Memory Of Trees (1995) ( )

Artist: Enya
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Label: Wea/warner Bros.
UPC: 00093624610625
Release Date: 12/5/1995
Buy.com Sku: 60144299
Item#: M69L2K
Format:  CD

Song Listing

Disc 1
Song TitleSample
1. Memory Of Trees, The ~ Enya
2. Anywhere Is ~ Enya
3. Pax Deorum ~ Enya
4. Athair Ar Neamh ~ Enya
5. From Where I Am ~ Enya
6. China Roses ~ Enya
7. Hope Has A Place ~ Enya
8. Tea-House Moon ~ Enya
9. Once You Had Gold ~ Enya
10. La Sonadora ~ Enya
11. On My Way Home ~ Enya



 
Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
Solo performer: Enya (vocals, various instruments).
THE MEMORY OF TREES won the 1997 Grammy Award for Best New Age Album.
Personnel: Enya (vocals).
Recording information: Aigle Studio.
These are specifically those trees held sacred by the Druids of ancient Irish mythology; but there is just enough ambiguity in the title of Enya's latest album to please her enthusiasts, who tend to interpret her hard-to-classify music in deeply personal ways. Enya's distinctive style--an ethereal, hypnotic sound based on orchestral synthesizer and piano work, with multiple vocal layers which turn Enya's voice into an angelic choir--stands out on THE MEMORY OF TREES.
Saved by strong, simple melodies from being lumped in with other New Age, Enya never loses track of the heart of each song. While most of the material here is tinged with melancholy and mysticism, "Anywhere Is" is a joyous, spiritual anthem to confusion and indecision. And Enya's lyrics, written in English, Spanish, Latin and Gaelic by longtime collaborator Roma Ryan, are often equally enigmatic. It doesn't matter--this is a musical landscape, and the listener is taken there by Enya's unmistakable voice, then left there to enjoy the scenery.

Producer: Nicky Ryan

Engineer: Nicky Ryan

 
Compilation Appearances
Vol. 2-Hollywood's Greatest Hi
Vol. 1-Pure Moods
Vol. 3-Pure Moods
Hurt No More
Hurt No More [edited]
Women & Songs 2
Playlist Plus: A Very Special Christmas

 
Associated Artists and Works
Neoera
Original Soundtrack
Original Soundtrack
Taliesin Orchestra
Taliesin Orchestra
Taliesin Orchestra (The)
Taliesin Orchestra (The)
Oceans: The String Quartet Tribute To Enya ~ Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
On The Keys Of A Soft Blue Horizon: Piano... ~ Various Artists

 
Technical Info
Release Date : 12/05/1995
Original Release Date : 1995
Catalog ID : 46106
Label : Reprise
Number of Discs : 1
Runtime : 43m : 24s
Studio/Live : Studio
Mono/Stereo : Stereo
SPAR Code : n/a
UPC : 00093624610625

 
Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone (1/25/96, p.73)
- 3 Stars (out of 5)
- "...Even the instrumental tracks seem to carry soothing hidden messages, urging listeners to chill out and shift their focus to the beauty that presumably surrounds them..."

Entertainment Weekly (12/8/95, p.68)
- "...With its layered, breathing-lesson choral harmonies cushioned in sullen keyboards, the album is....wistful....A gorgeous formula..." - Rating: B

Q (2/96, p.65)
- Included in Q's 50 Best Albums of 1995.

Q (1/96, p.120)
- 4 Stars (out of 5)
- "...the only genuine global star of new age and ambient..."

Dirty Linen (4-5/96, pp.67-68)
- "...she ingeniously mines territory that was previously the exclusive domain of pop, folk, and world music artists and works that product into her unique ambient-based talent and around her sublimely pure voice..."

  
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