Paint the Sky with Stars
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Paint the Sky with Stars: The Best of Enya is the first greatest hits album by Irish singer-songwriter Enya, released on 3 November 1997 by WEA. Following her worldwide promotional tour in support of her previous album The Memory of Trees (1995), Enya began selecting tracks for a compilation album in early 1997, as her recording contract with WEA permitted her to do so. The album contains songs from her debut album Enya (1987) to The Memory of Trees (1995) and two new tracks, "Paint the Sky with Stars" and "Only If...".
Paint the Sky with Stars received positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success, reaching number 4 in the United Kingdom and number 30 on the Billboard 200 in the United States. In the latter territory, the album continued to sell over the next eight years, reaching four million copies shipped in 2005. In Japan, it became the first non-Japanese album under the Warner label to receive a Japan Gold Disc Award in the Grand Prix Album category for selling over one million copies.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name="JGDA">Template:Cite web</ref>
Critical reception
Template:Album reviews Paint the Sky with Stars received universal acclaim from music critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic rated the album five stars out of five and says that Paint the Sky with Stars: The Best of Enya is an excellent 16-song overview of Enya's career, containing 14 selections from The Celts, Watermark, Shepherd Moons, and The Memory of Trees, including "Caribbean Blue", "Anywhere Is", "Marble Halls", "Book of Days" and, of course, "Orinoco Flow"—as well as two previously unreleased songs ("Only If...", "Paint the Sky with Stars") that fit comfortably with her past work.<ref name="ReferenceA">[[[:Template:AllMusic]] AllMusic review]</ref>
Track listing
All lyrics written by Roma Ryan, except for "Marble Halls", all music composed by Enya and all songs produced by Nicky Ryan. Template:Track listing Template:Track listing
Production
- Produced by Nicky Ryan
- Arranged by Enya and Nicky Ryan
- Lyrics by Roma Ryan
- Marble Halls (Traditional) arranged by Enya and Nicky Ryan
- All tracks published by EMI Songs Ltd
- Principal photography: David Scheinmann
- Calligraphy and Design: Brody Neuenschwander
- Mastered by Arun
Accolades
Japan Gold Disc Awards
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Charts
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Weekly charts
Year-end charts
| Chart (1997) | Position |
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| Australian Albums Chart<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 41 |
| Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 33 |
| Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 47 |
| European Albums Chart<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> | 56 |
| German Albums Chart<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 88 |
| Swedish Albums Chart<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 3 |
| UK Albums Chart<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 19 |
| US Billboard New Age Albums Chart<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> | 24 |
| Chart (1998) | Position |
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| Australian Albums Chart<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 67 |
| Austrian Albums Chart<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 50 |
| Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 46 |
| Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 83 |
| Dutch Albums Chart<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 57 |
| European Albums Chart<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 24 |
| German Albums Chart<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 65 |
| Japanese Albums Chart<ref name="JPYearend">Template:Cite web</ref> | 44 |
| Swedish Albums Chart<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 47 |
| UK Albums Chart<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 90 |
| US Billboard 200<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 83 |
| US Billboard New Age Albums Chart<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> | 2 |
| Chart (1999) | Position |
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| US Billboard New Age Albums Chart<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> | 3 |
Certifications and sales
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Release history
| Country | Date | Format | Label |
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| Europe | 3 November 1997 | Template:Flatlist | WEA Records |
| United States | 11 November 1997 | Reprise Records |