I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

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