From Billboard:

Enya has announced her first album release in seven years.

The ethereal Irish singer-songwriter’s new set Dark Sky Island will drop Nov. 20, her record company Warner Bros has announced.

The new recording is the culmination of roughly three years’ work between Enya and her producer and sound engineer Nicky Ryan and lyricist Roma Ryan, her so-called “creative triumvirate.”

Dark Sky Island was inspired by Ryan's work on a series of poetry books themed around islands and specifically the island of Sark’s recognition in 2011 as the first “dark sky island” on the planet (its exceptionally dark night sky apparently allows for remarkable stargazing).

“This album has a theme of journeys,” comments Enya in a statement. “Journeys to the island; through the length of a lifetime; through history, through emotions; and journeys across great oceans. So although it’s not a ‘themed’ album, as such, we nevertheless have an underlying connection between songs.”

The album’s title track was the first song to be written for the longplayer while the first song lifted from it, "Echoes in Rain," was the final track to be completed. Dark Sky Island is the follow-up to 2008’s Christmas-timed And Winter Came…, which has a No. 8 peak on the Billboard 2008.



Dark Sky Island tracklist:

1. The Humming
2. So I Could Find My Way
3. Even in the Shadows
4. The Forge of the Angels
5. Echoes in Rain
6. I Could Never Say Goodbye
7. Dark Sky Island
8. Sancta Maria
9. Astra et Luna
10.The Loxian Gates
11. Diamonds on the Water
Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks:
12. Solace
13. Pale Grass Blue
14. Remember Your Smile

Standard Edition
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0168KQSNI/?tag=imwan-20

Deluxe Edition
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0168KQSYM/?tag=imwan-20

I'd love some new Enya!

Bump: The cover image and pre-order links have been added to the first post.

Would it be asking too much for her to get a little more creative with her album covers? Yawn!

Here's the first single from her new CD, "Echoes In Rain":

Agreed. If I saw this in a store I'm not sure I'd even realize it was a new album.

Yes, the cover is definitely leaves much to be desired.

I was disappointed with the cover for "And Winter Came" also. I was hoping she would have gone all out for it, especially since it was supposed to be a full-blown Christmas CD. (It really was more of a "Winter-Themed" CD, which was a disappointment in itself.)

"So I Could Find My Way":

It will be good to hear from Enya after all these years, its been far too long. I was thinking the other day that she had retired and was living the good life. I hope it will be worth the wait, yay!