Am I Not Your Girl?
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| Studio album by Sinéad O'Connor | ||||
| Released | 22 September 1992 | |||
| Recorded | National Edison Studios | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 47:38 | |||
| Label | Ensign/Chrysalis | |||
| Producer | Phil Ramone and Sinéad O'Connor | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A− [2] |
| People | (unfavorable)[3] |
| Robert Christgau | B [4] |
| Rolling Stone | [5] |
Am I Not Your Girl? is the third album by Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor and the follow-up to the hugely successful I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got. It is a collection of covers of mostly jazz standards, which Sinéad describes as "the songs I grew up listening to [and] that made me want to be a singer".[6] The album title comes from the song "Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home".
The album is dedicated to the people of New York City and especially the homeless whom Sinéad met at St. Mark's Place.[6]
The album did not gain much critical acclaim, perhaps because Sinéad had become a major artist in the modern pop genre due to her previous album I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got and this album was composed of songs written from 1936 to 1978. This, coupled with the Garden State Arts Center controversy and an introduction in the album in which she mentions sexual abuse, addiction, emotional abuse, and asks "Où est le roi perdu? [translation: "Where is the lost king?"] If you're out there—I want to see you.",[6] led to Sinéad losing much of the commercial momentum her career had built up until then.
The album sold 1,500,000 copies worldwide.
Track listing
| # | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Why Don't You Do Right?" | Joe McCoy | 2:30 |
| 2. | "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" | Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers | 6:15 |
| 3. | "Secret Love" | Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster | 2:56 |
| 4. | "Black Coffee" | Sonny Burke, Paul Francis Webster | 3:21 |
| 5. | "Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home" | Johnny Mullins | 4:29 |
| 6. | "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" | Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice | 5:39 |
| 7. | "I Want to Be Loved by You" | Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Herbert Stothart | 2:45 |
| 8. | "Gloomy Sunday" | László Jávor, Sam L. Lewis, Rezső Seress | 3:56 |
| 9. | "Love Letters" | Edward Heyman, Victor Young | 3:07 |
| 10. | "How Insensitive" | Vinicius de Moraes, Norman Gimbel, Antonio Carlos Jobim | 3:28 |
| 11. | "Scarlet Ribbons" | Evelyn Danzig, Jack Segal | 4:14 |
| 12. | "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" (instrumental) | Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice | 5:10 |
| Hidden track | Personal message about pain (Jesus and the Money Changers) | O'Connor | 2:00 |
Japanese Release
Some copies of the original Japanese release of this album include three additional bonus tracks: "My Heart Belongs to Daddy", "Almost in Your Arms" and "Fly Me to the Moon." These songs only appear on some Japanese copies and are quite rare to find.
Charts
| Chart (1992) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Albums Chart[7] | 6 |
| US Billboard 200[8] | 27 |
References
- ↑ Am I Not Your Girl? at AllMusic
- ↑ Entertainment Weekly Review
- ↑ People Review
- ↑ Robert Christgau Review
- ↑ Rolling Stone Review
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Booklet of Am I Not Your Girl
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- ↑ Am I Not Your Girl? at AllMusic
