Sounds like: Emotional pop/rock; compare to Tori Amos, Neil Finn, The Swell Season
Top tracks: "Take Off Your Shoes," "V.I.P.," "4th & Vine"
For someone known more for her offstage antics, it's almost a relief to find O'Connor in full creative bloom. This furious and beautiful collection of songs is one of the strongest statements the Irish songstress has made in years (fair warning: several songs feature foul language). O'Connor takes the Catholic Church to task for its response to abuse scandals with the same bitter remorse as she does failed relationships. Apart from a few silly moments, it's not a happy album, but it leaves listeners with much to think about, especially in the gorgeously droning album closer "V.I.P." that asks: "Tell me what's a real V.I.P. / And who are we are we to give that name to us / When we can barely raise a finger / To help our own sisters and brothers?"
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Investigation: SBC Executive Committee staff saw advocates’ cries for help as a distraction from evangelism and a legal liability, stonewalling their reports and resisting calls for reform.
Or something. And God is in all of us, and he doesn't judge. Such is the wobbly theology of Sinead O'Connor, whose new album is being pitched to the Christian market.
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Investigation: SBC Executive Committee staff saw advocates’ cries for help as a distraction from evangelism and a legal liability, stonewalling their reports and resisting calls for reform.españolPortuguês
Money promises autonomous abundance. But we need someplace where we cannot hide.
Or something. And God is in all of us, and he doesn't judge. Such is the wobbly theology of Sinead O'Connor, whose new album is being pitched to the Christian market.
In an age weary with suffering, how can we pray?
