To Hell or Barbados
Studio album by
Damien Dempsey
Released
  • June 1, 2007 (Ireland)
  • June 18, 2007 (UK)
  • June 26, 2007 (US)
  • July 6, 2007 (Canada)
RecordedAIR Studios, London
GenreFolk, reggae
Length53:32
LabelClear Records, UFO Music
ProducerJohn Reynolds
Damien Dempsey chronology
Shots
(2005)		 To Hell or Barbados
(00000001)		 The Rocky Road
(2008)

To Hell or Barbados is the fourth studio album by Irish singer-songwriter Damien Dempsey released in Ireland and the UK in June 2007. An expanded edition was released on 2 November 2007, complete with a bonus CD of additional material.

The album name and title track are taken from the book of the same name by Sean O'Callaghan, a garbled account[1] of the thousands of Irish people transported to the Caribbean during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland (see Irish slaves myth).

The album features Irish folk musician Sharon Shannon and sisters Yamina and Nadia Nid El Mourid from the French band Lo'Jo[2]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Maasai"3:58
2."Kilburn Stroll"5:10
3."How Strange"5:47
4."Chase the Light"4:13
5."Your Pretty Smile"4:15
6."Serious"4:57
7."Teachers"4:39
8."Summer's in My Heart"4:58
9."To Hell or Barbados"7:47
10."The City"7:40
Total length:53:32

To Hell or Barbados: The Expanded Edition

Additional tracks:

  1. "Not on Your Own Tonight (Part 2)"
  2. "Saturday Finally Comes"
  3. "Wild One"
  4. "Schooldays Over"
  5. "Fly Me to the Moon"
  6. "Taobh Leis an Muir"
  7. "The Rhythm of Time"
  8. "Holy Night"

Personnel

  • Damien Dempsey - acoustic guitar
  • Caroline Dale - cello
  • John Reynolds - drums
  • Sharon Shannon - accordion
  • Marco Pirroni - guitar
  • Claire Kenny - bass instrument
  • Julian Wilson - Hammond b-3 organ
  • Conor McKeon - pipes
  • Nadia Nid El Mourid - background vocals
  • Yamina Nid el Mourid
  • Gerry O'Connor - banjo

References

  1. ↑ Rodgers, Nini (31 January 2007). Ireland, Slavery and Anti-Slavery. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-333-77099-3.
  2. ↑ "Damien Dempsey - to Hell or Barbados CD Album".
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