Editing The Memory of Trees

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{{Infobox album
| name       = The Memory of Trees
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Enya]]
| cover      = Enya5.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|1995|11|20|df=yes}}
| recorded   = 1993–1995
| venue      =
| studio     = Aigle<br>([[Killiney]], [[County Dublin]], Ireland)
| genre      =
* [[New-age music|New age]]
* [[Celtic music|Celtic]]
* [[Instrumental music|instrumental]]
| length     = 43:50
| label      =
* [[Warner Music Group|WEA]] (UK)
* [[Reprise Records|Reprise]] (US)
| producer   = [[Nicky Ryan]]
| prev_title = [[Shepherd Moons]]
| prev_year  = 1991
| next_title = [[Paint the Sky with Stars]]
| next_year  = 1997
| misc       = {{Singles
| name        = The Memory of Trees
| type        = studio
| single1     = [[Anywhere Is]]
| single1date = 20 November 1995
| single2     = [[On My Way Home (song)|On My Way Home]]
| single2date = 22 November 1996
}}
}}

'''''The Memory of Trees''''' is the fourth studio album by Irish singer, songwriter, and musician [[Enya]], released on 20 November 1995 by [[Warner Music Group|WEA]]. After travelling worldwide to promote her previous album ''[[Shepherd Moons]]'' (1991), and contributing to film soundtracks, Enya took a short break before she started writing and recording a new album in 1993 with her longtime recording partners, arranger and producer [[Nicky Ryan]] and his wife, lyricist [[Roma Ryan]]. The album is Enya's first to be recorded entirely in Ireland, and covers themes that include [[Irish mythology|Irish]] and [[Druid]] [[Celtic mythology|mythology]], the idea of one's home, journeys, religion, dreams, and love. Enya continues to display her sound of multi-tracked vocals with keyboards and elements of [[Celtic music|Celtic]] and [[New-age music|new age music]], though Enya does not consider her music to be in the latter genre. She sings in [[English language|English]], [[Irish language|Irish]], [[Latin]], and [[Spanish language|Spanish]].

''The Memory of Trees'' received mostly positive reviews from music critics. It became a worldwide commercial success, reaching number five in the United Kingdom and number nine on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] in the United States. In 2000, it was certified multi-platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] for selling three million copies. Two tracks were released as singles; "[[Anywhere Is]]" in November 1995, which reached number seven in the United Kingdom, followed by "[[On My Way Home (song)|On My Way Home]]" in November 1996, which peaked at number twenty-six. Enya supported the album with a promotional tour that included several interviews and televised performances. ''The Memory of Trees'' won Enya her second [[Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Best New Age Album|Best New Age Album]] in 1997. It was remastered for a Japanese release with bonus tracks in 2009, and became available on vinyl in 2016.

==Recording and production==
After travelling worldwide since late 1991 to promote her previous album ''[[Shepherd Moons]]'' (1991), and working for the soundtrack to the romantic adventure drama film ''[[Far and Away]]'' (1992), the 31-year-old Enya took a break from music that lasted for approximately one year. She spent most of the time with her family, trying "to unwind", and visiting different places around the world to provide further inspiration for her songwriting.<ref>{{cite interview|url=http://enyabookofdays.com/articles/tmot-1.htm|last=Brennan|first=Enya|subject-link=Enya|interviewer=[[Eamonn Holmes]]|title=An Interview with Enya|work=[[List of GMTV programmes#GMTV|GMTV]]|publisher=[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]|location=London|date=17 November 1995}}</ref> She returned to work in 1993 when she felt it was the right time to start writing and recording a new studio album with her longtime recording partners, arranger and producer [[Nicky Ryan]] and his wife, lyricist [[Roma Ryan]].<ref name=KSCA1996/><ref name=gavin1996/> Enya received further soundtrack offers during the recording of ''The Memory of Trees'', but turned them down as she wished to concentrate solely on the album.<ref name=gavin1996/>

