The Cranberries

The Cranberries brought the emotional accent of Limerick to the center of 1990s alternative rock. Noel Hogan’s crystalline guitar and Dolores O'Riordan’s voice could sound intimate on “Linger” and “Dreams” or cutting on “Zombie”, a tension that defined the band.

After the peak came wear, hiatus and reunion. O'Riordan’s death in 2018 made In the End, assembled from vocal recordings already made, a deliberate ending: not a replacement, but a farewell.

Why listen to The Cranberries?

Delicate, wounded songs that manage to turn intimacy, memory and conflict into huge choruses.