''I'm Not Bossy, I'm the Boss'' is the tenth and final studio album by Irish singer-songwriter

Sinéad O'Connor Shuhada' Sadaqat (born Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor; , ; 8 December 1966 – 26 July 2023) was an Irish singer, songwriter, record producer and activist. Her debut studio album, ''The Lion and the Cobra'', was released in 1987 and achieve ...

, released on 11 August 2014 on

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. The album was originally to be called ''The Vishnu Room'' after the song of the same name, but was changed, along with its original cover design, shortly before release in support of the Ban Bossy campaign. The album was nominated for the Irish Meteor Choice Music Prize for Best Album. It was O'Connor's final completed album before her death in 2023.

Critical reception

Upon release the album received positive reviews from such publications as ''

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aggregate score on August 12, 2014 was 66 out of a 100. Fred Thomas, writing for

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, gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, with a favorable review, opening with the summary: "A decade of inconsistent, spotty, or simply confusing output from iconic Irish singer/songwriter Sinéad O'Connor was redeemed with 2012's refreshingly focused and honest effort '' How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?'' That album saw O'Connor effortlessly creating the same type of emotionally charged yet easily melodic fare that constituted her earliest, most popular work, and positioned her for a graceful return to form. Two years later, ''I'm Not Bossy, I'm the Boss'' follows the impassioned pop framework of its immediate predecessor, branching out into even more vivid stylistic dimensions and retaining all the energy, controversy, and fire that have come to define O'Connor as both a musician and a political figure. Taken at face value, the songs here are vibrant and multifaceted."

Track listing

Personnel

*Sinéad O'Connor – vocals; guitar on tracks 2, 3 and 5; bass guitar on track 13 *Rubert Cobb, Fred Gibson – trumpet * John Reynolds – drums, keyboards,

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*Clare Kenny – bass guitar *Graham Kearns,

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– guitar *Graham Henderson, Tim Oliver – keyboards *Brook Supple – acoustic guitar *

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– saxophone *Ruby Reynolds – piano *John Rummen – design *Graham Bolger – additional

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*Kevin Metcalfe – mastering *Donal Moloney – photography

Charts

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