[[File:Maxfield Parrish - The Young King of the Black Isles (1906).jpg|thumb|right|upright|The album's cover is based on ''The Young King of the Black Isles'' (1906) by [[Maxfield Parrish]].]]
During Enya's break from music, the Ryans moved home from [[Artane, Dublin|Artane]], a northern suburb of [[Dublin]], to [[Killiney]], [[County Dublin]], which involved the relocation of Aigle Studio, their home recording facility where Enya had recorded her previous three albums, ''[[Enya (album)|Enya]]'' (1987), ''[[Watermark (Enya album)|Watermark]]'' (1988), and ''Shepherd Moons''. Prior to the move, Enya and Nicky would start to record in Artane but were required to finish albums in London as Aigle lacked the right equipment to do so, which Enya found difficult as working in the city was met with frequent distractions and high studio rental costs, compared to the "very intimate and personal" setting at home.<ref name=gavin1996/><ref name=latimes1996/> Aigle was rebuilt as a separate building on the grounds and upgraded with new equipment designed and built according to their specifications, thus making ''The Memory of Trees'' Enya's first to be recorded entirely in Ireland.<ref name=gavin1996/> She described the two-storey studio: "It's very peaceful and quiet. Upstairs we have this long room with two big arc windows at either end with a piano looking out over the [[Wicklow Mountains]]".<ref name=gavin1996>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.enyabookofdays.com/articles/tmot-22.htm|title=Enya & the Memory of Trees|first=Keith|last=Zimmerman|date=25 January 1996|journal=Gavin|issue=2089|accessdate=22 June 2016}}</ref>

Enya's pace and hours of working in the studio increased during the last eight months of recording, waking up at seven or eight in the morning and working until late in order to "give as much as I could" on the album. Enya later said she "gave 100 per cent" on it.<ref name=irishtimes1995/> When recording finished the album was mastered by Arun Chakraverty, who had also worked on the 1992 reissue of ''Enya'', ''The Celts''.<ref name=promotionalbox/><ref name=theceltssleeve>{{cite AV media notes|title=The Celts|others=Enya|year=1992|publisher=Warner Music|id=4509-91167-2}}</ref> Nicky was pleased to have the album complete due to the length of time it took to record. He reasoned this down to the three being "the worst enemies in deciding when a piece is finished ... listener fatigue sets in and we're unable to judge whether the work's ready."<ref name=latimes1996/>

The album's sleeve design was arranged to a layout by Sooky Choi who, like Chakraverty, had worked on ''The Celts''.<ref name=promotionalbox/><ref name=theceltssleeve/> Its front is an adaptation of ''The Young King of the Black Isles'', a painting by American artist [[Maxfield Parrish]] from 1906, itself based on the story of the same name from the collection of folktales, ''[[One Thousand and One Nights]]''.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/enya-dark-sky-island-album-interview/56b8fef26f753a30670000eb|title=Singer-Songwriter Enya|date=14 March 2016|publisher=HuffPost Live|time=21:25–21:48|accessdate=21 March 2016}}</ref> Enya is depicted as the crying young king sitting on his throne in a costume designed by English fashion designer [[Elizabeth Emanuel]].<ref name=promotionalbox/> Live action footage of Enya in the costume and pose is used in the music video to "[[Anywhere Is]]".<ref name=verybest2009>{{cite AV media notes|url=https://www.discogs.com/Enya-The-Memory-Of-Trees/release/5924388|title=The Very Best of Enya – Limited Edition|publisher=Warner Music|id=825646850051|date=2009}}</ref>

==Music and lyrics==
Enya is the sole composer of the music on ''The Memory of Trees'' and co-arranged them with Nicky.<ref name=promotionalbox/> It is her first album not to feature guest musicians.<ref name=gavin1996/> In addition to the vocals, piano and an array of keyboards and synthesisers that defined her sound, Enya plays the violin, cello, and percussion instruments.<ref name=KSCA1996/> Her method of songwriting had deviated little since the start of her career, which started by entering the studio and forgetting about past successes. Ideas are then put on tape as either a vocal or a piano melody. "Usually what happens is the first note, the second note, and it takes me on a journey and I just go along with it."<ref name=NPR1996/> When a collection of ideas have been recorded Enya presents them to Nicky, starting discussions on how to develop them further into songs. Roma will then work on a lyric if she feels the song would suit one.

As with her previous two albums, ''The Memory of Trees'' opens with a same-titled instrumental with wordless vocals. The track originated from Roma after she read about [[Irish mythology]] and the [[Druid|Celtic druids]], who placed a great importance on trees and believed they were sacred and possessed wisdom. Enya maintained it does not mean an ecological statement, but more about what trees may think about humans. Roma suggested its title and Enya agreed, thinking the title was particularly strong and has a sense of ambiguity that allows the listener to conjure up their own images and ideas when they see and hear it.<ref name=KSCA1996>{{Cite web|url=http://enyabookofdays.com/articles/tmot-17.htm|title=Transcript of Enya's radio interview with Merilee Kelly on KSCA-FM|date=18 January 1996|first=Merilee|last=Kelly|accessdate=22 June 2016}}</ref><ref name=billboard25Nov95>{{Cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pw0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA5|title=Enya: 'Memory,' Myth & Mythology|first=Timothy|last=White|date=25 November 1995|magazine=Billboard|page=5|accessdate=24 June 2016}}</ref> When the title was agreed upon, Enya proceeded to write the song around two weeks later, which was an unusual way of working as the melody had always come first, followed by its title and lyrics.<ref name=gavin1996/>

