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The Very Best of Enya
The Very Best of Enya
Greatest hits album by Enya
Released	23 November 2009
Recorded	1986–2008
Genre	New-age; Celtic;
Length	63:17 (CD); 81:32 (DVD)
Label	Warner Bros.; Reprise;
Producer	Nicky Ryan
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The Very Best of Enya

2009 greatest hits album by Enya

The Very Best of Enya is the second greatest hits album by the Irish singer, songwriter and musician Enya, released on 23 November 2009 by Warner Bros. Records.

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The album received mostly positive reviews from music critics and peaked at number 32 on the UK Albums Chart and number 55 on the Billboard 200 in the United States. It has spent over 200 weeks Billboard New Age Albums chart, more than 130 of them at No 1, and has topped the year-end chart consistently since 2020.^[1]

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Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]

No.	Title	From the album	Length
1.	"Orinoco Flow"	Watermark	4:29
2.	"Aníron (I Desire)" (Previously unreleased version)	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	2:42
3.	"Storms in Africa"	Watermark	4:04
4.	"Caribbean Blue"	Shepherd Moons	3:58
5.	"Book of Days"	Shepherd Moons	2:55
6.	"The Celts"	Enya	2:55
7.	"Only Time"	A Day Without Rain	3:36
8.	"Wild Child"	A Day Without Rain	3:46
9.	"Water Shows the Hidden Heart"	Amarantine	4:38
10.	"Anywhere Is"	The Memory of Trees	3:57
11.	"Cursum Perficio"	Watermark	4:07
12.	"Amarantine"	Amarantine	3:09
13.	"Aldebaran"	Enya	3:05
14.	"Trains and Winter Rains"	And Winter Came...	3:42
15.	"Watermark"	Watermark	2:25
16.	"Boadicea"	Enya	3:31
17.	"A Day Without Rain"	A Day Without Rain	2:35
18.	"May It Be"	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	3:31
Total length:			63:59

No.	Title	From the album	Length
19.	"To Go Beyond (Part II)"	Enya	2:50
20.	"Only If..."	Paint the Sky with Stars	3:19
21.	"Dreams Are More Precious"	And Winter Came...	4:25

No.	Title	From the album
1.	"Trains and Winter Rains"	And Winter Came...
2.	"My! My! Time Flies!"	And Winter Came...
3.	"Stars and Midnight Blue"	And Winter Came...
4.	"Amarantine"	Amarantine
5.	"Sumiregusa"	Amarantine
6.	"The River Sings"	Amarantine
7.	"If I Could Be Where You Are"	Amarantine
8.	"Wild Child"	A Day Without Rain
9.	"Only Time"	A Day Without Rain
10.	"Drifting"	Amarantine
11.	"Flora's Secret"	A Day Without Rain
12.	"Fallen Embers"	A Day Without Rain
13.	"One by One"	A Day Without Rain
14.	"Pax Deorum"	The Memory of Trees
15.	"Athair ar Neamh"	The Memory of Trees
16.	"Anywhere Is"	The Memory of Trees
17.	"Orinoco Flow"	Watermark
18.	"Watermark"	Watermark
19.	"Boadicea"	Enya
20.	"May It Be"	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
21.	"Caribbean Blue"	Shepherd Moons
22.	"Aníron (I Desire)"	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

No.	Title	From the album	Length
23.	"Oíche Chiúin [Chorale]"	And Winter Came...	3:49
24.	"Only Time (Remix)"	Only Time	3:13

The_Very_Best_of_Enya

The Very Best of Enya

Release and reception

Track listing

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

Release history

References

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No.	Title	Length
1.	"Orinoco Flow"	3:44
2.	"Caribbean Blue"	3:38
3.	"Only Time"	3:38
4.	"The Celts"	3:08
5.	"Amarantine"	3:05
6.	"Trains and Winter Rains"	3:17
7.	"Evening Falls"	3:50
8.	"Anywhere Is"	3:47
9.	"It's in the Rain"	3:47
10.	"Wild Child"	3:33
11.	"Only If"	3:16
12.	"Storms In Africa"	2:59
13.	"On My Way Home"	4:26
Total length:		46:06

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Enya: A Life In Music" (documentary)	16:10
2.	"Caribbean Blue" (making of)	10:13
3.	"Only Time" (making of)	9:03
Total length:		35:26

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[38]	Gold	35,000^{^}
Belgium (BEA)^[39]	Gold	15,000^*
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)^[40]	Platinum	20,000^‡
Germany (BVMI)^[41]	Gold	100,000^{^}
Ireland (IRMA)^[42]	Gold	7,500^{^}
Italy (FIMI)^[43]	Gold	30,000^*
New Zealand (RMNZ)^[44]	Platinum	15,000^{^}
Poland (ZPAV)^[45]	Gold	10,000^*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)^[46]	Gold	30,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[47]	Platinum	300,000^‡
Summaries
Worldwide	—	905,000^[48]
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone. ^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Country	Date	Format	Label
Various	23 November 2009	CD digital download	Warner Bros.
United States	1 December 2009	CD digital download	Reprise
Various^[49]	25 August 2017	LP	Warner Bros. Reprise