No Need To Argue (30th Anniversary Edition)(Delxe Edition)

The Cranberriesの代表作『No Need To Argue』30周年記念リリース!

オリジナル・アルバムのプロデューサー、Stephen Streetによるリマスター音源、ChvrchesのIain Cookによる2つの完全新作リミックス、ウッドストック'94の未発表ライブ音源、そしてファンに人気の「Ode To My Family」の発掘デモ音源を収録した2枚組LPデラックス・エディション。

With their surprise success behind them, the Cranberries went ahead and essentially created a sequel to Everybody Else is Doing It, So Why Cant We with only tiny variations, with mixed results. The fact that the album is essentially a redo of previously established stylistic ground isnt apparent in just the production, handled again by Stephen Street, or the overall sound, or even that one particularly fine song is called "Dreaming My Dreams." Everybody wasnt a laugh riot, to be sure, but No Need to Argue starts to see ORiordan take a more commanding and self-conscious role that ended up not standing the band in good stead later. Lead single "Zombie" is the offender in this regard -- the heavy rock trudge isnt immediately suited for the bands strengths (notably, ORiordan wrote this without Noel Hogan) -- while the subject matter (the continuing Northern Ireland tensions) ends up sounding trivialized. Opening cut "Ode to My Family" is actually one of the bands best, with a lovely string arrangement created by ORiordan, her overdubbed vocals showing her distinct vocal tics. Where No Need succeeds best is when the Cranberries stick at what they know, resulting in a number of charmers like "Twenty One," the uilleann pipes-touched "Daffodils Lament," which has an epic sweep that doesnt overbear like "Zombie," and the evocative "Disappointment." ~ Ned Raggett