Song of the Day #6,686: ‘Jerusalem’ – Sinéad O’Connor

Continuing a countdown of my favorite albums of 1987…

#6 – The Lion and the Cobra – Sinéad O’Connor

This summer I included Sinéad O’Connor’s debut album on a list of my favorite first albums. And after today’s post, I’ll be just two songs shy of posting its entire tracklist as Songs of the Day.

It keeps popping up because, nearly 40 years after it dropped, it is just as electric, immersive, and gripping. Few albums announce a new creative voice this confidently.

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