Unreal Unearth

Hozier wrote the album during the COVID-19 pandemic and stated it was his way of "mak[ing] sense of the experience of the last two years". It was inspired by Dante's Inferno, which he began reading at the time; he framed the album around Dante's concept of the nine circles of Hell. He called the album "quite eclectic" and stated that there is "something of a retrospective in what the sounds lean into". He also said that the three tracks on the preceding Eat Your Young EP were "not representative of the entire album". Hozier also draws from characters and logic seen in Flann O'Brien's novel The Third Policeman.{{cite web|url=https://impact89fm.org/118527/music/unearthing-the-fictitious-mind-of-an-irish-philosopher-de-selby-part-1-by-hozier/|title=Unearthing the Fictitious Mind of an Irish Philosopher {{!}} "De Selby (Part 1)" by Hozier|website=Impact 89FM {{!}} WDBM-FM|last=Thibodeau|first=Abby|access-date=6 March 2024}} Unreal Unearth as a whole signifies a journey through Dante's nine circles of Hell and coming out at the other side, with each song referring to a specific "universal theme" or feeling.{{cite web|url=https://grammy.com/news/hozier-unreal-unearth-interview-dante-inferno-poem-inspirations-irish|title=Inside Hozier's Unreal Unearth: How the Singer Flipped Dante's 'Inferno' & the Irish Language Into His Latest Album|website=Grammy.com|last=Weatherby|first=Taylor|date=19 August 2023|access-date=6 March 2024}}

The album features Hozier writing and singing lyrics in the Irish language for the first time.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2023/08/02/hoziers-new-album-unreal-unearth-track-by-track-review-powerful-songs-that-ebb-and-flow/|title=Hozier's new album, Unreal Unearth, track-by-track review: Powerful songs that ebb and flow|newspaper=The Irish Times|last=Clayton-Lea|first=Tony|date=2 August 2023|access-date=21 August 2023}} In an interview with The Irish Times, he said that "there's so much that cannot be expressed outside of that language, that language can express that we're unaware of".{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2023/08/19/hozier-this-album-was-actually-more-not-trying-to-be-the-control-freak/|title=Hozier: 'This album was actually more not trying to be the control freak'|newspaper=The Irish Times|last=Mullally|first=Una|date=19 August 2023|access-date=21 August 2023}} The track "Butchered Tongue" refers to attempts by the British administration to destroy the Irish language through colonialism.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41207821.html|title=Album review: Unreal Unearth is Hozier's finest record yet and has breathtaking moments|newspaper=Irish Examiner|last=Power|first=Ed|date=18 August 2023|access-date=21 August 2023}}

On 15 March 2024, in honor of one year since the Eat Your Young EP, Hozier released the Unheard EP. It includes four songs originally recorded for Unreal Unearth: "Too Sweet", "Wildflower and Barley" featuring Allison Russell, "Empire Now", and "Fare Well". The tracks represent the stages of gluttony, limbo, violence, and ascent, respectively, from Dante's Inferno, but did not make the final cut for the album.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/hozier-announces-new-unheard-ep-out-next-week-23013871|title=Hozier announces new Unheard EP, out next week|magazine=Hot Press|date=15 March 2024|access-date=17 March 2024}}

On 16 August 2024, in honor of one year since the album's release, Hozier released the Unaired EP. It includes three more songs originally recorded for Unreal Unearth: "Nobody's Soldier", "July", and "That You Are" featuring Bedouine.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/hozier-announces-release-date-for-upcoming-unaired-ep-23043369|title=Hozier announces release date for upcoming Unaired EP|magazine=Hot Press|date=7 August 2024|access-date=7 August 2024}}

On 6 December 2024, Hozier released Unreal Unearth: Unending, a super deluxe version of the album. It includes the original 16 tracks, the seven tracks from Unheard and Unaired, "Through Me (The Flood)" from Eat Your Young, "Swan Upon Leda", and a brand new song titled "Hymn to Virgil".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/hozier-announces-deluxe-album-unreal-unearth-unending-23056304|title=Hozier announces deluxe album Unreal Unearth: Unending|magazine=Hot Press|date=25 October 2024|access-date=25 October 2024}}

{{Music ratings

| ADM = 7.6/10{{cite web|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/13735/Hozier-Unreal-Unearth.aspx|title=Unreal Unearth by Hozier reviews|website=AnyDecentMusic?|access-date=26 August 2023}}

| MC = 76/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/unreal-unearth/hozier|title=Unreal Unearth by Hozier Reviews and Tracks|website=Metacritic|access-date=26 August 2023}}

| rev1 = Exclaim!

