The cranberries

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The cranberries
The Cranberries live in Barcelona (2010)
General information
Genre (s)	Indie rock , alternative rock
founding	1989, 2009
resolution	2003, 2019
Website	www.cranberries.com
Last occupation
Vocals , guitar , keyboard	Dolores O'Riordan (1989 - † 2018)
guitar	Noel Antony Hogan
Electric bass	Michael Gerard Hogan
Drums	Fergal Patrick Lawler

The Cranberries (Eng. "The Cranberries ") were an Irish rock group . The band was formed in Limerick in 1989 under the name The Cranberry Saw Us . In 1995 she achieved her international breakthrough with the album No Need to Argue . The most successful song Zombie is about the Northern Ireland conflict . According to the sources, they have sold more than 25.1 million records in their careers. The band's most successful release is the album No Need to Argue, with around 12.9 million units sold.

occupation

When the band was still operating under the name The Cranberry Saw Us , it consisted of Noel and Mike Hogan, Fergal Lawler and the then lead singer Naill Quinn. After leaving in 1990, he recommended the group Dolores O'Riordan as a singer, whereupon she was recorded in May of the same year. Shortly thereafter, they renamed themselves The Cranberries . Since this reshuffle of the singers, the constellation remained unchanged until the temporary dissolution in 2003. In 2009 there was a reunification with the old line-up. Front woman Dolores O'Riordan died on January 15, 2018.

history

founding

1989 founded the two brothers Noel and Michael Hogan from Limerick (Ireland) with the drummer Fergal Lawler and the singer Niall Quinn the band called The Cranberry Saw Us ("The cranberry saw us"). Dolores O'Riordan later replaced the singer and gave the band the typical cranberry sound. They recorded a demo tape, which already brought them some fans in their home country and which was also well received by the critics.

Ascent

After a record label battle , the band signed a deal with Island Records , but quit their manager after their first unsuccessful single. Their second single Linger and their debut album Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? but became the first hits for The Cranberries in the UK and the United States. The third single Dreams reached number 14 in the US. On July 18, 1994, Dolores O'Riordan married Don Burton, who shortly thereafter also became the tour manager of the Cranberries.

In the same year, the Cranberries recorded the album No Need to Argue , which made them even more popular in Europe and the USA. It contains the song Zombie , a protest against the violence between Catholic and Protestant extremists in Northern Ireland. With this release they reached the height of their commercial careers. On February 14, 1995, they made an appearance on MTV Unplugged at the Brooklyn Academy of Music .

Amid rumors of O'Riordan's imminent farewell, The Cranberries released the album To the Faithful Departed in 1996 , which, however, did not match the success of its predecessor. In the years that followed, the group canceled a major tour, which helped spread rumors of a breakup. In 1999 the album Bury the Hatchet was released .

With the 2001 album Wake Up and Smell the Coffee , The Cranberries seemed to be more successful again. A DVD that was released on the market at the same time as the Best Of CD in 2002 won a Best Video award.

Dissolution in 2003

The sixth album of the Cranberries should be released in 2004. During the 2003 summer tour they played the new titles In It Together and Astral Projection as the opening act for the Rolling Stones .

However, in September 2003, The Cranberries split after over a decade of existence. O'Riordan's mother-in-law was seriously ill and passed away shortly afterwards. The singer was not able to continue working under these circumstances.

O'Riordan later sang the theme song Ave Maria for the film The Passion of the Christ . Noel Hogan's new project is the band Arkitekt (formerly: Mono Band ). Fergal Lawler played drums in the short-lived band The Low Network .

New start in 2009

The Cranberries 2010 in Barcelona

Despite constant denials of all rumors about a start-up, it was announced in late 2007 that the band intended to work on an album or an EP that would contain the songs from the unreleased sixth album. On August 11, 2008, a video was published on the official website of O'Riordan on the Internet portal Myspace , which announced a "New beginning" as well as a new album and a world tour for 2009. On August 25, 2009, Dolores O'Riordan officially announced the reunion of the Cranberries and announced a tour that should start in November 2009. The release of the album was delayed, however, and in 2010 the tour off Italy that had already started was canceled due to illness. Some concerts on the tour, which was later resumed, were released as live CD. On the occasion of the Feis Festival tour in London on June 18, 2011, an unreleased song called Tomorrow could be too late was performed.

