Roses (album)
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| Studio album by The Cranberries | ||||
| Released | 22 February 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 18 April – 15 May 2011 (Metalworks Studios, Mississauga, Ontario) 20–22 June 2011 (Miloco Studios, London) |
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| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 44:20 | |||
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Cooking Vinyl (Worldwide) Downtown Records (USA) Gold Lake Records (Canada) |
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| Producer | Stephen Street | |||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
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Deluxe edition artwork
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| Metacritic | (59/100) |
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| AllMusic |    |
| American Songwriter | |
| The A.V. Club | C |
| Consequence of Sound | |
| Entertainment Weekly | C+ |
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Roses is the sixth studio album by Irish band The Cranberries, released in the Republic of Ireland on 24 February 2012 and globally on 27 February 2012 through Cooking Vinyl and Downtown Records. Produced by Stephen Street, it is the band's first studio release in ten years. Originally planned to be released in early 2004 the recordings for the follow-up to Wake Up and Smell the Coffee were scrapped after the band decided to go their separate ways. After a six-year hiatus, The Cranberries announced their intention to record a new album during their 2009–2010 reunion tour. The title Roses was announced on The Cranberries website, on 24 May 2011.
The Cranberries worked on 19 tracks for the Roses album in Toronto and London between April and June 2011 with producer Stephen Street, who previously collaborated with the band on Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?, No Need to Argue and Wake Up and Smell the Coffee. Seventeen tracks were finished for the album. According to producer Stephen Street, the recordings recapture "the delicate darker mood of [the earlier Cranberries albums]". The album will include string arrangements.
The Cranberries recorded 15 tracks at the Metalworks Studios in Mississauga, Ontario (Canada) from 18 April to 15 May 2011. All album tracks, except "Waiting in Walthamstow", were recorded during the first session, along with "Someday", "Serendipity", "In It Together", "Perfect World" and "Stop Me", – ..."all the tracks will see commercial release in some form.". "Losing My Mind" was first titled "Eyelash".
The band and producer Stephen Street went back into studio st the Miloco Studios in London from Monday 20 June to Wednesday 22 June, to work on four new backing tracks for the upcoming album. Two new songs, "Waiting in Walthamstow" and "Always", were completed during this recording session. The titles of the unfinished tracks remain unknown.
Asked about "Tomorrow", O'Riordan told Billboard that "it's about the way we sometimes hyper over-escalate things in our minds, overthink about things...when sometimes spontaneity and just jumping in is better. Tomorrow you might not have that moment back again. So it's really about moving on and also about kind of looking at the younger generation and how they worry about all kinds of silly things. They don't think they're silly, but when you're older you know better." A one-minute preview of the song was released on 31 July 2011.
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