''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 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, singer and songwriter. She was best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist for the alternative rock band the Cranberries. One of the most recogniza ...

and guitarist

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. It reached number one on both the UK and Irish albums charts. The album 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 130 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.

Track listing

Original release

Super Deluxe (2018)

Disc two

Disc three

Disc four

Personnel

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

– lead vocals, acoustic guitar *

– lead guitar, backing vocals *Mike Hogan – bass guitar *Fergal Lawler – drums, percussion Additional musicians *Mike Mahoney – additional vocals (2) Production *

Stephen Street Stephen Brian Street (born 29 March 1960 in Hackney, London) is an English music 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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