Bury the Hatchet (album)

Bury the Hatchet
Studio album by
the Cranberries
Released19 April 1999
Recorded1998–1999
Studio
Genre
Length50:58
LabelIsland
ProducerBenedict Fenner
The Cranberries chronology
To the Faithful Departed
(1996) 		Bury the Hatchet
(1999) 		Wake Up and Smell the Coffee
(2001)
Singles from Bury the Hatchet
  1. "Promises"
    Released: 22 March 1999[2]
  2. "Animal Instinct"
    Released: 29 June 1999[3]
  3. "Just My Imagination"
    Released: 2 August 1999[4]
  4. "You and Me"
    Released: 10 March 2000
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
The A.V. Club(unfavourable)[6]
Chicago Tribune(unfavourable)[7]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention)[8]
Entertainment WeeklyD[9]
Los Angeles Times[10]
Rolling Stone[11]
Sputnikmusic[12]
USA Today[13]
Wall of Sound72/100[14]

Bury the Hatchet is the fourth studio album by Irish alternative rock[15] band the Cranberries, released on 19 April 1999. In the US, the album had shipped 500,000 copies as of 2 June 1999, and received a gold certification.[16]

The album is the first album released by the band after their first hiatus, which began in September 1996. Dolores O'Riordan had taken that time to heal from stress-induced diseases, and also had her first child, Taylor, during this period. This last fact influenced some of the tracks on the album, most notably "Animal Instinct" and "You and Me".

The themes of the songs vary from maternity and children to divorce and child abuse.

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  2. ^ Sexton, Paul (13 March 1999). "Island's Cranberries Make a Fresh Start with Fourth Release". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 11. p. 104. 'Promises' is being released as a commercial single March 22 in Europe...
  3. ^ "Album Releases: June 1999". Jam!. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Gavin AC/Hot AC: Impact Dates". Gavin Report. No. 2266. 2 August 1999. p. 28.
  5. ^ AllMusic review
  6. ^ Thompson, Stephen (19 April 1999). "The Cranberries: Bury The Hatchet | Music | Music Review". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  7. ^ Kot, Greg (2 May 1999). "Cranberries Bury the Hatchet (Island)". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  8. ^ Christgau, Robert (15 October 2000). "The Cranberries". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 9780312245603.
  9. ^ Willman, Chris (30 April 1999). "Bury the Hatchet Review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  10. ^ Gardner, Elysa (25 April 1999). "In Brief (THE CRANBERRIES, "Bury the Hatchet", Island)". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  11. ^ Berger, Arion (13 May 1999). "The Cranberries: Bury The Hatchet : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 14 October 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  12. ^ "The Cranberries - Bury the Hatchet (album review ) - Sputnikmusic". Sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  13. ^ Gundersen, Edna (11 May 1999). "Snoop unleashes a funky 'Dogg' Cranberries' uneven 'Hatchet'; Gergiev's powerhouse Tchaikovsky". USA Today. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  14. ^ Remstein, Bob. "Review: Bury the Hatchet". Wall of Sound. Archived from the original on 11 February 2001. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
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  16. ^ "Recording Industry Association of America". RIAA. Retrieved 9 February 2012.