Amazon.com: Before Sinead O'Connor became conservative America's most reviled musician when she ripped up a picture of the Pope on TV and refused to perform live at a New Jersey venue following "The Star Spangled Banner," she vocally supported the IRA at home in Ireland and generally roused the rabble. Indeed, she's one female pop star who's truly earned her army boots. Though her once meteoric musical career has suffered due to her outspokenness, the powerful voice and presence found on her second album is beyond reproach. Best known as the source of O'Connor's breakthrough cover of Prince's "Nothing Compares 2 U," this is a moving, intensely passionate work full of dark beauty and longing, constructed with a fierce independence and a taste for the unique. This undeniably pop album (albeit with modern-rock and folk elements) has more than held up through the years. --Lorry Fleming
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Rating: - The Lion and the Cobra
If you love this album, make sure you also own her first album, The Lion and the Cobra. It is nothing short of brilliant. These are the 2 to own by the incredible Sinead.
Rating: - Excellent snapshot of late 80s Irish music
I like all of the songs on this CD. Even Nothing Compares 2 U, which was ruined with repated radio play. (To this day, stations play Nothing Compares 2 U instead of other classic Sinead songs.) I love ... Read More
Rating: - The Beautiful of her BALD!!!
It's a shocking moment, when I saw her singing "Nothing Compares 2U". I kept asking my father is the singer a male or a female? He told me that she is a female, and I said yeah!!! it's great because I ... Read More
Rating: - Great CD...Slow delivery
Amazon had to send out a second shipment for this item. The first item never got to my address even though the tracking said it was delivered. Very discouraging as far as the delivery. The CD is in ... Read More
Rating: - Sinead O'Connor at her best
I use to have "I Do Not Want What I haven't Got" on tape cassette. Over time I have tried to repurchase my favorite tapes on CD. This one slipped by me and recently I recalled how much I loved every ... Read More
- The Lion and the Cobra