Faith and Courage is the fifth full-length album by Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor

Sinéad O'Connor

Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor is an Irish singer-songwriter. She rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album The Lion and the Cobra and achieved worldwide success in 1990 with a cover of the song "Nothing Compares 2 U"....

, released in 2000 on Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records

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. 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

So Far... the Best of Sinéad O'Connor

So Far... the Best of Sinéad O'Connor is a greatest hits album released by Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor in 1997. The collection features songs appearing on O'Connor's first four studio albums, along with several non-album collaborations...

in 1997.

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

Wyclef Jean

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, David A. Stewart

David A. Stewart

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, Brian Eno

Brian Eno

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, Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, Anne Preven

Anne Preven

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 and Scott Cutler

Scott Cutler

Scott M. Cutler is an American musician and music producer.-Personal life:He recently had his 1st son "Lane" and his 2nd son "Duke" with his wife Meredith Morton.-Career:...

 among others.

The album sold 1,000,000 copies worldwide.

Reception

Faith and Courage placed on Slant Magazine

Slant Magazine

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's list of best albums of the 2000s at number 99.

Track listing

1. "The Healing Room" (O'Connor) - 5:35
2. "No Man's Woman" (O'Connor) - 3:00
3. "Jealous" (O'Connor) - 4:18
4. "Dancing Lessons" (O'Connor) - 4:17
5. "Daddy I'm Fine" (O'Connor) - 2:58
6. "'Til I Whisper U Something" (O'Connor) - 6:08
7. "Hold Back the Night" (Robert Hodgens) - 4:11
8. "What Doesn't Belong to Me" (O'Connor) - 5:37
9. "The State I'm In" (Scott Cutler/Anne Previn) - 4:10
10. "The Lamb's Book of Life" (O'Connor) - 4:56
11. "If U Ever" (O'Connor) - 4:24
12. "Emma's Song" (O'Connor) - 3:20
13. "Kyrié Eléison" (Traditional, arranged by O'Connor/Sherwood/McDonald/Branch) - 2:45

Chart performance

Chart (2000)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	55
U.S Top Internet Albums	8
French Album Charts	27
Swiss Album Charts	19
Austrian Album Charts	21
Dutch Album Charts	46
Belgian Album Charts (Flanders Flanders Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp... )	20
Swedish Album Charts	59
Norwegian Album Charts	38
New Zealand Album Charts	33
Italian Album Charts	35

Personnel

• Sinéad O'Connor
  Sinéad O'Connor
  Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor is an Irish singer-songwriter. She rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album The Lion and the Cobra and achieved worldwide success in 1990 with a cover of the song "Nothing Compares 2 U"....
  
   - vocals, backing vocals
• Skip McDonald - guitar, bass, keyboards
• Carlton "Bubblers" Ogilvie - bass, reggae piano
• Professor Stretch - drum programming, keyboards
• Rusty Anderson
  Rusty Anderson
  Rusty Anderson is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and music producer. He is best known as lead guitarist with Paul McCartney, though he has worked with an extensive list of artists in addition to his own solo career.-Early life:Rusty Anderson grew up in La Habra, California...
  
   - guitar
• Scott Cutler
  Scott Cutler
  Scott M. Cutler is an American musician and music producer.-Personal life:He recently had his 1st son "Lane" and his 2nd son "Duke" with his wife Meredith Morton.-Career:...
  
   - guitar
• Paul Bushnell - bass
• Scot Coogan
  Scot Coogan
  Scot Coogan is an American session musician and touring drummer.-Career:Coogan has worked with groups such as Violets Demise, Ednaswap, Parade of Losers, Annetenna, Sinéad O'Connor, Peter Yorn, Vanilla Ice, and Otep...
  
   - drums
• Jeff Turzo
  Jeff Turzo
  Jeff Turzo, as singer/programming and songwriting/production partner in the electro-rock band God Lives Underwater , spent the better part of the 1990s as a producer and touring artist, first signed by Rick Rubin to American Recordings in 1993....
  
   - drum programming
• David Campbell - strings arrangement, viola
• Joel Derouin - violin
• Larry Corbet - cello
• Dave Stewart
  David A. Stewart
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   - guitar
• John Reynolds
  John Reynolds (musician)
  John Reynolds is a record producer. He was the first husband of singer Sinéad O'Connor; they have one child, Jake. Reynolds, formerly a drummer for Jah Wobble, met O'Connor and recorded her first album, The Lion and the Cobra...
  
   - drums
• Jah Wobble
  Jah Wobble
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   - bass
• Kieran Kiely - low and high whistles
• Caroline Dale
  Caroline Dale
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   - strings
• Andy Wright - programming
• Mark Price - programming
• Blandinna Melky Jean - additional vocals on track 4
• Chris Sharrock
  Chris Sharrock
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   - drums
• Chucko Merchan - additional bass on track 6
• Little Roy - backing vocals on track 6
• Zac Rae - keyboards
• David Levita - keyboards
• Anne Preven
  Anne Preven
  Anne Preven is an American songwriter and musician, originally from New York. She has co-written songs for Beyoncé , Katy Perry, Madonna, Natalie Imbruglia, Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, Sinéad O'Connor, Charice, The Hush Sound, Jordin Sparks, Miranda Cosgrove, Black Veil Brides, Pnau, Pixie Lott,...
  
  - backing vocals on track 9
• Derek Scott - guitar
• Lil John - drums
• Karren Berz - orchestral arrangement
• Simon Mundey - programming
• Bonjo I Abinghi Noah - percussion