A New Journey

Celtic Woman: A New Journey
Celtic Woman: A New Journey
Studio album by Celtic Woman
Released	30 January 2007
Recorded	2006
Studio	Windmill Lane Recording Studios and RTÉ Studio 1, Dublin, Ireland
Genre	Celtic, new-age, classical
Language	English, Irish, Italian
Label	Manhattan
Producer	David Downes
Celtic Woman chronology

Celtic Woman: A New Journey is the third studio album by Celtic Woman, released worldwide on 30 January 2007.

Background[edit]

A New Journey was recorded with the Celtic Woman backing band led by musical director David Downes, the Irish Film Orchestra conducted by John Page, and the Aontas Choral Ensemble directed by Rosemary Collier.

The six principal performers on the album are vocalists Chloë Agnew, Órla Fallon, Lisa Kelly, Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, Hayley Westenra, and fiddler Máiréad Nesbitt. It is also the first - and only - album to introduce Westenra as a new addition to the group.

In preparation for the release of the album, a special concert event was held against the backdrop of Slane Castle in County Meath, Ireland on 23 and 24 August 2006. Footage from both shows were professionally recorded, and the concert, also entitled A New Journey, premiered on American television station PBS and The Walt Disney Company in December 2006, later being released on VHS and DVD formats on 30 January 2007 in conjunction with the album.

Track listing[edit]

CD
No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
1.	"The Sky and the Dawn and the Sun"	Chloë Agnew, Órla Fallon, Lisa Kelly, Máiréad Nesbitt, Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, Hayley Westenra	05:19
2.	"The Prayer"	Agnew	04:20
3.	"Newgrange"	Fallon	03:07
4.	"Over the Rainbow"	Agnew, Fallon, Ní Mhaolchatha, Westenra	02:37
5.	"Granuaile's Dance"	Nesbitt	03:40
6.	"The Blessing"	Kelly	03:49
7.	"Dúlaman"	Ní Mhaolchatha	03:05
8.	"Beyond the Sea"	Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha, Westenra	03:20
9.	"The Last Rose of Summer"	Ní Mhaolchatha, Westenra	03:36
10.	"Caledonia"	Kelly	04:49
11.	"Lascia Ch'io Pianga"	Nesbitt, Westenra	03:31
12.	"Carrickfergus"	Fallon	03:43
13.	"Vivaldi's Rain"	Agnew	02:11
14.	"The Voice"	Kelly, Nesbitt	03:05
15.	"Scarborough Fair"	Westenra	03:13
16.	"Mo Ghile Mear"	Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha, Westenra	04:50

Bonus tracks on deluxe edition
No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
17.	"Sing Out!"	Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha	04:04
18.	"Shenandoah / The Pacific Slope" (Live from Slane Castle)	Nesbitt	04:43
19.	"At the Céilí" (Live from Slane Castle)	Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha	04:59
20.	"Spanish Lady" (Live from Slane Castle)	Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Ní Mhaolchatha, Westenra	02:23

Additional bonus track on various digital download versions
No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
21.	"Green the Whole Year 'Round" (Live Version)	Kelly	04:49

Bonus tracks on Japanese special edition
No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
17.	"Somewhere" (Live from Slane Castle)	Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Ní Mhaolchatha	02:20
18.	"Sing Out!"	Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha	04:04
19.	"Spanish Lady" (Live from Slane Castle)	Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Ní Mhaolchatha, Westenra	02:23
20.	"You Raise Me Up" (Live from Slane Castle)	Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha, Westenra	05:21

Notes

Tracks 1, 6 and 17 (18 on Japanese special edition) were composed and written by David Downes and Brendan Graham.
Track 5 was composed and written by David Downes and Máiréad Nesbitt.
Tracks 19 (not on Japanese special edition) and 21 were composed by David Downes and written by Shay Healy.

VHS and DVD
No.	Title	Performer(s)
1.	"The Sky and the Dawn and the Sun"	Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha, Westenra
2.	"The Prayer" (from Quest for Camelot)	Agnew
3.	"Caledonia"	Kelly
4.	"Newgrange"	Fallon
5.	"Orinoco Flow"	Fallon, Kelly, Ní Mhaolchatha
6.	"Dúlaman"	Ní Mhaolchatha
7.	"The Blessing"	Kelly
8.	"Scarborough Fair"	Westenra
9.	"Granuaile's Dance"	Nesbitt
10.	"Over the Rainbow" (from The Wizard of Oz)	Agnew, Fallon, Ní Mhaolchatha, Westenra
11.	"Beyond the Sea" (from Finding Nemo)	Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha, Westenra
12.	"At the Céilí"	Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha
13.	"Lascia Ch'io Pianga"	Nesbitt, Westenra
14.	"Carrickfergus"	Fallon
15.	"Sing Out!"	Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha
16.	"Panis Angelicus"	Agnew
17.	"The Last Rose of Summer" (from The Last Rose of Summer)	Ní Mhaolchatha, Westenra
18.	"Spanish Lady"	Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Ní Mhaolchatha, Westenra
19.	"Shenandoah / The Pacific Slope"	Nesbitt
20.	"The Voice"	Kelly, Nesbitt
21.	"Danny Boy"	Ní Mhaolchatha
22.	"Somewhere" (from West Side Story)	Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Ní Mhaolchatha
23.	"Mo Ghile Mear"	Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha, Westenra
24.	"You Raise Me Up"	Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha, Westenra
25.	"At the Céilí" (Reprise)	Nesbitt

