Album · Enya
Shepherd Moons by Enya
Shepherd Moons is an album by Enya, released in 1991. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 15 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Caribbean Blue”, on 15 lists with a best position of #28.
Shepherd Moons, Enya's third album, came out on WEA on 4 November 1991, and it takes the misty, cathedral-sized sound of Watermark and makes it even more otherworldly. She wrote the new songs with her longtime team, producer and arranger Nicky Ryan and lyricist Roma Ryan, after a worldwide promotional tour, and recorded them in Ireland and London.
The formula is hers alone: layer upon layer of her own voice, stacked into a choir of one, floating over keyboards and threads of Celtic melody. "Caribbean Blue" sways like a slow waltz on a becalmed sea, and "Book of Days" gave her a top-ten single in Britain. The album outsold Watermark, reaching number one in the UK and number seventeen in America, where it shipped five million copies. It also won her a Grammy for Best New Age Album, the first of four.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Shepherd Moons on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caribbean Blue | 15 | #28 | – | 1991–2002 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.