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The Cranberries - Stars: The Best of 1992-2002

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I know that best-of albums are for the most part just a way for the record company to make more money out of the same songs. Still these albums can be useful to get to know an artist. And - like on this album as well - most of the time some new tracks are added, to convince the potential buyer. For myself: I always want to have my collections complete, so I want to buy every single album from an artist I like, including the best-ofs (music industry must like people like me ;-) ). I bought this album in October of 2010. Actually it is a very nice overview of the 10 years during career of The Cranberries before their big hiatus of another 10 years. All their 17 singles from the first 5 albums are on this album, together with one non-single track which was picked by the fans and two brand new songs. I really like most of the songs on this album…

The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?: The Complete Sessions 1991-1993

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Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? is the first album of The Cranberries and certainly not their best (at least in my opinion). I like to listen to it, because it is kind of relaxing and it really breaths the atmosphere of the nineties. But when listening more closely to the individual songs, most of them are actually fillers and don't really leave an impression. They are all very repetitive and all sound a bit the same. In the end I can remember only a few of them, which are the best songs, or at least my personal favourites. But when regarding the album as a kind of 'first attempt', or 'a shot in the dark' which is what the title implies, then I must admit it is quite okay. Although the overall sound is not very unique or original, the album contains a few very good songs and it definitely showed that the band had potential. …

Mostly just for reference purposes, since I doubt anyone actually cares about this V:
Assorted alphabetically by artist (some I got as cassettes 'cause they were really cheap and I couldn't find CD copies at that moment in time, hence little/no scrobbles from them, those albums are labeled as such)
Air - Moon Safari
Anamanaguchi - Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game (Original Videogame Soundtrack)
Andrew Bird - Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
Anna Calvi - Anna Calvi
The Antlers - Hospice
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
Badly Drawn Boy - Have You Fed the Fish?
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
Beck - Guero
Beck - Odelay
Beck - Sea Change
Beck - Midnite Vultures
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My personal ranking of The Cranberries studio albums.

01. No Need To Argue (1994)
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Favorite Tracks
Ode To My Family
Zombie
Empty

02. Bury The Hatchet (1999)
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Favorite Tracks
Animal Instinct
Dying In The Sun
Saving Grace

03. Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (1993)
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Favorite Tracks
Linger
Dreams
I Still Do

04. To the Faithful Departed (1996)
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Favorite Tracks
Hollywood
Salvation
Free To Decide

05. Wake Up And Smell The Coffee (2001)
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Favorite Tracks
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