The second half of the '90s was difficult for the Cranberries, not just because of changing fashions, but because the group embraced both a social consciousness and a prog rock infatuation, crystallized by the Storm Thorgerson cover of Bury the Hatchet. Thorgerson has been retained for their fifth effort, Wake Up and Smell the Coffee, but the group has hardly pursued the indulgent tendencies of their previous collaboration with him -- instead, they've re-teamed with producer {$Stephen Str...   [ read more ]

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The Cranberries' brief residency at the top of the alternative rock food chain in the early '90s produced a handful of excellent singles, a fact that's driven home effectively on the blissfully brief 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Cranberries. Listeners who balked at Island's jam-packed Stars: The Best of 1992-2002 -- some versions included a bonus disc and a DVD -- will find everything they need here ("Zombie," "Dreams," "Salvation," and {&"Linger...   [ read more ]

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