| rev1score = 8/10{{cite magazine|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/hozier_unreal_unearth_album_review|title=Hozier's Unreal Unearth Is Music to Escape Into|magazine=Exclaim!|last=Ryan|first=Maddison|date=17 August 2023|access-date=18 August 2023}}

| rev2 = The Line of Best Fit

| rev2score = 9/10{{cite web|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/albums/hozier-unreal-unearth-characteristically-charming-third-instalment|title=Hozier: Unreal Unearth review – a characteristically charming third instalment|website=The Line of Best Fit|last=Chatterton|first=Caitlin|date=14 August 2023|access-date=17 August 2023}}

| rev3 = Mojo

| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|title=Hozier – Unreal Unearth|magazine=Mojo|page=91|date=September 2023}}

| rev4 = NME

| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/hozier-unreal-unearth-review-epic-expansive-and-ethereal-3483924|title=Hozier – Unreal Unearth review: Epic, expansive and ethereal|website=NME|last=Chaudhry|first=Aliya|date=17 August 2023|access-date=18 August 2023}}

| rev5 = Paste

| rev5score = 8.2/10{{cite magazine|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/hozier/hozier-unreal-unearth-review|title=On Unreal Unearth, Hozier Makes His Boldest Work Yet|magazine=Paste|last=Eeckhout|first=Sam|date=17 August 2023|access-date=18 August 2023}}

| rev6 = Pitchfork

| rev6score = 5.0/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/hozier-unreal-unearth/|title=Hozier: Unreal Unearth Album Review|website=Pitchfork|last=Thomas|first=Peyton|date=25 August 2023|access-date=26 August 2023}}

| rev7 = The Skinny

| rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/reviews/albums/hozier-unreal-unearth|title=Hozier album review: Unreal Unearth|magazine=The Skinny|last=Chung|first=Rho|date=14 August 2023|access-date=17 August 2023}}

| rev8 = Uncut

| rev8score = 7/10{{cite magazine|title=Hozier – Unreal Unearth|magazine=Uncut|page=29|date=October 2023}}

}}

Unreal Unearth received a score of 76 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on 14 critics' reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reception. Caitlin Chatterton of The Line of Best Fit found that "as well as uplifting Irish culture, the album is keen to demonstrate that Hozier is well versed in the classics" and concluded that "from the folk twang of 'First Time' to the torrential clapping on 'Anything But', this is a Hozier album to the hilt: considered, earnest, and moving". Rho Chung of The Skinny remarked that "Hozier's far-reaching vocal range is on full display" on the album, which Chung called "an eclectic and meandering meditation on love at a time in which our continued existence often feels at odds with the planet's".

CT Jones of Rolling Stone stated that "Hozier doesn't just succeed in exploring that dark emotional world; his painful ascent makes the listener immediately want to climb with him. Even harder, he successfully delivers a third album that doesn't shy away from any topic, even when he doesn't have the answers."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/hozier-unreal-unearth-review-1234807533/|title=Hozier Goes Through Hell and Tastes Ecstasy on Unreal Unearth|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Jones|first=CT|date=17 August 2023|access-date=18 August 2023}} Maddison Ryan of Exclaim! described the album as "a journey" that "even without prior knowledge of the album's roots in classic literature, it feels part of a greater mythology", ultimately calling it "the kind of music that people can escape into; the soundtrack to feelings not even Heaven can hold".

Aliya Chaudhry of NME remarked that Unreal Unearth "traverses a variety of styles from softer piano ballads like 'Butchered Tongue' to up-tempo folk-pop 'Anything But' and fuzzy-guitar rock stomp 'Francesca'", making the album "a product of going where the song takes you". Uncut complimented tracks as well, writing that "'De Selby Part 2' shows he can stylishly bring funk and R&B influences to bear. But most distinctive are the Afrobeat touches that lace 'Damage Gets Done' and 'Anything But'".

Sam Eeckhout of Paste stated that the album is "packed full of poetic lyricism, heavyhearted remorse, hopeful anticipation and an honest expression of the joys and sorrow of being a human" and has "a sharp balance" that makes it "never top-heavy" nor "ever stagnant". Mojo wrote that "Hozier's audacity can feel outsized and overbearing, but his tandem of earnestness and eccentricity here is more winning than not". Pitchfork{{'}}s Peyton Thomas described the album as a "mishmash of mythology and past-date pop that leaves [Hozier] sounding like an interloper".

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+Select year-end rankings of Unreal Unearth ! scope="col"| Publication ! scope="col"| Accolade ! scope="col"| Rank ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
scope="row"| The A.V. Club | The 27 Best Albums of 2023 | style="text-align:center;"| 22 | {{center|{{cite news|url=https://www.avclub.com/best-albums-2023-1851094504/slides/7 |title=The 27 best albums of 2023|date=13 December 2023|newspaper=The A.V. Club|accessdate= 20 December 2023}}}}
scope="row"| American Songwriter | American Songwriter{{'}}s Top 17 Albums of 2023 | {{N/A}} | {{center|{{cite magazine|url=https://americansongwriter.com/american-songwriters-top-17-albums-of-2023/ |title=American Songwriter{{'}}s Top 17 Albums of 2023 |date=22 December 2023|magazine=American Songwriter|access-date=16 January 2024}}}}
scope="row"| Billboard | The 50 Best Albums of 2023: Staff List |style="text-align:center;"| 27 | {{center|{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-albums-2023/|title=The 50 Best Albums of 2023: Staff List |date=6 December 2023 |magazine=Billboard|access-date=20 December 2023}}}}
scope="row"| The Daily Telegraph | The 10 Best Albums of 2023 | style="text-align:center;"| 9 | {{center|{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/10-best-albums-of-2023-ranked/|title=The 10 best albums of 2023|date=27 December 2023 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=16 January 2024}}}}
scope="row"| HuffPost | The Best Albums of 2023 | {{N/A}} | {{center|{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/best-albums-of-2023_n_65777ca5e4b0fca7ad21cdcd |title=The Best Albums of 2023|date=13 December 2023 |work=HuffPost|access-date=20 December 2023}}}}
scope="row"| Esquire | The 20 Best Albums of 2023 | style="text-align:center;"| 3 | {{center|{{cite magazine|url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/g42350466/best-albums-2023/|title=The 20 Best Albums of 2023|date=1 December 2023 |magazine=Esquire|access-date=20 December 2023}}}}

File:Hozier Unreal Unearth Tour Stage Boston Night 1.jpg

Hozier announced the Unreal Unearth tour on 17 March 2023, alongside the release of the Eat Your Young EP.{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Valeska |date=2023-03-17 |title=Hozier Returns With New EP Eat Your Young And Announces North American Headline Tour Slated For The Fall |url=https://www.livenationentertainment.com/2023/03/hozier-returns-with-new-ep-eat-your-young-and-announces-north-american-headline-tour-slated-for-the-fall/ |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=Live Nation Entertainment |language=en-US}} The initial leg of the tour spanned across North America and Europe from June through December 2023. On 9 November 2023, Hozier announced a second leg of the United States tour, adding 37 new dates between April and September 2024;{{Cite web |title=Hozier Extends 'Unreal Unearth' Tour into 2024 with New North American Dates |url=https://people.com/hozier-extends-unreal-unearth-north-american-tour-2024-8400254 |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}} 14 new shows were later added on 29 January 2024{{Cite web |last=Shenk |first=Danielle |date=2024-01-29 |title=Hozier extends Unreal Unearth Tour with 14 shows, including Lincoln |url=https://www.1011now.com/2024/01/29/hozier-adds-14-shows-his-tour-including-lincoln/ |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=1011 Now |language=en}} followed by an additional 6 dates announced on 29 February 2024. The Teskey Brothers, Victoria Canal, Madison Cunningham, Brittany Howard, Lord Huron, and The Last Dinner Party joined Hozier as openers during the initial leg of the tour. Hozier also brought his father, John Byrne, on stage to perform in the encore during the September 30, 2023 performance at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Allison Russell opened for the second US leg of the tour. An Australian and New Zealand leg of the tour was announced on 11 March 2024, with Joy Oladokun as the opening act.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-11 |title=Hozier announces Australian tour for November |url=https://www.abc.net.au/listen/doublej/music-reads/music-news/hozier-australian-tour-2024-joy-oladokun/103566482 |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=Double J |language=en-AU}} A third leg for the US was announced on 30 January 2025, with Gigi Perez and Amble joining as special guest performers.{{cite web |last=Singh |first=Surej |title=Hozier adds new US summer dates to 2025 'Unreal Unearth' tour |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/hozier-adds-new-us-summer-dates-to-2025-unreal-unearth-tour-3833383 |website=NME |access-date=6 February 2025 |date=31 January 2025}}

The Unreal Unearth Tour setlist included songs from the Unreal Unearth, Wasteland, Baby!, and Hozier albums. The main set openers included songs "De Selby (Part 1)" and "De Selby (Part 2)". "Take Me to Church" and "First Light" closed the set. "Work Song" functioned as the show's encore.

