Theology (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Theology
Type = Album
Artist = Sinéad O'Connor


Released = flagicon|Poland June 18, 2007
Recorded = 2006
Genre = Rock
Length = 54:21
Label = Rubyworks
Koch Records
Producer = Steve Cooney, Graham Bolger, Ron Tom, Sinéad O'Connor
Reviews = *"Allmusic" Rating|3.5|5 [http://wc10.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dxfexzl5ldse link]
*Music Box Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.musicbox-online.com/reviews-2007/sinead-oconnor-theology-07312007.html Jul 31 07]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|1.0|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/sineadoconnor/albums/album/15055057/review/15085408/theology Jun 13 07]
*Slant Magazine Rating|3|5 [http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=1167 link]
Last album = "Throw Down Your Arms"
(2005)
This album = "Theology"
(2007)
Next album =

"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 USA). The album consists of two discs – the acoustic "Dublin Sessions" and full-band "London Sessions".

The first single from "Theology" is "I Don't Know How to Love Him" (originally a Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice song from "Jesus Christ Superstar"). In the issue dated July 14 2007, the album entered the U.S. Billboard 200 chart at number 168, marking O'Connor's first album appearance on the list since 2002. The album also debuted in the top 20 of Billboard's Top Independent Albums list at number 15. First-week sales of the album in the USA amounted to 4,700 units, while the record also charted in Ireland, France, Italy, and the UK.

The album sold 375,000 copies worldwide.

Track listing

Disc one – Dublin Sessions

# "Something Beautiful" (O'Connor) – 5:29
# "We People Who Are Darker Than Blue" (Curtis Mayfield) – 3:56
# "Out of the Depths" (O'Connor) – 5:06
# "Dark I Am Yet Lovely" (O'Connor) – 4:11
# "If You Had a Vineyard" (O'Connor) – 6:18
# "Watcher of Men" (O'Connor/Tomlinson) – 2:34
# "33" (O'Connor/Tomlinson) – 2:33
# "The Glory of Jah" (O'Connor/Tomlinson) – 3:32
# "Whomsoever Dwells" (O'Connor/Tomlinson) – 2:53
# "Rivers of Babylon" (Dowe/McNaughton) – 3:39
# "Hosanna Filio David" (traditional) – 00:44

Disc two – London Sessions

# "Something Beautiful" (O'Connor) – 5:15
# "We People Who Are Darker Than Blue" (Curtis Mayfield) – 4:25
# "Out of the Depths" (O'Connor) – 5:03
# "33" (O'Connor/Tomlinson) – 2:43
# "Dark I Am Yet Lovely" (O'Connor) – 3:31
# "I Don't Know How to Love Him" (Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice) – 4:13
# "If You Had a Vineyard" (O'Connor) – 6:34
# "The Glory of Jah" (O'Connor/Tomlinson) – 4:56
# "Watcher of Men" (O'Connor/Tomlinson) – 3:18
# "Whomsoever Dwells" (O'Connor/Tomlinson) – 5:34
# "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 November 8, 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.
# "Something Beautiful" – 6:02
# "If You Had a Vineyard" – 6:36
# "The Glory of Jah" – 3:51
# "Whomsoever Dwells" – 3:54
# "33" – 3:19

The Borders-exclusive edition includes three interviews.

Credits

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"

Chart performance