| Theology |  | Artist: Sinead O'Connor
Label: Koch Records
Category: Music
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Sales Rank: 78,186
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 099923423720
UPC: 099923423720
EAN: 0099923423720
ASIN: B000P6R8KE
Release Date: June 26, 2007
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Something Beautiful | | • | We People Who Are Darker Than Blue | | • | Out Of the Depths | | • | Dark I Am Yet Lovely | | • | If You Had a Vineyard | | • | Watcher Of Men | | • | 53 | | • | The Glory Of Jah | | • | Whomsoever Dwells | | • | Rivers Of Babylon | | • | Hosanna Filio David |
Disc 2
| • | Something Beautiful | | • | We People Who Are Darker Than Blue | | • | Out Of the Depths | | • | 53 | | • | Dark I Am Yet Lovely | | • | I Don't Know How To Love Him | | • | If You Had a Vineyard | | • | The Glory Of Jah | | • | Watcher Of Men | | • | Whomsoever Dwells | | • | Rivers Of Babylon |
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Album Description
Sinead O'Connor sings from the heart and inspires the soul. Theology marks the first new material from Sinead since 2000's Faith And Courage - nine songs supplemented by three stunning reinterpretations: Curtis Mayfield's 'We The People Who Are Darker Than Blue', the reggae standard 'Rivers of Babylon' and Andrew Lloyd Webber's and Tim Rice's classic 'I Don't Know How To Love Him' from Jesus Christ Superstar. This unique two CD collection offers very different versions of these songs, recorded in separate locations. The Dublin Sessions CD features haunting, intimate, acoustically-based versions. The London Sessions CD is composed of more contemporary pop-rock arrangements.
The uncompromising Irish artist, spiritualist, and provocateur gives a twist to the critical truism that double albums would generally be stronger if edited into a single disc. With what she terms her "attempt to create a place of peace in a time of war," Sinéad O'Connor consciously risks charges of not merely padding but redundancy, as the two discs feature practically the same set of material recorded in different settings. The "Dublin Sessions" are more minimal and acoustic, and the "London Sessions" incorporate full-band arrangements including harp, strings, horns, and percussion. Finding dual inspiration in Jerusalem and Jamaica, the material proves all the more revelatory in the contrasting settings, as the minimalist approach underscores vocal intimacy while the band arrangements build to majestic intensity. The opening "Jeremiah (Something Beautiful)" ranks with O'Connor's loveliest music to date, with "Job (Watcher of Men)" among her most tormented. The cover(s) of Curtis Mayfield's "We Are People Who Are Darker than Blue" fits perfectly, though a misguided attempt at "I Don't Know How to Love Him" (from Jesus Christ Superstar, mercifully featured only on the second disc) proves that some musical miracles are beyond even Sinéad's power. The second disc sounds more like pop; the first disc sounds more like prayer. --Don McLeese
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