Sean-Nós Nua

Sean-Nós Nua is the sixth studio album by Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor, released on 8 October 2002, by Vanguard Records. It consists of traditional Irish songs, the title meaning "new old-style" and also referring to the popular style of traditional Irish music Sean-nós.

Sean-Nós Nua
Studio album by Sinéad O'Connor
Released	8 October 2002
Genre	Folk
Length	66:06
Language	English Irish
Label	Vanguard
Producer	Dónal Lunny Alan Branch Adrian Sherwood Sinéad O'Connor
Sinéad O'Connor chronology
Faith and Courage (2000) Sean-Nós Nua (2002) She Who Dwells in the Secret Place of the Most High Shall Abide Under the Shadow of the Almighty (2003)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(65/100)[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Billboard	(favorable)[3]
Blender	[4]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[5]
Los Angeles Times	[6]
Pitchfork	(6.3/10)[7]
PopMatters	[8]
Q	[1]
Rolling Stone	[9]
Uncut	[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Peggy Gordon"	Traditional; arranged by O'Connor, Lunny, C.V. Lunny, O Geibheannaigh, Wickham, Shannon	5:38
2.	"Her Mantle So Green"	Traditional; arranged by O'Connor, Lunny, O Geibheannaigh, Shannon, Branch, Kiely	5:35
3.	"Lord Franklin"	Traditional; arranged by O'Connor, Lunny, A. Maxwell, C.V. Lunny, Branch, Wickham, Lockett	4:59
4.	"The Singing Bird"	Traditional; arranged by O'Connor, Lunny, Shannon, Wickham, Branch, O Geibheannaigh	4:27
5.	"Óró Sé do Bheatha 'Bhaile"	Traditional; arranged by O'Connor, Lunny, Branch, A. Maxwell, Ogilvie	3:19
6.	"Molly Malone"	Traditional; arranged by O'Connor, Lunny, C.V. Lunny, A. Maxwell, B. Alexander	3:32
7.	"Paddy's Lament"	Traditional; arranged by O'Connor, Lunny, Branch, Shannon, A. Maxwell, B. Alexander, Professor Stretch	5:26
8.	"The Moorlough Shore"	Traditional; arranged by O'Connor, Lunny, B. Alexander, Branch, Kiely, O'Neill, A. Maxwell	5:25
9.	"The Parting Glass"	Traditional; arranged by O'Connor, Lunny, Branch, C.V. Lunny, Kiely	4:31
10.	"Báidín Fheilimí"	Traditional; arranged by O'Connor, Lunny, Ogilvie, Branch, A. Maxwell	3:20
11.	"My Lagan Love"	Traditional; arranged by O'Connor, Lunny, Branch, A. Maxwell, Wickham, Professor Scretch, Lockett	4:42
12.	"Lord Baker" (with Christy Moore)	Traditional; arranged by Moore, Lunny, O'Connor	11:38
13.	"I'll Tell Me Ma"	Traditional; arranged by O'Connor, Lunny, Kiely, Wickham, Branch	2:21

Japanese bonus track

No.	Title	Length
14.	"Spanish Lady"
15.	"Marble Halls"

Personnel

• Sinéad O'Connor – vocals, guitar
• Dónal Lunny – acoustic guitar, bouzouki, keyboard, bodhran, bass guitar
• Steve Wickham – fiddle (except tracks 7, 12 and 13), mandolin, banjo
• Sharon Shannon – accordion
• Alan Branch – percussion on track 12
• Abdullah Chhadeh – quanun
• Nick Coplowe – Hammond organ
• Pete Lockett – percussion (except tracks 1, 9, 12 and 13)
• Cora Venus Lunny – violin on tracks 1, 3, 5, 6 and 7, Viola tracks 1 & 9
• Kieran Kiely – Whistles on tracks 2, 7, 8, 9 & 13, accordion on track 9
• Skip McDonald – electric guitar
• Christy Moore – vocals on track 12
• Rob O Geibheannaigh – flute strings whistle tracks 5 & 10, piano on 9, guitar on 3, banjo on 1 and 4
• Carlton "Bubblers" Ogilvie – drums, bass guitar, piano
• Bernard O'Neill – bass
• Professor Stretch – drums, programming

Charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA Charts)[10]	61
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[11]	29
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[12]	34
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[13]	93
European Albums (Music & Media)[14]	57
French Albums (SNEP)[15]	69
Irish Albums (IRMA)[16]	3
Scottish Albums (OCC)[17]	57
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[18]	67
UK Albums (OCC)[19]	52
US Billboard 200[20]	139
US Top Internet Albums (Billboard)[21]	21
US Top World Albums (Billboard)[22]	1

See also

• Goodnight, Thank You, You've Been a Lovely Audience – a 2003 live video album by O'Connor which features a documentary on the making of this album

References

1. "Critic Reviews for Sean-Nós Nua". Metacritic. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
2. Doerschuk, Robert L. "Sean-Nós Nua - Sinéad O'Connor". AllMusic.
3. "Sinead O'Connor: Sean-Nós Nua". Billboard. 19 October 2002. Archived from the original on 2002-10-21. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
4. Levine, Robert. "Sinead O'Connor - Sean-Nos Nua". Blender. Archived from the original on 10 December 2004. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
5. Hermes, Will (11 October 2002). "Sean-Nos Nua Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
6. Hilburn, Robert (6 October 2002). "Jurassic 5's Power Surge". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
7. Richardson, Mark (15 January 2003). "Sinead O'Connor: Sean-Nós Nua". Pitchfork. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
8. Levenfeld, Ari (7 February 2003). "Sinead O'Connor: Sean-Nos Nua". PopMatters. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
9. Miles, Milo (25 September 2002). "Sean-Nos Nua". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
10. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
11. "Austriancharts.at – Sinéad O'Connor – Sean-Nós Nua" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
12. "Ultratop.be – Sinéad O'Connor – Sean-Nós Nua" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
13. "Dutchcharts.nl – Sinéad O'Connor – Sean-Nós Nua" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
14. https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Music-and-Media/00s/2002/MM-2002-10-26.pdf
15. "Lescharts.com – Sinéad O'Connor – Sean-Nós Nua". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
16. "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 41, 2002". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
17. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
18. "Swisscharts.com – Sinéad O'Connor – Sean-Nós Nua". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
19. "Sinéad O'Connor | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
20. "Sinead OConnor Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
21. "Billboard". 2002-10-26.

External links

• Sean-Nós Nua at Metacritic