A Box of Dreams is a limited edition 3-disc box set by Irish singer-songwriter Enya, released on 1 December 1997 by WEA Records. The set was a companion release to her first compilation album Paint the Sky with Stars – The Best of Enya, released the previous month. A Box of Dreams contains 46 tracks from her 1987 debut album Enya to Paint the Sky with Stars across three discs, each thematically arranged: "Oceans" contains Enya's upbeat tracks, "Clouds" is a collection of her piano instrumentals, and "Stars" contains slow ballads and more atmospheric tracks. Four B-sides are included: "Oriel Window", "Morning Glory", "Willows on the Water" and "Eclipse". The calligraphy and design were done by Brody Neuenschwander.

A Box of Dreams
Box set by
Released1 December 1997 (1997-12-01)
Length2:40:24
LabelWEA
ProducerNicky Ryan
Enya chronology
Paint the Sky with Stars – The Best of Enya
(1997)
A Box of Dreams
(1997)
A Day Without Rain
(2000)

Track listing edit

Disc one: Oceans edit

No.TitleAlbumLength
1."Orinoco Flow"Watermark4:26
2."Caribbean Blue"Shepherd Moons3:58
3."Book of Days"Shepherd Moons2:57
4."Anywhere Is"The Memory of Trees3:46
5."Only If..."Paint the Sky with Stars3:20
6."The Celts"Enya/The Celts2:57
7."Cursum Perficio"Watermark4:05
8."I Want Tomorrow"Enya/The Celts4:02
9."China Roses"The Memory of Trees4:38
10."Storms in Africa"Watermark4:12
11."Pax Deorum"The Memory of Trees5:00
12."The Longships"Watermark3:34
13."Ebudæ"Shepherd Moons1:52
14."On My Way Home"The Memory of Trees3:38
15."Boadicea"Enya/The Celts3:32

Disc two: Clouds edit

No.TitleAlbumLength
1."Watermark"Watermark2:29
2."Portrait (Out of the Blue)"Enya/The Celts3:15
3."Miss Clare Remembers"Watermark1:57
4."Shepherd Moons"Shepherd Moons3:41
5."March of the Celts"Enya/The Celts3:20
6."Lothlórien"Shepherd Moons2:09
7."From Where I Am"The Memory of Trees2:25
8."Afer Ventus"Shepherd Moons4:09
9."Oriel Window"Non-LP track, B-side of "Caribbean Blue" (U.K.), "Book of Days" (Japan) and "Anywhere Is"2:24
10."River"Watermark3:11
11."Tea-House Moon"The Memory of Trees2:45
12."Willows on the Water"Non-LP track, b-side of "Only If..."3:03
13."Morning Glory"Non-LP track, b-side of "Evening Falls..."2:30
14."No Holly for Miss Quinn"Shepherd Moons2:45
15."The Memory of Trees"The Memory of Trees4:18

Disc three: Stars edit

No.TitleAlbumLength
1."Evening Falls..."Watermark3:48
2."Paint the Sky with Stars"Paint the Sky with Stars4:18
3."Angeles"Shepherd Moons4:03
4."Athair Ar Neamh"The Memory of Trees3:44
5."La Soñadora"The Memory of Trees3:40
6."Aldebaran"Enya/The Celts3:08
7."Deireadh an Tuath"Enya/The Celts1:46
8."Eclipse"Non-LP track, b-side of "The Celts" and "On My Way Home"1:34
9."Exile"Watermark4:20
10."On Your Shore"Watermark3:59
11."Evacuee"Shepherd Moons3:52
12."Marble Halls"Shepherd Moons3:57
13."Hope Has a Place"The Memory of Trees4:51
14."The Sun in the Stream"Enya/The Celts2:58
15."Na Laetha Geal M'óige"Watermark3:59
16."Smaointe..."Shepherd Moons6:08

Release history edit

Release dates and formats for A Box of Dreams
Region Date Format Version Label
Various 1 December 1997 Complete WEA
28 August 2020 Oceans Warner Music
18 September 2020 Clouds
23 October 2020 Stars
23 June 2023 Complete (6 discs)

Personnel edit

References edit

  • "Enya's castle". Archived from the original on 23 October 2009.

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