How About I Be Me (and You Be You)?

How About I Be Me (and You Be You)?
Studio album by
Sinéad O'Connor
Released20 February 2012 (2012-02-20)[1]
Recorded2007–2011
StudioNew Air Studios (Kilburn, London)
GenreAlternative rock
Length44:59
LabelShamrock Solutions Republic of Ireland
One Little Indian
ProducerJohn Reynolds
Sinéad O'Connor chronology
Theology
(2007) 		How About I Be Me (and You Be You)?
(2012) 		I'm Not Bossy, I'm the Boss
(2014)
Alternative cover
European edition
Singles from How About I Be Me (and You Be You)?
  1. "The Wolf Is Getting Married"
    Released: 27 February 2012
  2. "4th and Vine"
    Released: 18 February 2013
  3. "Old Lady"
    Released: 27 May 2013

How About I Be Me (and You Be You)? is the ninth full-length album by Irish singer-songwriter Sinéad O'Connor, released in Ireland on 2 March 2012 on Shamrock Solutions and 5 March 2012 in the United Kingdom on One Little Indian.[2][3] The first single "The Wolf Is Getting Married" was released on 24 February in Ireland and got to number 40 for one week,[4] accompanied by a video directed by Roman Rappak, lead singer of Breton.[5]

The second single "4th and Vine" was released on 18 February 2013, accompanied by a video directed by Kathryn Ferguson. In 2013 O'Connor announced a European tour in support for the album, called The Crazy Baldhead Tour. Marco Pirroni of Rema Rema and Adam and the Ants plays guitar on the album. [6]

As of 2014, sales in the United States have exceeded 18,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[7]

  1. ^ "How About I Be Me (and You Be You)? - Sinead O'Connor". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  2. ^ Sinead O'Connor. One Little Indian, 9 December 2011.
  3. ^ Sinead O’Connor announces ‘How About I Be Me (and You Be You)?’ Slicing Up Eyeballs, 12 December 2011.
  4. ^ "Sinéad O'Connor - The Wolf Is Getting Married - Music Charts". Acharts.us. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  5. ^ "SINEAD OCONNOR The Wolf Is Getting Married - VIDEO". 26 January 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  6. ^ "The Crazy Baldhead Toyr". Archived from the original on 14 March 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  7. ^ "Billboard Cover: Sinead O'Connor on Having No Regrets, Being 'Irregular' and Resurrecting Her Career". Billboard.