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8.0
68194
8.0 |
Evening Standard
Still the best wiggy vocal talent
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8.0
68201
8.0 |
The Irish Times
With a voice more expressive and nuanced than it’s been in a long time and a whole new lyrical palette to play with, this is Sinéad O’Connor’s Farewell to Arms
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8.0
68225
8.0 |
Uncut
10th album finds O’Connor flexing her songwriting chops. Print edition only
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8.0
68227
8.0 |
Mojo
Simply a remarkable collection of well-made songs. Print edition only
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8.0
68269
8.0 |
State
She has at last produced a work that bursts through the mental fog that has stifled her output for so many years
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7.3
68315
7.3 |
Pitchfork
A quarter-century into a career that has swung unpredictably from acoustic dissent to big-band jazz to reggae and dub experimentation, she continues to lay claim to every musical possibility and refuses to define herself with only one particular style
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7.0
68319
7.0 |
Spin
Swinging between swaggering blues, soul-searching adult-alt and lullabies that can feel like attacks
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7.0
68356
7.0 |
PopMatters
O’Connor and long-time producer John Reynolds frame the collection in familiar musical motifs, but carve out plenty of intriguing intricacies along the way
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7.0
68202
7.0 |
All Music
When Sinéad switches into a pop mode, the results are buoyant and beautiful
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6.0
68226
6.0 |
Q
Blazing honesty from a two-fisted pop survivor. print edition only
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6.0
68197
6.0 |
Slant Magazine
With few of the tracks running longer than three-and-a-half minutes, many of them feel like they end before they can even get off the ground
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6.0
68199
6.0 |
The Guardian
Ablaze with indignation, lust and hopelessness
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6.0
68251
6.0 |
The Music
Solid songwriting and sound performance; just not what it could be
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6.0
68312
6.0 |
musicOMH
Musically, I’m Not Bossy is pure pop with a wonderful glam mindset, but there was certainly more lyrical attention needed for it to succeed its intended purpose
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5.8
68296
5.8 |
Consequence Of Sound
The new songs continue to skirt her need to love and to be loved, but this time O’Connor tells her tales through a series of third-party voices
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4.0
68266
4.0 |
Rolling Stone
O’Connor’s music doesn’t reflect the independence she aspires to
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4.0
68292
4.0 |
Under The Radar
O'Connor's voice is capable, but it is never pushed, and her backing band plays tepid session rock swaddled in safe, uninteresting production
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4.0
68294
4.0 |
Paste Magazine
For an album that focuses on the theme of love, it’s really hard to find anything to swoon over
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4.0
68200
4.0 |
The FT
Mid-tempo rock predominates, a dull chug that fails to live up to declarations like “I love you more than I have ever loved a man”
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3.0
69264
3.0 |
Beardfood
Her sentiments wouldn't be out of place on a Valentines Day compilation
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