Hozier worked with Production Designer Steven Douglass and Tour Director Duchess Iredale to create the Unreal Unearth tour visuals. The show focuses heavily on the use of projections and lighting. The main stage background features animated projections on a piece of metal mesh; the projections follow the album's journey underground and into Hell.{{Cite web |title=Hozier: The 'Unreal Unearth' Tour |url=https://plsn.com/articles/wide-focus/hozier-the-unreal-unearth-tour/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=PLSN Magazine |language=en-US}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Unreal Unearth track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = De Selby (Part 1)

| length1 = 3:39

| writer1 = Andrew Hozier-Byrne

| extra1 = {{hlist|Jeff "Gitty" Gitelman|Hozier-Byrne|Bekon{{ref|a|[a]}}|Pete G{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| title2 = De Selby (Part 2)

| length2 = 3:47

| writer2 = {{hlist|Hozier-Byrne|Gitelman|Daniel Tannenbaum|Sergiu Gherman|Daniel Krieger|Peter Gonzales}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Bekon|Chakra|Pete G|Gitelman|Gherman|Hozier-Byrne|Marius Feder{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| title3 = First Time

| length3 = 3:53

| writer3 = {{hlist|Hozier-Byrne|Alex Ryan|Gitelman}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|Gitelman|Hozier-Byrne}}

| title4 = Francesca

| writer4 = {{hlist|Hozier-Byrne|Jennifer Decilveo}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Decilveo|Hozier-Byrne}}

| length4 = 4:30

| title5 = I, Carrion (Icarian)

| length5 = 3:16

| writer5 = {{hlist|Hozier-Byrne|Decilveo}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|Decilveo|Hozier-Byrne}}

| title6 = Eat Your Young

| writer6 = {{hlist|Hozier-Byrne|Tannenbaum|Gonzales|Krieger|Gherman|Stuart Johnson|Tyler Mehlenbacher|Craig Balmoris|Feder}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|Bekon|Pete G|Chakra|Gherman|Hozier-Byrne}}

| length6 = 4:02

| title7 = Damage Gets Done

| note7 = with Brandi Carlile

| length7 = 4:28

| writer7 = {{hlist|Hozier-Byrne|Tannenbaum|Gonzales|Krieger|Gherman|Johnson|Mehlenbacher}}

| extra7 = {{hlist|Bekon|Pete G|Chakra|Gherman|Feder{{ref|a|[a]}}|Sariah Mae{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| title8 = Who We Are

| length8 = 4:05

| writer8 = {{hlist|Hozier-Byrne|Tannenbaum|Krieger|Gonzales|Gherman}}

| extra8 = {{hlist|Bekon|Pete G|Chakra|Gherman}}

| title9 = Son of Nyx

| length9 = 3:19

| writer9 = {{hlist|Ryan|Hozier-Byrne|Tannenbaum}}

| extra9 = {{hlist|Bekon|Pete G}}

| title10 = All Things End

| writer10 = {{hlist|Hozier-Byrne|Tannenbaum|Krieger|Gonzales|Gherman|Johnson}}

| extra10 = {{hlist|Bekon|Pete G|Chakra|Gherman|Feder{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length10 = 3:33

| title11 = To Someone from a Warm Climate (Uiscefhuaraithe)

| length11 = 4:00

| writer11 = {{hlist|Hozier-Byrne|Gitelman}}

| extra11 = {{hlist|Gitelman|Hozier-Byrne}}

| title12 = Butchered Tongue

| length12 = 2:29

| writer12 = Hozier-Byrne

| extra12 = {{hlist|Decilveo|Hozier-Byrne}}

| title13 = Anything But

| length13 = 3:45

| writer13 = {{hlist|Hozier-Byrne|Tannenbaum|Krieger|Gonzales|Gherman|Johnson|Feder}}

| extra13 = {{hlist|Bekon|Pete G|Chakra|Gherman}}

| title14 = Abstract (Psychopomp)

| length14 = 4:04

| writer14 = {{hlist|Hozier-Byrne|Tannenbaum|Gonzales|Krieger|Gherman|Johnson|Mehlenbacher|Balmoris}}

| extra14 = {{hlist|Bekon|Pete G|Chakra|Gherman|Balmoris|Mehlenbacher}}

| title15 = Unknown / Nth

| length15 = 4:40

| writer15 = Hozier-Byrne

| extra15 = Hozier-Byrne

| title16 = First Light

| length16 = 4:52

| writer16 = {{hlist|Hozier-Byrne|Tannenbaum|Gonzales|Krieger|Gherman|Johnson|Mehlenbacher|Balmoris}}

