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Theology (album)

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Released
  
18 June 2007

Length
  
54:21

Release date
  
18 June 2007

Genre
  
Rock music

Recorded
  
2006-2007

Artist
  
Sinéad O'Connor

Label
  
Keltia Musique

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Theology (2007)
  
How About I Be Me (and You Be You)? (2012)

Producers
  
Stephen Cooney, Sinéad O'Connor

Similar
  
Sinéad O'Connor albums, Rock music albums

Sinead o connor something beautiful


Theology is the eighth full-length album by Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor. It was released in 2007 on Rubyworks (and Koch Records in the US). The album consists of two discs, the acoustic "Dublin Sessions" and the full-band "London Sessions".

Contents

The first single from Theology is "I Don't Know How to Love Him" (an Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice song from Jesus Christ Superstar). In the issue dated 14 July 2007, the album entered the US Billboard 200 chart at number 168. The album also debuted in the top 20 of Billboard's Independent Albums list at number 15. First-week sales of the album in the US amounted to 4,700 units, while the record also charted in Ireland, France and Italy.

The album sold 375,000 copies worldwide.

Sin ad o connor something beautiful


Disc one – Dublin Sessions

  1. "Something Beautiful" (O'Connor) – 5:29
  2. "We People Who Are Darker Than Blue" (Curtis Mayfield) – 3:56
  3. "Out of the Depths" (O'Connor) – 5:06
  4. "Dark I Am Yet Lovely" (O'Connor) – 4:11
  5. "If You Had a Vineyard" (O'Connor) – 6:18
  6. "Watcher of Men" (O'Connor, Tomlinson) – 2:34
  7. "33" (O'Connor, Tomlinson) – 2:33
  8. "The Glory of Jah" (O'Connor, Tomlinson) – 3:32
  9. "Whomsoever Dwells" (O'Connor, Tomlinson) – 2:53
  10. "Rivers of Babylon" (Dowe, McNaughton) – 3:39
  11. "Hosanna Filio David" (Traditional) – 0:44

Disc two – London Sessions

  1. "Something Beautiful" (O'Connor) – 5:15
  2. "We People Who Are Darker Than Blue" (Curtis Mayfield) – 4:25
  3. "Out of the Depths" (O'Connor) – 5:03
  4. "33" (O'Connor, Tomlinson) – 2:43
  5. "Dark I Am Yet Lovely" (O'Connor) – 3:31
  6. "I Don't Know How to Love Him" (Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice) – 4:13
  7. "If You Had a Vineyard" (O'Connor) – 6:34
  8. "The Glory of Jah" (O'Connor, Tomlinson) – 4:56
  9. "Watcher of Men" (O'Connor, Tomlinson) – 3:18
  10. "Whomsoever Dwells" (O'Connor, Tomlinson) – 5:34
  11. "Rivers of Babylon" (Dowe, McNaughton) – 4:28

The exclusive edition sold at Best Buy stores in the United States includes five additional live tracks, recorded at Dublin's Sugar Club on 8 November 2006. Two of these, "Something Beautiful" and "If You Had a Vineyard," were made available for download on O'Connor's MySpace page in early 2007.

  1. "Something Beautiful" – 6:02
  2. "If You Had a Vineyard" – 6:36
  3. "The Glory of Jah" – 3:51
  4. "Whomsoever Dwells" – 3:54
  5. "33" – 3:19

The Borders-exclusive edition includes three interviews.

Disc one – Dublin Sessions

  • Sinéad O'Connor – vocals, guitar
  • Steve Cooney – guitars
  • Graham Bolger - producer, engineer & mix

    • Disc two – London Sessions

  • Sinéad O'Connor – vocals, guitar
  • Ron Tom – guitar
  • Robbie Shakespeare – bass
  • Don-E – guitar, bass, piano
  • Matthew Phillips – drums, percussion
  • Mark Gilmour – guitar, bass
  • Sam Cloth Shop – guitar
  • Toby Baker – piano
  • Camilla – harp
  • Andrew Smith – guitar, bass
  • Hawi – guitar
  • Speks – drums, percussion
  • Julian Saxi – violin
  • Neil Williams – violin
  • Jonah O'Leary – violin
  • Duaba Tice – cello
  • Natalie Azario – cello
  • Richard Baylis – French horn
  • Nathan Tice
  • Bev, Chris Brown, Val – backing vocals
  • John Reynolds – drums and production assistance on "I Don't Know How To Love Him"

    • Songs

    Something Beautiful5:29
    We People Who Are Darker Than Blue3:56
    Out of the Depths5:06

    References

    Theology (album) Wikipedia
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