Track Listing

1. Peggy Gordon
2. Her Mantle So Green
3. Lord Franklin
4. Singing Bird
5. �r� S� Do Bheatha 'Bhaile
6. Molly Malone
7. Paddy's Lament
8. Moorlough Shore
9. Parting Glass
10. B�id�n Fheilim�
11. My Lagan Love
12. Lord Baker - Christy Moore, , Sin�ad O'Connor,
13. I'll Tell Me Ma

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #112666 in Music
• Released on: 2002-10-08
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Dimensions: .24 pounds

Amazon.co.uk Review
Literally translating as "Old Songs Made New", Sean Nos Nua is a redefining moment in Sinead O'Connor's wayward career, an album composed of songs extracted from the bottomless well of traditional Irish folk song. Indeed, as many have proved in the past, this ancient repository is an apt source of material from which to draw and compliment the outsider's oeuvre of an artistic mutineer such as O'Connor, for, along with the customary stories of lust and heartbreak, Irish traditional song and verse--much like that of other folk song emanating from the British Isles--is stuffed to the gills with bloody narratives of tragedy, intransient rebelliousness and lawless skulduggery.

Despite it's generous thematic share of ex-pat Paddies caught up in foreign wars, nautical misadventure ("Lord Franklin"), murder and piracy, Sean Nos Nua is a very feminine album, with O'Connor at her fragrant, interpretive best on the sorrowful "Molly Malone" and "Lord Baker", which finds Christy Moore revisiting the song he performed with Planxty on the 1982 album Words and Music. Intentions to "sex things up", as O'Connor puts it, give birth to an intriguing reggae undertow on "Óró, Sé Do Bheatha 'Bhaile" while guest appearances from the Emerald Isle's most eminent bouzouki practitioner Donal Lunny, the Waterboys' Steve Wickham on fiddle, Sharon Shannon on accordion and ON-U Sound producer Adrian Sherwood keep things fresh but traditionally firm-footed enough not to deter purists. And, who knows, the boozy Irish bards and archivists of the future may have occasion to recount the tales of the shaven-headed colleen from Glengeary who ripped up pictures of the Pontiff and whose backside never surrendered to the threat of a star-spangled kicking from the boot of Frank Sinatra. --Kevin Maidment

Customer Reviews

"Sinéad Nos Nua"
So here she comes, yet again with something fresh and different. Sinéad has to be one of the most versatile artists around, having collaborated with so many others, and taking her own music to new heights.

"Sean Nos Nua" (meaning literally "new old style") outlines that fact that this album, although essentially being covers of traditional Irish songs, is new. Sinéad's outstandingly expressive voice is in fine form throughout this album. From the she-warrior that is 'Oro Se do Beatha Bhaile' to the lamenting whisper evident in 'Peggy Gordon'. There are songs on this album that you'd never thought could be transformed and interpreted as Sinéad has done. I actually shiver to the sound of "cockles and mussels/ alive, alive-o"! And hearing how the girls of Belfast city are pretty no longer causes me to cringe, but to get up and dance.

What more can I say? Sinéad, you never cease to amaze me! :oD

Spine-tingling album
I bought this album when it first came out having heard Sinead being interviewed late night on radio. I was nearly asleep and they played a couple of tracks. Woke me up straightaway! I'd never been a particular fan but I absolutely love this album. Have played mine til it wore out so am about to buy another copy. The track with Christy Moore is really haunting and at 11 minutes long you still haven't had enough by the end.
Charlie Rose