EW's GRADE
B

Details Lead Performance: The Cranberries; Genre: Rock

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

Originally posted Jun 04, 1993 Published in issue #173 Jun 04, 1993 Order article reprints

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