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For the Cranberries, assembling a best-of covering the first decade of their career means compiling their singles in chronological order, which turns out to be a foolproof approach for a band that can be uneven over the course of a full-length album but has always managed to express itself well on the two-to-four catchiest cuts. ("Hollywood" and "You & Me" were not singles chosen for release as such by the band, but they were put out in individual territories.) From "Dreams" and the breakthrough hit "Linger" to the sometimes harder-rocking and more political efforts such as "Zombie" and "Free to Decide," and on to more melodic songs later on, the singles (presented here in some cases in single versions or new edits to fit everything in) make a case for the Cranberries as one of the major international rock bands of the '90s. Also included is one album cut, "Daffodil Lament" from No Need to Argue, said to have been an overwhelming fan choice as the one non-single inclusion, and two new songs, "New New York" and "Stars." "New New York," in which lead singer and songwriter Dolores O'Riordan takes on the September 11 terrorist attacks, is a bit heavy-handed, as O'Riordan confesses that the subject is beyond her ("There's nothing to say") before settling for the anthemic statement, "They won't tear us apart." Much better is "Stars," one of the band's more pop-sounding efforts. But the inclusion of the two songs is appropriate, as it shows the Cranberries continuing to pursue two tracks in their music, one a harder-edged, more political side, the other softer and more romantic.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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STEPHEN STREET, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dolores O'Riordan, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Hogan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Noel Hogan, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Cranberries, MainArtist - Fergal Lawler, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Aiden McGovern, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Mahoney, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1993 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
STEPHEN STREET, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dolores O'Riordan, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Hogan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Noel Hogan, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Cranberries, MainArtist - Fergal Lawler, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Aiden McGovern, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1993 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
STEPHEN STREET, Producer - Dolores O'Riordan, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Hogan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Julie Gardiner, Producer, Assistant Producer - Noel Hogan, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Cranberries, MainArtist - Fergal Lawler, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 UMG Recordings, Inc.
STEPHEN STREET, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dolores O'Riordan, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Hogan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Julie Gardiner, Producer, Assistant Producer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Noel Hogan, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Cranberries, MainArtist - Fergal Lawler, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 The Island Def Jam Music Group
STEPHEN STREET, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dolores O'Riordan, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Hogan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Julie Gardiner, Producer, Assistant Producer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Noel Hogan, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Cranberries, MainArtist - Fergal Lawler, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 The Island Def Jam Music Group
STEPHEN STREET, Producer - Dolores O'Riordan, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Hogan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Julie Gardiner, Producer, Assistant Producer - Noel Hogan, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Cranberries, MainArtist - Fergal Lawler, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Bruce Fairbairn, Producer, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Richie Buckley, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Plotnikoff, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Buckley, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Dolores O'Riordan, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Hogan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Noel Hogan, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Cranberries, Producer, MainArtist - Fergal Lawler, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Randy Raine-Reusche, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Bruce Fairbairn, Producer - Mike Plotnikoff, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dolores O'Riordan, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Hogan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Noel Hogan, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - The Cranberries, Producer, MainArtist - Fergal Lawler, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Capitol Records, LLC
Bruce Fairbairn, Producer - Mike Plotnikoff, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dolores O'Riordan, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Hogan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Noel Hogan, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - The Cranberries, Producer, MainArtist - Fergal Lawler, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Bruce Fairbairn, Producer - Mike Plotnikoff, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dolores O'Riordan, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Hogan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Noel Hogan, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - The Cranberries, Producer, MainArtist - Fergal Lawler, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 The Island Def Jam Music Group
STEPHEN STREET, Producer - Dolores O'Riordan, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Hogan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Noel Hogan, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Cranberries, Producer, MainArtist - Benedict Fenner, Producer - Fergal Lawler, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1999 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Mike Plotnikoff, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dolores O'Riordan, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Hogan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Noel Hogan, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Cranberries, Producer, MainArtist - Benedict Fenner, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Fergal Lawler, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1999 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
STEPHEN STREET, Producer - Mike Plotnikoff, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dolores O'Riordan, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Hogan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Noel Hogan, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Cranberries, Producer, MainArtist - Benedict Fenner, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Fergal Lawler, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1999 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
STEPHEN STREET, Producer - Mike Plotnikoff, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dolores O'Riordan, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Hogan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Noel Hogan, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Cranberries, Producer, MainArtist - Benedict Fenner, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Fergal Lawler, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1999 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Cenzo Townshend, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - STEPHEN STREET, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dolores O'Riordan, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Hogan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Noel Hogan, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Cranberries, MainArtist - Emma Jane Lennon, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shay Dooher, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Fergal Lawler, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cenzo Townshend, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - STEPHEN STREET, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dolores O'Riordan, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Hogan, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Noel Hogan, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Cranberries, MainArtist - Fergal Lawler, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cenzo Townshend, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - STEPHEN STREET, Producer - Dolores O'Riordan, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Hogan, Bass Guitar, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Noel Hogan, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Cranberries, MainArtist - Fergal Lawler, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 UMG Recordings, Inc.
STEPHEN STREET, Producer - Dolores O'Riordan, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Hogan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Julie Gardiner, Producer, Assistant Producer - Noel Hogan, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Cranberries, MainArtist - Fergal Lawler, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 UMG Recordings, Inc.
STEPHEN STREET, Producer - Dolores O'Riordan, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Hogan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Noel Hogan, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Cranberries, MainArtist - Fergal Lawler, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 The Island Def Jam Music Group
STEPHEN STREET, Producer - Dolores O'Riordan, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Hogan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Noel Hogan, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Cranberries, MainArtist - Fergal Lawler, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Album review
For the Cranberries, assembling a best-of covering the first decade of their career means compiling their singles in chronological order, which turns out to be a foolproof approach for a band that can be uneven over the course of a full-length album but has always managed to express itself well on the two-to-four catchiest cuts. ("Hollywood" and "You & Me" were not singles chosen for release as such by the band, but they were put out in individual territories.) From "Dreams" and the breakthrough hit "Linger" to the sometimes harder-rocking and more political efforts such as "Zombie" and "Free to Decide," and on to more melodic songs later on, the singles (presented here in some cases in single versions or new edits to fit everything in) make a case for the Cranberries as one of the major international rock bands of the '90s. Also included is one album cut, "Daffodil Lament" from No Need to Argue, said to have been an overwhelming fan choice as the one non-single inclusion, and two new songs, "New New York" and "Stars." "New New York," in which lead singer and songwriter Dolores O'Riordan takes on the September 11 terrorist attacks, is a bit heavy-handed, as O'Riordan confesses that the subject is beyond her ("There's nothing to say") before settling for the anthemic statement, "They won't tear us apart." Much better is "Stars," one of the band's more pop-sounding efforts. But the inclusion of the two songs is appropriate, as it shows the Cranberries continuing to pursue two tracks in their music, one a harder-edged, more political side, the other softer and more romantic.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:17:30
- Main artists: The Cranberries
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Island Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2002 The Island Def Jam Music Group This Compilation ℗ 2002 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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