Universal Mother

by Sin茅ad O'Connor

Universal Mother cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 13 September 1994
  • Label: Ensign
  • Country: Ireland
  • Length: 50:01
  • Community rating: 4.23/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Following immense public controversy, 'Universal Mother' is a deeply vulnerable and stripped-down offering from Sin茅ad O'Connor. The album leans heavily on sparse, piano-led singer-songwriter arrangements and spoken-word samples to navigate themes of trauma, motherhood, and healing. It is a profoundly intimate and quiet record that starkly contrasts with her previous commercial heights.

Genres

Descriptors: vulnerable, confessional, female-vocals, stripped-down, grief, acoustic, melodic, political

Tracklist

  1. Germaine (00:37)
  2. Fire on Babylon (05:11)
  3. John I Love You (05:32)
  4. My Darling Child (03:09)
  5. Am I Human? (00:23)
  6. Red Football (02:48)
  7. All Apologies (02:37)
  8. A Perfect Indian (04:22)
  9. Scorn Not His Simplicity (04:26)
  10. All Babies (04:29)
  11. In This Heart (03:10)
  12. Tiny Grief Song (01:56)
  13. Famine (04:56)
  14. Thank You for Hearing Me (06:25)

Credits

  • Sin茅ad O'Connor - design [cover design], illustration, producer, mixed by, written-by
  • John Reynolds - drums, producer, mixed by, programmed by, written-by
  • Dave Clayton - keyboards
  • Tim Young - lacquer cut by
  • Jill Furmanovsky - photography by
  • Sarah Butterfield - photography by
  • Phil Coulter - piano, producer, mixed by
  • Tim Simenon - producer, mixed by, programmed by

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