So Far...The Best of Sin?ad O'Connor

Sin?ad O'Connor - So Far...The Best of Sin?ad O'Connor

So Far...The Best of Sin?ad O'Connor
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Artist: Sin?ad O'Connor
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1997-11-25
Music Label: Capitol
Soundtracks:
  1. Nothing Compares 2 U
  2. Mandinka
  3. The Emperor's New Clothes
  4. The Last Day Of Our Acquaintance
  5. Fire On Babylon
  6. Troy
  7. I Am Stretching On Your Grave
  8. Success Has Made A Failure Of Our Home
  9. John I Love You
  10. Empire - Bomb The Bass
  11. I Want Your (Hands On Me)
  12. Heroine (Theme From Captive)
  13. Don't Cry For Me Argentina
  14. You Made Me The Thief Of Your Heart
  15. Just Like U Said It Would B

Free Music Notes for So Far...The Best of Sin?ad O'Connor

Free Music Review: Breathing Fire When Few Others Dared
Hit: 4 Stars

Sporting one of the most singularly distinctive voices of the 80's, Sinead O'Connor was a baffling and magnetic presence. She was a stunning young singer who couldn't seem to figure out when to separate her art from her self-destruction. From the explosively personal one-two punch of The Lion and the Cobra and I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got, Sinead created tempestuously personal music that just refused to fit a norm. She took a Prince song to number one and then proceeded to throw herself under a bus by taking peculiar political stances (the infamous refusal to play the National Anthem at a New Jersey concert, the Pope Picture rending that - to this day - NBC refuses to allow to be rebroadcast on Saturday Night Live). But it's all a back seat to a body of work that still sounds breathtaking.

Granted, the first seven songs would merit 5 stars alone, and only "Fire On Babylon" (from Universal Mother) isn't from the first two albums. Her voice, so intense and intimate, cuts through pretense and makes her songs stand apart. The CD closes with one of the most withering Ef-off's ever recorded, "Just Like You Said It Would Be." That leaves the remaining seven songs to fall in-between. The non-album cuts fare the best, with movie songs "You Made Me The Thief of Your Heart" and "Captive" being most intriguing. The vocal she contributed to Bomb The Bass' "Empire" pales to the propulsive "I Want Your Hands On Me." Then there was the misguided attempt at standards on Am I Not Your Girl?. Overproduced by Phil Ramone, it came right on the heels of the Saturday Night Live debacle and gave her detractors all the ammunition they could have asked for. "Success Has Made A Failure Of Our Home" (that CD's lone original) is pretty telling, as it seems Sinead is feeling her anger and drive dissipating...which had turned resignation by under-rated "Universal Mother." If Chysalis really wanted to show Sinead's interpretive skills as a cover artist, her contribution to "Red Hot and Blue" or "UM's" Nirvana tribute of "All Apologies" would have been better representations.

However, "So Far" does a really good job of reminding us exactly why Sinead was looked upon as a great Irish hope when "Mandinka" stunned early listeners in 1987. Sinead's slow trek away from pop music has certainly had some interesting results, but frankly, none as interesting as what you'll find here.

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With a distinctive voice and controversial statements, Sinead O'Connor was briefly in the limelight and quickly in the doghouse. But even her opinionated politics can't take away from the beautiful work she's contributed to the post-punk canon. O'Connor's poignant delivery of Prince's "Nothing Compares 2 U," is still heart-wrenchingly painful. "Troy" is equally evocative. So Far... The Best of Sinead O'Connor provides a thorough sampling of O'Connor's early years. Emotionally charged rockers like "Emperor's New Clothes" and "Mandinka" are essential inclusions, as are her rhythmic explorations with Bomb The Bass, "Empire," and the early "I Want Your (Hands On Me)." Sadly, her Cole Porter contribution to Red, Hot, And Blue was omitted. But O'Connor proves she rightfully deserves diva status with her rendition of "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina." As if there were ever any doubts. --Steve Gdula
Import version features a different tracklisting to the US pressing. EMI.

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