The history of this album is as follows: In the mid-'80s,
Enya recorded the soundtrack for a BBC television documentary called
The Celts. The music was released on BBC Records in the U.K. in December 1986 under the title Enya. It was released initially in the U.S. on Atlantic Records (81842) in 1987. In November 1992, WEA Records in the U.K. issued a revised version of the album under the title
The Celts, containing a newly rerecorded track, "Portrait (Out Of The Blue)." This version of the album was released in the U.S. on Reprise Records in June 1995. In any of its forms, the album is characteristic of the airy style of
Enya's later big hits,
Watermark and
Shepherd Moons, though in a slightly less ornate setting.