On the heels of an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show, on which she openly talked about the bipolar disorder diagnosis she had lived with for four years before the show, singer/songwriter Sinead O'Connor hit the road to promote her newest release, Theology. With this two-disc compilation, the controversial Irish artist “attempts to create a place of peace in a time of war and to provoke thought.”
O’Connor found inspiration for the two-disc set in both Jerusalem and in Jamaica; though many of her lyrics are adaptations from the Old Testament, Theology, somehow, doesn’t come off as particularly religious. “So (what I tried to do) is lift out from Scriptures the things that show, in fact, the delicate nature and the humanity of the God character. And just give it a voice in the world where it has no voice, not even through religion,” O’Connor says on her Web site. When you play the first disc’s haunting melodies for the first time, you may be tempted to reflect or even meditate (at the very least, it’ll help you relax). But the second disc will have you on your feet, moving to the music. Disc One, “Dublin Sessions,” is a purely acoustic guitar and vocals set delivered intimately and gently. O’Connor’s voice is reduced to a whisper, yet she somehow manages to belt out her more quiet tunes despite that. The track “Something Beautiful” in particular shines both in terms of delivery and lyrics.
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