Sinéad O’Connor Leaves Her Last Album ‘No Veteran Dies Alone’ Unfinished

Sinéad O’Connor passes away at the age of 56, leaving her last project ‘No Veteran Dies Alone’ incomplete. The eight-song album was only one track away from completion.

The Irish pop icon, Sinéad O’Connor, best known for her song “Nothing Compares 2 U” released in 1990, announced on July 11^th that she would “soon be finishing” her new album. However, merely two weeks after announcing, the pop star, aged 56, was found unresponsive in her new home in London on July 26^th. The long-awaited project was to be a follow-up to her 2014 album ‘I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss’ and was titled ‘No Veteran Dies Alone’. O’Connor had teased the album in December 2021, when she revealed that the undisclosed cover art was designed by the Donegal illustrator, Jacob Stack.

Belfast musician and renowned Irish DJ David Holmes has described the eight-song album as being extremely “emotional and really personal” and confessed that it was only one track away from completion when Sinéad died. He opened up about his first acquaintance with O’Connor at an awards show in the late 90s but then they only had a very brief encounter. They were able to properly talk at the Pogues’ Shane McGowan’s 60th birthday party around 2017. Reminiscing fondly about it, he said, “She didn’t know anything about me, really. But I said I wanted to make a record about healing since I’ve had my own issues with mental health, and music was always a comfort. And as a producer, I always felt that Sinéad hadn’t even scratched the surface of what was possible with her voice.”

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In 2021, while she was in the midst of making ‘No Veteran Dies Alone’, a documentary was released on the late singer, titled Nothing Compares, upon watching which she expressed her appreciation for it to Holmes. The documentary showed how she has been scorned by the people and others in the industry and she was even blacklisted when she spoke out against the Catholic Church. Addressing the same, Holmes added: “Like any brilliant artist, she suffered from real insecurities. But she could see how much people loved her. It really made her smile and cheered her up. She was probably the first person I can remember being canceled, and she paid a heavy price for that. But she was such a survivor and such a warrior. That was never going to keep her down.”

The late singer had changed her birth name to Shuhada Sadaqat after she converted to Islam. Previously she had been an ordained priest of the Catholic Church. Shuhada however continued to use the name ‘Sinéad O’Connor’ professionally.

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