Editing The Memory of Trees (section)

==Critical reception==
{{Album reviews
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=allmusic/>
|rev2 = ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]''
|rev2score = (favorable)<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Steve|last=Baltin|title=Pop Albums|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/90s/1995/CB-1995-12-23.pdf|magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]|date=1995-12-23|page=9|accessdate=2022-11-10}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[The Cincinnati Post]]''
|rev3score = B+<ref name = "CinPost"/>
|rev4 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
|rev4score = B<ref name=EW1995>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,299839,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425193313/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,299839,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 April 2009|title=The Memory of Trees Review|last=Browne|first=David|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=1995-12-08|accessdate=2013-09-22}}</ref>
|rev5 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
|rev5score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>Sullivan, Caroline (1995-12-08). "Music: This Week's Pop CD Releases". ''[[The Guardian]]''.</ref>
|rev6 = ''[[Los Angeles Daily News]]''
|rev6score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref name = "LADailyNews"/>
|rev7 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
|rev7score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name=latimes1995>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-02-ca-9434-story.html|title=ALBUM REVIEWS : Musical Spirits Continue to Inspire Enya|last=Heckman|first=Don|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=1995-12-02|access-date=2013-09-22}}</ref>
|rev8 = ''[[Music Week]]''
|rev8score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|first= |last= |title= Reviews: Albums |magazine= [[Music Week]] |date= 1995-11-11 |page= 10 |accessdate= 2021-05-16 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1995/Music-Week-1995-11-11.pdf}}</ref>
|rev9 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
|rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1101605&style=music|title=Enya - Memory of Trees CD Album|work=[[Q (magazine)|Q]]|via=[[CD Universe]]|accessdate=2013-09-22}}</ref>
|rev10 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev10score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=RS1996>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/enya/albums/album/199626/review/5940423/the_memory_of_trees|title=Enya: The Memory of Trees : Music Reviews|last=Gardner|first=Elysa|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=1996-01-25|page=73|accessdate=2013-09-22|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080609053059/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/enya/albums/album/199626/review/5940423/the_memory_of_trees|archivedate=2008-06-09|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
Of frequent discussion was how little Enya's sound and style changed. Some critics welcomed Enya continuing the formula, Jody Callahan of ''[[The Cincinnati Post]]'' exclaiming ''The Memory of Trees'' was "another Enya record, with all the myth and warmth that implies", and
''[[The Los Angeles Times]]''{{'}}s Don Heckman writing the style would still appeal to Enya's fans.<ref name=latimes1995/><ref name = "CinPost"/><ref>{{Cite news|last=Johnson|first=Steven C.|title=ENYA|newspaper=The Record (Bergen County, New Jersey)|accessdate=22 June 2016|date=21 January 1996|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-22500082.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911093254/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-22500082.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 September 2016}}</ref> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' reporter Elysa Gardner picked out "China Roses" as a track that reminded her of the "tranquil radiance" of "[[Caribbean Blue]]" from ''Shepherd Moons'', with "Once You Had Gold" sounding "equally tender, with a reassuring lyric and all the prettiness of a Christmas carol".<ref name=RS1996/> Others found the lack of evolution a downside and resulting in a dull experience.<ref name = "LADailyNews"/><ref name = "WAPost"/> Sullivan felt it was not "quite as exotic or transcendent" as Enya's previous two albums, and wished for more "movement and drama".<ref name = "Sullivan"/> David Browne of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' called Enya "even less the life of the pub" with her new release: "With its layered, breathing-lesson choral harmonies cushioned in sullen keyboards, the album is, except for a few perky moments, wistful to the point of stultification."<ref name=EW1995/>

Nicky Ryans' production and Enya's singing was acclaimed. Howard Cohen for ''[[The Los Angeles Daily News]]'' state the record does not "disappoint, at least not stylistically" with its "flawless" recording and "gorgeous" sounds.<ref name = "LADailyNews">{{cite web|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-25030008.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302030819/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-25030008.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 March 2017|title=SOUND CHECK POP|first=Howard|last=Cohen|date=15 December 1995|newspaper=Los Angeles Daily News |accessdate=1 March 2017}}</ref> The "technical proficiency and the mood-sustaining qualities" of the music, that Heckman called "mysterious" and "rich" coupled with Enya's "angelic, folk soprano" and "nostalgic" piano, flow to make a seamless album that "almost demands that the album be heard in its entirety".<ref name=latimes1995/> Callahan praised the record's "sonorous melodies, glowing with strings, piano and crashing percussion; luxurious vocals".<ref name = "CinPost">{{cite web|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-72842725.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911033222/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-72842725.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 September 2016|title=Enya's New 'Trees' Lovely, Layered Sound|first=Jody|last=Callahan|date=4 January 1996|newspaper=The Cincinnati Post |accessdate=1 March 2017}}</ref> Joyce praised her vocals and Nicky Ryan's production as forming a "cascading shower of harmonies".<ref name = "WAPost">{{Cite news|last=Joyce|first=Mike|title=Enya's 'Trees': That Eire Quality|newspaper=The Washington Post|accessdate=22 June 2016|date=7 January 1996|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-769911.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911170937/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-769911.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 September 2016}}</ref> Jim Sullivan of ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' thought she and the Ryans produce "serene ambience" and "new-age music with subtlety and smarts".<ref name = "Sullivan">{{Cite news|last=Sullivan|first=Jim|title=ENYA THE MEMORY OF TREES Reprise/Warner Bros.|newspaper=The Boston Globe|accessdate=22 June 2016|date=28 December 1995|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8357628.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911173059/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8357628.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 September 2016}}</ref>