No Need to Argue

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No Need to Argue
No Need to Argue cover
Studio album by The Cranberries
Released 3 October 1994
Recorded 1994
Genre Alternative rock
Rock
Length 52:30
Label Island
Producer Stephen Street
Professional reviews
The Cranberries chronology
Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
(1993)		 No Need to Argue
(1994)		 To the Faithful Departed
(1996)

No Need to Argue is an album by The Cranberries released in 1994. It was the band's most successful album, and has sold about 16.7 million copies worldwide. It contains one of the band's most successful singles 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 Dolores, 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" is about W. B. Yeats and quotes one of his poems, No Second Troy. The tune to "Ode to My Family" is strangely similar to the Serge Gainsbourg song "Ne Dis Rien".[citation needed] The hit song "Zombie" is about the IRA bombings in 1993 that resulted in the death of two children which is what lead singer Dolores O'Riordan claims to have inspired her to write the song.[1]

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All lyrics by Dolores O'Riordan, all music by O'Riordan/Noel Hogan except tracks 4, 7, 10-13 by O'Riordan.

  1. "Ode to My Family" – 4:30
  2. "I Can't Be With You" – 3:07
  3. "Twenty One" – 3:07
  4. "Zombie" – 5:06
  5. "Empty" – 3:26
  6. "Everything I Said" – 3:52
  7. "The Icicle Melts" – 2:54
  8. "Disappointment" – 4:14
  9. "Ridiculous Thoughts" – 4:31
  10. "Dreaming My Dreams" – 3:37
  11. "Yeat's Grave" – 2:59
  12. "Daffodil Lament" – 6:14
  13. "No Need to Argue" – 2:54
  14. "So Cold in Ireland" - 4:45 (Not included on LP)

[edit] Re-release bonus tracks

The album was re-released in 2002, under the title No Need to Argue (The Complete Sessions 1994–1995). This version of the album featured bonus tracks; B-sides from the singles lifted off the album.

  1. "Away" – 2:38
  2. "I Don't Need" – 3:32
  3. "(They Long to Be) Close to You" (by Burt Bacharach and Hal David) – 2:41
  4. "So Cold in Ireland" – 4:45
  5. "Zombie" (Camel's Hump mix) – 7:54

[edit] Certifications, peaks & sales

Country Peak Position Certification (If Any) Sales/shipments
Australia 1
Austria Platinum [2] 50,000+
Canada 5x Platinum [3] 500,000+
Finland Gold [4] 31,876+
Europe 5x Platinum [5] 5,000,000+
France 3x Platinum [6] 900,000+
Germany Platinum [7] 300,000+
Netherlands Platinum [8] 80,000+
Switzerland Platinum [9] 50,000+
United Kingdom 3x Platinum [10] 900,000+
United States 7x Platinum [11] 7,000,000+

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3168
  2. ^ IFPI Austria
  3. ^ CRIA
  4. ^ IFPI Finland
  5. ^ IFPI Europe
  6. ^ Disque En France
  7. ^ IFPI Germany
  8. ^ NVPI
  9. ^ IFPI Switzerland
  10. ^ BPI
  11. ^ RIAA
Preceded by
Wired World of Sports II by The 12th Man		 Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
January 29 - February 4, 1995		 Succeeded by
Smash by The Offspring
v • d • e
The Cranberries
Mike Hogan · Noel Hogan · Fergal Lawler · Dolores O'Riordan
Discography
Singles
"Linger" · "Dreams" · "Zombie" · "Ode to My Family" · "I Can't Be with You" · "Ridiculous Thoughts" · "Salvation" · "Free to Decide" · "When You're Gone" · "Hollywood" · "Promises" · "Animal Instinct" · "Just My Imagination" · "You and Me" · "Analyse" · "Time Is Ticking Out" · "This Is the Day" · "Stars"
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