{{Quote box|width=28%|align=right|style=padding:8px;|border=2px|"I feel I'm like their bridge to the real world. I deal in commerce. I'm out there in the world, I have an idea of how people will respond to the music. Whereas they're very isolated creatively."| source =—Warner Music UK chairman [[Rob Dickins]], 1996.<ref name=latimes1996/>}}
"[[Anywhere Is]]" developed from a [[staccato]] line that Enya described had a "march feel".<ref name=gavin1996/> Initially it was a track that she and Nicky wanted to reject for the album, but it was developed further after [[Rob Dickins]], then chairman of [[Warner Music Group|Warner Music UK]] who had signed Enya, was invited to Ireland in August 1995 to listen to the album, roughly a year and a half into the recording process.<ref name=gavin1996/><ref name=musicweek1995>{{cite journal|url=http://enyabookofdays.com/articles/tmot-2.htm|title=Enya: Conjuring up More Studio Magic|journal=Music Week|first=Paul|last=Gorman|date=20 November 1995|accessdate=25 February 2017}}</ref> Enya and the Ryans thought the songs needed further work but Dickens expressed his satisfaction, "Most tracks sounded absolutely superb. They were ready."<ref name=latimes1996/> For "Anywhere Is", for which only its backing tracks had been put down, Dickins sensed the song had the makings of a hit single and encouraged them to complete it; it was the final track to be worked on.<ref name=gavin1996/><ref name=musicweek1995/> Enya's melody for the song inspired Roma to write lyrics about, as ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine put it, "the search for the temporal heaven all cultures call 'home'", a subject that Enya felt was important as she only writes and rehearses her songs in Ireland.<ref name="billboard25Nov95"/> Dickins received a dedication on the album's sleeve in [[Irish language|Irish]].<ref name=latimes1996>{{cite web|title=Enya Dreams|first=David|last=Gritten|date=7 January 1996|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=6 January 2016|url=http://www.enyabookofdays.com/articles/tmot-13.htm}}</ref>

"Pax Deorum" is Latin for "Peace of the Gods"<ref name=promotionalbox>{{cite AV media notes|url=https://www.discogs.com/Enya-The-Memory-Of-Trees/release/5924388|title=The Memory of Trees [Promotional Box Limited Edition] (Liner notes and booklet)|publisher=Warner Music|id=0630-12879-2/4|date=1995|author=Ryan, Roma}}</ref> and features Enya playing the cello and violin, instruments that she had not fully learnt but can play basic chords that to her sounded effective when Nicky layered them in the studio with her synthesisers.<ref name=gavin1996/> While working on the track in its early stages during the Christmas 1994 period, the song took a direction that Enya and Nicky were not happy with, so they left it for up to three months before they revisited it, readjusting its basic theme in the process.<ref name=NPR1996/> When Enya played the song to Roma, it was clear to them that the song suited a language other than English, and decided Latin, at Roma's suggestion, for its "classic feel".<ref name=KSCA1996/> Regarding the Irish language song "Athair Ar Neamh", which translates as "Father in Heaven" in English, Roma wrote "The voice of epiphany is found in 'Athair ar Neamh'. It is the voice of day, the voice of night, the voice of all, of understanding ... a peace which is unique to the individual, a peace that is felt rather than described".<ref>{{cite web |author=Ryan, Roma |title=The Memory of Trees lyrics - Enya Blues |url=http://enya.sk/roma-ryan/lyrics/memory-trees-lyrics/ |website=EnyaBlues |accessdate=11 July 2019 |quote=Athair ar Neamh (Father in Heaven) [...] Lyrics by Roma Ryan}}</ref>

