Faith and Courage

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic (64/100) [1]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars [2]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [3]
LA Weekly (mixed) [4]
NME (5/10) [5]
Pitchfork Media (3.8/10) [6]
Robert Christgau (dud) [7]
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars [8]
Slant Magazine 4.5/5 stars [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, Cutler, Preven Cutler, Preven 3:00
3. "Jealous"   O'Connor, Stewart Stewart 4:18
4. "Dancing Lessons"   O'Connor, Jean, Duplessis, Melky Jean, 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, 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/Sherwood/McDonald/Branch Sherwood, McDonald 2:45

Chart performance

Chart (2000) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA Albums Chart)[13] 18
Austrian Album Charts 21
Belgian Album Charts (Flanders) 20
Dutch Album Charts 46
French Album Charts 27
Italian Album Charts 25
New Zealand Album Charts 33
Norwegian Album Charts 38
Swedish Album Charts 59
Swiss Album Charts 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

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