Seize the Day (album) explained

Seize the Night
Type:	studio
Artist:	Damien Dempsey
Cover:	Damien Dempsey - Seize the Day.jpg
Released:	16 May 2003
Genre:	Folk rock
Length:	53:00
Label:	Clear
Producer:	John Reynolds
Prev Title:	They Don't Teach This Shit In School
Prev Year:	2000
Next Title:	Shots
Next Year:	2005

Seize the Day is an album by Damien Dempsey released in Ireland in 2003 on Clear Records via Sony. In the UK, it was released via IRL and, in the US, it was released on Attack Records, a subsidiary of Sanctuary Records. In the UK and US, the title track was not hidden.

Two tracks – "Factories" and "Seize the Day" – appeared on the soundtrack to the Irish crime film Between the Canals, in which Dempsey made his debut acting performance.

Track listing

1. "Negative Vibes" – 4:44
2. "Ghosts of Overdoses" – 4:41
3. "It's All Good" – 4:21
4. "Factories" – 5:17
5. "Jar Song" – 5:03
6. "Celtic Tiger" – 5:13
7. "Apple of My Eye" – 3:43
8. "Industrial School" – 5:27
9. "Great Gaels of Ireland" – 5:21
10. "Marching Season Siege" – 3:24
11. "Seize the Day" (hidden track) – 4:12

The tracks "Celtic Tiger", "It's All Good" and "Negative Vibes" feature backing vocals by Sinéad O'Connor.

Personnel

• Damien Dempsey – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Brian Eno – guitar
• Justin Adams – electric guitar
• Paolo Baconi – slide guitar
• Rob Ó Géibheannaigh – banjo, flute, whistle
• Kieran Kiely – whistle, accordion, piano, organ
• Lucy Shaw – bass instrument
• Clare Kenny – bass guitar
• Emmet Dempsey – bodhrán
• Sinéad O'Connor – background vocals