The Gazette (Montreal) September 27, 1992, Sunday, FINAL EDITION AM I NOT YOUR GIRL? SINEAD O'CONNOR The only album in recent memory that I can compare Am I Not Your Girl? to is Natalie Cole's Unforgettable. Like Cole's album, Am I Not Your Girl? features cover versions of classic songs from decades past, done mostly in big-band arrangements. Unlike Cole's album, O'Connor's latest offering is not comprised of her father's compositions. Instead, this recording features songs originally performed by Marilyn Monroe (I Want To Be Loved By You), Loretta Lynn (Success Has Made A Failure Of Our Home) and others. These are the songs which inspired O'Connor to pursue a singing career. This album will either be seen as ambitious (by those who find it admirable that O'Connor is sailing in unknown waters) or as a cop- out (by those who feel that, after an absence of more than two years, Sinead should have been capable of putting original songs). I consider Am I Not Your Girl? to be highly ambitious. It takes a lot of guts for an established pop/rock star to turn to orchestrated music in which trumpets and violins are much more prominent than guitars and basses. Still, only a few songs on this album stood out for me: Success Has Made A Failure Of Our Home, Andrew Lloyd Webber's Don't Cry For Me Argentina (appearing in two versions on the album) and the traditional Irish rendition of Scarlet Ribbons.