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Sinéad O'Connor is, of course, one of the most controversial artists of the late 80s and early 90s. Most people have heard of her without actually hearing much of her music. Sinéad has stayed true to her music, which hasn't translated into a huge commercial success. I caught Sinéad in concert at the 1998 Lilith Fair tour. Her live performance was great. She appeared onstage with some of the other Lilith performers, including Sarah McLachlan and Natalie Merchant. Sinéad has also worked Peter Gabriel, contributing backing vocals to a couple of tracks on his Us album. |
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So Far... The Best of Sinéad O'Connor |  |
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This collection provides a good résumé of Sinéad's music. Although I think that I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got is a better collection of songs, this album gives the casual listener a good retrospective of her work. Included here is "Heroine", a track she did with The Edge from U2.
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On Universal Mother, Sinéad explores different musical styles from hip-hop to folk. The album is mostly quiet pieces like "My Darling Child", "Thank You For Hearing Me", and the cover of Nirvana's "All Apologies". There are a couple of louder tracks mixed in, including "Red Football" and "Fire on Babylon". "Famine" (which features a line from "Eleanor Rigby" by The Beatles) is interesting historically, but obnoxious musically. These louder tracks don't work very well, leaving the album as a whole sounding uneven.
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Sinéad's second album is a fantastically beautiful piece of work. All of the songs are well-written, but the simple production is what makes this a truly great album. The songs are mixed such that subtleties in the vocals and instrumentation add to the songs' atmosphere. My favorite here is the vocals-only title track. Andy Rourke, who played bass in The Smiths, plays on a few tracks here, including "The Emperor's New Clothes". Interestingly enough, Sinéad didn't write her most successful song; Prince wrote "Nothing Compares 2 U".
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Sinéad's debut album is a bit heavier than her later releases. It's actually the kind of album you would expect from a woman who shaves her head (if that makes any sense). Aside from the closing track, all of the songs here are strong. "Mandinka" is my favorite.
Enya provides a spoken word intro on "Never Get Old".
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I remember seeing a picture of Sinéad O'Connor in a magazine when her debut album The Lion and the Cobra came out. The image of a woman who purposefully shaves her head is always a bit surprising, I suppose. The first Sinéad song I ever heard was "The Emperor's New Clothes", and I thought it was great. I didn't actually buy the album for a few years, though. When I did finally pick up I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got, I thought it was so good that I went out and bought all of Sinéad's albums. I didn't keep Am I Not Your Girl?, however. It's a compilation of Sinéad remaking some old showtunes and big-band era songs. It's not exactly my favorite stuff.