Sean-Nós Nua

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Sean-Nós Nua
Sean-Nós Nua cover
Cover album by Sinéad O'Connor
Released October 8, 2002
Genre Folk music
Length 66:06
Label Vanguard Records
Producer Donal Lunny, Alan Branch, Adrian Sherwood, Sinéad O'Connor
Professional reviews
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. It consists of traditional Irish songs, the title meaning "new old-style".

The album sold 225,000 copies worldwide[citation needed].

[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] Credits

  • Sinéad O'Connor - vocals
  • Dónal Lunny - acoustic guitar, bouzouki, keyboard, bodhran, bodhran bass
  • Steve Wickham - fiddle (except tracks 7, 12 and 13), mandolin, banjo
  • Sharon Shannon - accordion
  • Alan Branch - percussion on track 12
  • Abdullah Chhadeh - Quanun
  • Nick Coplowe - Hammond organ
  • Pete Lockett - percussion (except tracks 1, 9, 12 and 13)
  • Cora Venus Lunny - violin on tracks 1, 3, 5, 6 and 7
  • Kieran Kiely - whistle on tracks 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 13, accordion on 9
  • Skip MacDonald - electric guitar
  • Christy Moore - vocals on track 12
  • 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

[edit] Chart performance

Chart (2002) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 139
U.S Top Independent Albums 6
U.S Top World Albums[1] 1
U.S Top Independent Albums 21
French Album Charts 69
Swiss Album Charts 67
Austrian Album Charts 29
Dutch Album Charts 93
Belgian Album Charts (Flanders) 34




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