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The Memory of Trees reviews with HQ pictures original from video (click to enlarge in high resolution) |
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So when ethereal Irish singer/songwriter Enya decided to call her new album The Memory of Trees, it was not an ecological homage to a plant form that could die out, but rather out of regard for what the foliage may one day recall about our fleeting activities. "I love the ambiguity of the idea," says Enya, laughing, who poured her impressions into the record's... |
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...opening instrumental title track, "but it's got more to do with what the trees have been through and their awareness of us, instead of our awareness of them. That's why the Druids placed great importance on trees and their spiritual power." This belief led to the earliest form of Irish writing, called Ogham or "the tree alphabet," its characters composing... |
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...a secret script with both ordinary and otherworldly meanings. According to legend, the system was devised by Ogma, god of eloquence and literature. Enya herself perceives great importance in legend, its relationship to Irish heritage, and its modern impact on its people. "I get inspiration from the countryside," she says. "I live in... |
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...northwest Donegal on the Atlantic coast, and it's quite wild, with mostly mountains, moors, and brown bogs filled with rushes. There's something terribly breathtaking about it, and it moves me to write melodies that can be uplifting, but which I personally find can be very emotional and draining. (Billboard Magazine, Oct. 2000) |
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With a glittering array of multi-million selling albums behind her - such as Watermark, Shepherd Moons, The Memory Of Trees and Paint The Sky With Stars - Enya has established a career that is a global phenomenon and a refreshing antidote to superstar pop. (Reprise Records, Oct. 2000) |
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Though the album's been out nearly a year, it practically qualifies as an overnight success for Enya. Her previous albums have sold solidly but slowly, achieving multiplatinum status over years, not months. Her prior chart best was #9 for 1995's The Memory of Trees. (MTV, Oct. 2001) |
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I have to say I was very excited to be invited to perform at The Rockefeller Center with the lighting of the Christmas trees and to perform for NBC. I've been there several times, and The Rockefeller Center is so beautiful, that's where the tree is, so I am very excited about my performance with the show. (NBC, Nov. 2006) |
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Shepherd Moons won Enya her first Grammy for Best New Age Album but her awards cabinet would start to fill out four years later with Memory Of Trees earning another Grammy and racking up more than 9 million sales. (Warner Music, Sep. 2008) |
The Memory of Trees mp3(4:20) to download, sung by Enya, original from album tracks |
