Sinéad O'Connor – The Lion And The Cobra
Tracklist
| A1 | Jackie | 2:28 | |
| A2 | Mandinka | 3:45 | |
| A3 | Jerusalem | 4:11 | |
| A4 | Just Like U Said It Would B | 4:32 | |
| A5 | Never Get Old | 4:38 | |
| B1 | Troy | 6:30 | |
| B2 | I Want Your (Hands On Me) | 4:38 | |
| B3 | Drink Before The War | 5:20 | |
| B4 | Just Call Me Joe | 5:50 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Ensign Records Ltd.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Chrysalis Records Ltd.
- Copyright © – Ensign Records Ltd.
- Copyright © – Chrysalis Records Ltd.
- Distributed By – Phonogram
- Published By – Phonogram
- Published By – Dizzy Heights Music Publishing Ltd.
- Published By – Copyright Control
- Published By – Blue Mountain Music Ltd.
- Recorded By – Ensign Records Ltd.
- Published By – Chrysalis Music Ltd.
- Recorded At – Oasis Studios
- Mixed At – Eden Studios
- Mixed At – Tapestry Studios
- Mastered At – Tape One
- Pressed By – CBS Pressing Plant, Aston Clinton
- Record Company – Chrysalis Music Ltd.
Credits
- Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Rob Dean
- Arranged By – Reynolds* (tracks: A3, B2, B3), Clowes* (tracks: A3, B1 to B3)
- Artwork By [Cover Art] – John Maybury, Steve Horse
- Bass Guitar – Spike Hollifield
- Co-producer, Engineer, Mixed By – Kevin Moloney
- Electric Guitar, Mixed By, Producer, Vocals [All], Arranged By – Sinéad O'Connor
- Electronic Drums [Drum Kit], Electronics [Machines] – John Reynolds
- Keyboards, Synthesizer – Mike Clowes
- Mastered By – Jack Jacko Adams*
- Mixed By – Chris Birkett (tracks: A2, B2), Fachtna Ó Ceallaigh, Lloyd Phillips (tracks: A2, B2), Terence Morris (tracks: A2, B2)
- Photography By [Cover Pic] – Kate Garner, Kim Bowen
- Written-By – J. Reynolds* (tracks: A3, B2), M. Clowes* (tracks: A3, B2), O'Connor* (tracks: A1 to B3)
Notes
Recorded at Oasis Studios, Camdem, London.
Mixed at Eden Studios, Chiswick, London.
Tracks A2 & B2 mixed at Tapestry Studios, Putney, London.
Mastered at Tape One, London.
(P) & (C) Ensign Records Ltd
Distribution & publication: Phonogram
NB On some copies, the "B side runoff" looks like it has been changed from an -A4 to -A2 or vice versa. What you have is an etched "2" with a vertical line in the center of the flat bottom line. This can look like either a 2 or a 4 depending on the viewing angle.
Printed inner sleeve.
Mixed at Eden Studios, Chiswick, London.
Tracks A2 & B2 mixed at Tapestry Studios, Putney, London.
Mastered at Tape One, London.
(P) & (C) Ensign Records Ltd
Distribution & publication: Phonogram
NB On some copies, the "B side runoff" looks like it has been changed from an -A4 to -A2 or vice versa. What you have is an etched "2" with a vertical line in the center of the flat bottom line. This can look like either a 2 or a 4 depending on the viewing angle.
Printed inner sleeve.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Scan): 5013136161212
- Barcode (Text): 5 01316 161212
- Matrix / Runout (Label side A): CHEN 7-1
- Matrix / Runout (Label side B): CHEN 7-2
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): CHEN.7 A4
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): CHEN-7-B-2
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): CHEN.7 A4
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): CHEN 7 B-5
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 3): CHEN.7 A3
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 3): CHEN.7 B3
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 4): CHEN.7 A4
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 4): CHEN.7 B1̶5
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 5): CHEN.7 A4
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 5): CHEN-7-B-4
Other Versions (5 of 156)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recently Edited | The Lion And The Cobra (CD, Album) | Ensign, Chrysalis, Ensign | cdp32 1612-2, CCD 1612, CDP 3216122 | UK | 1987 | ||
Recently Edited | The Lion And The Cobra (LP, Album) | Chrysalis | 832 995-1 | France | 1987 | ||
Recently Edited | The Lion And The Cobra (LP, Album, Carrollton Pressing) | Chrysalis, Ensign | BFV 41612 | US | 1987 | ||
Recently Edited | The Lion And The Cobra (Cassette, Album) | Ensign | ZCHEN 7 | UK | 1987 | ||
Recently Edited | The Lion And The Cobra (CD, Album) | Ensign, Chrysalis | 258 563, 258 563-222 | Europe | 1987 |
Recommendations
Reviews
- I have the American vinyl release, and wonder if the British release has the distortion that mine does? It's most obvious on the vocals on "Troy". I'd love to find a copy that is clean. How is the UK version?
I agree with yasdnir below that The Lion and the Cobra is "probably her very best". IDNWWIHG is a close second, but for me does come second because it doesn’t have Troy. The LionCobra cover portrait says it all.
The wonder of the LionCobra album is how Sinéad couples her perfect voice, with her creative lyrical abilities to produce an intensely personal album. Sinéad sang her heart out at this time in her life and wrote lyrics matching the events which had shaped her. Not only is this album a triumphant statement of her life, but a big question to issues which continually need to be addressed.
After this first album there is a lot of good music. Nothing Compares is beautiful, she makes it her own (but it was written by some other person . . .), she produced many singular songs for movies etc and there was much theological exploration. But a significant amount of Sinéad's life was spent on RECOVERING from people's unconsidered (and often violent) action’s and reaction to her. A much due respect and understanding could have made her life easier.
In some respects it is surprising Sinéad continued to need religion. I guess her belief was that strong . . . with her strong religious faith in mind, it would have been good if ‘the powers that be’, and the Vatican in particular, could have returned some of her devotion: acknowledge and respond, recognise Sinéad’s statements and demonstrations in relation to her individual struggle with life and resulting trauma. Religion should not be aloof and ignore suffering, it should be understanding and ultimately forgiving. Right?
I don’t know too much, it seems to me Sinéad got too stubbornly caught up in trauma, the need for love and ‘religion as hope’, maybe another way of putting it is – ‘that’s her song’ – and she did sing it beautifully. But there are many who choose not to listen and they need to be brought to account.
My copy has a B4 matrix My copy has a B4 matrix
Probably her very best, for Jackie and Troy alone. These are strong intelligent songs considering how old she was then. Music is hilariously 80s- Interestingly, my copy of The Lion and the Cobra's sleeve came stuffed with photocopied news clippings about Sinead and there was a 2-page press release from the record label, so the LP seems to have been given out as a promo copy to the media. And all these years later these various materials survived completely intact -- a little time capsule in an LP!
Release
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