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Am I Not Your Girl

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Released
  
22 September 1992

Artist
  
Sinéad O'Connor

Label
  
Ensign Records

Length
  
47:38

Release date
  
1 September 1992

Genres
  
Rock music, Jazz

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Recorded
  
National Edison Studios

Am I Not Your Girl? (1992)
  
Universal Mother (1994)

Producers
  
Phil Ramone, Sinéad O'Connor

Similar
  
Sinéad O'Connor albums, Rock music albums

Why don t you do right am i not your girl


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". The album title comes from the song "Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home".

Contents

The album is dedicated to the people of New York City and especially the homeless whom Sinéad met at St. Mark's Place.

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.", led to Sinéad losing much of the commercial momentum her career had built up until then.

The album sold 1,500,000 copies worldwide.

Sin ad o connor why don t you do right


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.

Personnel

  • Sinéad O'Connor - vocals
  • Ira Siegel - guitar
  • David Finck - bass
  • David LeBolt - synthesizer
  • Richard Tee - piano
  • Chris Parker - drums
  • John Reynolds - drums on "Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home"
  • Gloria Agostini - harp
  • Jerry O'Sullivan - bagpipes on "Scarlet Ribbons"
  • Joanie Madden - tin whistle on "Scarlet Ribbons"
  • Gerry Niewood, Ted Nash - tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Dave Tofani, Dennis Anderson - alto saxophone, flute
  • Ronnie Cuber - baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Alan Rubin, Brian O'Flaherty, Joe Shepley, Lew Soloff, Robert Millikan - trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Birch Johnson, Jim Pugh, Keith O'Quinn, Kim Allan Cissel - trombone
  • George Flynn - bass trombone
  • Dave Braynard - tuba
  • Charles McCracken, Fred Zlotkin, Richard Locker - cello
  • Shelly Woodworth - English horn, oboe
  • Bob Carlisle, Fred Griffin, John Clark - French horn
  • Alan Martin, Arnold Eidus, Barry Finclair, Charles Libove, Donna Tecco, Elena Barere, Gerald Tarack, Jan Mullen, John Pintavalle, Laura Seaton, Marti Sweet, Matthew Raimondi, Nancy McAlhany, Richard Sortomme - violin
  • Jesse Levine, Julien Barber, Lamar Alsop - viola
  • David Nadien - concertmaster, violin
  • Torrie Zito - arranger, conductor
  • Patrick Williams - arrangement on "Why Don't You Do Right?"
  • Rob Mounsey - arranger, conductor on "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" and "How Insensitive"
  • Doug Katsaros - arranger, conductor on "Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home"
  • Sid Ramin - arranger, conductor on "I Want To Be Loved By You"
  • Songs

    1Why Don't You Do Right2:31
    2Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered6:15
    3Secret Love2:57

    References

    Am I Not Your Girl? Wikipedia