
A crowd of journalists and broadcasters from all over the world have gathered at Charing Cross Pier in London to await the arrival of the Silver Barracuda, a pleasure boat which will take us down the Thames.Īt Greenwich, we are brought to the Queen’s House, a beautiful building, designed by Sir Christopher Wren and adorned with maritime paintings by Cooke and Gainsborough, and relics of Britain’s sea-faring history. Warners has arranged a launch party which befits the majesty of the lady’s music.

There were two promotional music videos shot for the album: ‘Anywhere Is’ directed by David Scheinmann and ‘On My Way Home’ directed by the former Warner Music CEO Rob Dickins. The Young King of the Black Isles Music Videos The album artwork was inspired by Maxfield Parrish’s illustration ‘The Young King of the Black Isles’ painted in 1906 for ‘The Arabian Nights, Their Best-Known Tales’ book. Enya, KSCA 101.9 FM, 1996 Visuals Album artwork And I think Roma enjoyed that as well, that for people who don’t know the connection with Irish mythology, that they will interpret, their own thoughts with it. So I thought the title was very strong, but it can conjure up other sort of thoughts for a lot of people.

It’s derived from the Druids, and they held the trees as very sacred, so they were very important.

It’s actually from Irish mythology, Roma suggested the title. The title refers to the Irish mythology and the Druids that considered the trees to be the sacred guardians of memory. Enya’s fourth album was released on 5 December, 1995.
