"Evening Falls..." is a new-age song by Irish singer-songwriter

Enya Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin (born 17 May 1961; anglicised as Enya Patricia Brennan) known mononymously as Enya, is an Irish singer and composer. With an estimated equivalent of over 80 million albums sold worldwide, Enya is the best-selli ...

. It was released in December 1988 as the second

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from her second album, ''

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'' (1988). It was written by Enya and her long-time collaborator

Roma Ryan Roma Shane Ryan (born 20 January 1950) is an Irish writer, poet, and lyricist, who lives in Killiney, Ireland, with her husband Nicky Ryan. She is the primary lyricist for the singer Enya, who has stated that the importance of the Ryans' cont ...

, and produced by Roma's husband

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Music and lyrics

"Evening Falls..." is a song that Roma Ryan described as "a song of a spirit travelling". It is based on a ghost story that Roma had heard, about a woman who had recurring dreams of a house in America, only to accidentally come across it years later in England. Upon entering the house, its inhabitants become frightened of the woman as they explain she had haunted the house each time she dreamed about it. Nicky thought a melody Enya had written suited the story, which led to Roma writing a lyric inspired by it.

Critical reception

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'' commented, "Harking back to her

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days, this is in a similar vein to the theme tune to

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. Haunting stuff."

Track listing

# "Evening Falls..." # "Oíche Chiún" # "Morning Glory"

Charts

Release history

References

External links

* * * {{Authority control 1988 singles 1988 songs Enya songs Geffen Records singles Song recordings produced by Ross Cullum Songs with lyrics by Roma Ryan Songs with music by Enya Warner Music Group singles