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Without Fear
Studio album by Dermot Kennedy
Released4 October 2019
GenreFolk-pop
Length50:31
Label
Producer
Dermot Kennedy chronology
Dermot Kennedy
(2019) 		Without Fear
(2019) 		Sonder
(2022)
Singles from Without Fear
  1. "Moments Passed"
    Released: 19 September 2017
  2. "Power Over Me"
    Released: 16 October 2018
  3. "Lost"
    Released: 6 February 2019
  4. "Outnumbered"
    Released: 14 June 2019
  5. "Giants"
    Released: 24 June 2020

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".

Background

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. Kennedy revealed the track list on 9 September 2019. On 24 June 2020 a new single, "Giants", was released and added to the digital version of the album as the opening track.

Chart performance

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. In the UK the album debuted at number one with sales of 20,061 units, marking Kennedy's first number one outside Ireland.

Track listing

Track listing and credits adapted from Kennedy's Instagram, as well as Apple Music and ASCAP.

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."An Evening I Will Not Forget"Dermot KennedyCarey Willetts4:05
2."All My Friends"
  • Willetts
  • Hugall
  • Koz
4:07
3."Power Over Me"Koz3:26
4."What Have I Done"Koz3:37
5."Moments Passed"
  • Willetts
  • Kennedy
  • Micheál Quinn
  • Kozmeniuk
Willetts4:31
6."The Corner"Starsmith3:21
7."Lost"
  • Willetts
  • Kennedy
  • Willetts
  • Koz
3:44
8."Rome"Kennedy 3:22
9."Outnumbered"
  • Kennedy
  • Jay Mooncie
  • Harris
  • Kozmeniuk
Koz4:05
10."Dancing Under Red Skies"
  • Kennedy
Koz3:46
11."Outgrown"
  • Harris
  • Kennedy
  • Kozmeniuk
  • Jonah Shai
  • Harris
3:20
12."Redemption"3:48
13."Without Fear"
  • Kennedy
  • Willetts
Willetts5:19
Total length:50:31
Deluxe Edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
14."Glory"
  • Kennedy
  • Kozmeniuk
 3:42
15."Young & Free"
  • Kennedy
  • Kozmeniuk
 4:26
16."Couldn't Tell" 4:16
17."For Island Fires and Family"
  • Kennedy
  • Willetts
4:45
Total length:1:07:45
2020 rerelease
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Giants"Koz2:57
2."An Evening I Will Not Forget"KennedyCarey Willetts4:05
3."All My Friends"
  • Willetts
  • Hugall
  • Koz
4:07
4."Power Over Me"Koz3:26
5."What Have I Done"Koz3:37
6."Moments Passed"
  • Willetts
  • Kennedy
  • Micheál Quinn
  • Kozmeniuk
Willetts4:31
7."The Corner"Starsmith3:21
8."Lost"
  • Willetts
  • Kennedy
  • Willetts
  • Koz
3:44
9."Rome"Kennedy 3:22
10."Outnumbered"
  • Kennedy
  • Jay Mooncie
  • Harris
  • Kozmeniuk
Koz4:05
11."Dancing Under Red Skies"
  • Kennedy
Koz3:46
12."Outgrown"
  • Harris
  • Kennedy
  • Kozmeniuk
  • Jonah Shai
  • Harris
3:20
13."Redemption"3:48
14."Without Fear"
  • Kennedy
  • Willetts
Willetts5:19
Total length:53:31

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2019–2020) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) 37
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) 33
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) 10
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) 119
Canadian Albums (Billboard) 11
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) 27
French Albums (SNEP) 148
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 11
Irish Albums (IRMA) 1
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA) 44
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) 23
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) 34
Scottish Albums (OCC) 1
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) 48
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) 18
UK Albums (OCC) 1
US Billboard 200 18

Year-end charts

Chart (2019) Position
Irish Albums (IRMA) 4
Chart (2020) Position
Irish Albums (IRMA) 1
UK Albums (OCC) 47
Chart (2021) Position
Irish Albums (IRMA) 2
UK Albums (OCC) 48
Chart (2022) Position
UK Albums (OCC) 99

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) Platinum 80,000
Poland (ZPAV) Gold 10,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) Platinum 20,000
United Kingdom (BPI) Platinum 300,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Edition(s) Label Ref.
Various 4 October 2019 Standard
LP Deluxe

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