Ahead of an upcoming reissue of their debut album, the Cranberries' paid tribute to their lead singer, Dolores O'Riordan.
Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?, which was released in 1993, became an huge hit, selling six million copies worldwide.
Now, the album will be reissued with a deluxe edition featuring bonus content, including Spanish versions of singles Dreams and Linger, expanded linear notes, as well as new stereo mixes from the album's producer, Stephen Street.
The reissue also include cover versions of the Linger and Dreams from Mexican artists, BRATTY and Anasof.
Speaking about the album, drummer Fergal Lawler heaped the praise on producer Stephen Street for "capturing 'the Cranberries sound'".
"It seems like it wasn't so long ago because we all have vivid memories of that wonderful time", he said. "We went through a few false starts before we finally got to begin recording with Stephen Street in a cozy little studio, Windmill Lane 2, just off Stephen's Green in Dublin. We knew Steve was going to do a great job of capturing 'The Cranberries sound".
Paying tribute to his beloved bandmate, Dolores O'Riordan, who passed away in 2018 aged 46, The Cranberries' guitarist, Noel Hogan said: "The rest of us were happy to hang out in the background, but Dolores really embraced stardom".
He continued: "Everybody talked about how at our early gigs she’d stare at the floor or the ceiling because she was nervous, but she very quickly learned how to fill the stage and work a crowd, no matter how big it was".
"Dolores had a wildness and an attitude - 'This is who I am, take it or leave it!’ - which people loved".
On the band's success, Hogan added: "We come from a small town in Ireland where things like that didn’t happen, so it was fairytale material".
"Flying to L.A. to make a video and Michael Stipe visiting the set; sell-out gigs; limos collecting us from the hotel… we just soaked it all up".
Back in October, Noel Hogan had said that he was not expecting the album to achieve any major success following its initial release.
“We were quite limited. “But I’m glad there was a naevity to it. If I were a really good player, I’d have tried to make things a bit more lavish – it may not have worked", Hogan said of the band's musical ambition. More on this story from Nova here.
Last month, Noel Hogan and Fergal Lawler joined rising alt-pop star Sombr on stage at Dublin's 3Arena to perform Linger. Check this out and Nova's report here.
