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If this ambitious, completist retrospective of Limerick, Ireland's most notable '90s musical export seems more befitting a rock dinosaur than a band whose resume spans but four albums, it's perhaps a telling comment on both the potency of the Cranberries' international success and the often treacherous vagaries of the contemporary music business. Though singer Dolores O'Riordan was a last-minute addition to the lineup, her unique vocal talents quickly came to virtually define the band, largely overshadowing founders Noel and Mike Hogan in the bargain. This set documents the band's rise from its debut, Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Cant We? (and its sleeper hit "Linger"), through its artistic recapitulation, 1999's Bury the Hatchet, dedicating a disc to each album and offering up a generous selection of period-appropriate bonus tracks (mostly from B-sides, remixes, and other collections). But it's a rocky, cautionary road, especially after the band followed up its sublime No Need to Argue and breakout single "Zombie" with the turgid, modern-rock posturing of To the Faithful Departed, the band's ill-fated collaboration with Aerosmith producer Bruce Fairbairn; Cranberries, meet turkey. If that effort foolishly squandered the successes garnered by their guitar-driven "indie rock meets Celtic folk mysticism" charms, Hatchet returned them to their roots posthaste, but arguably too late. The bonus material is equally far ranging (and just as mixed)--from an embarrassing Pavarotti collaboration to decidedly left-field covers of the Carpenters' "Close to You" and Fleetwood Mac's "Go You Own Way," tracks that further underscore O'Riordan's singular abilities to interpret a song. It's an anthology that suggests that the Cranberries were considerably more than the sum of "Linger," "Zombie," "Salvation," "Ode to My Family," and their other standout songs--but also one that demonstrates how quickly much-touted alt-indie sensibilities can be disastrously co-opted. --Jerry McCulley
Product Description
2002 box-set featuring the Cranberries first four studio albums. Each album has been digitally remastered and features bonus tracks. 'Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Cant We?' (1993) includes six bonus tracks, 'Reason', 'Them', 'What You Were', 'Liar', 'Pretty' (Remix) & 'How' (Remix). Their second album, 'No Need To Argue' (1994) includes five bonus tracks, 'Away', 'I Don't Need', '(They Long To Be) Close To You', 'So Cold In Ireland' & 'Zombie' (Remix). Their third album, 'To The Faithful Departed' (1996 & out-of-print in the U.S.) includes five bonus tracks, 'Cordell', 'The Picture I View', 'Ave Maria' (with Pavarotti), 'Go Your Own Way' & 'God Be With You'. Their fourth album, 'Bury The Hatchet' (1999) includes five bonus tracks, 'Baby Blues', 'Sweetest Thing', 'Woman Without Pride', 'Such A Shame' & 'Paparazzi On Mopeds'. Four standard jewel cases housed in a slipcase. 2002.

Track List:

Everybody Else Is Doing It So Why Can't We (The Complete Sessions 1991-1993)
1. I Still Do
2. Dreams
3. Sunday
4. Pretty
5. Waltzing Back
6. Not Sorry
7. Linger
8. Wanted
9. Still Can't... (Recognize The Way I Feel)
10. I Will Always
11. How
12. Put Me Down
13. Reason
14. Them
15. What You Were
16. Liar
17. Pretty (Pret a Porter Movie Remix)
18. How (Radical Mix)
No Need To Argue (The Complete Sessions 1994-1995)
1. Ode To My Family
2. I Can't Be With You
3. Twenty One
4. Zombie
5. Empty
6. Everything I Said
7. The Icicle Melts
8. Disappointment
9. Ridiculous Thoughts
10. Dreaming My Dreams
11. Yeat's Grave
12. Daffodil Lament
13. No Need To Argue
14. Away
15. I Don't Need
16. Close To You
17. So Cold In Ireland
18. Zombie (Camel's Hump Mix)
To The Faithful Departed (The Complete Sessions 1996-1997)
1. Hollywood
2. Salvation
3. When You're Gone
4. Free To Decide
5. War Child
6. Forever Yellow Skies
7. The Rebels
8. Intermission
9. I Just Shot John Lennon
10. Electric Blue
11. I'm Still Remembering
12. Will You Remember?
13. Joe
14. Bosnia
15. Cordell
16. The Picture I View
17. Ave Maria (Feat. Luciano Pavarotti)
18. Go Your Own Way
19. God Be With You
Bury The Hatchet (The Complete Sessions 1998-1999)
1. Animal Instinct
2. Loud And Clear
3. Promises
4. You And Me
5. Just My Imagination
6. Shattered
7. Desperate Andy
8. Saving Grace
9. Copycat
10. What's On My Mind
11. Delilah
12. Fee Fi Fo
13. Dying In The Sun
14. Sorry Son
15. Baby Blues
16. The Sweetest Thing
17. Woman Without Pride
18. Such A Shame
19. Paparazzi On Mopeds

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