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) Dolores had such a lust for life and for meeting new people. She was never ‘starry’ – if people came up to her and said they liked the show, she’d sit down and gab away for hours — Suede's Matt Osman on Dolores O'Riordan French album certifications – The Cranberries – Everyone Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.

This anniversary reissue was already in the works when Dolores O’Riordan died in January this year. After much soul searching, the band put out a statement saying “we thought about it and decided that as this is something that we started as a band, with Dolores, we should push ahead and finish it.” I really liked what I heard,” she mused. “I thought they were very nice and tight. It was a lovely potential band but they needed a singer – and direction.”

Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? was a slow burn. In the UK it failed to breach the top five in the month of its release – even as another Irish outfit, The Hothouse Flowers, reached number two on March 20th with their LP Songs from the Rain. Ultratop.be – The Cranberries – Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 July 2020. 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. El fracaso comercial de Loveless fue restituido con este disco de otra banda irlandesa, que sí tuvo la oportunidad de dar a conocer al mundo el sonido dreampop. Es cierto que con No need to argue, The Cranberries abandonó este estilo definitivamente, pero bandas como Cocteu twins, The Sundays o Sonic youth deberían estar agradecidos eternamente a The Cranberries por su labor divulgadora del dreampop y shoegaze.

Behind her introversion, O’Riordan had demons. She didn’t get into these on that first record, which is dominated by lyrics about young love and loss. Only later, on songs such as Fee Fi Fo from 1999′s Bury The Hatchet, would she delve into the sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of a family friend between the ages of eight and 12. On 7 March 2018, the band’s three surviving members announced they were releasing a special 25th anniversary newly remastered anniversary edition of the album, with previously unreleased material as well as other bonus material from the era of the album. However, it was delayed until late 2018, following the death of O'Riordan. Still, not everything was in their favour. The Cranberries were Irish before it was cool to be Irish (what historians called the “Father Ted dateline”). Meanwhile, the UK music press was too busy dribbling all over home-grown newcomers such as Suede to give them the time of day. Year-end charts [ edit ] 1994 year-end chart performance for Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? Chart (1994)Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol.11, no.8. 19 February 1994. p.14. OCLC 29800226– via World Radio History. 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. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1995". Billboard. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015 . Retrieved 18 February 2022.

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. 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. It is true that the two biggest hits on this album are Linger and Dreams, but other songs like Sunday, Not sorry, Put me down, Still can't or I will always surpass 9/10 in my humble opinion. Minor themes like Pretty or Wanted are also excellent, and there is no topic that is not noteworthy!Charts.nz – The Cranberries – Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 December 2021.