- new age, ambient, celtic new age, celtic
- 44 min
- 12 tracks
- wea
Shepherd Moons is the third studio album by Irish singer and composer Enya, released on 4 November 1991 by WEA. After the unexpected critical and commercial success of her previous album Watermark (1988), Enya embarked on a worldwide promotional tour to support it.
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Character
Character-led, grave, earnest and contemplative.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- warmbleak
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Calgary HeraldB
- Chicago Tribune2.5/4 ★
- NME7/10
- Q3/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide2.5/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Shepherd Moons3:45
- 2Caribbean Blue3:60
- 3How Can I Keep From Singing?4:25
- 4Ebudæ1:56
- 5Angeles4:01
- 6No Holly for Miss Quinn2:43
- 7Book of Days (Gaelic only version)2:34
- 8Evacuee3:51
- 9Lothlórien2:08
- 10Marble Halls3:55
- 11Afer Ventus4:06
- 12Smaointe...6:08
12 tracks, 44 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Enya
- Label
- wea
- Released
- 1991
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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