History Music / TheCranberries

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Nearly all of their material fits snugly in the 2-4 range ("Linger", "Dreams" and "Animal Instinct", for instance), although they weren't afraid to throw a curve ball and release songs as high as the 6 range ("Zombie", "Promises" and "Hollywood" are prime examples).

* BoyishShortHair: For a good period of TheNineties and briefly during their reunion tour, Dolores sported this hairstyle and even sported a [[BaldWomen buzz cut]] for the cover picture of ''To the Faithfully Departed''.

'''The Cranberries''' were an Irish alternative pop/rock band. They formed in Limerick in 1989. The original lineup consisted of lead singer Niall Quinn, lead guitarist Noel Hogan, his brother Mike Hogan on bass guitar, and Fergal Lawler on drums. The band was originally called "[[IncrediblyLamePun The Cranberry Saw Us]]". After less than a year Quinn left the band and the remaining members put out an advertisement for a new singer. Dolores O'Riordan responded to the ad by writing lyrics to some band demos. The song she came up with was "Linger". The band hired her.

* NonAppearingTitle: "Ode To My Family."

%%* TorchSong: "Will You Remember?" seems to be one.

+ Music/{{Adele}}, Music/FlorenceAndTheMachine, Music/{{Halsey}}, Music/MichelleBranch, Pale Waves, Faye Wong

* ''Something Else'' (2017) -- acoustic versions of Cranberries hits

* ''Something Else'' (2017)

* GriefSong: "Cordell" was written as a tribute to Irish record producer Denny Cordell, who died in 1995.

* LighterAndSofter: ''Bury the Hatchet'' and ''Wake Up and Smell the Coffee'' in contrast to the more serious ''No Need to Argue'' and ''To the Faithful Departed''.

* GreatestHitsAlbum: ''Stars: The Best of 1992–2002''

On January 15th, 2018, Dolores O'Riordan was found dead at the age of 46 in London, where she was doing some recording sessions. Her death was later reported in September that year to be the result of an alcohol-influenced drowning. The last recordings she made with the rest of the band were released in 2019 as ''In the End'', the Cranberries' final album.

* DrugsAreBad: "Salvation", in which Dolores O'Riordan admonishes kids to, you know, not do drugs.

* NonAppearingTitle: "Ode To My Family"

* ShellShockedVeteran: "Zombie"

* TitleOnlyChorus: "Just My Imagination" (aside from two stray "It was").

* WhamLine: "Forever Yellow Skies"

* ShelllShockedVeteran: "Zombie"

* ShelllShockedVeteren: "Zombie"

[[caption-width-right:350:Left to right: Fergal Lawler, Dolores O'Riordan, Noel Hogan, Mike Hogan]]

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-->"Linger"

'''The Cranberries''' are an Irish alternative pop/rock band. They formed in Limerick in 1989. The original lineup consisted of lead singer Niall Quinn, lead guitarist Noel Hogan, his brother Mike Hogan on bass guitar, and Fergal Lawler on drums. The band was originally called "[[IncrediblyLamePun The Cranberry Saw Us]]". After less than a year Quinn left the band and the remaining members put out an advertisement for a new singer. Dolores O'Riordan responded to the ad by writing lyrics to some band demos. The song she came up with was "Linger". The band hired her.

On January 15th, 2018, Dolores O'Riordan was found dead at the age of 46 in London, where she was doing some recording sessions. Her death was later reported in September that year to be the result of an alcohol-influenced drowning. The band has said her recordings were complete enough to be turned into what will be their final album.

* AltumVidetur: "adiuva me Domine deus"--"help me, O God"--from "Electric Blue Eyes"

--> People are strangers/People deranged or

Their first album, ''Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?'' became a hit both in Britain and America and spawned the hit singles "Dreams" and "Linger". They followed that with ''No Need To Argue'', which featured a somewhat heavier sound, especially in the single "Zombie", which became the biggest hit the group ever had. Their third album, ''To the Faithful Departed'', filled with ultra-serious songs about subjects such as death, the murder of Music/JohnLennon, and the war in Bosnia, sold well but not as well as ''No Need to Argue'', and became a commercial setback for the band. ''Bury the Hatchet'' and ''Wake Up and Smell the Coffee'' received mixed reviews and marginal sales. The band then broke up, embarking on an 11-year hiatus (in which both O'Riordan and Noel Hogan pursued solo projects) before reuniting and putting out new album ''Roses'' in 2012.

* MaleBandFemaleSinger: Dolores O'Riordan as the lead female and [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the only woman in the group]], which also was TheFaceOfTheBand.

* RecordProducer: Stephen Street has produced four of their six albums.
* RecycledSoundtrack: The Niall Quinn era demo track "How's It Going To Bleed?" (from before Dolores time in the band) had some of its melody and atmosphere reused in "Fee Fi Fo" on ''Bury the Hatchet'', 10 years later. Also, "Linger"'s chords were originally written for a song of the Quinn era, though the song is largely Dolores's composition.
** The tune in "Promises", in particular the bass riff, is very similar to that of popular B-Side "So Cold In Ireland", and when "Promises" was debuted live in 1998 fans made this comparison.

* SpokenWordInMusic: "Yeat's Grave" quotes from [[http://www.bartleby.com/147/36.html a poem]] by [[Creator/WilliamButlerYeats the man himself]].

On January 15th, 2018, Dolores O'Riordan was found dead at the age of 46 in London, where she was doing some recording sessions. The band has said her recordings were complete enough to be turned into what will be their final album.

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* RecycledSoundtrack: The Niall Quinn era demo track "How's It Going To Bleed?" (from before Dolores time in the band) had some of its melody and atmosphere reused in "Fee Fi Fo" on Bury The Hatchet, 10 years later. Also, Linger's chords were originally written for a song of the Quinn era, though the song is largely Dolores's composition.