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The Cranberries: Stars - The best of 1992-2002

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Label: Island Records
Released: 2002
Time:
 78:06
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: ******.... (6/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.cranberries.com
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Purchase date: 2010.04.19
Price in €: 2,00





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[1] Dreams (Hogan/O'Riordan) - 4:15
[2] Linger (Hogan/O'Riordan) - 4:34
[3] Zombie (O'Riordan, ORiordan) - 5:07
[4] Ode to My Family (Hogan/O'Riordan) - 4:31
[5] I Can't Be With You (Hogan/O'Riordan) - 3:07
[6] Ridiculous Thoughts (Hogan/O'Riordan) - 3:36
[7] Salvation (Hogan/O'Riordan) - 2:24
[8] Free to Decide (O'Riordan) - 3:23
[9] When You're Gone (O'Riordan) - 3:52
[10] Hollywood (O'Riordan) - 4:19
[11] Promises (O'Riordan) - 3:32
[12] Animal Instinct (Hogan/O'Riordan) - 3:32
[13] Just My Imagination (O'Riordan) - 3:13
[14] You & Me (Hogan/O'Riordan) - 3:17
[15] Analyse (O'Riordan) - 4:06
[16] Time Is Ticking Out (Hogan/O'Riordan) - 3:01
[17] This Is the Day (O'Riordan) - 4:15
[18] Daffodil Lament (O'Riordan) - 6:06
[19] New New York (Hogan/O'Riordan) - 4:09
[20] Stars (Hogan/O'    Riordan) - 3:31

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Dolores O'Riordan - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Producer
Mike Hogan - Bass, Producer
Noel Hogan - Guitar, Producer
Fergal Lawler - Percussion, Drums, Producer

Bruce Fairbairn - Producer
Benedict Tobias Fenner - Producer
Stephen Street - Producer
Gordon Vicary - Mastering
Andy Earl - Cover Photo
Rupert Truman - Collage
Darrell Lance Abbott - Collage
Cally - Research, Archivist
Peter Curzon - Design
Storm Thorgerson - Design

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2002 CD Island 063277
2002 CD Universal International 63315
2002 CD Universal Music TV 0633862
2002 CD Island Records 0633152
2006 CD Universal International 9830615
2007 CD Island 9849743
2007 CD Island 9849743
2007 CD Island 9059

20 track 10 year career-spanning Cranberries collection which includes the UK Top 20 singles 'Linger', 'Zombie' (both from 1994), 'Ridiculous Thoughts' (1995) and 'Salvation' (1996). Hailing from Limerick and led by vocalist Dolores O'Riordan, The Cranberries first made waves with their debut long player 'Everyone Else Is Doing It...' in 1993 and have enjoyed continued success with subsequent albums, especially in the US.



STARS is a collection containing several different single versions, new edits and 2 previously unreleased tracks. After hitting the top of the U.S, alternative charts with their debut album, EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING IT SO WHY CAN'T WE?, ...    Full Descriptionwith its inescapable hit singles "Dreams" and "Linger," the Cranberries could easily have carved out a career staying with that initial sound, one that came off like a much more commercial version of the Cocteau Twins. That they didn't do, instead introducing their second album with a harsh political protest song called "Zombie" that perhaps lost them some sales but spoke well of their artistic ideals. STARS: THE BEST OF THE CRANBERRIES 1992-2002 is a solid overview of the Irish group's singles from throughout their career, from the early hits to worthy later gems such as "This Is The Day." STARS: THE BEST OF THE CRANBERRIES 1992-2002 was also released in a limited-edition version that added a DVD of music videos and other material.



Stars draws together, chronologically, the Cranberries' very best work. Their worldwide hit debut album is represented by the soft Celtic lilt of "Linger" and "Dreams". The follow-up, No Need to Argue, contributes five tracks, including the grungy "Zombie", while the anti-drug treatise "Salvation" and the street-corner-style "When You're Gone" appear from To the Faithful Departed, along with "Hollywood" and "Free to Decide". Both 1999's Bury the Hatchet and 2001's Wake Up and Smell the Coffee feature strongly as well, the latter being marked by the new-found contentment of the band's hitherto spiky vocalist Dolores O'Riordan. As often with best-of packages, previously unreleased material is included, but as fans will know, the main reason to possess this CD is the Cranberries' unique combination of agonised love songs, vicious invective and beautiful melodies.

Dominic Wills - Amazon.co.uk



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 - All Music Guide
 

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