Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?

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Everyone Else is Doing It, So Why Can't We? captured a fledgling band at their best, refreshingly free of the bombast, bluster and harshness of some of their later work, and weaving soft and subtle sonic spells. Of course, The Cranberries achieved so much more after their debut, with No Need to Argue in 1994 selling millions more copies. Everything changed because of America,” Hogan told me. That autumn, the group set out on a US tour as support to Suede, floppy-haired wunderkinds beloved of the London music scene. However, what worked in Camden didn’t necessarily come off in Colorado. Out there in the American heartland, it was O’Riordan’s fragility that people took to rather than Suede singer Brett Anderson’s performative androgyny.

Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (CD). The Cranberries. Island Records. 1993. 514 156-2. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) The Cranberries have announced a 25th anniversary edition box set edition of their landmark debut album Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? Originally released on 12th March 1993, the album hit the No.1 spot in both the UK and Ireland and sold over 6 million copies worldwide. a b Abjorensen, Norman (2017). Historical Dictionary of Popular Music. Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts. Australia: Rowman & Littlefield. pp.118–119. ISBN 978-1-5381-0215-2.

Island wisely chose the record’s twin artistic peaks, the slow-burning “Dreams” and the seductive “Linger,” as the album’s trailer singles, yet despite the favorable critical notices, neither caught fire the first time round. However, after The Cranberries embarked on a lengthy tour with Suede, they came to the attention of MTV, who duly granted the “Dreams” and “Linger” videos heavy rotation. Just 21 years old at the time of the album’s arrival, O’Riordan invites the listener on an autobiographical journey from adolescence to adulthood, the vicissitudes of young love providing the central thematic focus from beginning to end. "I know exactly what every song on that album was about," O'Riordan explained to Rolling Stone in 1995. "And I know exactly what night I wrote it on and why I wrote it. And I'm kind of proud of them because they do elaborate very much how I felt at that time." British album certifications – Cranberries – Everybody Else is Doing It, So Why Can't We?". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 28 July 2021.

As a songwriter, O’Riordan paid little attention to poetics and instead focused on firm, recurring questions: How do I feel now, what do I do next, can I learn anything from this? It is selfish songwriting that ends up being remarkably generous: O’Riordan’s recognition of her own emotional depths is affirming. Every matter of the heart is treated like a butterfly pinned under glass, a quietly complex entity deserving of appreciation for simply managing to once exist in this cruel world. Raggett, Ned. "Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? – The Cranberries". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 5 April 2021 . Retrieved 5 January 2012. At the time, it was just another song and another day, but years later I realise how much that day changed our lives — Noel Hogan on Linger They had not quite meshed as a band either. O’Riordan was an outsider who preferred to sing alone. This resulted in an unusual dynamic during the recording of Everybody Else. The boys would toil all day in the studio. Then Stephen Street would set up for their singer, who’d arrive as they were exiting. Forrest, Emma (28 July 1995). " 'The Cranberries have broken the all-important American market. Americans clasped Dolores to their bosom as Sinead O'Connor Lite – soaring Irish vocals without the politics' ". The Independent. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020 . Retrieved 4 September 2021.Dolores O’Riordan performs with The Cranberries in Holmdel, New Jersey, on September 9th, 1996. Photograph: Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times Last year, the four members of the Cranberries – Dolores O’Riordan, Noel Hogan, Mike Hogan and Fergal Lawler – came together to plan this 25th-anniversary release. Everything was put on hold following O’Riordan’s untimely death in January this year, but now the remaining band members have decided to go ahead with the 25th-anniversary edition, which is released on 19 October on UMG, as a 4CD super deluxe box set and also a limited clear vinyl edition, among other formats. All self-professed fans of The Smiths, O’Riordan, Noel Hogan (lead guitar), his brother Mike Hogan (bass guitar), and Fergal Lawler (percussion) upped the ante for their debut album by employing the studio services of Stephen Street. The London-born Street had performed engineer duties for much of their musical heroes’ discography and produced their swan song LP, 1987’s Strangeways, Here We Come, later collaborating with the likes of Morrissey and Blur, among other notable British artists, in addition to overseeing The Cranberries’ subsequent efforts No Need to Argue (1994), Wake Up and Smell the Coffee (2001), and Roses (2012). Dolores O’Riordan. 'I wondered how and why she wasn’t already in a band,' said Noel Hogan of his initial encounter with the singer. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons

The ARIA Australian Top 100 Albums 1994". Australian Record Industry Association Ltd. Archived from the original on 2 November 2015 . Retrieved 19 May 2022. Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?” is the debut studio album by The Cranberries. Released on 1 March 1993, it was their first full-length album after having released four EPs, and is also their first major label release. The album was written entirely by the band’s lead singer Dolores O'Riordan and guitarist Noel Hogan. It reached number one on both the UK and Irish albums charts. At the end of 1995, it ranked as the 50th best selling album in Australia. It reached number 18 on the US Billboard 200 albums chart and sold over five million copies there.ARIA Top 100 Albums for 1995". Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 30 December 2021. In 1992 the Cranberries took on a new manager in the form of the iconic Geoff Travis of Rough Trade and began recording their debut album with producer Stephen Street. Street brought with him a vast production resume as both engineer and producer (the Smiths, Morrissey, Blur) as well as expertise as a songwriter having co-written Morrissey’s first solo album Viva Hate (1988). For the Cranberries to be working with the producer of Strangeways Here We Come was a dream come true.

Es cierto que los dos mayores hits de este disco son Linger y Dreams, pero otros temas como Sunday, Not sorry, Put me down, Still can't o I will always superan el 9/10 en mi humilde opinión. Los temas menores como Pretty o Wanted también son excelentes, ¡y es que no hay ningún tema que no sea reseñable! Munoz, Mario (22 August 1993). "The Cranberries, 'Everybody Else is Doing It, So Why Can't We?' Island". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 16 September 2015 . Retrieved 29 August 2021. Australiancharts.com – The Cranberries – Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

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The Cranberries – This month marks the 25th anniversary of..." Facebook. 7 March 2018. Archived from the original on 26 February 2022 . Retrieved 8 March 2018. a b c d "The Cranberries' 'Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?' 2nd Anniversary Box Set To be Released October 19 by Island /UMe". UMG Catalog. 30 August 2018. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020 . Retrieved 20 June 2020. The album was recorded in 1992 and produced by Stephen Street (who had worked on Blur’s Modern Life Is Rubbish in the same year). It was released in March 1993 and features the singles ‘Dreams’ and ‘Linger’; the latter a transatlantic top ten hit. The album topped the charts in both the UK and Ireland. Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? 4CD box set