She Who Dwells in the Secret Place of the Most High Shall Abide Under the Shadow of the Almighty

Infobox Album |
Name = She Who Dwells in the Secret Place of the Most High Shall Abide Under the Shadow of the Almighty
Type = Compilation album
Artist = Sinéad O'Connor


Released = 2003
Recorded = 1986 - 2002
Genre = Rock
Length =
Label =
Producer = Various
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:thja7i54g72r link] |
Last album = "Sean-Nós Nua"
(2002)
This album = "She Who Dwells in the Secret Place of the Most High Shall Abide Under the Shadow of the Almighty"
(2003)
Next album = "Collaborations"
(2005)

"She Who Dwells in the Secret Place of the Most High Shall Abide Under the Shadow of the Almighty" is a 2003 double album by Sinéad O'Connor.

It is a two-CD set. The first CD collects several rare tracks O'Connor recorded as B-sides, for soundtrack albums or in collaboration with other artists, and the second disc contains a live concert.

The album sold 100,000 copies worldwide.

Track listing

Disc one

Disc one collects a variety of rare tracks. It includes readings of traditional Latin liturgical hymns, collaborations with Massive Attack, Asian Dub Foundation, Adrian Sherwood and Roger Eno, and covers of songs by ABBA and The B-52's.

Songwriters for each track are listed below next to the song title.

#"Regina Caeli" – 1:03 - "traditional"
#"O Filii et Filiae" – 3:14 - "traditional"
#"My Love I Bring" – 3:55 - "Pablo Moses"
#"Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" – 3:55 - "Chips Moman/Dan Penn"
#"Love Hurts" – 4:03 - "Boudleaux Bryant"
#"Ain't It a Shame" – 4:31 - "Keith Strickland/Cindy Wilson/Ricky Wilson"
#"Chiquitita" – 3:50 - "Benny Andersson/Björn Ulvaeus"
#"Brigidine Diana" – 4:14 - "O'Connor"
#"It's All Good" – 5:09 - "Damien Dempsey"
#"Love Is Ours" – 4:45 - "O'Connor/Neil Davidge/Robert Del Naja"
#"A Hundred Thousand Angels" – 3:20 - "Andrew Blissett/Lucinda Mary Drayton"
#"You Put Your Arms Around Me" – 4:59 - "O'Connor/Rick Nowels"
#"Emma's Song" – 4:22 - "MacDonald/O'Connor/Sherwood"
#"No Matter How Hard I Try" – 4:24 - "O'Connor/Stewart/Eno"
#"Dense Water, Deeper Down" – 3:34 - "O'Connor"
#"This IS a Rebel Song" – 3:49 - "O'Connor"
#"1000 Mirrors" – 4:53 - "Aniruddha Das/John Pandit/Steve Chandra Savale/Delbert Tailor"
#"Big Bunch of Junkie Lies" – 4:03 - "O'Connor"
#"Song of Jerusalem" – 5:52 - "traditional"

Disc two

Disc two is a live performance recorded at Dublin's Vicar Street Theatre in 2002. Six tracks are taken from O'Connor's 2002 album "Sean-Nós Nua", and three each come from "Universal Mother" and O'Connor's most famous album, "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got". One song, "You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart", was recorded by O'Connor for the soundtrack to the 1993 film "In the Name of the Father", and does not appear on any of O'Connor's studio albums.

Songwriters for each track are listed below next to the song title.

#"Molly Malone" – 3:56 - "traditional"
#"Oró Sé do Bheatha 'Bhaile" – 3:07 - "traditional"
#"The Singing Bird" – 4:25 - "traditional"
#"My Lagan Love" – 5:12 - "traditional"
#"I Am Stretched on Your Grave" – 4:43 - "Philip King"
#"Nothing Compares 2 U" – 5:40 - "Prince"
#"John, I Love You" – 5:30 - "O'Connor"
#"The Moorlough Shore" – 5:41 - "traditional"
#"You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart" – 4:38 - "Paul Hewson/Gavin Friday/Morris Roycroft"
#"Paddy's Lament" – 5:36 - "traditional"
#"Thank You for Hearing Me" – 5:12 - "O'Connor"
#"Fire on Babylon" – 7:32 - "O'Connor"
#"The Last Day of Our Acquaintance" – 5:58 - "O'Connor"

Chart performance