Personnel[edit]

Celtic Woman

Chloë Agnew - vocals
Órla Fallon - vocals, harp
Lisa Kelly - vocals
Méav Ní Mhaolchatha - vocals
Hayley Westenra - vocals
Máiréad Nesbitt - fiddle

Other musicians

David Downes - keyboards, piano, grand piano, percussion, harpsichord, whistles, backing vocals, arranger
Andreja Malir - concert harp
Desmond Moore - bouzouki, guitar
John O'Brien - uilleann pipes, whistles
Eoghan O'Neill - bass guitar
Raymond Fean - drums, percussion, bodhrán, additional vocals ("Dúlaman")
Nicholas Bailey - percussion, bodhrán
Robbie Harris - bodhrán

Aontas Choral Ensemble

Rosemary Collier - choral director

The Irish Film Orchestra

John Page - conductor
Alan Smale - concertmaster

Charts and certifications[edit]

The album opened at number 4 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling 71,000 copies in its first week.^[1]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (2007)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA Charts)^[2]	68
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[3]	69
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)^[4]	32
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[5]	92
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[6]	56
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[7]	33
Portuguese Albums (AFP)^[8]	28
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)^[9]	59
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[10]	35
US Billboard 200^[11]	4
US World Albums (Billboard)^[12]	1

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (2007)	Position
US Billboard 200^[13]	108

Certifications[edit]


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[14]	3× Platinum	45,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[15]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References[edit]

^ Harris, Chris (7 February 2007). "Norah Jones Breaks McPheever, Beats 'Idol' Runner-Up To #1". MTV News. Retrieved 17 July 2007.
^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 54.
^ "Austriancharts.at – Celtic Woman – A New Journey" (in German). Hung Medien.
^ "Danishcharts.dk – Celtic Woman – A New Journey". Hung Medien.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Celtic Woman – A New Journey" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
^ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
^ "Charts.nz – Celtic Woman – A New Journey". Hung Medien.
^ "Portuguesecharts.com – Celtic Woman – A New Journey". Hung Medien.
^ "Spanishcharts.com – Celtic Woman – A New Journey". Hung Medien.
^ "Swisscharts.com – Celtic Woman – A New Journey". Hung Medien.
^ "Celtic Woman Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
^ "Celtic Woman Chart History (World Albums)". Billboard.
^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2007". Billboard. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2012 DVDs" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
^ "American album certifications – Celtic Woman – A New Journey". Recording Industry Association of America.

[mtv773-1] Harris, Chris (7 February 2007). "Norah Jones Breaks McPheever, Beats 'Idol' Runner-Up To #1". MTV News. Retrieved 17 July 2007.

[aus-2] Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 54.

[ac_Austria_Celtic_Woman-3] "Austriancharts.at – Celtic Woman – A New Journey" (in German). Hung Medien.

[ac_Denmark_Celtic_Woman-4] "Danishcharts.dk – Celtic Woman – A New Journey". Hung Medien.

[ac_Netherlands_Celtic_Woman-5] "Dutchcharts.nl – Celtic Woman – A New Journey" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.

[ac_Germany_Celtic_Woman-6] "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.

[ac_New_Zealand_Celtic_Woman-7] "Charts.nz – Celtic Woman – A New Journey". Hung Medien.

[ac_Portugal_Celtic_Woman-8] "Portuguesecharts.com – Celtic Woman – A New Journey". Hung Medien.

[ac_Spain_Celtic_Woman-9] "Spanishcharts.com – Celtic Woman – A New Journey". Hung Medien.

[ac_Switzerland_Celtic_Woman-10] "Swisscharts.com – Celtic Woman – A New Journey". Hung Medien.

[ac_Billboard200_Celtic_Woman-11] "Celtic Woman Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.

[ac_BillboardWorld_Celtic_Woman-12] "Celtic Woman Chart History (World Albums)". Billboard.

[13] "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2007". Billboard. Retrieved 28 June 2021.

[AustraliaCeltic_WomanA_New_JourneyvideoCertRef-14] "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2012 DVDs" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 11 December 2021.

[United_StatesCeltic_WomanA_New_JourneyalbumCertRef-15] "American album certifications – Celtic Woman – A New Journey". Recording Industry Association of America.

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