Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? |
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Studio album by The Cranberries | ||||
Released | 1 March 1993 | |||
Recorded | 1992–93 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Length | 40:54 | |||
Label | Island | |||
Producer | Stephen Street | |||
The Cranberries chronology | ||||
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Singles from Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? | ||||
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
Entertainment Weekly | B |
Los Angeles Times | |
PopMatters | (favorable) |
Q | |
Robert Christgau | A- |
Rolling Stone | (favorable) |
Slant Magazine |
Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? is the debut album by Irish rock band The Cranberries. Released in 1993, it was their first full-length album after having released four EPs, and is also their first major label release. The album was written entirely by the band's lead singer Dolores O'Riordan and guitarist Noel Hogan. It reached number 9 on the Irish Albums Chart and number 1 in the UK. At the end of 1995, it ranked as the 50th best selling album in Australia.
All lyrics written by Dolores O'Riordan; all music composed by Dolores O'Riordan and Noel Hogan except tracks 5, 10, 11 which are by Dolores O'Riordan.
The album was re-released in 2002, under the title Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (The Complete Sessions 1991-1993). This version of the album featured bonus tracks as well as B-sides from the singles lifted off the album.
All personnel credits adapted from Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?'s liner notes.
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone