Theology (album)

Theology
Studio album by
Released18 June 2007
Recorded2006–2007
GenreRock
Length89:53
Label
ProducerSteve Cooney, Graham Bolger, Ron Tom, Sinéad O'Connor
Sinéad O'Connor chronology
Throw Down Your Arms
(2005)
Theology
(2007)
How About I Be Me (and You Be You)?
(2012)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic50/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Austin Chronicle[3]
Hot Pressfavorable[4]
The Observer[5]
PopMatters6/10[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
The Skinny[8]
Slant Magazine[9]
Spin4/10[10]
Uncut[11]

Theology is the eighth full-length album by Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor. It was released in 2007 on Rubyworks (and Koch Records in the US). The album consists of two discs, the acoustic "Dublin Sessions" and the full-band "London Sessions".

The first single from Theology is "I Don't Know How to Love Him" (an Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice song from Jesus Christ Superstar). In the issue dated 14 July 2007, the album entered the US Billboard 200 chart at number 168. The album also debuted in the top 20 of Billboard's Independent Albums list at number 15. First-week sales of the album in the US amounted to 4,700 units, while the record also charted in Ireland, France and Italy.

  1. ^ Critic reviews at Metacritic
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ The Austin Chronicle review
  4. ^ Hot Press review
  5. ^ "CD: Sinead O'Connor, Theology". The Guardian. 16 June 2007. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016.
  6. ^ PopMatters review
  7. ^ "Theology". Rolling Stone. 13 June 2007. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012.
  8. ^ Bermingham, Finbarr. "Sinead O'Connor - Theology". The Skinny. Retrieved 10 June 2007.
  9. ^ Slant Magazine review
  10. ^ Spin review
  11. ^ It smacks of compromise. [Jul 2007, p.109]

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