[img]https://picturegalaxy.org/images/2021/06/14/P0WeALOd9c7eedb2b6d2aab.gif[/img]
[img]https://picturegalaxy.org/images/2021/06/11/mark9dfd1812aeed32b6.gif[/img]
[img]https://picturegalaxy.org/images/2021/07/06/Universalmothere7c2341bf420089d.md.jpg[/img]
[youtube]https://www./watch?v=R29W_PvTT7M[/youtube]
Universal Mother
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigationJump to search
Universal Mother
Universalmother.jpg
Studio album by Sinéad O'Connor
Released	13 September 1994
Genre	Alternative rock, folk rock
Length	52:50
Label	
EnsignChrysalis
Producer	
Sinéad O'ConnorJohn ReynoldsTim SimenonPhil Coulter
Sinéad O'Connor chronology
Am I Not Your Girl?
(1992)	Universal Mother
(1994)	Gospel Oak
(1997)
Singles from Universal Mother
"Thank You for Hearing Me"
Released: 1994
"Fire on Babylon"
Released: 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	3/5 stars[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[2]
Music & Media	(favorable)[3]
NME	(8/10)[4]
Q	4/5 stars[4]
Robert Christgau	B−[5]
Rolling Stone	4/5 stars[6]
Vibe	(favorable)[4]
Universal Mother is the fourth album by Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor.


Contents
1	Critical reception
2	Track listing
3	Personnel
4	Charts
5	Certifications
6	References
Critical reception
Writing in Hot Press, Bill Graham said that it is "definitely the record of an artist determined to restart, with a totally new set of basic principles".[7] Noting the album had already divided critical opinion, he suggested that its art-as-therapy approach resembled early solo work by John Lennon. O'Connor explores "the uncharted depths" of "the real loveless family traumas" which mainstream, predominantly male, rock music tends to avoid, and Graham believes that her journey is made more intense by her identity "as both a mother and a daughter". Listening to the album can be "unnerving", as O'Connor "can still sing like an angel but she also sometimes writes lyrics like an emotional dyslexic." Its predominant style is "a bare chamber-folk."

Track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Germaine"	Germaine Greer	 	0:38
2.	"Fire on Babylon"	O'Connor, John Reynolds	O'Connor, John Reynolds, Tim Simenon	5:11
3.	"John I Love You"	O'Connor	O'Connor, John Reynolds, Phil Coulter	5:31
4.	"My Darling Child"	O'Connor	O'Connor, John Reynolds, Coulter	3:09
5.	"Am I a Human?"	Jake Reynolds	Jake Reynolds	0:24
6.	"Red Football"	O'Connor	O'Connor, John Reynolds, Coulter	2:48
7.	"All Apologies"	Kurt Cobain	O'Connor	2:37
8.	"A Perfect Indian"	O'Connor	O'Connor, John Reynolds, Coulter	4:22
9.	"Scorn Not His Simplicity"	Coulter	O'Connor, Coulter	4:26
10.	"All Babies"	O'Connor	O'Connor, John Reynolds	4:29
11.	"In This Heart"	O'Connor	O'Connor, John Reynolds, Coulter	3:11
12.	"Tiny Grief Song"	O'Connor	O'Connor, John Reynolds, Coulter	1:56
13.	"Famine"	O'Connor, Clayton, Simenon, John Reynolds, Lennon, McCartney [8]	O'Connor, John Reynolds, Simenon	4:56
14.	"Thank You for Hearing Me"	O'Connor, John Reynolds	O'Connor, John Reynolds, Simenon	6:25
Note: "Famine" quotes the song "Eleanor Rigby" by The Beatles.
General
Complete name                            : Sinéad O'Connor\Universal Mother\02 Fire on Babylon.mp3
Format                                   : MPEG Audio
File size                                : 4.75 MiB
Duration                                 : 5 min 10 s
Overall bit rate mode                    : Constant
Overall bit rate                         : 128 kb/s
Album                                    : Universal Mother
Album/Performer                          : Sinéad O'Connor
Track name                               : Fire on Babylon
Track name/Position                      : 2
Performer                                : Sinéad O'Connor
Composer                                 : John Reynolds; O'Connor; Sinéad O'Connor
Publisher                                : Chrysalis Records
Genre                                    : Alternative
Recorded date                            : 1994

Audio
Format                                   : MPEG Audio
Format version                           : Version 1
Format profile                           : Layer 3
Format settings                          : Joint stereo / MS Stereo
Duration                                 : 5 min 10 s
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 128 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Sampling rate                            : 44.1 kHz
Frame rate                               : 38.281 FPS (1152 SPF)
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 4.74 MiB (100%)
[img]https://picturegalaxy.org/images/2021/06/23/ebAKRna263776f31690a307.gif[/img]