Track Listing

1. Nothing Compares 2 U
2. Mandinka
3. Emperor's New Clothes
4. Last Day of Our Acquaintance
5. Fire on Babylon
6. Troy
7. I Am Stretched on Your Grave
8. Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home
9. John I Love You
10. Empire - Bomb the Bass - Sinéad O'Connor, Sinéad O'Connor, Benjamin Zephaniah,
11. I Want Your (Hands on Me)
12. Heroine [From Captive] - The Edge, Sinéad O'Connor, Sinéad O'Connor
13. Don't Cry for Me Argentina
14. You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart
15. Just Like U Said It Would B

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #18637 in Music
• Released on: 1997-11-25
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Album Description
Import version features a different tracklisting to the US pressing. EMI.

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

Customer Reviews

Brief History Of a Tortured Genius
Sinead O'Connor has to be one of the most heartbreaking and frustrating artists to emerge in the last 20 years. Her first two albums(both appropriately spotlighted on this collection)were masterpieces that showed one of the greatest new talents I had ever heard. She was 17 years old when her first album came out and she defied genre and desription as an artist. She was simply a force of nature, which quickly became a problem that worked against her. Her bizarre statements and erratic and eccentric personality soon completely overshadowed her recorded work and people didn't buy her records because they just didn't like her. To be fair to the CD buying public her albums became pretty spotty after the first two anyway and she seemed to drift further and further from her rightful place in the musical pantheon of Dylan, Van Morrison and Aretha Franklin where she belonged. The best of the later recordings are all here-"You Made Me The Thief Of Your Heart" from the "In The Name Of The Father" movie soundtrack, "Fire On Babylon" and her version of "Don't Cry For Me Argentina". Currently, Sinead has announced her retirement, but hopefully she will return with a freshly shaved head and more of her twisted celtic soul, until then, we have this great collection to keep us company.

so far.... a star
I recently got this CD, just to get to know Sinead's music. I'm Irish myself, so i thought it was about time to see what the big deal was all about. I have even seen Sinead in concert in Chicago at the Irish Fleadh, but only knew "nothing compares 2 U". Now i wish i had bought this cd first. I found such an amazing array of sounds on this cd. It opens up with the memorable "nothing compares 2 U", and goes uphill from there. I fell in love with "Mandinka", "Troy" and "Fire on Babylon". Such power and emotion! And then there were the soft, touching songs - "Heroine" and "John i love you" are beautiful. Even "Don't Cry for me Argentina" seems heartfelt.

Forget about the stories you've heard. Okay, they're probably true, but that doesn't affect her music. Sinead has had so many experiences in her life that they are bound to rub off in her music - and sad as it may sound, that is to our benefit.

After listening to this cd a number of times, i'm after ordering her new one... so go out, buy it, and enjoy it.

Great Import version of her US release
This album has a lot to say for the artist who herself was shut off after a rather controversial SNL appearance. The "best of" album relesed in the States has a different track listing with a few tracks omitted and few not seen on this one. It of course has her biggest hit to date "Nothing compares 2 u" but also captures her powerful vocals on Favourites like"Mandinka" "Troy" and "The Emperor's new clothes" .

Seen on this disc and not on the US release are "Thank You For Hearing Me", a beautiful track with a repetitive vocal riff, which makes it hauntingly beautiful. Also it has "Jackie", another beauful track and the very beautiful and lyrically powerful "This is a Rebel Song"

However, this one doesn't list, probably her most difficult-to-find-song "Heroine" beacuse it is credited to The edge (from U2). This is my all time favourite Sinead song, and you will see why when you listen to it. Also not on this one is her playful "I want your hands on me".

Overall, this is the quintessential Sinead O' Connor. Hauntigly beautful voice, with lyrically sensible songs and music which will surprise you at every turn, this album will entrall you and will never leave your CD player.