Enya Music:

		List Price: $44.99		Label: Import [Generic] Salesrank: 1266367 Released: July 20, 1999
		Our Price: $199.88
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		Media: Audio CD

The Memory of Trees Track Listing:
1. Memory of Trees [Instrumental & Voices]
2. Anywhere Is
3. Pax Deorum
4. Athair Ar Nearmh
5. From Where I Am [Instrumental]
6. China Roses
7. Hope Has a Place
8. Tea-House Moon [Instrumental]
9. Once You Had Gold
10. Soñadora
11. On My Way Home

Editorial Review:
Japanese reissue of the beloved Irish vocalist's 1995 & fourth album on a 24 karat gold disc limited to the initial pressing only. 12 tracks, including the hit singles 'Anywhere Is' and 'On My Way Home', plus the Japanese bonus track 'Oriel Window'. 1999 release.

The Memory of Trees Reviews:
The album for a romantic autumn evening
2002-12-22 - Enya is one of of the most mysterious singers in music today. I consider her to be one of the few female singers who in my opinion can still make some great angelic melodies that don't sound banal or cheap even though some of her songs are so short as to be almost like unfinished demo tapes( Will she someday produce and compose a song that is about eight ot nine minutes long). The Memory Of Trees is my second favorite CD of hers behing Watermark which I consider to be her strongest outing to date. I doubt Enya will topple Watermark to tell you the truth.

Many people say that this is a sunny album. Well, it is kind of true. The sunniness is evidenced on the title track, Anywhere Is, and the Orinoco Flow-esque On My Way Home. Generally I think of this album as an album for a cloudy, romantic autumn evening with the leaves a bright red, orange and yellow. Several songs are quite dark and cloudy but not stormy like let's say Storms In Africa, Exile, or creepy like Evening Falls. This album is a gorgeous musical journey that trancends boundaries. I find this to be like the darker companion to the sunniness of A Day Without Rain which followed this one five years later.

I usually go with the darker material that Enya does but I enjoy the brighter material as well( I love music that is dark and stormy).

The title track is a gorgeous instrumental that has Enya returning to the days of the Celts CD. Instead of the usual piano instrumental that introduced us to Watermark, Shephard Moons, and A Day Without Rain we get a song that is more synthesized and with thundering beats to bop your head to combined with Enyas multilayered vocals that starts out as a cloudy minor note and after about 30 seconds it morphs into a major note to give an impression of the sun shining through the clouds on a warm autumn afternoon. This song is more similar to the Celts than the piano instrumentals of most of her albums although this song is much brighter than the Celts title track. Anywhere Is is like the blueprint of Enyas big-selling A Day Without Rain. It's a very bright, sunny song with rhythm that could make you almost bop your head along with. This song is more legato although there are hints of the staccato pizzicato strings that would dominate a lot of Enyas A Day Without Rain. I love the quiet middle part of the song. It kind of reminds me of the quiet bridge of Orinoco Flow a few years before then. After the sunniness we head into darker, mistier territory of Pax Deorum. This song is another dark almost Gothic piece that features Enya singing in Latin with a very misty feel. In the middle of the song the rhythm pauses and the sing becomes a major note for about a minute giving an imression of the sun breaking through the dark clouds. I consider this to be Enyas best 'Gothic' song to this day. It's almost like the darker side of Heaven if you could call it that. The song reverts back into a dark misty minor note song. Athair Ar Neamh is a very sad, cloudy evening song that features Enya singing in Gaelic. This song is a very beautiful, theme for a guy who is having a lonely summer. The song ends in a major note key like the sun breaking out just before it goes down. From Where I am is a beautiful piano instrumental. China Roses is a gorgeous, breathtaking, ambient song that made me get this album. It's one of Enyas most stunning compositions to date in my opinion. China Roses is a very romantic song that brings up images two lovers walking alongside the waterfront with the red leaves falling onto the surface of a pond with a large garden of roses and a huge crystal castle in the background. China Roses is one of Enyas most brilliant songs to this day. This song is the winner on the Memory Of Trees. Hope Has A Place is a another beautiful song that is similar to China Roses although not quite as powerful or mind- stimulating but still great. This song is a song about how hope is still existant even in bleak situations. This song reminds me of How Can I Keep From Singing from Shepard Moons. Tea-House Moon is one of the best Enya instrumentals I have ever listened to. It's a very stunning song with high pitched synths in the background with electronic synths in the foreground. This song is one to enjoy when it's cloudy and the red leaves are falling to the ground. This song is one of my favorites off this CD. Once You Had Gold is one song that you probably shouldn't play if you have not had much sleep because it's one song that will sooth your soul. I fell asleep in class a few times in the past listening to this song *giggles*. This song though is great though. I enjoy it alot on a cloudy evening. La Sonadora is a very haunting song that features Enya singing in Spanish. This song is very dark and spooky although not stormy or scary as let's say Exile, Storms In Africa or the dynamite Na Leatha Geal M'Oige but this song is one of the darker songs off this album. The chants remind me a bit of Smaointe from a decade ago. We brighten up again with the closing track On My Way Home. This song that contains many elements of the 1988 hit Orinoco Flow although not as spooky as that one. This song is much brighter than Orinoco and happier. This song is like the predecessor to the brightness of A Day Without Rain that followed this one five years later...

I consider this to be one of Enyas strongest albums to date. Only Watermark surpasses this one and it's not by too much. I strongly recommend that all Enya fans buy this amazing masterpiece. It's gorgeous and an album for the soul...

Enya Is An Angel
2000-07-23 - Some people wonder if a 24kt Gold CD is worth buying. Let me tell you, being that I own the regular version as well, it's almost like going from stereo to Dolby Digital. This disc also comes with a bonus booklet with some very beautiful pictures of Enya, many I've never seen elsewhere, with japanese writing all over it. This has my 2nd favorite cover (Shepherd Moons is my first). After you see the cover and open the case the inside reveals the same picture but with her head down (as if she is crying). Pax Deorum sounds really good. Many people don't realise it was used as music for the trailer to the film, Dragonheart. One technical note for those people buying Paint The Sky With Stars to save money, when you buy it, the China Roses track is cut off by Shepherd Moons. You only get the complete fade out here on this disc. There's not more to say other than I am 25 and have been listening to Enya since I was a teenager. She's beautiful and has the voice of an Angel. I wish more female vocalists would aspire to be more like her instead of, well, you know. Bottom Line:24kt Gold Discs are worth it.

A DREAM MAKER
2000-02-08 - I am 18 and i fell in love her music. Enya makes you cry, smile, and remember the good old days. Enya should be consider as a goddess to the world.