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Sinéad O'Connor - The Lion and the Cobra (1987)

Sinéad O'Connor - The Lion and the Cobra (1987)

BAND/ARTIST: Sinéad O'Connor

  • Title: The Lion And The Cobra
  • Year Of Release: 1987
  • Label: Ensign / Chrysalis [CDP32 1612 2]
  • Genre: Alternative, Rock, Pop
  • Quality: 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+cue, log, scans) / WAV (tracks, scans)
  • Total Time: 42:17
  • Total Size: 133 mb / 268 mb / 463 mb
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Sinéad O'Connor's debut, The Lion and the Cobra, was a sensation upon its 1987 release, and it remains a distinctive record, finding a major talent striving to achieve her own voice. Like many debuts, it's entirely possible to hear her influences, from Peter Gabriel to Prince and contemporary rap, but what's striking about the record is how she synthesizes these into her own sound -- an eerie, expansive sound heavy on atmosphere and tortured passion. If the album occasionally sinks into its own atmospheric murk a little too often, she pulls everything back into focus with songs as bracing as the hard-rocking "Mandinka" or the sexy hip-hop of "I Want Your (Hands on Me)." Still, those ethereal soundscapes are every bit as enticing as the direct material, since "Troy," "Jackie," and "Jerusalem" are compelling because of their hushed, quiet intensity. It's not a perfect album, since it can succumb to uneven pacing, but it's a thoroughly impressive debut -- and it's all the more impressive when you realize she only topped it with its immediate successor, before losing all focus.

:: TRACKLIST ::

01. Jackie (2:28)
02. Mandinka (3:45)
03. Jerusalem (4:17)
04. Just Like U Said It Would B (4:32)
05. Never Get Old (4:38)
06. Troy (6:30)
07. I Want Your (Hands On Me) (4:38)
08. Drink Before The War (5:20)
09. Just Call Me Joe (5:50)

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  • Mark
  •  wrote in 15:56
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big thanks for WAV
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  • Mark
  •  wrote in 07:46
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for anyone else that has spent the last 35 year listening to their 1987 copy of this LP and has just 'come to live with' those distortion moments on songs like Troy .. this copy is considerably better SQ than the normal.. at least until it finally gets remastered.
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  • mufty77
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Many thanks for WAV tracks!!!