The self-effacing album, Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?, title calls attention to the glut of bands currently playing dream pop you know, New Age's hipper cousin and, on first listen, Ireland's Cranberries sound like Sade with guitars, a frightening enough proposition. But over time singer Dolores O'Riordan's breathy vocals and the band's subtle melodies begin to seduce. The Cranberries are Quiet Storm music for the alternative-rock generation. B


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