Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? [25th Anniversary Edition]

by The Cranberries

Overview

Title aside, what the Cranberries were doing wasn't that common at the time, at least in mainstream pop terms; grunge and G-funk had done their respective big splashes via Nirvana and Dr. Dre when Everybody came out first in the U.K. and then in America some months later. Lead guitarist Noel Hogan is in many ways the true center of the band at this point, co-writing all but three songs with O'Riordan and showing an amazing economy in his playing, and having longtime Smiths/Morrissey producer Stephen Street behind the boards meant that the right blend of projection and delicacy still held sway. One can tell he likes Johnny Marr and his ability to do the job just right: check out the quick strums and blasts on "Pretty" or the concluding part of the lovely "Waltzing Back." O'Riordan herself offers up a number of romantic ponderings and considerations lyrically (as well as playing perfectly fine acoustic guitar), and her undisputed vocal ability suits the material perfectly. The two best cuts were the deserved smashes: "Dreams," a brisk, charging number combining low-key tension and full-on rock, and the melancholic, string-swept break-up song "Linger." If Everybody is in the end a derivative pleasure -- and O'Riordan's vocal acrobatics would never again be so relatively calm in comparison -- a pleasure it remains nonetheless, the work of a young band creating a fine little synthesis. ~ Ned Raggett

Product Details

Release Date:	10/19/2018
Label:	Island
UPC:	0602567505778
Rank:	545

Tracks

1. I Still Do
2. Dreams
3. Sunday
4. Pretty
5. Waltzing Back
6. Not Sorry
7. Linger
8. Wanted
9. Still Can't...
10. I Will Always
11. How
12. Put Me Down

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Cranberries   Primary Artist
Dolores O'Riordan   Lead Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic)
Noel Hogan   Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)
Mike Mahoney   Vocals (Background)
Mike Hogan   Guitar (Bass)
Fergal Lawler   Drums,Percussion
Mike O'Mahoney   Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Stephen Street   Engineer,Producer
Dolores O'Riordan   Arranger,Composer,Lyricist,Orchestration
Lisa Loeb   Composer
Noel Hogan   Composer
Dave Bascombe   Remixing,Performer
Aidan McGovern   Engineer
Burt Bacharach   Composer
Hal David   Composer
The Cranberries   Composer,Producer,Performer
Mike Mahoney   Sounds
Miles Showell   Mastering,Remastering
Pearse Gilmore   Producer
Mike O'Mahoney   Sounds