SinA©ad O'Connor - Faith and Courage

A Courageous Album

This album is an interesting mix of emotions, artistic biography and exploration. Sinead returns to her Irish roots and develops an interesting atmosphere in the song "The Lamb's Book of Life". In this song she explores themes of migration, national division and disenfranchisement present in Irish society. The track "Emma's song" takes on an altogether different tone, beginning with the soft tinkling of piano keys culminating in a beautiful medley of pipes and strings. Some other tracks are "hate-them-or-love-them tracks" such as "Daddy I'm Fine" (I love it), while others are rather uneventful (i.e. "Dancing Lessons"). Overall, the album was thoughtful and fluid.

Top Track: Emma's Song November 28, 2008

Brilliant Album

wow, what's amazing album!!! I bet that she expressed her music talent for all of us. I do like the song "Kyrie Eleison" on this album. That's one of the songs that possibly could make me crying. Besides that, Emma's Song is another my favorite song of Sinead's.
September 6, 2008

Wow!

I am SO behind the times! I'm not sure why I purchased this CD so many years ago, but I have just recently begun to listen.

I LOVE IT!

I hear other artists... Chantal Kreviazuk, oddly enough, and Heather Nova.

Oh, but this is SO much better!! EVERY song is kick a*#!. Whether Sinead is showing her skills as a balladeer or a rocker, there are simply NO missteps!

How weird is it that his this CD is eight years old and I'm just now understanding its power? Doesn't really matter. I've loved Sinead O'Connor from the start. These songs solidify Sinead as a wonderfully expressive artist with an unparalleled voice. March 22, 2008

Adult Contemporary Sinead

I found this album a welcome comeback for Sinead, albeit in a more adult contemporary-sounding way(which she didn't get stuck with, doing entire albums after this of traditional Irish songs and then reggae, respectively).

This isn't "The Lion and The Cobra", my personally fav of her albums, where her voice is unleashed like a banshee. It is more akin to her later albums. But it does include a number of memorable melodies that are--as always--sung wonderfully by Sinead. It is almost worth its price for the track "Jealous" alone. Also, she does rock out on "Daddy I'm Fine". December 17, 2007

Sinead disappointment

I thought I would really like this release, maybe to be a little inspired by its contents. Neither happened. I played it twice, then never again.

December 7, 2007

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