The Silver Tree

Artist: Lisa Gerrard
Type: Album
Release date: 2007
Run time: 61:44
My Rating: 10

1. In Exile (6:04)
2. Shadow Hunter (2:04)
3. Come Tenderness (3:29)
4. The Sea Whisperer (4:26)
5. Mirror Medusa (4:51)
6. Space Weaver (7:22)
7. Abwoon (3:57)
8. Serenity (3:31)
9. Towards the Tower (10:22)
10. Wandering Star (2:33)
11. Sword of the Samurai (1:35)
12. Devotion (8:02)
13. The Valley of the Moon (3:25)

Comments

This is, possibly, the mellowest album ever. It has a quiet, introspective sound - in fact pretty much all of the clichés of relaxation music while still being extremely good. Gerrard's softly-spoken vocals, often only just shy of a whisper.

That's not to say the whole album is a lullaby. "Space Weaver", for instance, has a similar downbeat feel to Craig Armstrong's "This Love", and "Towards the Tower" is a more gothic mostly-instrumental piece. "Devotion" is not unlike some of the quieter Dead Can Dance pieces.

A well-deserved 10.