[[File:SilentValley.jpg|thumb|right|The vocals for "Hope Has a Place" were recorded on location at the [[Silent Valley Reservoir]] in the [[Mourne Mountains]], Ireland]]
"From Where I Am" is the album's second of three instrumental tracks on the album.<ref name=promotionalbox/> The title of "China Roses" makes reference to the flower ''[[Rosa chinensis]]''. Its lyrics refer to the plants [[Ilex aquifolium|Christmas holly]] and [[Angel's tears]], the [[red-tailed comet]], the [[Keys of Heaven]], and the ''One Thousand and One Nights'' stories. Roma explained the song is based on the idea that "everyone has their own idea of heaven ... it is a different treasure we embrace".<ref name=promotionalbox/> "Hope Has a Place" was developed lyrically at first, after Roma had visited the [[Silent Valley Reservoir]] in the [[Mourne Mountains]] in Ireland, and wrote its words based around one's first love for her daughter Ebony.<ref name=OnlyTimeLPsleeve>{{cite AV media notes|author=Roma Ryan|title=Only Time – The Collection|others=Enya|year=2002|type=Booklet notes, pages 15, 16, 19, 21|publisher=Warner Music|id=0927 49211-2}}</ref> Enya subsequently wrote a melody and visited the Silent Valley with Nicky, who suggested that she record the song's lead vocal on location.<ref name=latimes1996/><ref name=gavin1996/>

"Tea-House Moon" is the album's third instrumental track.<ref name=promotionalbox/> "Once You Had Gold" was influenced by Enya's experience of singing hymns in her youth, and incorporated its structure and melody into the track.<ref name=gavin1996/> "La Soñadora" is Spanish for "The Dreamer". Its lyrics were inspired by a poem recited by [[Amergin Glúingel]], a Druid of the [[Milesians (Irish)|Milesian race]], upon his arrival to Ireland from Spain.<ref name=promotionalbox/> Enya has an ancestral connection to Spain through her mother's side of the family; both aspects inspired her to sing it in Spanish, at Roma's suggestion.<ref name=gavin1996/><ref name=NPR1996>{{cite interview|title=Enya: The Memory of Trees|work=All Things Considered|interviewer=Noah Adams|last=Brennan|first=Enya|publisher=National Public Radio|accessdate=25 February 2017|date=15 January 1996|url=http://enyabookofdays.com/articles/tmot-16.htm}}</ref> To Enya, "[[On My Way Home (song)|On My Way Home]]" is about "those wonderful memories and fond moments that you have when you're on your way home", and wished to present a positive feel in the chorus.<ref name=gavin1996/> The song contains samples from two other Enya songs, "[[Book of Days (song)|Book of Days]]" and "[[Orinoco Flow]]".

The original Japanese edition contains "Oriel Window", a piano instrumental that was recorded around the time of ''Shepherd Moons'', as a bonus track.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes|title=The Memory of Trees|publisher=WEA Japan|year=1995|id=WPCR-550}}</ref>

==Release and commercial performance==
To promote the album, Warner Music organised a pre-release event in London for journalists and broadcasters on the Silver Barracuda, a pleasure boat that travelled from [[Charing Cross]] to [[Greenwich]], where a reception was held at [[Queen's House]] complete with a fireworks display. The following day, Enya held a private conference for the press.<ref name=irishtimes1995>{{Cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-24940091.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911132248/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-24940091.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 September 2016|title=The enigma of Enya|first=Kevin|last=Courtney|date=30 December 1995|newspaper=The Irish Times|accessdate=22 June 2016}}</ref> A limited edition promotional box set was released, of which 1,001 copies were produced, which included the album on CD and cassette with a 14-page booklet containing notes and a foreword autographed by Roma Ryan and printed lyrics.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.discogs.com/Enya-The-Memory-Of-Trees/release/5924388|title=The Memory of Trees [Box Set Limited Edition]|year=1995|publisher=WEA}}</ref>

''The Memory of Trees'' was released on 20 November 1995 by WEA in the United Kingdom and on 5 December 1995 by [[Reprise Records]] in the United States.<ref name=BPI/><ref name=allmusic>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r228953}}</ref><ref name=RIAA/> It reached number one on the [[Irish Albums Chart]], and became Enya's fourth album to enter the top 10 of the [[UK Albums Chart]], entering at number 6 before it reached its peak position of number 5 for two weeks in December 1995 during its initial 22-week run on the chart. The album re-entered the chart for a total of six weeks in 1996, and three more weeks in 1997.<ref name=UKchart>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/29512/enya/|title=Official Charts – Enya|publisher=UK Official Charts|accessdate=9 February 2017}}</ref> In the United States, ''The Memory of Trees'' peaked at number 9 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], her highest-charting album in the country at the time of release, during a 66-week stay on the chart.<ref name="Billboard 200">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/enya/chart-history/tlp/|title=Enya Chart History: Billboard 200|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=19 June 2020}}</ref> On the ''Billboard'' New Age Albums chart, the album became Enya's second consecutive number one during a 104-week stay.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/enya/chart-history/nlp/|title=Enya Chart History: New Age Albums|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=19 June 2020}}</ref> To further promote the album, Enya and Nicky travelled worldwide on a media tour that covered sixteen countries<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vgcEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22The+Memory+of+Trees%22&pg=PA71|magazine=Billboard|issn=0006-2510|volume=108|issue=36|date=7 September 1996|title=Ireland: The Billboard Spotlight|first=Ken|last=Stewart|accessdate=28 August 2016}}</ref> and included interviews, guest appearances, and lip-sync performances of "Anywhere Is".

