Faith and Courage
| Untitled | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (64/100) [1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ [3] |
| LA Weekly | (mixed) [4] |
| NME | (5/10) [5] |
| Pitchfork Media | (3.8/10) [6] |
| Robert Christgau |  [7] |
| Rolling Stone |  [8] |
| Slant Magazine | [9] |
| Spin | (3/10) [1] |
| Wall of Sound | (84/100) [10] |
Faith and Courage is the fifth full-length album by Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor, released in 2000 on Atlantic Records. It was O'Connor's first release in three years, her previous album being the greatest hits package So Far... The Best of Sinéad O'Connor in 1997, plus it was her first studio album in six years.
O'Connor composed a majority of the tracks on Faith and Courage and production duties were shared by a variety of artists including Wyclef Jean, David A. Stewart, Brian Eno, Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, Anne Preven and Scott Cutler among others.
The album sold 1,000,000 copies worldwide[citation needed] and was certified gold (35,000 Copies) in Australia in 2000.[11]
Reception
Faith and Courage placed on Slant Magazine's list of best albums of the 2000s at number 99.[12]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Healing Room" | O'Connor | Sherwood, McDonald | 5:35 |
| 2. | "No Man's Woman" | O'Connor, Scott Cutler, Anne Preven | Cutler, Preven | 3:00 |
| 3. | "Jealous" | O'Connor, David A. Stewart | Stewart | 4:18 |
| 4. | "Dancing Lessons" | O'Connor, Wyclef Jean, Jerry Duplessis, Blandinna Melky Jean, Jimmy Cozier | Jean, Duplessis | 4:17 |
| 5. | "Daddy I'm Fine" | O'Connor, Stewart | Stewart | 2:58 |
| 6. | "'Til I Whisper U Something" | O'Connor, Stewart | Stewart | 6:08 |
| 7. | "Hold Back the Night" | Robert Hodgens | Stewart | 4:11 |
| 8. | "What Doesn't Belong To Me" | O'Connor | Sherwood, McDonald | 5:37 |
| 9. | "The State I'm In" | Cutler, Preven | Cutler, Preven | 4:10 |
| 10. | "The Lamb's Book of Life" | O'Connor, Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs | Briggs | 4:56 |
| 11. | "If U Ever" | O'Connor | Sherwood, McDonald | 4:24 |
| 12. | "Emma's Song" | O'Connor | Eno, Reynolds | 3:20 |
| 13. | "Kyrié Eléison" | Traditional, arranged by O'Connor, Adrian Sherwood, Skip McDonald, Alan Branch | Sherwood, McDonald | 2:45 |
Chart performance
| Chart (2000) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums Chart[13] | 18 |
| Austrian Albums Charts | 21 |
| Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders) | 20 |
| Dutch Albums Chart | 46 |
| French Albums Chart | 27 |
| Italian Albums Chart | 25 |
| New Zealand Albums Chart | 33 |
| Norwegian Albums Chart | 38 |
| UK Albums Chart | 61 |
| Swedish Albums Chart | 59 |
| Swiss Albums Chart | 19 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 55 |
| U.S Top Internet Albums | 8 |
Personnel
- Sinéad O'Connor - vocals, backing vocals
- Skip McDonald - guitar, bass, keyboards
- Carlton "Bubblers" Ogilvie - bass, reggae piano
- Professor Stretch - drum programming, keyboards
- Rusty Anderson - guitar
- Scott Cutler - guitar
- Paul Bushnell - bass
- Scot Coogan - drums
- Jeff Turzo - drum programming
- David Campbell - strings arrangement, viola
- Joel Derouin - violin
- Larry Corbet - cello
- Dave Stewart - guitar
- John Reynolds - drums
- Jah Wobble - bass
- Kieran Kiely - low and high whistles
- Caroline Dale - strings
- Andy Wright - programming
- Mark Price - programming
- Blandinna Melky Jean - additional vocals on track 4
- Chris Sharrock - drums
- Chucko Merchan - additional bass on track 6
- Little Roy - backing vocals on track 6
- Zac Rae - keyboards
- David Levita - keyboards
- Anne Preven - backing vocals on track 9
- Derek Scott - guitar
- Lil John - drums
- Karren Berz - orchestral arrangement
- Simon Mundey - programming
- Bonjo I Abinghi Noah - percussion
References
- ^ a b "Critic reviews at Metacritic". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Will Hermes on Jun 16, 2000 (2000-06-16). "Entertainment Weekly review". Ew.com. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ LA Weekly review at the Wayback Machine (archived August 24, 2000)
- ^ "NME review". Nme.com. 2000-07-13. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
- ^ "Pitchfork Media review". Pitchfork.com. 2000-07-31. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Sinéad O'Connor". Robert Christgau.
- ^ Barry Walters (2000-06-22). "Rolling Stone review". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
- ^ "Slant Magazine review". Slantmagazine.com. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
- ^ Wall of Sound review at the Wayback Machine (archived July 11, 2000)
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- ^ Cinquemani, Sal. "Best of the Aughts: Albums". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
- ^ "australian-charts.com > Sinéad O'Connor - Faith and Courage (album)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-12-04.
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