''To Hell or Barbados'' is the fourth studio album by Irish singer-songwriter
Damien Dempsey
Damien Dempsey (born 9 June 1975) is an Irish singer and songwriter who mixes traditional Irish folk contemporary lyrics that deliver social and political commentaries on Irish society. Damien sings in his native, working class accent in the Eng ...
released in
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
and the
UK in June 2007. An expanded edition was released on 2 November 2007, complete with a bonus CD of additional material.
The album name and title track are taken from the book of the same name by
Sean O'Callaghan
Sean O'Callaghan (10 October 1954 – 23 August 2017) was a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), who from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s worked against the organisation from within as an intelligence agent for the Irish Gover ...
, a garbled account of the thousands of Irish people
transported
''Transported'' is an Australian convict melodrama film directed by W. J. Lincoln. It is considered a lost film.
Plot
In England, Jessie Grey is about to marry Leonard Lincoln but the evil Harold Hawk tries to force her to marry him and she w ...
to the
Caribbean during the
Cromwellian conquest of Ireland (see
Irish slaves myth
The Irish slaves myth is a fringe pseudohistorical narrative that conflates the penal transportation and indentured servitude of Irish people during the 17th and 18th centuries, with the hereditary chattel slavery experienced by the forebea ...
).
The album features Irish folk musician
Sharon Shannon
Sharon Shannon (born 8 June 1968) is an Irish musician, best known for her work with the button accordion and for her fiddle technique. She also plays the tin whistle and melodeon. Her 1991 debut album, '' Sharon Shannon,'' was the best-sellin ...
and sisters Yamina and Nadia Nid El Mourid from the French band
Lo'Jo
Track listing
''To Hell or Barbados: The Expanded Edition''
Additional tracks:
# "Not on Your Own Tonight (Part 2)"
# "Saturday Finally Comes"
# "Wild One"
# "Schooldays Over"
# "Fly Me to the Moon"
# "Taobh Leis an Muir"
# "The Rhythm of Time"
# "Holy Night"
Personnel
* Damien Dempsey - acoustic guitar
* Caroline Dale - cello
* John Reynolds - drums
* Sharon Shannon - accordion
* Marco Pirroni - guitar
* Claire Kenny - bass instrument
* Julian Wilson - Hammond b-3 organ
* Conor McKeon - pipes
* Nadia Nid El Mourid - background vocals
* Yamina Nid el Mourid
* Gerry O'Connor - banjo
References
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2007 albums
Damien Dempsey albums