The Guardian (London) September 24, 1992 Sinead O'Connor's Am I Not Your Girl? (Ensign) sounds increasingly desperate with every play. Departing from the confessional, opinionated songs which made I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got such a triumph, Sinead has opted instead to tackle a batch of cover versions, abetted by producer Phil Ramone and a 47-piece orchestra. The arrangements work well enough, featuring a brash and blowsy horn section and a rhythm section which has big-band bop deftly nailed down. Miserably, however, Sinead consistently fails to take the measure of the material. Belying her intimidating reputation, her voice is weak and timid throughout, which happens to work for I Want To Be Loved By You, but fails abysmally almost everywhere else. Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered flounders aimlessly; Sinead can barely be heard muttering the words to Success Has Made A Failure Of Our Home between orchestral detonations; and the inclusion of two versions of Don't Cry For Me Argentina (one without vocals) could drive a nun to acts of mindless violence. She concludes the album with a soul-baring homily about love, hate, lies and Catholicism as if issuing a stern warning not to take these songs too frivolously. The project is woefully ill-conceived.