The Cranberries - To the Faithful Departed
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Artist: The CranberriesEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1996-04-30
Music Label: Polygram Records
Soundtracks:
- Hollywood
- Salvation
- When You're Gone
- Free To Decide
- War Child
- Forever Yellow Skies
- The Rebels
- I Just Shot John Lennon
- Electric Blue
- I'm Still Remembering
- Will You Remember?
- Joe
- Bosnia
Free Music Notes for To the Faithful Departed
Free Music Review: Erratic, Forced, Characteristicallly Dull Lyrics.
Hit: 2 Stars
This CD is the first I have bought of the Cranberries, and if I had not explored their earlier releases, it would be the last. This was a band with extraordinary potential: truly unique lead vocals, distinctive sound(s), and real presence. They squander it, at least in this album, giving a jerky, distasteful performance. They are hooked on the idea of the yodeling punk band, and the result is miserable. There are moments, the gentler bits of "Electric Blue" and the delightfully gypsyish "Will You Remember?" that are truly decent, rich and potent instrumental segments. Then they yodel their trite and bland lyrics (most songs have only four or five lines, repeated to the gnawing point) and all falls down. What does she even mean, yelling over and over that "Salvation is Free"? There is always a cost to such things. If you're going to preach, preach something worth saying.
Look at the earlier stuff; it's calm, rich, and well-balanced. At least it seems that way in comparison. The lyrics are still dull, but it's ok somehow. And then write a review of it for me!
To the Faithful Departed Poster
This is the Cranberries' contribution to the time-honored difficult-third-album syndrome, with the Irish quartet--particularly frontwoman Dolores O'Riordan--working to expand its musical base and stretch out in new lyrical directions. While their efforts are only partially successful, the band approaches the task with such cocky confidence that the album maintains a consistently high level of likableness. The band employs a convincingly aggressive instrumental attack on "Salvation" and "Hollywood," while the lilting balladry of "Free to Decide" and "When You're Gone" underlines O'Riordan's ties to Celtic folk tradition. And while her efforts at tackling current events on "War Child," "Bosnia," and the controversial "I Shot John Lennon" are hit-and-miss, her obvious sense of commitment gives those songs an undeniable power. --Scott SchinderAlternative Rock Music CDs
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