- Record Label: One Little Indian
- Release Date: Feb 21, 2012
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Under The RadarMar 21, 2012All in all, a glorious return. [Mar 2012, p.85]
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MagnetMar 20, 2012An enchanting collection teeming with well-crafted hooks and fiery passion unheard since the epic, under-appreciated Faith and Courage a decade ago. [No. 85, p.56]
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Mar 13, 2012It's the 45-year-old singer's most accomplished album in ages, for sure, though it might also be her straightest.
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Mar 9, 2012You may love or hate the record but you won't ignore it.
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Mar 5, 2012As a vocalist, she continues to command attention.
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Mar 1, 2012The album is a tuneful emotional rollercoaster, and it's thrilling to hear such vitriol and indignation--qualities in short supply in current pop.
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Feb 29, 2012The lyrical coarseness serves an important function, reinforcing the urgency of O'Connor's performances and creating the impression that she has worked hard and fast to document her emotions at their rawest and wildest.
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MojoFeb 27, 2012An admirably impassioned return. [Mar 2012, p.92]
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Feb 27, 2012This is her strongest set of songs since 2000's 'Faith And Courage'.
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Feb 27, 2012Whether it's vindication, or coming off the medication, How About I Be Me feels effervescent, even when the breezy love songs give way to more complex concerns.
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Feb 27, 2012She's full of vim and vigour, mixing tender character studies with doe-eyed love songs and impassioned protest pieces.
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Feb 24, 2012She's made her best, most accessible record for years.
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Feb 23, 2012Her best album in more than a decade.
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Q MagazineFeb 22, 2012Not everything works, but there's a painful honesty throughout that befits a songwriter with no desire to lapse into a complacent middle age. [Mar 2012, p.111]
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Feb 22, 2012How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?, is a slap-upside-the-head reminder, a collection of heartfelt confessionals, evocative insights and provocative position statements.
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Feb 22, 2012What's happening is that O'Connor the lyricist is getting better and better at apparent artlessness.
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Feb 21, 2012Sinéad O'Connor's eighth full-length album, and her first in five years, is a revelation.
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Feb 21, 2012A couple of pleasant but less memorable midtempo numbers are saved by O'Connor's still towering voice, one that conjures rage, humor, grief, joy, and unbridled passion in a way that still grips the heart and amazes the ears.
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Feb 21, 2012If her execution is sometimes lacking, though, the intensity of O'Connor's emotions when confronting the difficult issues in these songs is never in doubt.
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Feb 21, 2012The viscera isn't surprising. What may be is the empathy, wit and beauty on this focused LP.
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Feb 17, 2012Her best album in about a decade.
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UncutFeb 16, 2012Brave and bonkers. [Mar 2012, p.94]
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Feb 16, 2012She's created an album that plumbs the kind of emotional depths that used to be expected from major rock artists.
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Feb 16, 2012How About I Be Me (And You Be You)? is a welcome return.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 16 out of 19
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Mixed: 2 out of 19
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Negative: 1 out of 19
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