The Cranberries were an Irish rock band formed in Limerick in 1989, originally under the name The Cranberry Saw Us. Although widely associated with alternative rock, the band's sound incorporates post-punk and rock elements. Since their formation, the Cranberries have had eight studio albums, eight extended plays, 23 singles (including two re-releases), three live albums, seven compilation albums, eight video albums, and 21 music videos released.
| The Cranberries discography | |
|---|---|
 The Cranberries performing in Barcelona in March 2010 | |
| Studio albums | 8 |
| EPs | 8 |
| Live albums | 3 |
| Compilation albums | 7 |
| Singles | 23 |
| Video albums | 8 |
| Music videos | 21 |
| Promotional singles | 10 |
The Cranberries rose to fame with their debut album, Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?, which became a commercial success and was certified Platinum in Australia, 2× platinum in Britain, and 5× platinum in the US. Their next studio album, No Need to Argue, gave them the hit single "Zombie" and was their best-selling studio album. The band has achieved one number-one album on the UK Albums Chart (Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?) and two number-one singles on the Modern Rock Tracks chart ("Zombie" and "Salvation"). The album Roses was released on 27 February 2012. Their next record, Something Else, covering earlier songs together with the Irish Chamber Orchestra, was released on 28 April 2017. Their eighth and final studio album,[1] In The End, was released on 26 April 2019.
The group covered "(They Long to Be) Close to You" on the 1994 tribute album If I Were a Carpenter.
Albums
editStudio albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||||
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| IRE [2] |
AUS [3] |
AUT [4] |
CAN [5] |
FRA [6] |
GER [7] |
NZ [8] |
SWI [9] |
UK [10] |
US [11] | ||||||
| Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?[A] | 1 | 16 | — | 19 | 10 | 18 | 9 | — | 1 | 18 |
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| No Need to Argue |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
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| To the Faithful Departed |
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2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
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| Bury the Hatchet |
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4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
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| Wake Up and Smell the Coffee |
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9 | 85 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | — | 6 | 61 | 46 |
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| Roses |
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17 | — | 28 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 38 | 10 | 37 | 51 |
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| Something Else |
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18 | — | — | 96 | 27 | 60 | — | 43 | 18 | 54 | ||||
| In the End |
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3 | 28 | 16 | 34 | 11 | 8 | — | 5 | 10 | 119 | ||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
Notes
- A ^ Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? was remastered and re-released with exclusive bonus tracks in 2018.[24]
Compilation albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRE [25] |
AUS [3] |
AUT [4] |
BEL [26] |
GER [27] |
ITA [28] |
NED [29] |
NZ [8] |
SWI [9] |
UK [10] | |||||
| The Treasure Box |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Stars: The Best of 1992–2002 |
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4 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 16 | |||
| 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of The Cranberries |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Gold |
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— | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Icon: The Cranberries |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | — | — | |||
| Dreams – The Collection |
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3 | — | — | 173 | — | — | — | — | — | 44 |
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| Remembering Dolores |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Live albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRE [32] |
MEX [33] | |||||||||||||
| Bualadh Bos – The Cranberries Live |
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29 | 99 | |||||||||||
| Live 2010 |
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— | — | |||||||||||
| London 2012: Live at The Hammersmith Apollo |
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— | — | |||||||||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Extended plays
edit| Title | Extended play details |
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| Anything (as The Cranberry Saw Us) |
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| Water Circle (as The Cranberry Saw Us) |
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| Nothing Left at All (as The Cranberry Saw Us) |
