Released March 20, 1990 Length 51:09 Release date 20 March 1990 | Recorded 1989 Artist Sinéad O'Connor Label Ensign Records | |
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Producer Nellee Hooper
Sinéad O'Connor
Chris Birkett
Sean Devitt I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
(1990) Am I Not Your Girl?
(1992) Genres Rock music, Pop rock, Alternative rock Awards Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album Similar Sinéad O'Connor albums, Rock music albums | ||
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got is the second album by Sinéad O'Connor. It was released in March 1990 on Ensign/Chrysalis Records. The album was nominated for four Grammy Awards in 1991, including Record of the Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and Best Music Video, Short Form for "Nothing Compares 2 U", winning the award for Best Alternative Music Performance. However, O'Connor refused to accept the nominations and award.
Contents
Sinead o connor feel so different
Background
The critically acclaimed album contains her most famous single, "Nothing Compares 2 U", and was one of the best selling records in the world in 1990, topping the charts in the US, UK, and Canada. This rendition reflected on O'Connor's mother who lost her life in an auto accident five years earlier. The single "Emperor's New Clothes" found more moderate success, although it did top the Modern Rock Tracks chart in the US.
The album includes O'Connor's rendition of "I Am Stretched on Your Grave", an anonymous 17th century poem, originally written in Irish and translated into English by Frank O'Connor and composed by musician Philip King in 1979. The first song, "Feel So Different", starts with The Serenity Prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr.
The inner sleeve notes acknowledge Kabbalah teacher, Warren Kenton: "Special thanks to Selina Marshall + Warren Kenton for showing me that all I'd need was inside me."
Critical reception
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got received critical acclaim from critics. In 2003, the album was ranked number 406 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
Track listing
All tracks written by Sinéad O'Connor, except where noted.
Credits and personnel
Songs
1Feel So Different6:48
2I Am Stretched on Your Grave5:33
3Three Babies4:44