The Lion And The Cobra - Sinead O'Connor

"The Lion & the Cobra," marks O'Connor's first steps into the pop world, even though by today's standards we can pigeon hole the singer into soft rock rather than the manufactured garble by which pop music exists in its many forms today. Back then however albums were less manufactured and taking longer to write and process. Sinead O'Connor however wasn't an unknown singer in Ireland but it wasn't really until her subliminal cover version of a little known song written by Prince, called "Nothing Compares 2U" got her noticed - well this is how it appeared to me anyway and is much better to listen to than Prince's original song. In terms ...

Sinead O'Connor has always been a name to conjure up many images, headstrong, controversial, blasphemous to some, and whilst these descriptions may in some ways be justified they do distract from the one thing that she probably wants to be known for, that is making beautiful, intelligent and thought provoking music. After spending time with bands such as In Tua Nua and Ton Ton Macoute she recorded a demo, with the aid of Waterboy Karl Wallinger, and on the strength of that was signed to Ensign records. The demo became the basis of her fantastic debut album, The Lion and The Cobra and the rest as they say is history. One of the most memorable images of O'Connor is her ...