Universal Mother is the fourth studio album by Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor, released on 12 September 1994.
Overview
Universal Mother is the fourth studio album by Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor, released on 13 September 1994.
"That album was the first attempt to try to expose what was really underneath a lot of the anger of the other records," she explained, adding, "George Michael told me he loved that record, but could only listen to it once because it was so painful. He had to hide it."
Background
In 1993, O'Connor started taking singing lessons in the style of bel canto. This inspired her to "talk about the things that [she] really wanted to talk about".
Music and lyrics
The first track, "Germaine", is a recording of feminist Germaine Greer speaking about cooperation as an alternative to patriarchy.