| extra16 = {{hlist|Bekon|Pete G|Chakra|Gherman|Balmoris|Mehlenbacher|Hozier-Byrne}}

| total_length = 62:22

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Unreal Unearth: Unending track listing{{cite magazine|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/unreal-unearth-unending/1775781098|title=Unreal Unearth: Unending - Album by Hozier - Apple Music|magazine=Apple Music|date=25 October 2024|access-date=25 October 2024}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Nobody's Soldier

| length1 = 3:57

| writer1 = {{hlist|Hozier-Byrne|Tannenbaum|Chakra|Johnson|Gherman|Pete G}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|Tannenbaum|Pete G|Chakra|Gherman}}

| title2 = July

| length2 = 3:34

| writer2 = Hozier-Byrne

| extra2 = Jeff Gitelman

| title3 = That You Are

| note3 = with Bedouine

| length3 = 4:16

| writer3 = {{hlist|Hozier-Byrne|Bedouine}}

| extra3 = Gus Seyffert

| title4 = Swan Upon Leda

| writer4 = Hozier-Byrne

| extra4 = {{hlist|Decilveo|Hozier-Byrne}}

| length4 = 3:42

| title5 = Hymn to Virgil

| length5 = 3:22

| writer5 = {{hlist|Hozier-Byrne|Bekon|Chakra|Gherman|Gitelman|Gonzales}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|Hozier-Byrne|Bekon|Gitelman}}

| title6 = Too Sweet

| writer6 = {{hlist|Hozier-Byrne|Krieger|Tannenbaum|Gonzales|Gherman|Johnson|Mehlenbacher}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|Hozier-Byrne|Bekon|Chakra|Pete G|Gherman}}

| length6 = 4:11

| title7 = Wildflower and Barley

| note7 = with Allison Russell

| writer7 = {{hlist|Hozier-Byrne|Russell|Gitelman}}

| extra7 = {{hlist|Hozier-Byrne|Gitelman}}

| length7 = 3:42

| title8 = Empire Now

| writer8 = {{hlist|Hozier-Byrne|Balmoris|Krieger|Tannenbaum|Marius Felder|Gonzales|Gherman|Johnson|Mehlenbacher}}

| extra8 = {{hlist|Bekon|Chakra|Balmoris|Pete G|Gherman|Mehlenbacher}}

| length8 = 2:58

| title9 = Fare Well

| writer9 = Hozier-Byrne

| extra9 = {{hlist|Hozier-Byrne|Decilveo}}

| length9 = 3:08

| title10 = Through Me (The Flood)

| writer10 = Hozier-Byrne

| extra10 = Gitelman

| length10 = 3:47

| title11 = De Selby (Part 1)

| length11 = 3:39

| writer11 = Hozier-Byrne

| extra11 = {{hlist|Gitelman|Hozier-Byrne|Tannenbaum|Pete G}}

| title12 = De Selby (Part 2)

| length12 = 3:47

| writer12 = {{hlist|Hozier-Byrne|Gitelman|Tannenbaum|Gherman|Krieger|Gonzales}}

| extra12 = {{hlist|Bekon|Chakra|Pete G|Gitelman|Gherman|Hozier-Byrne|Feder}}

| title13 = First Time

| length13 = 3:53

| writer13 = {{hlist|Hozier-Byrne|Ryan|Gitelman}}

| extra13 = {{hlist|Gitelman|Hozier-Byrne}}

| title14 = Francesca

| writer14 = {{hlist|Hozier-Byrne|Decilveo}}

| extra14 = {{hlist|Decilveo|Hozier-Byrne}}

| length14 = 4:30

| title15 = I, Carrion (Icarian)

| length15 = 3:16

| writer15 = {{hlist|Hozier-Byrne|Decilveo}}

| extra15 = {{hlist|Decilveo|Hozier-Byrne}}

| title16 = Eat Your Young

| writer16 = {{hlist|Hozier-Byrne|Tannenbaum|Gonzales|Krieger|Gherman|Johnson|Mehlenbacher|Balmoris|Feder}}

| extra16 = {{hlist|Bekon|Pete G|Chakra|Gherman|Hozier-Byrne}}

| length16 = 4:02

| title17 = Damage Gets Done

| note17 = with Brandi Carlile

| length17 = 4:28

| writer17 = {{hlist|Hozier-Byrne|Tannenbaum|Gonzales|Krieger|Gherman|Johnson|Mehlenbacher}}

| extra17 = {{hlist|Bekon|Pete G|Chakra|Gherman|Feder{{ref|a|[a]}}|Sariah Mae{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| title18 = Who We Are