The album became an international commercial success. In December 1995, it was certified platinum by the [[British Phonographic Industry]] (BPI) for 300,000 copies sold in the United Kingdom. In August 1996, it reached double platinum for 600,000 copies sold.<ref name=BPI>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards/search.aspx|title=British album certifications – Enya – The Memory of Trees|publisher=British Phonographic Industry|accessdate=18 July 2016}} Enter "The Memory of Trees" in the field 'Keywords'. Select 'Title' in the field 'Search by'. Select 'Album' in the field 'By Format'. Click 'Search'.</ref> Its greatest success was in the United States where in February 1996, it was certified platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) for selling one million copies. In the following six months, a further one million copies were sold. In March 2000, ''The Memory of Trees'' was certified triple platinum for selling three million.<ref name=RIAA>{{Cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Enya&ti=The_Memory_of_Trees#search_section|title=American album certifications – Enya – Shepherd Moons|publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|accessdate=9 February 2017}}</ref> In November 2008, ''Billboard'' reported the album had sold 2,397,724 copies in the United States according to figures tracked by [[Nielsen SoundScan]].<ref name=billboard2008>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pBQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA43|title=Simple Gift: Christmas Comes Early for Enya, Warners|date=29 November 2008|first=Mark|last=Sutherland|magazine=Billboard|issn=0006-2510|page=43|volume=120|issue=48|accessdate=12 February 2017}}</ref>

Enya released a single from ''The Memory of Trees'' in 1995 and 1996. "Anywhere Is" was the [[lead single]], released in November 1995. It became her second-highest-charting single in the United Kingdom, reaching a peak of number 7 during its 13-week stay on the chart.<ref name=UKchart/> In 2013, it was certified silver by the BPI for 200,000 copies sold.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards/search.aspx|title=British album certifications – Enya – Anywhere Is|publisher=British Phonographic Industry|accessdate=2 March 2017}} Enter "Anywhere Is" in the field 'Keywords'. Select 'Title' in the field 'Search by'. Select 'Single' in the field 'By Format'. Click 'Search'.</ref> A music video for the song was directed by David Scheinmann, who had previous worked with Enya on the reissue of ''Enya'' and her other promotional videos.<ref name=verybest2009/> "On My Way Home" was the second single, released in November 1996. It reached number 26 in the United Kingdom during a two-week stay on the singles chart.<ref name=UKchart/> Its video was directed by Dickins.<ref name=verybest2009/>

In February 1997, ''The Memory of Trees'' earned Enya her second [[Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Best New Age Album|Best New Age Album]] at the [[39th Annual Grammy Awards|39th edition]] of the award ceremony.<ref name=allmusic/>

In 2009, the album was remastered for a Japanese release on Super High Material CD with three bonus tracks: "I May Not Awaken", originally released as the B-side to the "On My Way Home" single, and single edits of the latter and "Anywhere Is".<ref>{{Cite AV media notes|title=The Memory of Trees|publisher=WEA Japan|year=2009|id=WPCR-13300}}</ref><ref name="eil.com">{{Cite web|url=http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=459822|title = Enya the Memory of Trees Japanese SHM CD (459822)}}</ref> On 11 November 2016, Reprise Records put the album out on vinyl for the first time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/CDs-Vinyl/Memory-Trees-Enya/B01DCVAE8G/|title=The Memory of Trees|website=Amazon UK|year=2018}}</ref>

==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>

==Track listing==
All music by [[Enya]], all lyrics by [[Roma Ryan]], and all arrangements by Enya and [[Nicky Ryan]].<ref name=promotionalbox/>

