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Enya “ Trains And Winter Rains “ - Episode 38 - The Enya Archive And Winter Came... is the seventh studio album by Irish singer, songwriter, and musician Enya, released on 7 November 2008 by Warner Bros. Records internationally and by Reprise Records in the United States on 11 November 2008. After recording new Christmas songs for her fourth EP Sounds of the Season: The Enya Collection (2006), Enya started work on a Christmas album of traditional carols and original tracks, but the idea was changed to a collection of songs with a Christmas or winter theme as it better suited the style of the new material. It was recorded with her longtime collaborators, arranger and producer Nicky Ryan and his wife, lyricist Roma Ryan. The album received mixed to positive reviews from music critics and became a worldwide success, reaching the top 10 in 21 countries in its first three weeks, including No. 8 on the US Billboard 200 and No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart. The track “Trains and Winter Rains“ was the album's only physical single, and was followed by “Dreams Are More Precious“, “White Is in the Winter Night“, and “My! My! Time Flies!“, released as digital downloads. To promote the album, Enya made several interviews, appearances, and live performances. The album has sold over 3 million copies worldwide. In November 2006, after her promotional tour for her previous studio album Amarantine (2005), Enya put out her fourth EP entitled Sounds of the Season: The Enya Collection, a Christmas-themed release containing new and previously released songs from the special Christmas edition of Amarantine, also released in the same month. For her next studio album Enya decided to record an album of Christmas music, a project that she had wanted to do for some time. She was inspired by the idea as winter is her favorite time of year, calling it “very reflective [...] very calming“, during which she spends the most time developing sketches of music that she had put down throughout the year. Initially, Enya approached the project with the idea of combining tracks from the Sounds of the Season EP with some new material, but this was scrapped when an album of songs of a Christmas or winter theme was more attractive as the new music that Enya had developed suited it better. Nicky Ryan added that the album developed into one “based in a winter landscape where Christmas arrives here and there, but it would be wrong to call it an Enya Christmas album.“ The album was recorded between 2006 and 2008 with Enya and her longtime collaborators, arranger and producer Nicky Ryan and his wife, lyricist Roma Ryan. It features ten original tracks with lyrics sung in English. As with her previous albums recording took place at Aigle Studio, the Ryans' home studio in Killiney, County Dublin. An album launch party was held on 8 October 2008 at Two Temple Place in Temple, London, which was decorated for the occasion in the theme of the album. This was followed by a press conference given by Enya the next day at The Dorchester hotel. A second launch party was held on 3 November 2008 at the Grosse Orangerie Charlottenburg building in Berlin and featured dancers of the Berlin State Ballet performing choreography set to Enya songs. And Winter Came... was released on 7 November 2008 by Warner Bros. Records internationally; its release in the United States was on 11 November 2008 by Reprise Records. The album debuted at number 6 on the UK Albums Chart, selling 35,812 copies in its first week. On 28 November 2008, the album was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for 100,000 copies sold. The album also peaked at number 6 on the Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 92,000 copies. In its second week, the album sold 83,000 copies. It continued to sell, and received a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America on 12 December 2008 for sales in excess of 500,000 copies in the United October 2015, this number had grown to 920,000 Elsewhere, the album reached the top 20 in 21 countries in its first three weeks. By late 2011, over three million copies of the album had been sold worldwide. Enya released “Trains and Winter Rains“ as the album's only physical single, in 10 November 2008. This was followed by the release of three album tracks for digital download: “White Is in the Winter Night“ on 4 November 2008, “My! My! Time Flies!“ on 4 February 2009, and “Dreams Are More Precious“ on 10 October 2009. The album was released on vinyl for the first time on 20 October 2017, in the United States. And Winter Came... – Amazon Exclusive edition (bonus track) 13. “Miraculum“ #ANDWINTERCAME #ENYA #TRAINSANDWINTERRAINS #MYMYTIMEFLIES! #STARSANDMIDNIGHT BLUE #OICHECHIUNCHORALE