| length18 = 4:05

| writer18 = {{hlist|Hozier-Byrne|Tannenbaum|Krieger|Gonzales|Gherman}}

| extra18 = {{hlist|Bekon|Pete G|Chakra|Gherman}}

| title19 = Son of Nyx

| length19 = 3:19

| writer19 = {{hlist|Ryan|Hozier-Byrne|Tannenbaum}}

| extra19 = {{hlist|Bekon|Pete G}}

| title20 = All Things End

| writer20 = {{hlist|Hozier-Byrne|Tannenbaum|Krieger|Gonzales|Gherman|Johnson}}

| extra20 = {{hlist|Bekon|Pete G|Chakra|Gherman|Feder{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length20 = 3:33

| title21 = To Someone from a Warm Climate (Uiscefhuaraithe)

| length21 = 4:00

| writer21 = {{hlist|Hozier-Byrne|Gitelman}}

| extra21 = {{hlist|Gitelman|Hozier-Byrne}}

| title22 = Butchered Tongue

| length22 = 2:29

| writer22 = Hozier-Byrne

| extra22 = {{hlist|Decilveo|Hozier-Byrne}}

| title23 = Anything But

| length23 = 3:45

| writer23 = {{hlist|Hozier-Byrne|Tannenbaum|Krieger|Gonzales|Gherman|Johnson|Feder}}

| extra23 = {{hlist|Bekon|Pete G|Chakra|Gherman}}

| title24 = Abstract (Psychopomp)

| length24 = 4:04

| writer24 = {{hlist|Hozier-Byrne|Tannenbaum|Gonzales|Krieger|Gherman|Johnson|Mehlenbacher|Balmoris}}

| extra24 = {{hlist|Bekon|Pete G|Chakra|Gherman|Balmoris|Mehlenbacher}}

| title25 = Unknown / Nth

| length25 = 4:40

| writer25 = Hozier-Byrne

| extra25 = Hozier-Byrne

| title26 = First Light

| length26 = 4:52

| writer26 = {{hlist|Hozier-Byrne|Tannenbaum|Gonzales|Krieger|Gherman|Johnson|Mehlenbacher|Balmoris}}

| extra26 = {{hlist|Bekon|Pete G|Chakra|Gherman|Balmoris|Mehlenbacher|Hozier-Byrne}}

| total_length = 95:12

}}

Note

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Musicians

{{div col}}

• A. Hozier-Byrne – vocals (all tracks), Mellotron (track 3), guitar (4, 5), all instruments (15)
• Brandi Carlile – vocals (7)
• Jeff Gitelman – electric guitar, synthesizer, bass guitar, piano (1–3, 11)
• Alex Ryan – bass guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5), Wurlitzer, backing vocals (3), organ (4), piano (5, 12)
• Stanley Randolph – drums (1–3)
• Ginny Luke – violin (1–3, 11)
• Sora – cello (1–3, 11)
• Lisa McCormick – French horn (1, 2)
• Dominique Sanders – upright bass (3, 11)
• Jennifer Decilveo – piano, synthesizer (4, 5, 12), drum programming (4)
• Sam KS – drums (4, 5, 12)
• David Levita – guitar (4, 5, 12)
• Peter Gonzales – Mellotron, tape effects (1), synthesizer (2, 7, 14), arrangements (2, 6), backing vocals (7), drums (8, 10, 16), percussion (8, 10), sampling (9), programming (8, 10), drum programming (7, 13, 14), guitar (16)
• Huang Ming Xiang 黄民翔 – pipa (1)
• Daniel Tannenbaum – strings (2, 6–10, 13, 14, 16), keyboards (2, 7), synthesizer (2, 6–8, 10, 13, 14, 16), arrangements (2, 8), background vocals (6, 13), organ (6), piano (8, 10, 14, 16), clapping (13), additional vocals (16)
• Daniel Krieger – bass, guitar (2, 6–8, 10, 13, 14, 16)
• Stuart Johnson – percussion (2), drums (6–8, 10, 14, 16), programming (8, 14), synthesizer (10)
• Sergiu Gherman – sampling, programming (2, 7, 8, 10, 13, 14, 16), Rhodes (8), clapping (13)
• Craig Balmoris – drum sampling (6), drum programming (16)
• Marius Feder – synthesizer (6), clapping (13)
• Aretha Scruggs – choir (6, 10)
• Charles Jones – choir (6, 10)
• Danielle Withers – choir (6, 10)
• David Simmonds – choir (6, 10)
• Fletcher Sheridan – choir (6, 10)
• Gregory Fletcher – choir (6, 10)
• Kadeem Nichols – choir (6, 10)
• Nayanna Holley – choir (6, 10)
• Tony Scruggs – choir (6, 10)
• Budapest Scoring Orchestra – orchestra (1, 9, 16)
• Péter Illényi – conductor (1, 9, 16)
• The Whole Soul Strings – strings (2, 6, 10)
• Haesol Lee – violin
• Andrew Kwon – violin
• Drew Alexander Forde – viola
• Daniel Lim – cello
• Jordan Seigel – orchestrations (1, 2, 6, 9, 10, 16)

