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Sinéad O'Connor - 23 Albums + 14 EPs & Singles + 7 Singles |
About Sinéad O'Connor The trouble with a song like “Nothing Compares 2 U”—the song that would turn Sinéad O’Connor’s 1990 album I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got into a global smash—is that it threatens to outshine everything around it. That’s not the story here. But in turning what on paper was a conventional ballad into a font of both shame and rage, O’Connor reconciled the poise of soul with the messiness of punk in ways that felt surprising, maybe even unprecedented. A beautiful song, no doubt—and all the moreso for how traumatized it sounds. Originally written by Prince, and included on the mostly forgotten album by his affiliate band The Family, O’Connor sang it in memory of her abusive mother. “I didn’t take the news happily,” she wrote of the song’s success. “Instead, I cried like a child before the gates of hell.” The follow-up to The Lion and the Cobra, O’Connor’s acclaimed 1987 debut, I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got is a challenging listen. The songs are slower, the arrangements sparer, and the writing more confrontational. She tackles miscarriage on “Three Babies” (“I have wrapped your cold bodies around me”). She examines nation and race on “Black Boys on Mopeds” (“England’s not the mythical land of Madame George and roses/It’s the home of police who kill Black boys on mopeds”). You get the sense she’s trying to drag listeners through these dark spaces, and that the polished contours of her sound—the New Age soul of “Nothing Compares,” the proto trip-hop of “I Am Stretched On Your Grave”—aren’t meant as shelter from the truth she so passionately seeks. None of this prevented I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got from topping the US charts for six weeks. Though O’Connor’s landmark sophomore album was, in many ways, too rough for adult contemporary audiences—and too sophisticated for “alternative” fans—she managed to conquer both, thanks to naked honesty and sheer force of will. Albums list: Sinéad O'Connor - All the Best Sinéad O'Connor Sinéad O'Connor - Am I Not Your Girl Sinéad O'Connor - Essential Sinéad O'Connor Sinéad O'Connor - Faith and Courage Sinéad O'Connor - How About I Be Me (And You Be You) (Europe Version) Sinéad O'Connor - How About I Be Me (And You Be You) [Deluxe Edition] (Germany Version) Sinéad O'Connor - How About I Be Me (And You Be You) [Deluxe] (Europe Version) Sinéad O'Connor - How About I Be Me (And You Be You) (US Version) Sinéad O'Connor - How About I Be Me (and You Be You) [Deluxe Edition] Sinéad O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got Sinéad O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got (Special Edition) [Remastered] Sinéad O'Connor - I'm Not Bossy, I'm the Boss Sinéad O'Connor - I'm Not Bossy, I'm the Boss (Deluxe Version) Sinéad O'Connor - Lion and the Cobra Sinéad O'Connor - Sean-Nós Nua Sinéad O'Connor - So Far... The Best of Sinéad O'Connor Sinéad O'Connor - The Lion and the Cobra Sinéad O'Connor - Theology Sinéad O'Connor - Theology (London Sessions & Dublin Sessions) Sinéad O'Connor - Theology (UK Version) Sinéad O'Connor - Throw Down Your Arms Sinéad O'Connor - Throw Down Your Arms (Expanded Version) Sinéad O'Connor - Universal Mother EPs & Singles list: Sinéad O'Connor - Thank You for Hearing Me The Wolfmen - Jackie, is it My Birthday (featuring Sinéad O'Connor) Evamore, Sinéad O'Connor & Brian Eno - One More Yard - EP Sinead O'Connor - How About I Be Me - EP Sinéad O'Connor - 4th & Vine - EP Sinéad O'Connor - Don't Cry for Me Argentina - EP Sinéad O'Connor - Gospel Oak - EP Sinéad O'Connor - Silent Night - EP Sinéad O'Connor - Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home - EP Sinéad O'Connor - The Emperor's New Clothes - EP Sinéad O'Connor - Three Babies - EP Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U (30th Anniversary Remaster) - Single Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U - Single Sinéad O'Connor - Trouble of the World - Single Singles list: Asian Dub Foundation, Sinéad O'Connor & EOB - 1000 Mirrors (Adf30 Remaster) - Single Sinead O'Connor - How About I Be Me - Single Sinéad O'Connor - Old Lady (Radio Edit) - Single Sinéad O'Connor - Take Me To Church - Single Sinéad O'Connor, Danny O'Reilly & RTÉ Concert Orchestra - When a Child Is Born - Single The Don Baker Band - Woe to the Holy Vow (with Damien Dempsey & Sinéad O'Connor) - Single The Wolfmen & Chris Constantinou - Jackie Is It My Birthday (feat. Sinéad O'Connor) [Courtney Taylor-Taylor Mix] - Single https://music.apple.com/us/artist/sin%C3%A9ad-oconnor/287366
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