{{Track listing
| total_length    = 43:50
| title1          = The Memory of Trees
| length1         = 4:19
| title2          = [[Anywhere Is]]
| length2         = 3:58
| title3          = Pax Deorum
| length3         = 4:59
| title4          = Athair Ar Neamh
| length4         = 3:42
| title5          = From Where I Am
| length5         = 2:22
| title6          = China Roses
| length6         = 4:49
| title7          = Hope Has a Place
| length7         = 4:48
| title8          = Tea-House Moon
| length8         = 2:43
| title9          = Once You Had Gold
| length9         = 3:18
| title10         = La Soñadora
| length10        = 3:38
| title11         = [[On My Way Home (song)|On My Way Home]]
| length11        = 5:09
}}
{{Track listing
| headline        = 1995 Japanese release bonus track
| title12         = Oriel Window
| length12        = 2:22
}}
{{Track listing
| headline        = 2009 Japanese remaster bonus tracks
| title12         = Anywhere Is
| note12          = single edit
| length12        = 3:48
| title13         = On My Way Home
| note13          = remix
| length13        = 3:38
| title14         = I May Not Awaken
| length14        = 4:23
}}

==Personnel==
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.<ref name=promotionalbox/>

'''Music'''
* [[Enya]] – Lead vocals, backing vocals, piano, keyboard, synthesizer, cello, violin, percussion

'''Production'''
* [[Nicky Ryan]] – producer, arrangements, recording engineer, audio mixing
* [[Rob Dickins]] – executive producer
* Arun Chakraverty – mastering (credited as "Arun")
* [[EMI]] Songs Ltd. – publisher
* [[Maxfield Parrish]] – sleeve photography (inspired by)
* [[Elizabeth Emanuel]] – costume design
* Sooky Choi – sleeve layout (credited as "Sooky")

