I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

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I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got is the second studio album by the Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor, released in March 1990 by Ensign/Chrysalis Records. It contains O'Connor's version of the Prince song "Nothing Compares 2 U", which was released as a single and reached number one in multiple countries. The album was nominated for four Grammy Awards in 1991, including Record of the Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and Best Music Video, Short Form for "Nothing Compares 2 U", winning the award for Best Alternative Music Performance. However, O'Connor refused to accept the nominations and award.<ref>CBSnews.com Template:Webarchive "Sinead Sings And Speaks Her Mind" Accessed: 11 September 2016</ref> The album has sold over seven million copies worldwide. <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Content

The critically-acclaimed album contains O'Connor's most famous single, "Nothing Compares 2 U", which was one of the best-selling singles in the world in 1990, topping the charts in many countries including the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada. This rendition of the Prince song reflected on O'Connor's mother, who had died in an auto accident five years earlier.<ref name=diffuser2>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite interview</ref> The single "Emperor's New Clothes" found moderate success, although it did top the Modern Rock Tracks chart in the US.

The first song on the album, "Feel So Different", starts with The Serenity Prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr. The album also includes O'Connor's rendition of "I Am Stretched on Your Grave", an anonymous 17th-century poem that was written in Irish, translated into English by Frank O'Connor, and composed by musician Philip King in 1979.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Sleeve notes to 1979 Album Scullion</ref> O'Connor's version uses a loop of "Funky Drummer" by James Brown.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Critical reception

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got received critical acclaim. Entertainment Weekly ranked it as the best album of 1990, calling the record "a spiritual victory, full of wisdom wrested from audible pain."<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> In 2012, it was ranked number 408 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The album was ranked number 457 on the 2020 edition of the list.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.<ref>Template:Cite AV media notes</ref>

• Sinéad O'Connor – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, programming, arranger, producer, string arrangements
• Marco Pirroni – guitar on "The Emperor's New Clothes"
• David Munday – acoustic guitar and piano on "You Cause As Much Sorrow"
• Andy Rourke – bass guitar on "The Emperor's New Clothes", "Jump in the River" and "You Cause As Much Sorrow", acoustic guitar on "Jump in the River"
• Jah Wobble – bass guitar on "The Last Day of Our Acquaintance"
• John Reynolds – drums and percussion on "The Emperor's New Clothes", "You Cause As Much Sorrow" and "The Last Day of Our Acquaintance"
• Kieran Kiely – keyboards, accordion, piano
• Steve Wickham – fiddle on "I Am Stretched on Your Grave"
• The Muses – backing vocals
• Philip King – vocals, melody arrangement
• Nick Ingman – conductor, orchestra director, string arrangement on "Feel So Different"
• Karl Wallinger – arranger

Technical

• Nellee Hooper – co-producer on "Nothing Compare 2 U"
• Chris Birkett, Sean Devitt – engineers
• Dave Hoffman, Dominique Le Rigoleur – photography
• John Maybury – cover design

Charts

Weekly charts

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Weekly chart performance for I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (IFPI)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)<ref name=greece/>	2
European Albums (Music & Media)<ref name=greece/>	1
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	1
French Albums (SNEP)<ref name=fra>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	4
Greek Albums (IFPI Greece)<ref name=greece>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1
Icelandic Albums (Tónlist)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	1
Irish Albums (IRMA)<ref name=italy/>	1
Italian Albums (FIMI)<ref name=italy>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1
Portuguese Albums (AFP)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	3
Spanish Albums (AFYVE)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	2

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Weekly chart performance for I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Chart (2023)	Peak position
UK Album Downloads<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	6

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Chart (1990)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	30
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	3
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	8
European Albums (Music & Media)<ref name="europeyearend">Template:Cite journal</ref>	2
French Albums (SNEP)<ref name=fra/>	17
German Albums Chart<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	2
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	11
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	6
UK Albums (OCC)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	16
US Billboard 200<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	19

Certifications and sales

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See also

• List of 1990s albums considered the best
• List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1990
• List of Canadian number-one albums of 1990
• List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 1990s