''Theology'' is the eighth full-length album by Irish singer

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. It was released in 2007 on

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(and

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in the US). The album consists of two discs, the acoustic "Dublin Sessions" and the full-band "London Sessions". The first single from ''Theology'' is "

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" (an

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and

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song from ''

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''). In the issue dated 14 July 2007, the album entered the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart at number 168. The album also debuted in the top 20 of Billboard's

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list at number 15. First-week sales of the album in the US amounted to 4,700 units, while the record also charted in Ireland, France and Italy.

Track listing

Disc one – Dublin Sessions

# "Something Beautiful" (O'Connor) – 5:29 # "We People Who Are Darker Than Blue" (

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) – 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, Ron 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 # "

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" (Dowe, McNaughton; additional lyrics by O'Connor) – 2:37 # "Hosanna Filio David" (Traditional) – 0:44

Disc two – London Sessions

# "Something Beautiful" (O'Connor) – 5:15 # "We People Who Are Darker Than Blue" (

) – 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 # "

" (

) – 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

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stores in the United States includes five additional live tracks, recorded at Dublin's Sugar Club on 8 November 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

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-exclusive edition includes three interviews.

Personnel

*Sinéad O'Connor – vocals, guitar *

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, Hawi Gondwe, Ron Tom (Ron Tomlinson), Sam Cloth Shop – guitar *Mark Gilmour, Andrew Smith – guitar, bass guitar *

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– bass guitar *Donald "Don-E" McLean – guitar, bass guitar, piano *Toby Baker – piano *Camilla – harp *Julian Saxi, Neil Williams, Jonah O'Leary – violin *Diana Tice, Natalie Azario – cello *Richard Baylis – French horn *Nathan Tice - flute *Bev, Chris Brown, Val Staccato – backing vocals *Tommy "Specs" White, Matthew Phillips – drums, percussion * John Reynolds – drums and production assistance on "I Don't Know How To Love Him"

Charts

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Theology (Album) 2007 albums Sinéad O'Connor albums E1 Music albums Rubyworks Records albums