==Charts==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

=== Weekly charts ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Weekly chart performance for ''The Memory of Trees''
! scope="col"| Chart (1995–1996)
! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position
|-
!scope="row"|[[ARIA Charts|Australian ARIA Albums Chart]]<ref name="charts">{{cite web|url=http://www.spanishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Enya&titel=The+Memory+Of+Trees&cat=a|title=ENYA - THE MEMORY OF TREES (ALBUM)|publisher=spanishcharts.com|accessdate=2017-03-02}}</ref>
| 1
|-
!scope="row"|Austrian Albums Chart<ref name="charts"/>
| 3
|-
!scope="row"|Belgian Ultratop 50 Albums (Flanders)<ref name="charts"/>
| 3
|-
!scope="row"|Belgian Ultratop 50 Albums (Wallonia)<ref name="charts"/>
| 6
|-
{{album chart|Canada|4|chartid=2850|rowheader=true|access-date=8 February 2025}}
|-
!scope="row"|[[MegaCharts|Dutch Albums Chart]]<ref name="charts"/>
| 1
|-
!scope="row"|[[European Top 100 Albums|European Albums Chart]]<ref name = "Europe"/>
| 2
|-
!scope="row"|[[The Official Finnish Charts|Finnish Albums Chart]]<ref name="charts"/>
| 11
|-
!scope="row"|[[German Albums Chart]]<ref name="charts"/>
| 4
|-
!scope="row"|[[Irish Albums Chart]]<ref name="charts"/>
| 1
|-
!scope="row"|[[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|Italian FIMI Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=TA8EAAAAMBAJ&q=Enya+The+Memory+of+Trees&pg=PA50|title = Hits of the World – Italy|date = 9 March 1996|magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page = 50|accessdate= 27 January 2020}}</ref>
| 4
|-
!scope="row"|[[Billboard Japan Hot Albums|Japanese Hot Albums]] ([[Billboard Japan]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=TA8EAAAAMBAJ&q=Enya+The+Memory+of+Trees&pg=PA50|title = Hits of the World – Japan|date = 9 March 1996|magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page = 50|accessdate= 27 January 2020}}</ref>
| 10
|-
!scope="row"|[[Oricon Albums Chart|Japanese Albums Chart]] ([[Oricon]])<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/50256/products/308101/1/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214152428/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/50256/products/308101/1/ | title=メモリー・オブ・トゥリーズ - エンヤ | language=ja | publisher=[[Oricon]] | accessdate=15 December 2023 |archivedate=14 December 2023 | quote=最高順位 - 15位 | url-status=live}}</ref>
| 15
|-
!scope="row"|[[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|New Zealand Albums Chart]]<ref name="charts"/>
| 3
|-
!scope="row"|[[VG-lista|Norwegian Albums Chart]]<ref name="charts"/>
| 1
|-
!scope="row"|[[Spanish Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=zg4EAAAAMBAJ&q=Enya+The+Memory+of+Trees|title = Hits of the World – Spain|date = 13 January 1996|magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page = 46|accessdate=12 January 2020}}</ref>
| 1
|-
!scope="row"|[[Sverigetopplistan|Swedish Albums Chart]]<ref name="charts"/>
| 1
|-
!scope="row"|Swiss Albums Chart<ref name="charts"/>
| 3
|-
!scope="row"|[[UK Albums Chart]]<ref name="ukchart">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/19951210/7502/|title=Official Albums Chart Top 100 10 December 1995 - 16 December 1995|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|accessdate=2017-03-02}}</ref>
| 5
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="Billboard 200" />
| 9
|}
{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+1995 year-end chart performance for ''The Memory of Trees''
!scope="column"|Chart (1995)
!scope="column"|Position
|-
!scope="row"|Australian Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1995/albums-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Albums for 1995|website=ARIA|accessdate=17 December 2020}}</ref>
|17
|-
!scope="row"|Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1995&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten 1995|language=Dutch|website=Ultratop|accessdate=17 December 2020}}</ref>
|25
|-
!scope="row"|Dutch Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1995&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 1995|language=Dutch|website=DutchCharts.nl|accessdate=17 December 2020}}</ref>
|60
|-
!scope="row"|Swedish Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/42?dspy=1995&dspp=1|title=Year list Album (incl. Collections), 1995|website=[[Sverigetopplistan]]|language=Swedish|accessdate=30 December 2020}}</ref>
|9
|-
!scope="row"|UK Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/19951231/37502/|title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 1995 |website=Official Charts Company|accessdate=30 December 2020}}</ref>
|20
|}
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+1996 year-end chart performance for ''The Memory of Trees''
!scope="column"|Chart (1996)
!scope="column"|Position
|-
!scope="row"|Australian Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1996/albums-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Albums for 1996|website=ARIA|accessdate=17 December 2020}}</ref>
|11
|-
!scope="row"|Austrian Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=a&id=1996|title=Jahreshitparade Alben 1996|language=German|website=Austriancharts.at|accessdate=17 December 2020}}</ref>
|22
|-
!scope="row"|Canadian Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.9732&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021011727/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.9732&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062|archivedate=21 October 2012|title=RPM Year End Top 100 Albums|work=RPM|accessdate=30 December 2020}}</ref>
|48
|-
!scope="row"|Dutch Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1996&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 1996|language=Dutch|website=DutchCharts.nl|accessdate=17 December 2020}}</ref>
|32
|-
! scope="row"| European Albums Chart<ref name = "Europe">{{cite web|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Music-and-Media/90s/1996/MM-1996-12-21.pdf#page=12|title=Music & Media 1996 in Review: Year End Sales Charts|work=[[Music & Media]]|page=12|date=21 December 1996|access-date=13 May 2022}}</ref>
| 9
|-
!scope="row"|German Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1996 |title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|language=German |publisher=[[GfK Entertainment]]|accessdate=8 September 2016}}</ref>
|23
|-
!scope="row"|New Zealand Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/1996-12-31|title=Top Selling Albums of 1996|website=The Official NZ Music Charts|access-date=17 December 2020}}</ref>
|50
|-
!scope="row"|Swedish Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/42?dspy=1996&dspp=1|title=Year list Album (incl. Collections), 1996|website=Sverigetopplistan|language=Swedish|accessdate=30 December 2020}}</ref>
|24
|-
!scope="row"|Swiss Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/1996|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1996|language=German|website=Hitparade.ch|accessdate=17 December 2020}}</ref>
|28
|-
!scope="row"|UK Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/19960107/37502/|title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 1996 |website=Official Charts Company|accessdate=30 December 2020}}</ref>
|61
|-
!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1996/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1996|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=17 December 2020}}</ref>
|31
|-
!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' New Age Albums Chart<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1996/BB-1996-12-28.pdf#page=125|title=The Year in Music: Top New Age Albums|magazine=Billboard|date=28 December 1996|page=Y-81|access-date=13 May 2022}}</ref>
| 2
|}
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+1997 chart performance for ''The Memory of Trees''
!scope="column"|Chart (1997)
!scope="column"|Position
|-
!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' New Age Albums Chart<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1997/Billboard-1997-12-27.pdf#page=125|title=The Year in Music: Top New Age Albums|magazine=Billboard|date=27 December 1997|page=Y-77|access-date=13 May 2022}}</ref>
| 3
|}
{{col-end}}

