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I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
became
Sinead O'Connor
's popular breakthrough on the strength of the stunning
Prince
cover
"Nothing Compares 2 U,"
which topped the
pop
charts for a month. But even its remarkable intimacy wasn't adequate preparation for the harrowing confessionals that composed the majority of the album. Informed by her stormy relationship with drummer
John Reynolds
, who fathered
O'Connor
's first child before the couple broke up,
lays the singer's psyche startlingly and sometimes uncomfortably bare. The songs mostly address relationships with parents, children, and (especially) lovers, through which
weaves a stubborn refusal to be defined by anyone but herself. In fact, the album is almost too personal and cathartic to draw the listener in close, since
projects such turmoil and offers such specific detail. Her confrontational openness makes it easy to overlook
's musical versatility. Granted, not all of the music is as brilliantly audacious as
"I Am Stretched on Your Grave,"
which marries a
Frank O'Connor
poem to eerie Celtic melodies and a
James Brown
"Funky Drummer"
sample. But the album plays like a tour de force in its demonstration of everything
can do: dramatic
orchestral
ballads
, intimate confessionals, catchy
pop/rock
, driving
guitar rock
, and protest
folk
, not to mention the nearly six-minute
a cappella
title track. What's consistent throughout is the frighteningly strong emotion
brings to bear on the material, while remaining sensitive to each piece's individual demands. Aside from being a brilliant album in its own right,
foreshadowed the rise of deeply introspective female singer/songwriters like
Tori Amos
and
Sarah McLachlan
, who were more traditionally feminine and connected with a wider audience. Which takes nothing away from anyone; if anything, it's evidence that, when on top of her game,
was a singular talent. ~ Steve Huey
became
Sinead O'Connor
's popular breakthrough on the strength of the stunning
Prince
cover
"Nothing Compares 2 U,"
which topped the
pop
charts for a month. But even its remarkable intimacy wasn't adequate preparation for the harrowing confessionals that composed the majority of the album. Informed by her stormy relationship with drummer
John Reynolds
, who fathered
O'Connor
's first child before the couple broke up,
lays the singer's psyche startlingly and sometimes uncomfortably bare. The songs mostly address relationships with parents, children, and (especially) lovers, through which
weaves a stubborn refusal to be defined by anyone but herself. In fact, the album is almost too personal and cathartic to draw the listener in close, since
projects such turmoil and offers such specific detail. Her confrontational openness makes it easy to overlook
's musical versatility. Granted, not all of the music is as brilliantly audacious as
"I Am Stretched on Your Grave,"
which marries a
Frank O'Connor
poem to eerie Celtic melodies and a
James Brown
"Funky Drummer"
sample. But the album plays like a tour de force in its demonstration of everything
can do: dramatic
orchestral
ballads
, intimate confessionals, catchy
pop/rock
, driving
guitar rock
, and protest
folk
, not to mention the nearly six-minute
a cappella
title track. What's consistent throughout is the frighteningly strong emotion
brings to bear on the material, while remaining sensitive to each piece's individual demands. Aside from being a brilliant album in its own right,
foreshadowed the rise of deeply introspective female singer/songwriters like
Tori Amos
and
Sarah McLachlan
, who were more traditionally feminine and connected with a wider audience. Which takes nothing away from anyone; if anything, it's evidence that, when on top of her game,
was a singular talent. ~ Steve Huey
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