''Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?'' is the debut studio album by Irish

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band

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. Released on 1 March 1993 through

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after four

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, it is both the band's first full-length album and major label release. The album was written entirely by the band's lead singer

Dolores O'Riordan Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan ( ; 6 September 1971 – 15 January 2018) was an Irish musician and singer-songwriter who achieved international fame as the lead vocalist of the rock band The Cranberries. O'Riordan was the principal songwriter of ...

and guitarist

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and contains the band's highest charting US single, "

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". The album reached number one on the UK and the Irish albums charts. It spent a total of 86 weeks on the UK chart. On 24 June 1994, it became the fifth album in rock history to reach number one more than a year after release. At the end of 1995, it ranked as the 50th best selling album in Australia. It reached number 18 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart and stayed on this chart for 136 weeks; the album sold six million copies worldwide. On 7 March 2018, the band's three remaining members announced they were releasing a special 25th anniversary newly remastered anniversary edition of the album, with previously unreleased material as well as other bonus material from the era of the album. However, it was delayed until late 2018, following the death of O'Riordan.

Release

The song "Sunday" was released as a promotion single in the US in 1993, before

decided to opt for a re-release the band's first two European singles, "Dreams" and "Linger" in 1994. A demo version of "Sunday" was featured on the band's 1990 EP cassette ''

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''. An acoustic version was released on the

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1995 compilation ''Rare on Air, volume 2''. A live version of "Sunday" was included on one of the band's " Free to Decide" single. The performance was recorded at The Point, in Dublin (Ireland) on 2 June 1995. Another live version was featured on the band's live compilation '' Bualadh Bos'' released in 2010. The performance was recorded at Pine Knob in Clarkston, MI on 18 August 1996 during the Free to Decide World Tour.

Track listing

Original release

2002 release

The 2002 re-release included additional tracks.

Super Deluxe (2018)

Disc two

Disc three

Disc four

Personnel

The album's liner notes credit the following personnel: The Cranberries *

– vocals, acoustic guitar *

– guitar, backing vocals *Mike Hogan – bass guitar *Fergal Lawler – drums, percussion Additional musicians *Mike Mahoney – backing vocals and additional sounds (on "Dreams") Production *

Stephen Street Stephen Brian Street (born 29 March 1960 in Hackney, London) is an English record producer best known for his work with the Smiths, the Cranberries and Blur. Street collaborated with Morrissey on his debut album '' Viva Hate'' following the ...

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*Aidan McGovern – additional engineering (1–5, 7–12)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Notes

References

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