A Courageous Album - This album is an interesting mix of emotions, artistic biography and exploration. Sinead returns to her Irish roots and develops an interesting atmosphere in the song The Lamb s Book of Life. In this song she explores themes of migration, national division and disenfranchisement present in Irish society. The track Emma s song takes on an altogether different tone, beginning with the soft tinkling of piano keys culminating in a beautiful medley of pipes and strings. Some other tracks are hate-them-or-love-them tracks such as Daddy I m Fine (I love it), while others are rather uneventful (i.e. Dancing Lessons). Overall, the album was thoughtful and fluid.Top Track: Emma s Song
Brilliant Album - wow, what s amazing album!!! I bet that she expressed her music talent for all of us. I do like the song Kyrie Eleison on this album. That s one of the songs that possibly could make me crying. Besides that, Emma s Song is another my favorite song of Sinead s.
Wow! - I am SO behind the times! I m not sure why I purchased this CD so many years ago, but I have just recently begun to listen.I LOVE IT!I hear other artists... Chantal Kreviazuk, oddly enough, and Heather Nova.Oh, but this is SO much better!! EVERY song is kick a*#!. Whether Sinead is showing her skills as a balladeer or a rocker, there are simply NO missteps!How weird is it that his this CD is eight years old and I m just now understanding its power? Doesn t really matter. I ve loved Sinead O Connor from the start. These songs solidify Sinead as a wonderfully expressive artist with an unparalleled voice.
Adult Contemporary Sinead - I found this album a welcome comeback for Sinead, albeit in a more adult contemporary-sounding way(which she didn t get stuck with, doing entire albums after this of traditional Irish songs and then reggae, respectively). This isn t The Lion and The Cobra, my personally fav of her albums, where her voice is unleashed like a banshee. It is more akin to her later albums. But it does include a number of memorable melodies that are--as always--sung wonderfully by Sinead. It is almost worth its price for the track Jealous alone. Also, she does rock out on Daddy I m Fine.
Sinead disappointment - I thought I would really like this release, maybe to be a little inspired by its contents. Neither happened. I played it twice, then never again.