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Technical

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• Greg Calbi – mastering
• Steve Fallone – mastering (1–3, 5–16)
• Zach Szydlo – Atmos mastering
• David Levita – mastering (4)
• Andrew Scheps – mixing
• Pete G – mixing (1, 9, 10, 13)
• Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing (2, 7, 16)
• Shawn Everett – mixing (3)
• Tom Elmhirst – mixing (6, 8, 14)
• Jeff Gitelman – engineering (1–3, 11)
• RJ Cardenas – engineering (1–3, 11
• Viktor Szabó – engineering (1, 9, 16)
• Jennifer Decilveo – engineering (4, 5, 12)
• Nick Squillante – engineering (4, 5, 12)
• Sean Cook – engineering (4, 5, 12, 15), vocal engineering (6–8, 10, 13, 14, 16)
• Adam Hong – engineering (6, 8, 14)
• Matt Anthony – engineering (6, 10, 14, 16)
• Logan Taylor – engineering (8, 10, 13), engineering assistance (6, 14, 16)
• Wil Anspach – engineering (10)
• Daniel Krieger – vocal engineering (6–8, 10, 13, 14, 16)
• Kieran Beardmore – engineering assistance (1, 7, 16)
• Liam O'Dowd – engineering assistance (1, 7, 16)
• Matt Wolach – engineering assistance (1, 7, 16)
• Greg Truitt – engineering assistance (8, 10, 13)

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class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Weekly chart performance for Unreal Unearth ! scope="col"| Chart (2023–2025) ! scope="col"| Peak position
scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/albums-chart/2023-08-28|title=ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|date=28 August 2023|access-date=25 August 2023}} | 13
{{album chart|Austria|7|artist=Hozier|album=Unreal Unearth|rowheader=true|access-date=30 August 2023}}
{{album chart|Flanders|7|artist=Hozier|album=Unreal Unearth|rowheader=true|access-date=27 August 2023}}
{{album chart|Wallonia|17|artist=Hozier|album=Unreal Unearth|rowheader=true|access-date=27 August 2023}}
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|7|artist=Hozier|rowheader=true|access-date=29 August 2023}}
{{album chart|Netherlands|2|artist=Hozier|album=Unreal Unearth|rowheader=true|access-date=26 August 2023}}
{{album chart|Finland|31|artist=Hozier|album=Unreal Unearth|rowheader=true|access-date=26 August 2023}}
{{album chart|France|172|M|url=https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-la-semaine/top-albums/?semaine=34&annee=2023&categorie=Top%20Singles|title=Top Singles (Week 34, 2023)|publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|artist=Hozier|album=Unreal Unearth|rowheader=true|access-date=28 August 2023}}
{{album chart|Germany4|4|M|url=https://www.facebook.com/offizielle.deutsche.charts/posts/772827544851129?ref=embed_page|title=Chartupdate ALBUM +++|publisher=GfK Entertainment charts|id=519594|artist=Hozier|album=Unreal Unearth|rowheader=true|access-date=25 August 2023}}
scope="row"| Greek Albums (IFPI){{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.gr/charts_en.html|title=Official IFPI Charts Top-75 Albums Sales Chart (Combined) – Εβδομάδα: 09/2025|publisher=IFPI Greece|access-date=5 March 2025|lang=el|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250305093410/https://www.ifpi.gr/charts_el.html|archive-date=5 March 2025|url-status=dead}} | 55
scope="row"| Icelandic Albums (Tónlistinn){{cite web|url=https://plotutidindi.is/tonlistinn/|title=Tónlistinn – Plötur – Vika 34 – 2023|publisher=Plötutíðindi|language=is|trans-title=The Music – Albums – Week 34 – 2023|access-date=August 26, 2023|archive-date=August 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826201947/https://plotutidindi.is/tonlistinn/|url-status=live}} | 14
{{album chart|Ireland3|1|date=20230825|rowheader=true|access-date=25 August 2023}}
scope="row"| Lithuanian Albums (AGATA){{cite web|url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s34-2/|title=2023 34-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)|publisher=AGATA|language=lt|date=25 August 2023|access-date=25 August 2023}} | 49
scope="row"| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/albums/2023-09-22|title=NZ Top 40 Albums Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=28 August 2023|access-date=26 August 2023}} | 2
{{album chart|Norway|26|M|url=https://topplista.no/charts/albums/2023-w34/|title=Album 2023 uke 34|publisher=VG-lista|artist=Hozier|album=Unreal Unearth|rowheader=true|access-date=25 August 2023}}
{{album chart|Poland2|12|date=18.08.2023–24.08.2023|rowheader=true|access-date=31 August 2023}}
{{album chart|Scotland|2|date=20230825|rowheader=true|access-date=26 August 2023}}
{{album chart|Spain|49|M|url=https://www.elportaldemusica.es/lists/top-100-albums/2023/34|title=Top 100 Albums Weekly|publisher=Promusicae|work=El portal de Música|rowheader=true|access-date=28 August 2023}}
scope="row"| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan){{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/54?dspy=2023&dspp=34|title=Veckolista Album, vecka 34|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=25 August 2023}} | 45
{{album chart|Switzerland|5|artist=Hozier|album=Unreal Unearth|rowheader=true|access-date=28 August 2023}}
{{album chart|UK2|1|date=20230825|rowheader=true|access-date=25 August 2023}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|3|artist=Hozier|rowheader=true|access-date=29 August 2023}}
{{album chart|BillboardFolk|1|artist=Hozier|rowheader=true|access-date=29 August 2023}}
{{album chart|BillboardAlternative|1|artist=Hozier|rowheader=true|access-date=29 August 2023}}
{{album chart|BillboardRock|1|artist=Hozier|rowheader=true|access-date=29 August 2023}}

