1. Jah Nuh Dead
2. Marcus Garvey
3. Door Peep
4. He Prayed - Sinéad O'Connor
5. Y Mas Gan
6. Curly Locks
7. Vampire - Sinéad O'Connor
8. Prophet Has Arise
9. Downpressor Man - Sinéad O'Connor
10. Throw Down Your Arms
11. Untold Stories - Sinéad O'Connor
12. War

I haven't heard the album yet, but she was playing live on the Late Late show (3 hour long Friday night chat show on Irish tv) with Sly & Robbie, and the rest of the band. They played 2 tracks. I can't remember what the first one was, but I have to say her voice was very subdued and didn't seem to fit the song. These ragga songs need to be sung with a lot of balls (if you know what I mean) and Sinead is normally up to that sort of challenge, but I don't think she did either herself or the song justice. The second track they played was Curly Locks, and again, she was too subdued. She whispered her way through the song, and seemed to go off key a number of times. Maybe she meant to do it like that, maybe she was just tired, but it actually shocked me, because it was the first time I've ever heard her sound like she was struggling to keep a tune.

Sly & Robbie, and the rest were good though. Really good.

Having said all that, hopefully she'll be in fine voice when she tours, she did say (she was interviewed for about 15 mins as well) that the tour was going to fit in around the rest of her life, she'd be playing a few dates, coming home, and then off for another few dates every 3 weeks or so. She was, as usual, entertaining and weird.

I'm cautiously optimistic on this.

RipHer2Shreds said:

me too. she lost me there for a while, but her "collaborations" anthology is one of my favorite releases of this year, and i'm back on the pro-sine-aid bandwagon.

Anxiety said:

I do wish she'd just get back to some kickass songwriting though...she's clearly got PLENTY to write about these days.

Has anyone heard the B-sides/live thingee with the long title that I can't bother to look up right now? Trying to decide whether to buy...

I just read about Sinead's new album and tour this morning while I was reading the paper on the way to work...apparently her new album of reggae covers was released this week, and tickets for the Chicago dates of her tour go on sale tomorrow morning!

Now, I love Sly and Robbie. I love what they did for Grace Jones back in the day. I'd love to hear what they do for Sinead. I'm thinking I need to rush out today and get the album, so I can decide if I wanna get tix tomorrow morning.

Has anyone heard it yet? Like? Dislike?

Sinéad O'Connor's fame stemmed from the fact that she was a killer cover artist. I mean, Prince's Nothing Compares 2 U was the breakthrough that shot the doe-eyed songstress to Pope-ragging, lesbian priestess heights. So while it's not a stretch for her to follow up an album of trad Irish folk covers with another disc of other people's work, the "WTF?" factor comes from her choice to cover classic reggae tunes. Here's the shocker: Throw Down Your Arms is actually really good. That's due in part to O'Connor's decision to work with masters Sly and Robbie at Kingston's Tuff Gong Studio. They deliver the perfect balance of skanky brass, spliff-soaked organ and heady, dubby bass lines. O'Connor's passionate vocal interpretations of the tunes – particularly two Lee Perry tracks, the fiery Vampire and the lover's rockin' Curly Locks – are wholly believable, and reimagine Rasta orthodoxy in a humanist, anti-misogynist framework.

she has an amazing voice, but sometimes it sounds like she's not in control of it, or that she has a hard time hearing herself, or SOMEthing.

Has anyone heard the B-sides/live thingee with the long title that I can't bother to look up right now? Trying to decide whether to buy...

Two Words.....GET IT!

Has no one mentioned yet that she's one crazy bitch?

Ace said:

and she shaves her head too, in case you hadn't noticed.

awww, she's cute with her little buzz cut.

Anxiety said:

I don't mind it that short (although I prefer it a little longer) - it's the full-on shinehead I don't dig.

Is anyone getting these notes to Sinead?

Ace said:

depending on if she's having a lesbian day or not, she may or may not care.

Anxiety said:

Riiight - the lesbian thing. Was that before or after she became a priest?

Ace said:

it was after she became a priest but before she married a guy and had another kid.

Anxiety said:

Well, at least she's consistently nuts.

if she doesn't write a big, blathering, rant-filled autobiography one day, i will be very disappointed. i can only re-read "kinski uncut" SO many times.

Hello Lovelies,

This is a message from sinead. This being a very special anniversary for me, I have chosen it to announce that as of July 2003 I shall be retiring from the music business. In order to pursue a different career.
The last recordings I will make will be (believe it or not) a track for Dolly Parton's upcoming tribute album and a track for sharon Shannon's forthcoming album. These will be recorded in May.
In July I will be releasing a DVD of a live show and documentary featuring tracks from way back along with tracks fom Sean Nos Nua. The DVD will be entitled "Goodnight, thankyou. You've been a lovely audience."
And so ye have.
I wish here to thank everyone who has been a fan and or supporter of mine over the last twenty two years in the music business (first record at 14, deal at 17. Half o first album wrote when 15). As well as all the people whom I have had the honour of working with. Not least the great Dolly Parton herself!
Thanks to all of ye for a great time and a great education.
I would request that as of July, since I seek no longer to be a "famous" person, and instead I wish to live a "normal" life, could people please afford me my privacy. By which I mean I would like not to have exploition of my self or my name or anyone connected with me by newspapers.
I also mean that (with love) I want to be like any other person in the street and not have people say there is Sinead O'Connor. As I am a very shy person, believe it or not. So I ask with love, that I be left in peace and privacy by people who love my records too. And I hope it doesnt sound rude. It aint meant rude. I am glad that ye are helped by my songs. So help me too, by giving me what is best for me, a private life.
My advise to anyone who ever admires a so called "celebrity" if u see them in the street, dont even look at them. If u love them, then the lovingest thing u can do to show them so is leave them alone and don't stare at them! Or bang on restauraunt windows when they in there. Or make them get their picture taken, or write their names on bits of paper. That's pieces of them.
And one day they wake up with nothing left of themselves to give.

Love, peace, and don't 4get to pray y'all.
Sinead