Suede nonetheless had warm memories of their time, as their bassist Matt Osman explained to me when I spoke to him for Hot Press. Fadele, Dele (27 February 1993). "The Cranberries: Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?". NME. p.31. Ultratop.be – The Cranberries – Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 July 2020. Hollingsworth, Chauncey (11 August 1995). "Food For Thought". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 4 April 2021 . Retrieved 28 August 2021.

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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

Offiziellecharts.de – The Cranberries – Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Lescharts.com – The Cranberries – Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 December 2021. 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. It was difficult for us first to break into the Dublin scene which was a good thing,” O’Riordan told Ian Dempsey in December 1993, by which time Everybody Else Is Doing It was selling 80,000 units a week in the US. “People tend to break into the Dublin scene and stay there forever.”

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Clark, Tyler (3 March 2018). "The Cranberries' Stunning Debut Does More Than Just Linger 25 Years Later". Consequence. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020 . Retrieved 4 September 2021. Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas . Retrieved 27 February 2019. Type The Cranberries in the box under the ARTISTA column headingand Everybody Else os Do in the box under the TÍTULO column heading. 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.

With Rough Trade Records boss Geoff Travis taking over managerial duties, and a deal with Island Records in the bag, The Cranberries paired up with producer Stephen Street (The Smiths, Blur, The Psychedelic Furs) to record their debut album during 1992. 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. a b Sweeney, Eamon (19 October 2018). "The Cranberries: 'Everyone Else is Doing It, So Why Can't We?' – Still spellbinding after all these years". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 19 October 2018 . Retrieved 28 October 2018. 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 Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1995". Billboard. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015 . Retrieved 18 February 2022.

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. New Zealand album certifications – The Cranberries – Everybody Else os Doing It So Why Can't We?". Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved 27 March 2017. Hauser, Christine (15 January 2018). "Dolores O'Riordan, Lead Singer of the Cranberries, Dies at 46". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018 . Retrieved 28 August 2021.

The music and O’Riordan’s lyrics assume a noticeably more sullen tone on the brooding “Pretty,” in which she takes a condescending lover to task, and “I Will Always,” a lovelorn, lullaby-like lament about setting her partner free to explore his independence. Chart History – The Cranberries – Billboard 200". Billboard. n.d. Archived from the original on 14 February 2020 . Retrieved 14 February 2020.

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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." Somewhat surprisingly considering the album’s critical and commercial success, first stateside and subsequently in the UK, only two official singles were released. But each of these songs is damn near flawless. Unveiled five months before the album launch, lead single “Dreams” is an uplifting love song that finds O’Riordan reveling in new love, her sweet—yet never saccharine—vocals gliding seamlessly atop the lush, propulsive arrangement. European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol.11, no.12. 19 March 1994. p.18. OCLC 29800226– via World Radio History. Sinclair, Tom (4 June 1993). "Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020 . Retrieved 29 August 2021. a b c d e f g h i Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (Super Deluxe) (booklet). The Cranberries. Island. 2018. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link)