==Certifications and sales==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for ''The Memory of Trees''}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Argentina|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=1995|artist=Enya|title=The memory of Trees|certref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=&album=&LanDesde_MM=1&LanDesde_AA=1980&LanHasta_MM=12&LanHasta_AA=2010&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110706084844/http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=&album=&LanDesde_MM=1&LanDesde_AA=1980&LanHasta_MM=12&LanHasta_AA=2010&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP |archive-date=6 July 2011 |title=Discos de oro y platino |language=es |access-date=7 March 2021|publisher=[[Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas]] |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=album|award=Platinum|number=4|relyear=1995|certyear=1996|source=book|id=94}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|title=Memory of Trees|artist=Enya|type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=1995}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|title=The Memory of Trees|artist=Enya|type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=1995|certyear=1996|access-date=23 July 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|title=The Memory of Trees|artist=Enya|type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=1995|certyear=1997}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|title=The Memory of Trees|artist=Enya|type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=1995|certyear=1995}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Finland|title=The Memory of Trees|artist=Enya|type=album|award=Gold|salesamount=21,714}}
{{certification Table Entry|title=The Memory of Trees|type=album|artist=Enya|relyear=1995|region=France|award=Gold|certyear=1995}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|title=The Memory of Trees|artist=Enya|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=1995}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|nocert=yes|salesamount=250,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite news|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1997/MM-1997-04-05.pdf#page=7|title=Ligabue propels Warner to the top|first=Mark|last=Dezzani|work=[[Music & Media]]|date=April 5, 1997|access-date=March 7, 2021|page=7|volume=14|issue=14}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|artist=エンヤ|title=メモリー・オブ・トゥリーズ|award=Platinum|number=3|type=album|certyear=1997|certmonth=4|relyear=1997|access-date=July 22, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Mexico|nocert=yes|salesamount=20,000|salesref=<ref name="Mexico">{{cite news|title=Enya rompe récord de ventas en la República Mexicana|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=EDT/1996/01/03/29/Ar02901.xml&CollName=EDT_1990_1999&DOCID=987&PageLabelPrint=29&skin=%45%6c%53%69%67%6c%6f&sLanguage=%45%6e%67%6c%69%73%68&Content=%41%4c%4c&selLanguage=&sPublication=%45%44%54&sQuery=%63%6f%70%69%61%73%2b%76%65%6e%64%69%64%61%73%2b%65%6e%2b%43%68%69%6c%65&sScopeID=%44%52&sDateFrom=%30%32%25%32%46%32%36%25%32%46%31%39%32%32&sDateTo=%31%32%25%32%46%33%31%25%32%46%32%30%30%30&x=%31%37&y=%35&RefineQueryView=&StartFrom=%35&ViewMode=HTML|access-date=December 10, 2021|work=[[El Siglo de Torreón]]|language=es|date=January 3, 1996}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Netherlands|title=The Memory of Trees|artist=Enya|type=album|award=Platinum|id=1236646|relyear=1995}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|certyear=1996|title=The Memory of Trees|artist=Enya|type=album|id=1996-04-19|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|award=Platinum}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Poland|title=The Memory of Trees|artist=Enya|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=1995|certyear=1996|access-date=20 April 2021}}
{{certification Table Entry|region=Spain|title=The Memory of Trees|artist=Enya|type=album|award=Platinum|number=3|certyear=1996|relyear=1995|certref=<ref name="Spanish certifications 1995-1999">{{cite book|url=http://www.mediafire.com/view/pd758fesp2w7i7f|title=Solo Exitos 1959–2002 Ano A Ano: Certificados > 1995–1999|publisher=Iberautor Promociones Culturales|isbn=8480486392|year=2005}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|title=The Memory of Trees|artist=Enya|type=album|award=Platinum|certyear=1996|relyear=1995}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|title=The Memory of Trees|artist=Enya|type=album|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1995|certyear=1996|id=7140-151-2|accessdate=26 December 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=The Memory of Trees|artist=Enya|type=album|award=Platinum|number=3}}
{{Certification Table Summary}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Europe|title=The Memory of Trees|artist=Enya|type=album|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=1996}}
{{Certification Table Bottom}}

==Release history==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+Release dates for ''The Memory of Trees''
! scope="col"| Country
! scope="col"| Date
! scope="col"| Format
! scope="col"| Label
|-
! scope="row" | Various
| 20 November 1995
| rowspan="2"|{{flatlist|
* [[Compact disc|CD]]
* [[Compact cassette|cassette]]
}}
| [[Warner Music Group|WEA]]
|-
! scope="row" | United States
| 5 December 1995
| [[Reprise Records|Reprise]]
|-
! scope="row" | Japan
| March 2009
| CD
| Warner Music Japan
|-
! scope="row" | Various
| 11 November 2016
| [[LP record|LP]]
| {{flatlist|
* WEA
* Reprise
* [[Maverick (company)#Maverick Records|Maverick]]
}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Discogs release|300331|type=album}}

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