I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Infobox Album | Name = I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Type = Album
Artist = Sinéad O'Connor


Released = March 1990
Genre = Rock
Length = 50:53
Label = Asylum
Producer = Nellee Hooper
Sinéad O'Connor
Chris Birkett
Sean Devitt
Reviews =
*Allmusic rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:geknikc6bb79~T1 link]
*Robert Christgau B+ [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Sinead link]
*"Rolling Stone" rating|4.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/109866 link]
*"Slant Magazine" rating|4.5|5 [http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=347 link]
Last album = "The Lion and the Cobra"
(1987)
This album = "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got"
(1990)
Next album = "Am I Not Your Girl?"
(1992)

"I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got" is the second album by Sinéad O'Connor released in 1990 on Chrysalis Records.

The critically-acclaimed album contains her most famous single, "Nothing Compares 2 U", and was one of the best selling records in the world in 1990, topping the charts in many countries, including the US, UK, and Canada.

The album includes O'Connor's rendition of "I Am Stretched on Your Grave," an anonymous 17th century poem (originally written in Irish) translated into English by Philip King. The first song, "Feels So Different", starts with by Reinhold Niebuhr.

The inner sleeve notes acknowledge Kabbalah teacher, Warren Kenton: "Special thanks to Selina Marshall + Warren Kenton for showing me that all I'd need was inside me."

The album was nominated for four Grammy Awards in 1991, winning the award for Best Alternative Music Performance. O'Connor refused to accept the nominations and the award. [ [http://www.election.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/06/13/entertainment/main205141.shtml CBSnews.com] "Sinead Sings And Speaks Her Mind" Accessed: December 3, 2006]

The album sold 7 million copies worldwide.

Track listing

Personnel

*Sinéad O'Connor: Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Keyboards, Percussion, Drum Programming, Arranger, Producer, String Arrangements

*Nellee Hooper: Producer
*Chris Birkett, Sean Devitt: Producers, Engineers
*Marco Pirroni: Electric Guitar
*David Munday: Acoustic Guitar, Piano
*Andy Rourke: Acoustic Guitar, Bass
*Jah Wobble: Bass
*John Reynolds: Drums
*Steve Wickham: Fiddle
*Philip King: Vocals, Melody Arrangement
*Nick Ingman: Conductor, Orchestra Director, String Arrangements
*Karl Wallinger: Arranger
*Dave Hoffman, Dominique Leringoleur: Photography
*John Maybury: Cover Design

Charts

Released Singles

* "Jump in the River" (1989) ¹
* "Nothing Compares 2 U" (1990)
* "The Emperor's New Clothes" (1990)
* "Three Babies" (1990)

NOTE:¹ "Jump in the River" was originally released as a single from the movie soundtrack "Married to the Mob". "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got" had not yet been released.

References

succession box
before = "Nick of Time" by Bonnie Raitt
title = "Billboard" 200 number-one album
years = April 28 – June 8 1990
after = "Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em"
by M.C. Hammersuccession box
before = "…But Seriously" by Phil Collins
title = UK number one album
years = March 24, 1990 – March 30, 1990
after = "Changesbowie" by David Bowiesuccession box
before = "Blue Sky Mining" by Midnight Oil
title = Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
years = March 25 – March 31 1990
after = "All or Nothing" by Milli Vanilli