| Without Fear | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Dermot Kennedy |
| Cover: | Without Fear Dermot Kennedy.jpg |
| Released: | 4 October 2019 |
| Genre: | Folk-pop[1] |
| Length: | 50:31 |
| Prev Title: | Dermot Kennedy |
| Prev Year: | 2019 |
| Next Title: | Sonder |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
Without Fear is the debut studio album by Irish singer-songwriter Dermot Kennedy, released on 4 October 2019 by Riggins Recording, Interscope Records and Island Records. It has spawned four singles, including "Power Over Me" and "Outnumbered".[2]
Kennedy announced the album on 13 June 2019, which coincided with the release of "Outnumbered". Pre-orders started that day, with an original release date of 27 September set.[3] Kennedy revealed the track list on 9 September 2019.[4] On 24 June 2020 a new single, "Giants", was released and added to the digital version of the album as the opening track.[5]
Without Fear debuted at number one on the Irish Albums Chart with sales of 7,000 units, becoming the fastest-selling album of 2019. It has spent 154 weeks in the top 10, including 27 non-consecutive weeks at the top of the chart as of 12 March 2021.[6] In the UK the album debuted at number one with sales of 20,061 units, marking Kennedy's first number one outside Ireland.[7]
Track listing and credits adapted from Kennedy's Instagram, as well as Apple Music and ASCAP.[4] [8] [9]
| Chart (2019–2020) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[10] | 44 |
| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[11] | 34 |
| Chart (2019) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Irish Albums (IRMA)[12] | 4 | |
| Chart (2020) | Position | |
| Irish Albums (IRMA)[13] | 1 | |
| UK Albums (OCC)[14] | 47 | |
| Chart (2021) | Position | |
| Irish Albums (IRMA)[15] | 2 | |
| UK Albums (OCC)[16] | 48 | |
| Chart (2022) | Position | |
| UK Albums (OCC)[17] | 99 |
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Edition(s) | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Various | 4 October 2019 | Standard | [18] [19] [20] | ||
| LP | Deluxe | [21] |