A Box of Dreams

A Box of Dreams is a limited edition 3-disc box set by Irish singer, songwriter and musician 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" contain 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)
Recorded1986–1997
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

Disc one: Oceans

No.TitleLength
1."Orinoco Flow"4:26
2."Caribbean Blue"3:58
3."Book of Days"2:57
4."Anywhere Is"3:46
5."Only If..."3:20
6."The Celts"2:57
7."Cursum Perficio"4:05
8."I Want Tomorrow"4:02
9."China Roses"4:38
10."Storms in Africa"4:12
11."Pax Deorum"5:00
12."The Longships"3:34
13."Ebudæ"1:52
14."On My Way Home"3:38
15."Boadicea"3:32

Disc two: Clouds

No.TitleLength
1."Watermark"2:29
2."Portrait (Out of the Blue)"3:15
3."Miss Clare Remembers"1:57
4."Shepherd Moons"3:41
5."March of the Celts"3:20
6."Lothlórien"2:09
7."From Where I Am"2:25
8."Afer Ventus"4:09
9."Oriel Window"2:24
10."River"3:11
11."Tea-House Moon"2:45
12."Willows on the Water"3:03
13."Morning Glory"2:30
14."No Holly for Miss Quinn"2:45
15."The Memory of Trees"4:18

Disc three: Stars

No.TitleLength
1."Evening Falls..."3:48
2."Paint the Sky with Stars"4:18
3."Angeles"4:03
4."Athair Ar Neamh"3:44
5."La Soñadora"3:40
6."Aldebaran"3:08
7."Deireadh an Tuath"1:46
8."Eclipse"1:34
9."Exile"4:20
10."On Your Shore"3:59
11."Evacuee"3:52
12."Marble Halls"3:57
13."Hope Has a Place"4:51
14."The Sun in the Stream"2:58
15."Na Laetha Geal M'Óige"3:59
16."Smaointe..."6:08

Release history

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

Personnel

References

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


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