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90
The Cranberries second album, No Need to Argue, is definitely the band's essential album.
11y
80
Where No Need succeeds best is when the Cranberries stick at what they know.
11y
80
The Cranberries write traditional but timeless songs ... Cranberry charms emerge slowly but reliably. They are a fine group and this is a fine record.
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3y
75
The Irish foursome’s sophomore effort is a modest departure from its double-platinum debut. The new set thrives on the same Celtic flourishes and pretty, rambling arrangements.
10y
75
No Need To Argue sets its own musical identity firmly alongside its older sibling: O’Riordan’s whoops and hollers still brittle, still stick thin, though seeming to edge an octave higher than they did before.
6mo
50
The sweetness of the debut has been replaced by a stodgy adult bitterness, like tea steeped too long or porter gone sour.
11y
40
This is one unhappy record and, it has to be said, it's a drag.
The Cranberries are certainly one of the most influential bands in pop and rock from the early '90s. Their debut album, *Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?* shot them to the top of the charts in Europe and the United States in just a few months, thanks in large part to MTV, the omnipresent music channel so influential in shaping trends at the time. So when it came time to release a second album, one might have doubted the ability of such a young band to follow up their ... read more
The third LP that I ever bought is still as good as it was when this was released some 28 years ago!
Lyrically, vocally and musically this is beautiful, haunting and uplifting. For me it is their best work and has stood the test of time and will continue to do so.
Essential Track - The Icicle Melts
Sucker for an album with melancholy vibes, but I do prefer Everybody else is doing it, so why can't we. Also I love Zombie
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Track List
| 1 | Ode to My Family 4:31 | 93 |
| 2 | I Can't Be With You 3:08 | 87 |
| 3 | Twenty One 3:10 | 84 |
| 4 | Zombie 5:07 | 94 |
| 5 | Empty 3:28 | 82 |
| 6 | Everything I Said 3:55 | 84 |
| 7 | The Icicle Melts 2:54 | 85 |
| 8 | Disappointment 4:16 | 83 |
| 9 | Ridiculous Thoughts 4:33 | 91 |
| 10 | Dreaming My Dreams 3:38 | 82 |
| 11 | Yeats' Grave 3:05 | 84 |
| 12 | Daffodil Lament 6:08 | 88 |
| 13 | No Need to Argue 2:52 | 85 |
Total Length: 50 minutes
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4mo
daffodil lament has to be one of my favourite songs ever. even when i'm having the best day it manages to crush me and at the same time give me hope for a utopian future that is obviously impossible. so crush me
7mo
daffodil lament, to me, perfectly captures the essence of life with its ups and downs - sometimes blissful, at other times hopeless and dark.
