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8.3
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8.3 |
A.V. Club
It’s the 45-year-old singer’s most accomplished album in ages, for sure, though it might also be her straightes
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Independent
There may be more high-profile comebacks in 2012, but none, I'll warrant, as feisty, fresh and confident as this
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8.0
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The Irish Times
A layered and nuanced album and something of a career highlight for O’Connor
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8.0
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Daily Telegraph
Her best, most accessible record for years
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8.0
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8.0 |
Clash
This is her strongest set of songs since 2000’s Faith And Courage
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8.0
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8.0 |
BBC
She's full of vim and vigour, mixing tender character studies with doe-eyed love songs and impassioned protest pieces
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8.0
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The Guardian
The album is a tuneful emotional rollercoaster, and it's thrilling to hear such vitriol and indignation – qualities in short supply in current pop
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8.0
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Evening Standard
This new record rightly re-establishes Sinead O’Connor as an astonishing vocal talent
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8.0
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music OMH
A cleansing experience, one from which you cannot fail to be left unmoved
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7.6
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7.6 |
Pitchfork
It's been ages since O'Connor's music so perfectly reflected her struggles, and about as long since she's released an album quite so devastating
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7.0
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Consequence Of Sound
You may love or hate the record but you won’t ignore it
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7.0
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AU Magazine
Triumphantly confirms that Sinéad will not be slipping into comfortable middle-age
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7.0
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Pop Matters
Fortunately for Sinéad the songwriter, she’s working with Sinéad the vocalist, who possesses a divine gift
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6.5
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6.5 |
The 405
Her passion is still there, as is her political commentary, but there is a gentleness to this album, a completeness, and this does make it incredibly appealing
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Scotsman
The great – and very pleasant – surprise about her ninth album is how focused and cohesive it sounds for being conceived against such a background of bedlam
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6.0
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State
Maybe next time, she might take a few more musical risks to produce something consistently captivating, something which truly encapsulates the extraordinary world of Sinéad O’Connor
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Observer
Feels effervescent, even when the breezy love songs give way to more complex concerns.
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6.0
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6.0 |
Slant Magazine
When the songs are actually worthy of O'Connor's forceful performances, How About I Be Me proves that she's still capable of something vital
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6.0
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6.0 |
Rolling Stone
Empathy, wit and beauty on this focused LP
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6.0
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The Digital Fix
The naked courage of this woman is still remarkable. Sinéad O'Connor does what she does with no apologie
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6.0
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Uncut
Brave and bonkers. Print edition only
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6.0
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Mojo
An admirably impassioned return. Print edition only
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6.0
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6.0 |
Q
Not everything works, but there's a painful honesty throughout. Print edition only
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