Detailed item info | Track listing | 1. Feels So Different
2. I Am Stretched Out on Your Grave
3. Three Babies
4. Emperor's New Clothes, The
5. Black Boys on Mopeds
6. Nothing Compares 2 U
7. Jump in the River
8. You Cause as Much Sorrow
9. Last Day of Our Acquaintance, The
10. I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
| | Details | | Playing time: | 51 min. | | Contributing artists: | Jah Wobble | | Producer: | Nellee Hooper, Sinead O'Connor | | Distributor: | EMI Music Distribution | | Recording type: | Studio | | Recording mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | ADD |
| | Album notes | Personnel: Sinead O'Connor (vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards, percussion, programming); Dave Munday (acoustic guitar, piano); Andy Rourke (acoustic guitar, bass); Marco Pirroni (electric guitar); Steve Wickham (fiddle); Jah Wobble (bass); John Reynolds (drums).
Recorded at S.T.S, Dublin, Ireland.
This is the impassioned, creative breakthrough Sinead O'Connor was working toward with her extraordinary debut THE LION AND THE COBRA. Boldly combining O'Connor's hard-rock, alternative-rock, hip-hop and Celtic-folk influences, I DO NOT WANT WHAT I HAVEN'T GOT was widely heralded as one of the best albums of 1990. On it O'Connor proves herself a first-rate writer, articulate, perceptive and penetrating. Her vocal magic is well under control, from tempestuous command to all-out fury; she shows that she is a world-class singer, way beyond the restrictions of being an alternative-rock diva.
The obvious highlight among highlights is O'Connor's definitive rendition of Prince's "Nothing Compares 2 U" (originally performed by The Family). Other remarkable songs here include "Black Boys On Mopeds," a political treatise on Britian's racial affairs, and "The Emperor's New Clothes," a pop-funk number in which O'Connor provides some anecdotal background for her seemingly strange behavior. There is not one disappointing track on this album.
| | Editorial reviews | Included in Rolling Stone's Essential Recordings of the 90's.
Rolling Stone (05/13/1999)
Ranked #44 in Spin Magazine's 90 Greatest Albums of the '90s.
Spin (09/01/1999)
Rated #1 of the Top 10 Recordings of 1990.
New York Times (12/30/1990)
Included in Q Magazine's 90 Best Albums Of The 1990s.
Q (12/01/1999)
Ranked # 22 in Rolling Stone's Women in Rock: The 50 Essential Albums
Rolling Stone (10/31/2002)
Q 4 Stars - Excellent - Ranked as the #5 Album of 1990.
Entertainment Weekly ...a journey into unexplored country... - Ranked as the #1 Album of 1990. - Rating: A
For many, of course, the album will always be about 'Nothing Compares 2 U'....You have to look pretty hard to find a better expression in pop music of the void that exists when a relationship ends.
Pitchfork
4 stars out of 5 -- [A] record that's at turns heavily political, personal, heartbreaking and joyous....Sinead's stunning vocal reaches its portentous zenith on the breathtaking title track...
Record Collector
[S]he benefited from Prince's donation of 'Nothing Compares 2 U,' but her voice and attitude were undeniable.
Spin
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