The Cranberries finally returned on February 24, 2012 with Roses , their first studio album in over ten years. The first release was the song Tomorrow . Was produced Roses by Stephen Street (The Smiths, Morrissey, Kaiser Chiefs, The Courteeners, Pete Doherty), the longtime friend and musical partner of the band. In 2017, Something Else, a new recording of their greatest hits, was released in collaboration with the Irish Chamber Orchestra . A planned European tour had to be partially canceled, the reason given was the singer's back problems. However, a concert in Berlin on May 2nd of that year took place.

On January 15, 2018, Dolores O'Riordan died unexpectedly in London at the age of 46.

Resolution 2019

In 2019 the band released their last album, In the End , for which Dolores O'Riordan had sung material before her death. A first title, All Over Now , was released in January 2019 . The band broke up after the release of their last album together.

"But the cranberries was the four of us. There's no reason to do it without Dolores. So we're going to leave it after this. "

“But The Cranberries, that was the four of us. There is no reason to go on without Dolores. So we'll stop after that. "

- Noel Hogan :

Music and lyrics

The lyrics and melodies were almost always written by Dolores O'Riordan, often with the help of Noel Hogan. Musically, the band covers a relatively wide range between pop , rock and Irish folk . In the beginning the style was more soft rock like for example with Dreams , later it became harder like for example with Zombie and towards the end of his career the tendency went slightly towards pop like for example with Analyze .

The lyrics are often about love, relationships or separation, but also about war and misery. For example, the Northern Ireland conflict with the Easter Rising is discussed in Zombie and the Balkan conflict in Bosnia . A few songs are also dedicated to specific people or places: The song Yeat's Grave is about the Irish poet William Butler Yeats and the island of Innisfree, which appears in the title of one of his poems. I Just Shot John Lennon deals with the murder of Beatles member John Lennon . The piece New New York is about the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 and Cape Town is about the South African metropolis Cape Town .

The Cranberries also covered a number of tracks including They Long to Be (Close to You) by Burt Bacharach and Hal David , Go Your Own Way by Fleetwood Mac , In the Ghetto by Mac Davis and the unreleased song Crazy by Patsy Cline .

Occur

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The Cranberries appeared together with the bands The Rolling Stones and AC / DC , among others . O'Riordan was clearly the focus of the cranberries' appearances. The Cranberries always presented themselves politely in interviews and press conferences, although they were not always enthusiastic about the journalists' questions. For example, O'Riordan once commented: "It's like asking a mushroom if it would rather be a cucumber ..."

Regarding the appearance of the group: At first Fergal, Noel and Mike had long hair, while O'Riordan had short. From around 1994, the male members appeared with short hair, O'Riordan has often changed their hair length and color since then.

The concert behavior is most likely to be assigned to the alternative rock scene. Although the lighting was played with, the focus was always on the music. There was never any emphasis on backdrops or choreography. The extravagant dance style of Dolores O'Riordan was striking.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	IE
1993	Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?	DE18 (18 weeks) DE	-	-	UK1 × 2 Double platinum (95 weeks)UK	US18th × 5 Quintuple platinum (130 weeks)US	IE23 (17 weeks) IE	First published: March 1st, 1993 Sales: + 5,985,000 chart entry in Ireland not until 2018
1994	No need to argue	DE1 platinum (46 weeks)DE	AT1 platinum (24 weeks)AT	CH2 platinum (50 weeks)CH	UK2 × 3 Triple platinum (98 weeks)UK	US6th × 7 Seven times platinum (90 weeks)US	IE16 (3 weeks) IE	First published: October 3rd, 1994 Sales: + 12,925,000 chart entry in Ireland not until 2018
1996	To the Faithful Departed	DE2 gold (27 weeks)DE	AT5 gold (18 weeks)AT	CH3 gold (23 weeks)CH	UK2 gold (20 weeks)UK	US4th × 2 Double platinum (51 weeks)US	-	First published: April 30, 1996 Sales: + 2,355,000
1999	Bury the Hatchet	DE1 gold (37 weeks)DE	AT2 gold (19 weeks)AT	CH1 platinum (24 weeks)CH	UK7th silver (6 weeks)UK	US13 gold (10 weeks)US	IE67 (1 week) IE	First published: April 19, 1999 Sales: + 1,700,000 chart entry in Ireland only 2000
2001	Wake Up and Smell the Coffee	DE7 (6 weeks) DE	AT17 (6 weeks) AT	CH6th gold (15 weeks)CH	UK61 (1 week) UK	US46 (4 weeks) US	IE9 (5 weeks) IE	First published: October 22, 2001 Sales: +320,000
2012	Roses	DE13 (4 weeks) DE	AT28 (2 weeks) AT	CH10 (7 weeks) CH	UK37 (2 weeks) UK	US51 (2 weeks) US	IE17 (3 weeks) IE	First published: February 27, 2012
2017	Something Else	DE60 (2 weeks) DE	-	CH43 (4 weeks) CH	UK18 (2 weeks) UK	-	IE17 (6 weeks) IE	First published: April 28, 2017
2019	In the end	DE8 (3 weeks) DE	AT16 (1 week) AT	CH5 (5 weeks) CH	UK10 (2 weeks) UK	US119 (1 week) US	IE3 (6 weeks) IE	First published: April 26, 2019

