Combining the melodic jangle of post-Smiths indie guitar pop with the lilting, trance-inducing sonic textures of late- 80s dream pop and adding a slight Celtic tint, the Cranberries became one of the more successful groups to emerge from the pre-Brit-pop indie scene of the early 90s. Led by vocalist Dolores O Riordan, whose keening, powerful voice was the most distinctive element of the group s sound, they initially had little impact in the United Kingdom. It wasn t until the lush ballad Linger became a worldwide hit in 1993 that the band achieved mass success. Following Linger, the Cranberries quickly became international stars, as both their 1993 debut album, Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can t We?, and its 1994 follow-up, No Need to Argue, sold millions of copies and produced a string of hit singles.
NO NEED TO ARGUE
1994 LP ISLAND RECORDS ILPS 8029 / 524050-1
MADE IN EUROPE for UK EUROPEAN MARKET ORIGINAL PRESSING
GATEFOLD COVER INNER SLEEVE
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: 7 31452 40501 2
Label Code: LC 0407
Other Price Code : PY 281
LABEL: ISLAND - BLUE LABEL w/LOGO at BOTTOM - SILVER Black on rim TEXT
Catalog on cover: ILPS 8029 / 524050-1
Catalog on labels: ILPS 8029 525 050-1 524 050-1/A / ILPS 8029 525 050-1 524 050-1/B
Matrix / Runout Side A, Etched, SNA logo stamped : ILPS 8029 A-1 SNA logo
Matrix / Runout Side B, Etched, SNA logo stamped : ILPS 8029 B-1 SNA logo
On labels: rim text reads AllRights.......prohibited
Produced by Stephen Street
Recorded..........The Townhouse
1994 Island Records Inc.
The copyright..............in the UK
LC 0407 circled BIEM STEMRA boxed
On back cover: 1994 Island Records Inc. 1994 Island Records Inc.
The copyright.........in the U.K. warning: All Rights reserved.........Island Music Ltd.
tracklisting
Side A: ODE TO MY FAMILY - I CAN T BE WITH YOU - TWENTY ONE
ZOMBIE - EMPTY - EVERYTHING I SAID - THE ICICLE MELTS
Side B: DISAPPOINTMENT - RIDICOLOUS THOUGHTS - DREAMING MY DREAMS
YEAT S GRAVE - DAFFODIL LAMENT - NO NEED TO ARGUE
grading
RECORD EX but please, read above description
SLEEVE NEAR EX but please, see pictures and read above description
With their surprise success behind them, the Cranberries went ahead and essentially created a sequel to Everybody Else is Doing It, So Why Can t We with only tiny variations, with mixed results. The fact that the album is essentially a redo of previously established stylistic ground isn t apparent in just the production, handled again by Stephen Street, or the overall sound, or even that one particularly fine song is called Dreaming My Dreams. Everybody wasn t a laugh riot, to be sure, but No Need to Argue starts to see O Riordan take a more commanding and self-conscious role that ended up not standing the band in good stead later. Lead single Zombie is the offender in this regard -- the heavy rock trudge isn t immediately suited for the band s strengths notably, O Riordan wrote this without Noel Hogan -- while the subject matter the continuing Northern Ireland tensions ends up sounding trivialized. Opening cut Ode to My Family is actually one of the band s best, with a lovely string arrangement created by O Riordan, her overdubbed vocals showing her distinct vocal tics. Where No Need succeeds best is when the Cranberries stick at what they know, resulting in a number of charmers like Twenty One, the uilleann pipes-touched Daffodil s Lament, which has an epic sweep that doesn t overbear like Zombie, and the evocative Disappointment ... AllMusic
