To the Faithful Departed

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To the Faithful Departed
Studio album by The Cranberries
Released	29 April 1996
Recorded	November - December 1995
Genre	Pop rock
Length	52:19/72:31 (2002 re-release)
Label	Island
Producer	Bruce Fairbairn
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
The Cranberries chronology
No Need to Argue (1994) To the Faithful Departed (1996) Bury the Hatchet (1999)

To the Faithful Departed is an album released by The Cranberries in 1996. This album was made in memory of Danny Cordell (a friend of the band) and Joe (vocalist Dolores O'Riordan's grandfather), who had both died that year. All lyrics by Dolores O'Riordan, and all music by O'Riordan except tracks 2, 8, 9, and 12, by O'Riordan and Noel Hogan. In the U.S., the album has sold 1.7 million copies as of April 2007. This was a much darker album, with more guitars than its predecessors.

It went 4x Platinum in Taiwan, 3x Platinum in Canada and New Zealand, and 2x Platinum in Austria, France, Hong Kong, Malaysia and U.S. It has sold over 6 million copies to date. It produced the hit singles: "Salvation", "Free to Decide" and "When You're Gone". It reached number-one on the ARIA Albums Chart in Australia.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Re-release 2 Chart positions 3 Guest musicians 4 External links

[edit] Track listing

1. "Hollywood" – 5:08
2. "Salvation" – 2:23
3. "When You're Gone" – 4:56
4. "Free to Decide" – 4:25
5. "War Child" – 3:50
6. "Forever Yellow Skies" – 4:09
7. "The Rebels" – 3:20
8. "Intermission" – 2:08
9. "I Just Shot John Lennon" – 2:41
10. "Electric Blue" – 4:51
11. "I'm Still Remembering" – 4:48
12. "Will You Remember?" – 2:49
13. "Joe" – 3:22
14. "Bosnia" – 5:40

http://www.cranberries.com/music/discography/ToTheFaithfulDeparted.aspx

There are also many versions that include the two-minute, eight-second "Intermission" after "The Rebels," at track eight, and "Cordell" after "Joe," at track fourteen.

[edit] Re-release

The printing for the 2002 re-release has "Intermission" at track eight with the following bonus tracks:

15. "Cordell" – 3:41
16. "The Picture I View" – 2:28
17. "Ave Maria" (Luciano Pavarotti with Dolores O'Riordan, live) – 4:13
18. Go Your Own Way (Fleetwood Mac cover) – 4:03
19. God Be with You (from The Devil's Own O.S.T., Dolores O'Riordan solo) – 3:34

[edit] Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1996	Australian ARIA Albums Chart	1

[edit] Guest musicians

• Randy Raine-Reusch, khene on "Free to Decide"

[edit] External links

• Album lyrics
• "When You're Gone" music video with lyrics

Preceded by Falling into You by Celine Dion

Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album May 12 - May 18, 1996

Succeeded by Older by George Michael

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