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| Uncertain |
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| Zombie Live |
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| Doors and Windows |
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| Loud and Clear |
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| Wrapped Around Your Finger EP |
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Singles
edit| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRE [35] |
AUS [3] |
CAN [36] |
FRA [37] |
GER [38] |
ITA [39] |
NZ [40] |
UK [10] |
US [41] |
US Alt [42] | |||||
| 1992 | "Dreams" | 9 | 30 | 27 | — | — | 59 | 38 | 27 | 42 | 15 |
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Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? | |
| 1993 | "Linger" | 3 | 33 | 4 | — | — | 89 | 38 | 14 | 8 | 4 | |||
| 1994 | "Zombie" | 3 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 14 | — | 1 | No Need to Argue | ||
| "Ode to My Family" | 16 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 29 | — | 8 | 26 | — | 11 |
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| 1995 | "I Can't Be with You" | 21 | 30 | — | 24 | — | — | 25 | 23 | — | — | |||
| "Ridiculous Thoughts" | 23 | 60 | — | — | — | — | 43 | 20 | — | 14 | ||||
| 1996 | "Salvation" | 8 | 8 | 30 | 13 | 44 | 5 | 7 | 13 | — | 1 | To the Faithful Departed | ||
| "Free to Decide" | 28 | 43 | 2 | 43 | 94 | — | 19 | 33 | 22 | 8 | ||||
| "When You're Gone" | 21 | 40 | 15 | 26 | 94 | — | 23 | — | 22 | — | ||||
| 1997 | "Hollywood" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1999 | "Promises" | 19 | 78 | — | 32 | 45 | 4 | 20 | 13 | — | 12 | Bury the Hatchet | ||
| "Animal Instinct" | — | — | — | 55 | 72 | 34 | — | 54 | — | — | ||||
| "Just My Imagination" | — | — | — | 71 | 77 | 15 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2000 | "You and Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2001 | "Analyse" | 28 | — | — | 57 | — | 6 | — | 89 | — | — | Wake Up and Smell the Coffee | ||
| 2002 | "Time Is Ticking Out" | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "This Is the Day" | — | — | — | — | — | 43 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Stars" | — | — | — | — | — | 35 | — | — | — | — | Stars: The Best of 1992–2002 | |||
| 2011 | "Tomorrow" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Roses | ||
| 2017 | "Why" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Something Else | ||
| "Linger" (acoustic version) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2019 | "All Over Now" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | In the End | ||
| "Wake Me When It's Over" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Promotional singles
edit| Year | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | "Sunday" (US only) | Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? |
| "Still Can't..." (US only) | ||
| 1995 | "Liar" (Spain only) | Empire Records (soundtrack) |
| "Dreaming My Dreams" (UK only) | No Need to Argue | |
| 1996 | "I'm Still Remembering" (Brazil only) | To the Faithful Departed |
| 2000 | "Copycat" (Spain only) | Bury the Hatchet |
| 2012 | "Fire & Soul" (Russia only) | Roses |
| "Show Me the Way" | ||
| "Raining in My Heart" | ||
| "Waiting in Walthamstow" |
Videography
edit| Year | Title |
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| 1994 | The Cranberries Live
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| 1995 | Doors and Windows
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| 2001 | Beneath the Skin – Live in Paris
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| 2002 | Beneath the Skin – Live in Paris – 2
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| 2002 | Stars: The Best of Videos 1992–2002
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| 2005 | The Cranberries Live (re-release)
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| 2005 | 20th Century Masters Collection: The Cranberries
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| 2007 | Gold Collection: The Videos
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Music videos
edit| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | "Uncertain" | |
| 1992 | "Dreams" (version 1) | John Maybury[44] |
| 1993 | "Linger" | Melodie McDaniel[45] |
| 1994 | "Dreams" (version 2) | Peter Scammell[46] |
| "Dreams" (version 3) | Nico Soultanakis[47] | |
| "Zombie" | Samuel Bayer[48] | |
| 1995 | "Ode to My Family" | |
| "I Can't Be with You" | ||
| "Ridiculous Thoughts" | Freckles Flynn[49] | |
| 1996 | "Salvation" | Olivier Dahan[50] |
| "Free to Decide" | Marty Callner[51] | |
| "When You're Gone" | Karen Bellone[51] | |
| 1999 | "Promises" | Olivier Dahan[50] |
| "Animal Instinct" | ||
| "Just My Imagination" | Phil Harder[52] | |
| 2000 | "You & Me" | Maurice Linnane[51] |
| 2001 | "Analyse" | Keir McFarlane[53] |
| 2002 | "Time Is Ticking Out" | Maurice Linnane[51] |
| "This Is the Day" | Olivier Dahan[50] | |
| "Stars" | Jake Nava[54] | |
| 2012 | "Tomorrow" | Colin McIvor |
| 2019 | "All Over Now" | Dan Britt |
| "Wake Me When It's Over" |
References
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