John, didn’t O’Connor live in Evanston for a while (of all places)? I always wondered if NU students would run into her.
Great, great album, there was a brief period where it seemed like it wasn’t getting much attention even though it was this massive hit when it came out, but I absolutely loved it - it was like the rock album equivalent of Carl Dreyer’s “The Passion of Joan of Arc,” not only because of O’Connor’s look bringing Falconetti’s to mind (after she is shaved on camera) but because of the stripped down, emotionally direct and raw-to-the-bone aesthetic. Powerful.
― birdistheword, Saturday, 6 May 2023 21:29 (eleven months ago) link