Track Listing

1. Nothing compares 2 U
2. Mandinka
3. Thank you for hearing me
4. Troy
5. The last day of our acquaintance
6. Fire on Babylon
7. Troy
8. I am stretched on your grave
9. Jackie
10. Success has made a failure of our home
11. John I love you
12. Empire - Bomb the Bass (featuring Benjamin Zephanian & Sinead O'Connor)
13. Don't cry for me argentina
14. You Made Me The Thief Of Your Heart
15. This is a rebel song

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6498 in Music
• Released on: 1997-11-10
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

From Amazon.com
With a distinctive voice and controversial statements, Sinead O'Connor was briefly in the limelight and quickly in the doghouse. But even her opinionated politics can't take away from the beautiful work she's contributed to the post-punk canon. O'Connor's poignant delivery of Prince's "Nothing Compares 2 U," is still heart-wrenchingly painful. "Troy" is equally evocative. So Far... The Best of Sinead O'Connor provides a thorough sampling of O'Connor's early years. Emotionally charged rockers like "Emperor's New Clothes" and "Mandinka" are essential inclusions, as are her rhythmic explorations with Bomb The Bass, "Empire," and the early "I Want Your (Hands On Me)." Sadly, her Cole Porter contribution to Red, Hot, And Blue was omitted. But O'Connor proves she rightfully deserves diva status with her rendition of "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina." As if there were ever any doubts. --Steve Gdula

CD Description
The endless sideshows engendered by the fact that Sinead O'Connor was apparently born without the internal censor that keeps the rest of us from social embarrassment have done fartoo much to obscure the essential truth about this singer/songwriter: she's genuinely talented, and her best work cannot be ignored. This 15 track compilation collects all of the singles from her first four albums, adding several non-LP tracks like "Heroine", a collaboration with The Edge and Eno-associate Michael Brook from the soundtrack of the otherwise forgotten 1986 film CAPTIVE. From her outstanding debut, O'Connor went from strength to strength for a number of years, and this set includes essential tracks like the hard-rocking"Mandinka" and "The Emperor's New Clothes" to the still-startling confessional sound of "Nothing Compares 2 U" and "I Am Stretched On Your Grave". This set also gathers the high points from the spotty but often worthwhile albums O'Connor recorded after her self-imposed retreat from the spotlight, making it a solid one-stop for the casual fan.

Customer Reviews

Absolutely captivating... errupts emotions within!
This is one brilliant compilation including all the tracks that highlight Sinead O' Connor's life and soul. The music is beautifully orchastrated and the lyrics are heartly and powerful with Sinead's angelic voice taking your breath away... The compilation sticks out as a must have for your mood music collection and will be playable for years to come. So few can compare!

Conservative selection
This useful round-up of the most commercially successful period in the career of Sinéad O'Connor of course kicks off with the memorably wonderful Nothing Compares 2 U and concentrates mainly on the hit singles, but in their album versions. Owners of the albums that these selections come from will find little that they don't already have, the only exceptions being a shorter Thank You For Hearing Me (at 4.34 presumably a vinyl single edit) and Empire, a Bomb The Bass track on which she guests with Benjamin Zephaniah.
Key album tracks such as the vengeful Last Day Of Our Acquaintance, I Am Stretched On Your Grave and Fire On Babylon are also included, though had the collection been a little more adventurous it would have been nice to see some of the hard to find experimental early singles such as I Want Your (Hands On Me) with MC Lyte, or the notorious Jump In The River duet with Karen Finley. As it is, this collection mostly serves the more casual listener who does not expect to soon buy any of her albums.

N.B. The Amazon review and description refers to the American edition which has a rather different tracklisting

Nothing Compares 2 U
The Irish songbird is the Queen of Pop and the best thing to come out of Ireland since Georgie Best and Guinness.
If she never sings another song she will always be remembered for her self-penned love song NOTHING COMPARES TO TOU...the bet ballad ever written by a womwn and a song that equals Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division and I Want You by Elvis Costello.
Those three songs are the soundtrack of my life and Sinead is my perfect pop star and women...