Album · Enya
Watermark by Enya
Watermark is an album by Enya, released in 1988. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 19 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Orinoco Flow”, on 19 lists with a best position of #48.
Watermark, the second album from Irish singer Enya, came out on WEA on 19 September 1988, and it was made on unusually generous terms: Warner chairman Rob Dickins had fallen for her music after a chance meeting, and her deal came with no deadlines and hardly any label meddling. She spent ten months on it with her longtime team, Nicky Ryan producing and arranging and Roma Ryan writing the words, sketching the songs in Ireland before moving to London to cut, mix and master them digitally.
What came out sounds like a cathedral built out of one woman's voice, stacked in layer upon layer over keyboards and soft percussion, with Celtic mist drifting through it. Critics were divided, but "Orinoco Flow" sailed to the top of the UK chart for three weeks and carried Enya around the world. In 2025 the album took the Classic Irish Album award at the RTÉ Choice Music Prize.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Watermark on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orinoco Flow | 19 | #48 | – | 1988–2026 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.