Am I Not Your Girl?

Am I Not Your Girl?
Studio album by
Sinéad O'Connor
Released14 September 1992[1]
Recorded1991–1992
StudioNational Edison Studios (New York)
GenreJazz
Length47:38
Label
Producer
Sinéad O'Connor chronology
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
(1990) 		Am I Not Your Girl?
(1992) 		Universal Mother
(1994)
Singles from Am I Not Your Girl?
  1. "Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home"
    Released: 1 September 1992
  2. "Don't Cry For Me Argentina"
    Released: November 1992
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[3]
NME9/10[4]
Orlando Sentinel[5]
Peopleunfavorable[6]
Robert ChristgauB[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
Select1/5[9]
USA Today[10]
The Vancouver Sun[11]

Am I Not Your Girl? is the third album by Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor and the follow-up to the hugely successful I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got. It is a collection of covers of mostly jazz standards, which O'Connor describes as "the songs I grew up listening to [and] that made me want to be a singer".[12] The album title comes from the song "Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home". The album is dedicated to the people of New York City and especially the homeless whom O'Connor met at St. Mark's Place.[12]

The album did not gain much critical acclaim, perhaps because O'Connor had become a major artist in the modern pop genre due to her previous album I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got and this album was composed of songs written from 1932 to 1978. This, coupled with the Garden State Arts Center controversy and an introduction in the album in which she mentions sexual abuse, addiction, emotional abuse, and asks "Où est le roi perdu? [translation: "Where is the lost king?"] If you're out there—I want to see you.",[12] led to O'Connor losing much of the commercial momentum her career had built up until then.

The album's promotion was marked by a controversial appearance on Saturday Night Live, where O'Connor tore up a photo of Pope John Paul II, leading to public and media scrutiny.

  1. ^ "BPI".
  2. ^ Am I Not Your Girl? at AllMusic
  3. ^ Am I Not Your Girl?
  4. ^ Page, Betty (12 September 1992). "Long Play: Torched by Your Presence, Dear". New Musical Express. p. 33.
  5. ^ Gettelman, Parry (9 October 1992). "Sinead O'Connor". Orlando Sentinel.
  6. ^ People Review
  7. ^ Robert Christgau Review
  8. ^ Rolling Stone Review
  9. ^ Select Review
  10. ^ "A sensual steam team // Lusty cuts from Prince, Madonna". USA Today. 24 September 1992.
  11. ^ Mackie, John (3 October 1992). "Rock/Pop: Turning on the torch". The Vancouver Sun.
  12. ^ a b c Booklet of Am I Not Your Girl