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	IE
2002	Stars - The Best of the Cranberries 1992-2002	DE23 (6 weeks) DE	AT16 (10 weeks) AT	CH4th gold (15 weeks)CH	UK16 gold (8 weeks)UK	US16 (2 weeks) US	IE4 (19 weeks) IE	First published: September 16, 2002 Sales: + 1,120,000
2013	Dreams - The Collection	-	-	-	UK44 gold (6 weeks)UK	-	IE3 (121 weeks) IE	First published: February 21, 2013 Sales: + 100,000

More compilations

• 2002: The Treasure Box
• 2005: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of The Cranberries
• 2008: gold
• 2010: Icon: The Cranberries

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks	[↑]: treated together with the previous entry; [←]: placed in both charts
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	IE
1992	Dreams Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?	-	-	CH77 (1 week) CH	UK27 silver (8 weeks)UK	US42 (20 weeks) US	IE9 (9 weeks) IE	First published: September 29, 1992 Sales: + 200,000
1993	Linger Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?	-	-	-	UK14th platinum (15 weeks)UK	US8th gold (24 weeks)US	IE3 (13 weeks) IE	First published: February 23, 1993 Sales: + 1,100,000
1994	Zombie No Need to Argue	DE1 platinum (28 weeks)DE	AT2 gold (24 weeks)AT	CH2 (31 weeks) CH	UK14th platinum (11 weeks)UK	-	IE3 (13 weeks) IE	First published: September 19, 1994 Sales: + 1,357,500
	Ode to My Family No Need to Argue	DE29 (17 weeks) DE	-	-	UK26 (8 weeks) UK	-	IE16 (7 weeks) IE	First published: November 21, 1994 Sales: + 35,000
1995	I Can't Be with You No Need to Argue	-	-	-	UK23 (5 weeks) UK	-	IE21 (2 weeks) IE	First published: February 27, 1995
	Ridiculous Thoughts No Need to Argue	-	-	-	UK20 (3 weeks) UK	-	IE23 (3 weeks) IE	First published: July 31, 1995
1996	Salvation To the Faithful Departed	DE44 (10 weeks) DE	AT27 (4 weeks) AT	CH35 (5 weeks) CH	UK13 (10 weeks) UK	-	IE8 (6 weeks) IE	First published: April 6, 1996
	Free to Decide To the Faithful Departed	DE94 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	UK33 (4 weeks) UK	US22 (20 weeks) US	IE28 (2 weeks) IE	First published: August 25, 1996
	When You're Gone To the Faithful Departed	DE94 (1 week) DE	-	-	-[US: ↑]		IE21 (3 weeks) IE	First published: November 12, 1996 Sales: + 10,000
1999	Promises Bury the Hatchet	DE45 (6 weeks) DE	AT37 (4 weeks) AT	CH19 (8 weeks) CH	UK13 (5 weeks) UK	-	IE19 (4 weeks) IE	First published: March 10, 1999
	Animal Instinct Bury the Hatchet	DE72 (7 weeks) DE	-	-	UK54 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: July 5, 1999
	Just My Imagination Bury the Hatchet	DE77 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	-	First published: September 20, 1999
2001	Analysis of Wake Up and Smell the Coffee	-	-	CH43 (11 weeks) CH	UK89 (1 week) UK	-	IE28 (2 weeks) IE	First published: September 18, 2001

More singles

• 1997: Hollywood
• 2000: You and Me
• 2002: Time Is Ticking Out
• 2002: This Is the Day
• 2002: Stars
• 2011: Tomorrow
• 2017: Why
• 2018: Íosa

Demos

year	demo	Band name	Vocalist
1989	Anything	The Cranberry Saw Us	Naill Quinn
1990	Water Circle	The Cranberry Saw Us	Dolores O'Riordan
1990	Nothing Left at All	The Cranberry Saw Us	Dolores O'Riordan
1991	Nothing Left at All	The cranberries	Dolores O'Riordan

Only demo cassettes that have a catalog number are listed.

