Styles: Vocal
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:17
Size: 104,1 MB
Art: Front
(3:58) 1. 4th And Vine
(4:03) 2. Reason With Me
(3:44) 3. Old Lady
(5:28) 4. Take Off Your Shoes
(4:16) 5. Back Where You Belong
(4:23) 6. The Wolf Is Getting Married
(4:37) 7. Queen Of Denmark
(3:55) 8. Very Far From Home
(4:11) 9. I Had A Baby
(6:37) 10. V.I.P.
How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:17
Size: 104,1 MB
Art: Front
(3:58) 1. 4th And Vine
(4:03) 2. Reason With Me
(3:44) 3. Old Lady
(5:28) 4. Take Off Your Shoes
(4:16) 5. Back Where You Belong
(4:23) 6. The Wolf Is Getting Married
(4:37) 7. Queen Of Denmark
(3:55) 8. Very Far From Home
(4:11) 9. I Had A Baby
(6:37) 10. V.I.P.
There have been public declarations of her sexual interest in yams, and tweets about her mental fragility. Her latest relationship has spun more handbrake turns than a joyrider (that's engaged-married-crack den-broken up-reunited-broken up-reunited, at last count). Jaw-dropping revelations about singer Sinéad O'Connor have come thick and fast recently, not least this latest bombshell: O'Connor has made a breezy pop album about love. On "4th & Vine", O'Connor, 45, four-times married, most recently last December, anticipates her latest wedding with infectious delight. Somehow, this breathy Afro-reggae lope sweetly recalls Althea and Donna's "Uptown Top Ranking". "The Wolf is Getting Married", by contrast, is not about this monstered woman tying the knot. Rather, it riffs on an Arab expression for a break in the clouds, and radiates good cheer. Throughout "Old Lady", O'Connor is laughing "like an idiot", "not [being] so serious". The album ends on a cackle. Gladness is the last thing you expect from Sinéad O'Connor, as intense a figure as late modern pop has produced. She may have got crazy-famous covering a love song by Prince, but it was her fierce, bereft delivery of "Nothing Compares 2 U", and her solitary tear in the video, that made O'Connor a household name in 1990.
Since then, her singular path has included Rastafarianism, off-piste ordination, lesbianism (since recanted), a beef with Frank Sinatra, misdiagnosed bipolar disorder and, most infamously of all, her lonely, one-woman campaign against the hypocrisy of the Catholic church, a stance totally vindicated by 2009's Murphy report into the systemic sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests.Somehow she managed to fit in some albums too of Irish traditionals (2002's Sean-Nós Nua), cover versions, a bit of reggae (2005's Throw Down Your Arms). These never quite matched the pleasures of her first two records, or indeed the passionate pitch at which O'Connor's internal life was being lived. Whether it's vindication, or coming off the medication, How About I Be Me feels effervescent, even when the breezy love songs give way to more complex concerns. "Back Where You Belong" is as good a song as O'Connor has been involved with for some time, dealing elegantly with a faraway death.Her power, though, lies in her righteousness. "Take Off Your Shoes" defends spirituality in the face of the Catholic church's shame. "I say you're running out of battery!" O'Connor thunders, and the hairs on your arms stand up, electrified. Her lung power appears miraculously unaffected by the passage of time. O'Connor's directness cuts both ways. One moving song, "I Had a Baby", forensically details the circumstances of the conception of her fourth child. Others make you cringe, not least "Reason With Me", her portrayal of a junkie. "VIP" closes the album with a thinly disguised rant at Bono, a fellow Christian who remained silent on the scandal. These make for uncomfortable listening, not because their subjects should not be tackled, but because they have been tackled clumsily on an album that restores O'Connor's reputation as an artist. This article was amended on 28 February. In the original, Bono was referred to as a fellow Catholic. This has been corrected. More..... https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/feb/26/sinead-oconnor-how-about-review
Since then, her singular path has included Rastafarianism, off-piste ordination, lesbianism (since recanted), a beef with Frank Sinatra, misdiagnosed bipolar disorder and, most infamously of all, her lonely, one-woman campaign against the hypocrisy of the Catholic church, a stance totally vindicated by 2009's Murphy report into the systemic sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests.Somehow she managed to fit in some albums too of Irish traditionals (2002's Sean-Nós Nua), cover versions, a bit of reggae (2005's Throw Down Your Arms). These never quite matched the pleasures of her first two records, or indeed the passionate pitch at which O'Connor's internal life was being lived. Whether it's vindication, or coming off the medication, How About I Be Me feels effervescent, even when the breezy love songs give way to more complex concerns. "Back Where You Belong" is as good a song as O'Connor has been involved with for some time, dealing elegantly with a faraway death.Her power, though, lies in her righteousness. "Take Off Your Shoes" defends spirituality in the face of the Catholic church's shame. "I say you're running out of battery!" O'Connor thunders, and the hairs on your arms stand up, electrified. Her lung power appears miraculously unaffected by the passage of time. O'Connor's directness cuts both ways. One moving song, "I Had a Baby", forensically details the circumstances of the conception of her fourth child. Others make you cringe, not least "Reason With Me", her portrayal of a junkie. "VIP" closes the album with a thinly disguised rant at Bono, a fellow Christian who remained silent on the scandal. These make for uncomfortable listening, not because their subjects should not be tackled, but because they have been tackled clumsily on an album that restores O'Connor's reputation as an artist. This article was amended on 28 February. In the original, Bono was referred to as a fellow Catholic. This has been corrected. More..... https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/feb/26/sinead-oconnor-how-about-review
How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?
