT NO: UNKNOWN
*ECHOES IN RAIN & EVEN IN THE SHADOWS 2015 (PROMO SINGLES)
ECHOES IN RAIN 2015 EUROPE CDR
EVEN IN THE SHADOWS 2015 EUROPE CDR
Both housed in card sleeves with stickers on the reverse stating the release date. CDR without catalogue numbers. “Echoes in rain” is the radio edit and “Even in the Shadows “ is the original album version.
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