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Weekly chart performance for Unreal Unearth: Unheard ! scope="col"| Chart (2024) ! scope="col"| Peak position
scope="row"| Croatian International Albums (HDU){{cite web |url=https://www.top-lista.hr/www/lista-prodaje-strano-19-tjedan-2024/|title=Lista prodaje 19. tjedan 2024.|date=29 April 2024|publisher=HDU |language=hr|access-date=15 May 2024|archive-date=15 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515081534/https://www.top-lista.hr/www/lista-prodaje-strano-19-tjedan-2024/|url-status=dead}} | 37
{{album chart|Hungary|18|year=2024|week=16|rowheader=true|access-date=25 April 2024}}

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Weekly chart performance for Unreal Unearth: Unending ! scope="col"| Chart (2024) ! scope="col"| Peak position

scope="row"| Croatian International Albums (HDU){{cite web |url=https://www.top-lista.hr/www/lista-prodaje-strano-52-tjedan-2024/|title=Lista prodaje 52. tjedan 2024.|date=16 December 2024|publisher=HDU |language=hr|access-date=3 January 2025|archive-date=3 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250103100645/https://www.top-lista.hr/www/lista-prodaje-strano-52-tjedan-2024/|url-status=live}} | 25

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class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Year-end chart performance for Unreal Unearth ! scope="col"| Chart (2023) ! scope="col"| Position
scope="row"| UK Cassette Albums (OCC){{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-20-biggest-cassettes-of-2023/|title=The Official Top 20 biggest cassettes of 2023|publisher=Official Charts Company|last=Griffiths|first=George|date=3 January 2024|access-date=11 January 2024}} | 7

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ 2024 year-end chart performance for Unreal Unearth ! scope="col"| Chart (2024) ! scope="col"| Position
scope="row"| Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ){{cite web|url=https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-slagerlistak/album/2024|title=Album Top 100 - digitális és fizikai értékesítés alapján - 2024|publisher=MAHASZ|access-date=29 January 2025|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250129072729/https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-slagerlistak/album/2024|archive-date=29 January 2025|language=hu}} | 69
scope="row"| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/2024-12-19|title=End of Year Top 50 Albums|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=20 December 2024|archive-date=20 December 2024|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241220120230/https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/2024-12-19|url-status=live}} | 50

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{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for Unreal Unearth}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Hozier|title=Unreal Unearth: Unheard|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=2024|certyear=2024|source=radioscope|access-date=14 March 2025|note={{noitalics|for}} Unreal Unearth: Unheard}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Poland|artist=Hozier|title=Unreal Unearth|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=2023|certyear=2024|access-date=30 October 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Hozier|title=Unreal Unearth|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2023|certyear=2024|id=19726-3978-2|access-date=20 September 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Hozier|title=Unreal Unearth|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=2023|certyear=2025|access-date=14 March 2025}}

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