I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

chronology
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Sinéad O'Connor's studio album
Publication ; (s)	March 12, 1990
admission	1989
Label (s)	Ensign / Chrysalis
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Alternative rock , pop rock
Title (number)	10
running time	51:09 min.
occupation	Singing : Sinéad O'Connor ;
production	Nellee Hooper; Sinéad O'Connor; Chris Birkett; Sean Devitt;
Studio (s)	STS, Dublin , ( Ireland )
1989	Jump in the river
1990	Nothing Compares 2 U
1990	The Emperor's New Clothes
1990	Three babies

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got is the second music album by Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor . It was released in March 1990 by their music label Chrysalis Records .

history

The critically acclaimed album contains their biggest hit Nothing Compares 2 U and became one of the world's best-selling albums of 1990. The album achieved number one placements in numerous countries, including the USA , Canada , Great Britain and Germany . The single Emperor's New Clothes , the successor to Nothing Compares 2 U , was only a moderate sales success, but reached the top of the American "Modern Rock Charts".

The album also contains O'Connor's own interpretation of I Am Stretched on Your Grave , a poem from the 17th century. Originally written in Gaelic (Irish) , the poem was translated into English by Philip King . The first song of the album, Feels So Different , begins with The Serenity Prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr .

O'Connor was inspired by the Kabbalah teacher Warren Kenton for the title song : "Special thanks to Selina Marshall + Warren Kenton for showing me that all I'd need was inside me."

reception

The album was nominated in four categories at the 1991 Grammy Awards and won the award for "Best Alternative Music Performance". O'Connor didn't accept her Grammy award.

In 2003, the album placed at number 406 on Rolling Stone 's list of the 500 best albums of all time .

To date, the album has sold over seven million times worldwide.

In 2009 Sinead O'Connor released a deluxe edition of the album with new titles and unreleased songs.

Track list

Tracks on the original 1990 album and on the first CD of the Deluxe Edition 2009
#	title	text	length
1.	"Feel So Different"	O'Connor	6:47
2.	"I Am Stretched on Your Grave"	Anonymous, King	5:33
3.	"Three Babies"	O'Connor	4:47
4th	"The Emperor's New Clothes"	O'Connor	5:16
5.	"Black Boys on Mopeds"	O'Connor	3:53
6th	" Nothing Compares 2 U "	Prince	5:10
7th	"Jump in the River"	O'Connor, Pirroni	4:12
8th.	"You Cause as Much Sorrow"	O'Connor	5:04
9.	"The Last Day of Our Acquaintance"	O'Connor	4:40
10.	"I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got"	O'Connor	5:47

Title on the second CD of the Deluxe Edition 2009
#	title	text	length
1.	" Night Nurse "	Gregory Isaacs , Sylvester Wise	4:54
2.	"My Special Child"	O'Connor	4:48
3.	"Damn Your Eyes"	B. Wyrick, S. Bogard	4:46
4th	" Silent Night " (long version)	Traditional	4:45
5.	"You Do Something to Me"	Cole Porter	3:53
6th	"Mind Games"	John Lennon	5:26
7th	"What Do You Want"	O'Connor	2:58
8th.	"I Am Stretched on Your Grave" (Apple Brightness Mix)	O'Connor	5:38
9.	"Troy" (live recording from London )	O'Connor	6:41
10.	"I Want Your (Hands on Me)" (Live at the Hammersmith Odeon )	O'Connor, Clowes, Reynolds, Rob Dean, Spike Hollifield	3:53

Single releases

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 soundtrack to Married to the Mob .

Contributors

Benita Baum: vocals, melodies
Chris Birkett: Production
Sean Devitt: Production
Dave Hoffman: Photography
Nellee Hooper : Production
Nick Ingman: composer , conductor , string instruments
Dominique Leringoleur: Photography
John Maybury: Cover illustration
David Munday: acoustic guitar, piano
Sinéad O'Connor : vocals, acoustic and electric guitar , keyboards , percussion , drums , production, lyrics
Marco Pirroni: electric guitar
John Reynolds : drums
Andy Rourke : acoustic guitar, bass
Jah Wobble : Bass

reception

Charts and chart placements

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	1 (43 weeks)	43
Austria (Ö3)	1 (29 weeks)	29
Switzerland (IFPI)	1 (32 weeks)	32
United Kingdom (OCC)	1 (50 weeks)	50
United States (Billboard)	1 (52 weeks)	52

Awards for music sales

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	500,000
Canada (MC)	5 × platinum	500,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	100,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Spain (Promusicae)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × platinum	600,000
All in all	2 × gold 12 × platinum	3,850,000