Faith and Courage
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Faith and Courage | |||||
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Studio album by Sinéad O'Connor | |||||
Released | June 13, 2000 | ||||
Genre | Rock | ||||
Label | Atlantic Records | ||||
Producer | Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs Scott Cutler Jerry 'Wonder' Duplessis Brian Eno Skip McDonald Anne Previn John Reynolds Adrian Sherwood David A. Stewart Wyclef Jean |
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Faith and Courage is the fifth full-length album by Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor, released in 2000 on Atlantic Records. It was O'Connor's first release in three years, her last album being the greatest hits package So Far... the Best of Sinéad O'Connor in 1997.
O'Connor composed a majority of the tracks on Faith and Courage and production duties were shared by a variety of artists including Wyclef Jean, David A. Stewart, Brian Eno Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, Anne Preven and Scott Cutler among others.
The album sold 500,000 copies worldwide.
[edit] Track listing
- "The Healing Room" (O'Connor) - 5:35
- "No Man's Woman" (O'Connor) - 3:00
- "Jealous" (O'Connor) - 4:18
- "Dancing Lessons" (O'Connor) - 4:17
- "Daddy I'm Fine" (O'Connor) - 2:58
- "'Til I Whisper U Something" (O'Connor) - 6:08
- "Hold Back the Night" (Robert Hodgens) - 4:11
- "What Doesn't Belong to Me" (O'Connor) - 5:37
- "The State I'm In" (Scott Cutler/Anne Previn) - 4:10
- "The Lamb's Book of Life" (O'Connor) - 4:56
- "If U Ever" (O'Connor) - 4:24
- "Emma's Song" (O'Connor) - 3:20
- "Kyrié Eléison" (Traditional, arranged by O'Connor/Sherwood/McDonald/Branch) - 2:45
[edit] Chart performance
Chart (2000) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard 200 | 55 |
U.S Top Internet Albums | 8 |
French Album Charts | 27 |
Swiss Album Charts | 19 |
Austrian Album Charts | 21 |
Dutch Album Charts | 46 |
Belgian Album Charts (Flanders) | 20 |
Swedish Album Charts | 59 |
Norwegian Album Charts | 38 |
New Zealand Album Charts | 33 |
[edit] Credits
- Sinéad O'Connor - vocals, backing vocals
- Skip McDonald - guitar, bass, keyboards
- Carlton "Bubblers" Ogilvie - bass, reggae piano
- Profesor Stretch - drum programming, keyboards
- Rusty Anderson - guitar
- Scott Cutler - guitar
- Paul Bushnell - bass
- Scot Coogan - drums
- Jeff Turzo - drum programming
- David Campbell - strings arrangement, viola
- Joel Derouin - violin
- Larry Corbet - cello
- Dave Stewart - guitar
- John Reynolds - drums
- Jah Wobble - bass
- Kieran Kiely - low and high whistles
- Caroline Dale - strings
- Andy Wright - programming
- Mark Price - programming
- Blandinna Melky Jean - additional vocals on track 4
- Chris Sharrock - drums
- Chucko Merchan - additional bass on track 6
- Little Roy - backing vocals on track 6
- Zac Rae - keyboards
- David Levita - keyboards
- Anne Preven - backing vocals on track 9
- Derek Scott - guitar
- Lil John - drums
- Karren Berz - orchestral arrangement
- Simon Mundey - programming
- Bonjo I Abinghi Noah - percussion
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