My Favourite Faded Fantasy is Damien Rice’s first collection of material in eight years and was produced by Rick Rubin and Rice himself . It is a selection of songs, which Rice says are “sung straight into the metaphorical mirror.” Intimate, frank and revitalized by making music again, My Favourite Faded Fantasy is a record that accepts one’s faults but also begins, perhaps, to appreciate one’s ability to grow up. The recording process began in Los Angeles and finished up with a cast of friends and local musicians against the stunning backdrop of Reykjavik, Iceland.
Bonus Track “Camarillas” is exclusive to fans who purchase the My Favourite Faded Fantasy wooden box CD

Damien Rice的首张专辑「O」自2002年发行以来引发广大的回响，在家乡爱尔兰都柏林，专辑销售获得3张白金唱片认证，赢得3项爱尔兰音乐奖提名，在英国，乐评界热情推荐的喝采始终没停过，让专辑一路挺进到英国金榜第8名。而在专辑登陆美国作发行之前，Damien早以爆满的巡回演唱征服了老美的耳朵，Damien接着成了Coldplay演唱会的嘉宾。整个2004年，Damien总计获得了全英音乐奖最佳国际性男歌手的提名，以及NME杂志奖最佳独唱歌手的提名，同时也赢得了爱尔兰传媒Hot Press读者票选大奖中的最佳男歌手与最佳词曲创作者两项奖座，此外，专辑「O」还赢得了2003年的Shortlist音乐奖。
虽然Damien不太想将自己的音乐归类，也不想知道自己唱的歌曲的感觉是否太强烈了，不过，不容否认的，专辑「O」中有许多关于描述挫折的歌。专辑开场的两首歌 "Delicate" 、 "Volcano" 在极为沉静的气氛中，慢慢的让歌曲的伤痛感觉自然蔓延，紧接着映入听觉的 "The Blower's Daughter" 则是让大提琴与歌声忘情的交换着彼此的哀愁，然后是非常民谣感觉的弹唱曲 "Cannonball" ，而带有独白味道的 "Older Chests" 则是在很自然的情况下录下刚从教堂走出来的小孩的声音，营造出街头民谣的感觉， "Amie" 里的弦乐适时的出现将前几首歌曲的沉痛气氛导入非常戏剧性的情境，到了 "Cold Water" 时，寂静的情绪再度笼罩，只是这回多了绝望、失落与宗教上的救赎，终场的 "Eskimo" 再长达15分钟多的时间里，Damien大胆的加进了歌剧女高音的吟唱，还让歌曲在留白两分钟后，来段即兴的心情摇滚大实验，将专辑的情绪调到最高点，最后再以 "Silent Night" 巧妙收尾，剎那间，让专辑里的情绪回归到情绪的原点。
2004年岁末，随着茱莉亚罗勃兹、裘德洛主演的电影【偷情】选用 "The Blower's Daughter" 作为影片开场与片尾的主题曲，Damien Rice的歌曲情绪再度引起另一波的高潮，专辑「O」特地重新加上8首B Sides歌曲再度登场，加量的歌曲，更多的感动，你怎舍得跟他的歌擦身而过呢？
英国独立报：「引人入胜的首张专辑…年度最棒的情歌都在这里」
洛杉矶时报：「艺术性格风采跟Jeff Buckley、Thom Yorke并驾齐驱」
纽约客杂志：「一张满是低调珍品的专辑」
新闻周刊：「一张超棒的专辑，充满着有如面对开心手术时纯真、毫不做作的情感」

First CD single pulled from this Irish singer/songwriter's 2006 album 9. Features '9 Crimes' plus the non-album 'Rat Within The Grain'. 14th Floor.

Even those allergic to musicals may be won over by Once, a tender-hearted Irish romance with songs by Czech Republic–born Markéta Irglová and Frames frontman Glen Hansard. (The film's director, John Carney, actually used to play bass in the group.) The trick here is that Irglová and Hansard also play the leads; because their characters are shown busking, writing music, or rehearsing, the songs are smoothly integrated in the film. The overall acoustic mood won't surprise fans of the Frames--some tracks ("Say It to Me," "When Your Mind's Made Up") have even popped up on the band's albums, though the arrangements are more pared-down here, befitting the scruffy, street-musician setting. Being the lesser-known entity, Irglová feels like a revelation; she sounds a bit like a folkie Björk on "If You Want Me," and her song "The Hill" is downright heartbreaking. Irglová and Hansard had already made the 2006 album The Swell Seasontogether, so their collaboration here feels really organic--they sound particularly good together on the title track, for instance. Now that's the kind of magic you want from musicals. --Elisabeth Vincentelli