- pop, rock, alternative rock, pop rock
- 42 min
- 9 tracks
- Ensign
The Lion and the Cobra is the debut studio album by Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor, released on 5 October 1987 by Ensign and Chrysalis Records. O'Connor recorded the album while in the later stages of pregnancy with her first child. The title of the album is from Psalm 91:13 "you will tread upon the lion and cobra", and the track "Never Get Old" opens with an Irish language recital of Psalm 91 by singer Enya.
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Spare, grave, character-led and contemporary.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
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Tracks
- A1Jackie2:28
- A2Mandinka3:47
- A3Jerusalem4:17
- A4Just Like U Said It Would B4:28
- A5Never Get Old4:35
- B1Troy6:31
- B2I Want Your (Hands on Me)4:38
- B3Drink Before the War5:21
- B4Just Call Me Joe5:51
9 tracks, 42 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Sinéad O’Connor
- Label
- Ensign
- Released
- 1987
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- XE
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