Soundtracks

Dreams is featured in the films Kaffee, Milch & Zucker (Boys on the side) , E-Mail für Dich , Mission: Impossible , Karate Kid IV - The Next Generation , Chungking Express and Pocket Money as well as the series Willkommen im Leben (1–3) to listen.

Pretty can be heard at the end of the film Prêt-à-Porter .

The song Away accompanied a scene from the comedy Clueless - What Else! .

They are represented in the film Confidant Enemy with the song God be with you .

In the television series Charmed , The Cranberries appeared in Piper's Club P3 with Just My Imagination (2nd season, 1999).

In the movie Klick (2006) Dolores O'Riordan appeared as a singer at a wedding and sang the song Linger in a swing version .

The song I cant't be with you is often used in the Derry Girls television series .

Cover versions

The pop band Dario G has covered Dreams from the Cranberries, with Dario G the song is called Dream to Me . The Chinese singer Faye Wong also covered Dreams , her version is part of the Chungking Express soundtrack .

Andrew Spencer & The Vamprockerz also covered Zombie as a techno version and Breed 77 as a metal version. Another cover version of the song is available from singer & actor Jay Brannan , who recorded it in an acoustic version for his mini album In Living Cover .

Video albums

• Live Live In Astoria
• Beneath The Skin - Live In Paris
• Stars - The Best of 1992-2002
• Gold Collection - The Videos (2008)

Awards for music sales

→ Main article : The Cranberries / Music Sales Awards

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Argentina (CAPIF)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	80,000	capif.org.ar ( Memento from May 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) AR2 ( Memento from July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Australia (ARIA)	-	2 × gold2	9 × platinum9	-	700,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	2 × gold2	2 × platinum2	-	150,000	ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	-	45,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	2 × gold2	2 × platinum2	-	1,500,000	musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI)	-	-	8 × platinum8th	-	(8,000,000)	ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Finland (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	-	31,876	ifpi.fi
France (SNEP)	-	3 × gold3	2 × platinum2	diamond1	1,900,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	75,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	-	gold1	10 × platinum10	-	1,050,000	musiccanada.com
Mexico (AMPROFON)	-	3 × gold3	-	-	275,000	amprofon.com.mx
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	gold1	3 × platinum3	-	52,500	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	-	platinum1	-	100,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	-	-	2 × platinum2	-	60,000	ifpi.no ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Austria (IFPI)	-	3 × gold3	platinum1	-	125,000	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	150,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Sweden (IFPI)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	150,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	3 × gold3	2 × platinum2	-	165,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	3 × gold3	5 × platinum5	-	620,000	mediafire.com ES2
United States (RIAA)	-	2 × gold2	14 × platinum14th	-	15,000,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × silver2	3 × gold3	7 × platinum7th	-	3,260,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	2 × silver2	34 × gold34	72 × platinum72	diamond1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ News - Dolores Announces Cranberries Reunion. (No longer available online.) Doloresoriordan.ie, August 25, 2009, archived from the original on August 31, 2009 ; accessed on January 22, 2018 (English). 
2. ↑ Caroline Sullivan: Dolores O'Riordan obituary . On January 16, 2018, from theguardian.com, accessed on January 22, 2018
3. ↑ Singer Dolores O'Riordan is dead. Spiegel.de , January 15, 2018, accessed on January 15, 2018 . 
4. ↑ The Cranberries: Listen to “All Over Now” from the final album with Dolores O'Riordan in the stream. musikexpress , January 16, 2019, accessed March 5, 2019 . 
5. ^ Richard Bienstock: The Cranberries on Their Surprise Hit Debut and Final Album With Dolores O'Riordan. Rollingstone.com, October 9, 2018, accessed May 4, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Alex Kraus: Zombie Guide's Complete Cranberries Discography: Early Material. (No longer available online.) In: Zombie Guide. zombieguide.com, 2003, archived from the original on May 21, 2014 ; accessed on January 22, 2018 (English). 

Web links

Commons : The Cranberries  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• The Cranberries at Discogs (English)
• The Cranberries at laut.de
• Website of the Cranberries (English)
• Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US IE1 (from 2000) IE2 (database - singles)