No Need to Argue is the second studio album by Irish rock band The Cranberries, released in 1994. It was the band's most successful album, and has sold about 17 million copies worldwide. It contains the band's most successful single to date, "Zombie". The album's mood is darker than that on Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?. It shows a more mature performance by lyricist and vocalist Dolores O'Riordan, writing about war, death, love and disappointment. Her voice is clearer, without the previous album's double and triple voice layering. In some of the songs, the band decided to take on a rockier and heavier side, using distortion and increasing the volume. The song "Yeat's Grave" [sic] is about William Butler Yeats, and quotes one of his poems, No Second Troy. The hit song "Zombie", written by lead singer Dolores O'Riordan, is according to her about the IRA bombings in 1993 that resulted in the death of two children.

爱尔兰王牌乐队The Cranberries（小红莓）华丽回归，献上情人节贺礼。在满地凋零的蔷薇中绽放生命最后的光华...... 日前有消息称，爱尔兰国宝级乐队The Cranberries（小红莓）即将推出他们阔别乐坛十年的首张新专辑。 The Cranberries 1990年代成立于爱尔兰利默里克，与U2、Sinead O’Connor（谢妮德-奥康娜）、Enya（恩雅）等一样，被誉为是带领爱尔兰音乐走向世界的重要力量。2001年乐队发行了《Wake Up and Smell the Coffee》之后就再也没有作品问世，此后乐队陷入沉寂。2003年，随着乐队成员们纷纷宣布“单飞”，乐队沉寂了六年。这期间，Dolores曾经发行过两张个人专辑。日前Dolores O´Riordan确认说，他们目前已经回到了录音室，正在录制新专辑。 Dolores O´Riordan在接受采访时表示，“我们现在差不多算是从我们停止的地方重新开始。。。整个过程非常有意思，我们也是很顺其自然的有了想法，我们写的很多歌都是没有过多考虑就写出来的，灵感很自然的就来了。” “我想我们每个人都对彼此以及我们所做的事情尊敬有加。在2003年年那会儿，我们最后的日子里，我们大家都跟装样子差不多，现在我们真的很开心，也真的对我们一起拥有的东西感到欣赏。” 据悉，The Cranberries的这张新专辑名为《Roses》，将于2012年的情人节发行。

Thirty years after forming in Limerick (initially as The Cranberry Saw Us) THE CRANBERRIES are set to release their eighth and final album, "In The End", on April 26. With Stephen Street once again taking producer duties, the 11-track record brings a remarkable career to a fitting and powerful closure. Announcing the album, the band has shared the first single "All Over Now" that blends rock, alternative and catchy almost pop-sounding melodies to deliver a classic CRANBERRIES sound. THE CRANBERRIES — Dolores O'Riordan, Noel Hogan, Mike Hogan and Fergal Lawler — emerged from the pre-Brit-pop scene of the early '90s, with their trademark indie guitar sound and Dolores's distinctive Celtic-tinged lilting vocal style — described by Melody Maker as "the voice of a saint trapped in a glass harp". Their rise to global fame was nothing short of meteoric; best known for their now classic songs "Linger", "Zombie" and "Dreams", the band have sold more than 40 million albums worldwide. While it is tinged with sadness following Dolores's unexpected death on January 15, 2018, "In The End" is not a valediction, it is a celebration, one that stands as a powerful testimony to the life and creative work of Dolores and her brothers in music Noel, Mike and Fergal. The genesis of "In The End" began in May 2017 while the band were on tour. By winter of 2017 Noel and Dolores had written and demoed the eleven songs that would eventually appear on the album. "Dolores was so energized by the prospect of making this record and to getting back out on the road to play the songs live," recalls Noel. In coming to terms with her tragic passing Noel, Mike and Fergal listened to the songs and, with the support of Dolores's family, wanted to honor their close friend, and collaborator by completing the record. Speaking about the band's concerns at the time, Noel said: "we knew this had to be one of the, if not the, best CRANBERRIES album that we could possibly do. The worry was that we would destroy the legacy of the band by making an album that wasn't up to standard. Once we had gone through all the demos that Dolores and I had worked on and decided that we had such a strong album, we knew it would be the right thing and the best way that we could honor Dolores." With the songs at various stages of completion they turned to Stephen Street — who had produced four of their previous albums including "Everybody Else Is Doing It", "So Why Can't We?" and "No Need To Argue" — and spent four weeks in a London studio building the sounds around her vocals from the original demos. "It was a bittersweet time. The joy of recording new tracks is always exciting and one of the best parts of being in a band. At the end of every day when we'd laid down our parts there was a sense of sadness, knowing that Dolores wouldn't be in that evening to work on that day's track," remembers Noel. The album is a strong goodbye from the band to their fans, a fitting tribute to their bandmate and friend and, most importantly, a collection of powerful songs that can take their rightful place with THE CRANBERRIES' previous six records. Speaking about the single and the album, Dolores's mother said: "I miss her awfully, specially today, as does the entire family. That said I can't think of a more fitting way to commemorate the first anniversary of her passing and to celebrate her life than to announce to the world the release of her final album with the band. She was very excited about this new album and was really looking forward to its release. I have no doubt that she is happy now and would be delighted with today's announcement."

There’s never been anything like Astral Weeks—not before or since. Parting with the straightforward, R&B-based rock of his past, a young Van Morrison embraced his love of jazz, blues, folk, and poetry all at once. The thrillingly transcendent journey finds him mixing bittersweet childhood memories and in-the-moment reveries like a folk-rock James Joyce. His soulful voice soars over a constantly shifting, almost impressionistic landscape of fluid, jazzy lines, gentle strumming, and shimmering orchestrations. The magic Morrison created here is as otherworldly as the title suggests.

Pressed on 180gram vinyl at RTI. Mastered from the original analog master tapes by Kevin Grey at Acoustech Mastering. Features all original packaging. Highlights include 'Caravan', 'Into The Mystic' and 'Moondance'. Van Morrison's 1970's follow up album to Astral Weeks titled Moondance was every bit as brilliant; buoyant and optimistic where Astral Weeks had been dark and anguished it cracked the Top 40 and generated classic hits.