The Theology of SineadO'Connor

Wed 28th Mar, 2007 in International News

She may once have been the most rambunctious female singer in the world, but these days Sinead O’Connor is showing a much gentler side than that of her angst ridden early years – her new album, Theology, set for release in June, serves up a series of dreamy ballads that have been described and uncompromising musical explorations of beauty, love and truth…

Twenty years since the release of her debut CD  The Lion and The Cobra, O’Connor may have mellowed but the fire still burns with the singer delivering a double cd of “vital emotionally-charged songs”.

Theology premieres eight new songs written, or cowritten, by Sinead O’Connor: as well as three thematically-appropriate covers: Curtis Mayfield’s soul-searching We People Who Are Darker Than Blue, a re-interpretation of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s I Don’t Know How To Love Him (from “Jesus Christ Superstar”), and the traditional reggae spiritual Rivers of Babylon with new lyrics written by Sinead. 

According to O’Connor, “Theology is an attempt to create a place of peace in a time of war. It is my own personal response to what has taken place and is affecting everyone around the world since and including September 11, 2001.  I simply wanted to make a beautiful thing, out of something beautiful, which inspires me.”

Theology will be released in Australia on June 23 through Shock.