"Sail Away" with Enya Trivia Quiz

Answer: Amarantine

All of the other albums begin with their title track, which is instrumental. "Amarantine" begins with the Loxian track "Less Than a Pearl". The track "Amarantine" is sung in English, and was one of the singles from the album.

Answer: False

Roma Ryan is her lyricist. However, Enya composes and performs nearly all of the instruments for her songs. As well, she provides all of the vocals, layering her voice dozens or even hundreds of times in some cases.

Answer: A Day Without Rain

The Australian and Canadian releases of this album contain this song. Also, "The First of Autumn" appears as a B-side of the "May It Be" single and as part of "Only Time: The Collection".

Answer: The Memory of Trees

"The Memory of Trees" also contains "China Roses", widely considered to be one of Enya's best songs. The album won a Grammy for "Best New Age Album" in the '90s.

Answer: Amarantine

"Watermark" had "Cursum Perficio", "The Memory of Trees" contained "Pax Deorum", and "And Winter Came..." featured "O Come O Come Emmanuel", which was half in English and half in Latin. The album "Amarantine" is also unique among Enya albums in that it contains no songs in Gaelic, Enya's first language.

Answer: The first is in Gaelic and the second is in English

The English version was originally not included on the album "Watermark" and is still omitted from some releases. "Storms in Africa" was used in the movie "Green Card".

Answer: Book Of Days

The English version was done for "Far and Away", a movie about Irish immigrants coming to the United States. The original Gaelic track is a rarity only found on the original release of the album, and is well worth finding. Interestingly, the "Of" in "Book Of Days" is intended to be capitalized.

Answer: Someone Said Goodbye

Enya's lyricist Roma Ryan invented a new language when she found that existing languages would not work for the songs she had in mind. She published a book using her language called "Water Shows the Hidden Heart". "The River Sings" was originally to be sung in Gaelic until Ryan and Enya decided that Loxian lyrics would work better.

Answer: One

The only track sung in English is "I Want Tomorrow". "The Celts" was originally a score for the BBC series of the same name and was first released as simply "Enya". The album was then reissued in the '90s as "The Celts".

Answer: "Dan y Dwr"--Latin

"Dan y Dwr", from the album "The Celts", is sung in Welsh. It uses the same music as a Gaelic song from the album, "Deireadh an Tuath"- the only difference between the two is the language.

Answer: Exile

"As Baile" means "away from home" and appeared on the 1994 "Christmas EP" album along with "Oiche Chiun". It omits the very nice instrumental solo near the end. "As Baile" was recorded before "Exile" but was redone with English lyrics at the request of Enya's executive producer, Rob Dickins.

Answer: Orinoco Flow

This song was Enya's first hit. It is now called "Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)" and has appeared on many Enya collections, including "Only Time", "Box of Dreams", and "The Very Best of Enya". Celtic Woman later covered this song.

Answer: False

She has sung in English, Gaelic, Japanese, Spanish, Welsh, Latin, French, and the invented languages of Sindarin, Quenya, and Loxian, but never Italian. J.R.R. Tolkien, author of "The Lord of the Rings", invented the Elvish languages Sindarin and Quenya, which Enya used for two songs on the soundtrack for "The Fellowship of the Ring".

Answer: May It Be

"Now We Are Free" from the movie "Gladiator" was performed by Lisa Gerrard, and Karl Jenkins wrote "Adiemus". James Cameron wanted Enya to work on the music for "Titanic", but she declined. The vocals for that score, including the composition "Hymn to the Sea", were sung by Sissel Kyrkjebo. "May It Be" from "The Fellowship of the Ring" was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song but lost to "If I Didn't Have You" from "Monsters, Inc.".

Answer: True

"The Very Best of Enya" is said to contain Enya's favorite songs of her own. Aside from music from her studio albums, it features "May It Be" and a previously unreleased version of "Aniron" from the soundtrack for "The Fellowship of the Ring". It contains at least one track from every one of her albums from "The Celts" to "And Winter Came...". "Watermark" has the most songs represented, four, and "The Memory of Trees" and "And Winter Came..." the fewest, with one each.