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- “Dreams” (Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? , 1993) That’s where “Dreams” comes in. What a beauty, the layers here. The tom rolls, the 32 flavors of guitars (ringing chords, jangling individual notes, vibrating feedback and oscillating tremolo), and petal upon petal of O’Riordan’s out-of-time yodel, delivered with the confidence of a veteran band when they were just a bunch of newbs.
- “You & Me” (Bury the Hatchet, 1999) Prettiness is everything with the Cranberries, so for all of the iconicity of our No. 3 song, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that this list is topped by two heartbreakingly beautiful compositions.
- “Zombie” (No Need to Argue, 1994) The band’s biggest and heaviest alternative hit showed clearly why these Irish folk-derived melodists could play ball with ‘90s radio; they could crush an entire room with the combined largesse of Riordan’s ocean-swallowing voice, those thudding drums, and that bruising wave of distortion roiling back up with every chorus.
- “Linger” (Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? , 1993) One of the great second-side openers of the ‘90s, the Cranberries’ biggest Hot 100 hit gathers steam with nearly a minute of massive fanfare introducing itself.
- ‘Íosa’
- ‘Why’
- ‘Tomorrow’
- ‘Time Is Ticking Out’
- ‘Liar’
- ‘Waltzing Back’
- ‘I Will Always’
- ‘Promises’
- ‘Analyse’
- ‘Just My Imagination’
Appearing on the deluxe, 25th-anniversary of The Cranberries’ debut album, Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?, “Íosa” features Dolores O’Riordan singing in Irish and represents the band’s only recording to be made in their native language. Revealing the influences of Catholicism and traditional church singing on the group, this haunting t...
One of the key tracks from The Cranberries’ seventh album, Something Else, released in 2017, “Why” is a somber examination of loss, inspired by the death of O’Riordan’s father. Her voice trembles with emotion and the band play with brooding persistence, creating an otherworldly, elegiac quality.
The Cranberries went on hiatus in 2003, with the band members pursuing different projects, among which were two O’Riordan solo albums, Are You Listening? and No Baggage. The Limerick quartet reunited for 2012’s Roses, helmed by their longtime producer Stephen Street, who said that the album recaptured the “delicate, darker mood” of the band’s earli...
It moved over a million copies, yet 2001’s Wake Up And Smell The Coffeeremains relatively overlooked in The Cranberries’ wider body of work. One of its calling cards was “Time Is Ticking Out,” a slice of sleek, staccato alt-rock with choppy guitars and O’Riordan’s ecology-related lyric (“What about Chernobyl? What about radiation?”), which she deli...
Initially a gem of a B-side cut during the Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? sessions, “Liar” later came to prominence on the soundtrack album for the acclaimed 1995 teen movie Empire Records. The equal of anything on The Cranberries’ landmark debut album, ‘Liar’ features one of Dolores O’Riordan’s most captivating vocals. Its obsessive ...
“Dreams” and “Linger” are widely regarded as the two best Cranberries songs on their debut album, Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?, but the record is stuffed with tracks that have stood the test of time. Another obvious highlight is the slow-burning “Waltzing Back,” in which Fergal Lawler’s martial drumming and Noel Hogan’s Echo And The...
Perhaps the most underrated track on Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?, “I Will Always” is a glorious, elegiac ballad framed by a sparse, melancholic rhythm section and Noel Hogan’s swaying, Johnny Marr-esque acoustic guitars. For a key track on a multi-million-selling album, the song remains surprisingly overlooked, but it’s an understa...
With the possible exception of ‘Zombie’, “Promises” represents The Cranberries at their heaviest, and it remains one of the best songs on their fourth album, Bury The Hatchet. With its hard-edged staccato guitars, dramatic arrangement, and unforgiving, divorce-related lyrics, it seemed a strange choice for a single, but it was widely-acclaimed and ...
Blur/Morrissey producer Stephen Street oversaw The Cranberries’ first two albums, and the band reunited with him for their fifth album, Wake Up And Smell The Coffee, in 2001. The album’s first single was “Analyse,” which found the band on commanding, anthemic form and Dolores O’Riordan reminding us she was still one of the most singular female voca...
Bright, poppy, and irresistible, “Just My Imagination” was the third and final single lifted from The Cranberries’ fourth album, Bury The Hatchet. Featuring one of O’Riordan’s most optimistic lyrics (“I have always kept my faith in love/It’s the greatest thing from the man above”), it seemed to have all the attributes of a sure-fire smash hit, yet,...
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- “Linger” (from Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? , 1993) Dolores O’Riordan wasn’t the original singer for the Cranberries. Back in Limerick circa 1989, when they were still called the Cranberry Saw Us, some other guy was their frontman; when he left, he recommended O’Riordan through a friend of a friend.
- “Zombie” (from No Need To Argue, 1994) “Zombie” might be the most divisive song in the Cranberries catalog. There are people who find its politics simplistic, or its chorus grating.
- “Dreams” (from Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? , 1993) The first song the Cranberries released as a single is likely still their best-known — the one that, in theory, has been synced into enough movies, trailers, and sitcoms to sap it of all meaning.
- “Ode To My Family” (from No Need To Argue, 1994) “Does anyone care?” There’s something haunting about the way O’Riordan sings that line — first tentatively, at the end of each chorus, then repeating it again and again in the song’s final minute.
The Cranberries were one of the best-selling alternative acts of the 1990s, having sold nearly fifty million albums worldwide as of 2019. In their career, they won an Ivor Novello Award (out of two nominations), a Juno Award, a MTV Europe Music Award, a World Music Award, and were nominated for a Brit Award and a Grammy Award.
Sep 6, 2018 · The year was 1990, and the band formerly known as The Cranberry Saw Us had morphed into the much catchier eponym The Cranberries. But it wasn't just the name that Dolores changed, it was also the songs and the style.
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- Duarte Garrido,Arts and Entertainment Reporter
Dec 19, 2023 · Irish band, The Cranberries, formed in the early 1990s and released their first album in 1993. For many, they defined the atmosphere of Europe in the mid-1990s with a moody, ethereal sound that drew on elements of traditional Irish music.
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Jan 15, 2018 · The Limerick band veered from dreamy, jangly paeans in their early days to a heavier, rock-oriented sound in the mid-90s, before returning to something softer in their later era, excelling at...
