Sean-Nós Nua

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Sean-Nós Nua
Studio album by Sinéad O'Connor
Released	October 8, 2002
Recorded	?
Genre	Rock
Length	66:06
Label	Vanguard Records
Producer(s)	Donal Lunny, Alan Branch, Adrian Sherwood, Sinéad O'Connor
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (4/5) link Rolling Stone (3/5) link Andrew Lynch (4/4) link
Sinéad O'Connor chronology
Faith and Courage (2000)	Sean-Nós Nua (2002)	She Who Dwells... (2003)

Sean-Nós Nua is the sixth full-length album by Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor. This is a whisper of an album. Most of the songs are sung slowly and quietly, but with heartfelt passion. Despite the presence of over a dozen musicians it sounds like Sinéad with Dónal Lunny's understated guitar, and a distant fiddle. Several of the traditional songs are well known. By contrast, "Óró Sé Do Bheatha 'Bhaile", sung in Irish, is a rarely-performed song about Irish pirate Grace O'Malley. It is the only track that might appeal to a rock audience, because of the quirky arrangement, and an audible drummer. "Paddy's Lament" is an anguished anti-war song, with Sinéad sounding almost tearful. The remaining songs celebrate lost love and longing for peace. All songs are Irish traditional.

Running time 59 minutes 56 seconds. Released 2002. Produced by Dónal Lunny, Alan Branch, Adrian Sherwood. and Sinéad O'Connor. Recorded in Co Wicklow and London.

The album sold 225,000 copies worldwide.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Peggy Gordon" – 5:45
2. "Her Mantle So Green" – 5:42
3. "Lord Franklin" – 5:05
4. "The Singing Bird" – 4:34
5. "Óró Sé Do Bheatha 'Bhaile" (sung in Irish) – 3:25
6. "Molly Malone" – 3:38
7. "Paddy's Lament" – 5:30
8. "The Moorlough Shore" – 5:30
9. "The Parting Glass" – 4:36
10. "Báidín Fheilimí" (sung in Irish) – 3:27
11. "My Lagan Love" – 4:48
12. "Lord Baker" (with Christy Moore) – 11:44
13. "I'll Tell Me Ma" - 2:21

[edit] line-up

Sinéad O'Connor (vocals), Dónal Lunny (acoustic guitar, bouzouki, keyboard, bodhran, bodhran bass), Christy Moore (vocals on track 12), Sharon Shannon (accordion), Steve Wickham (fiddle on all tracks except 7,12 and 13 - mandolin, banjo), Alan Branch (percussion on 12), Abdullah Chhadeh (Quanan), Nick Coplowe (Hammond organ), Pete Lockett (percussion on all tracks except 1,9,12,13), Cora Venus Lunny (violin on 1,3,5,6 & 7, vocals on 1 & 9), Kieran Kiely (whistle on 2,3,8,9,10,12 & 13, accordion on 9), Skip MacDonald (electric guitar), Rob O Geibheannaigh (flute, strings, whistle on 5 & 10, piano on 9, guitar on 3, banjo on 1 & 4, Carlton "Bubblers" Ogilvie (drums, bass, piano), Bernard O'Neill (acoustic bass), Professor Stretch (drum and bass programming).