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When she first came to prominence as a teenager, the world had never seen or heard anything like quite like Sinead O'Connor. In the midst so many big-haired, pop ingénues that made their name in the 1980s she stood out: a shaven headed waif with bambi eyes, bovver boots and a soaring, acrobatic voice. Her daringly eclectic debut album, The Lion And The Cobra (1987) blended influences from hip hop, punk and traditional Irish music and won her widespread critical acclaim and an international following.
It should have been the most joyous small-town-girl-makes-good success story. Before many of her peers had left school Sinead had gone from busking the streets of Dublin to playing ..
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