Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?

Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
A group of three people in black clothing sitting on a couch, with a man sitting on the floor in front of the couch
Studio album by
The Cranberries
Released1 March 1993 (1993-03-01)
Recorded1992–1993
StudioWindmill Lane (Dublin), Surrey Sound (Leatherhead)
Genre
Length40:54
LabelIsland
ProducerStephen Street
The Cranberries chronology
Uncertain
(1991) 		Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
(1993) 		No Need to Argue
(1994)
Singles from Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
  1. "Dreams"
    Released: 28 September 1992[10]
  2. "Linger"
    Released: 15 February 1993[11]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[12]
Entertainment WeeklyB[13]
The Irish Times[2]
Los Angeles Times[14]
NME6/10[15]
Pitchfork8.5/10[16]
Q[17]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[18]
Select[19]
Slant Magazine[20]
The Village VoiceA−[21]

Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? is the debut studio album by Irish alternative rock band the Cranberries.[5] Released on 1 March 1993 through Island Records after four EPs, it is both the band's first full-length album and major label release.[22] The album was written entirely by the band's lead singer Dolores O'Riordan and guitarist Noel Hogan and contains the band's highest charting US single, "Linger".[22] The album reached number one on the UK and the Irish albums charts.[22] It spent a total of 86 weeks on the UK chart.[23] On 24 June 1994, it became the fifth album in rock history to reach number one more than a year after release.[24] At the end of 1995, it ranked as the 50th best selling album in Australia.[25] It reached number 18 on the US Billboard 200 albums chart and stayed on this chart for 136 weeks;[26] the album sold six million copies worldwide.[22]

On 7 March 2018, the band's three remaining members announced they were releasing a special 25th anniversary newly remastered anniversary edition of the album, with previously unreleased material as well as other bonus material from the era of the album.[27][28] However, it was delayed until late 2018, following the death of O'Riordan.[29]

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  9. ^ Clark, Tyler (3 March 2018). "The Cranberries' Stunning Debut Does More Than Just Linger 25 Years Later". Consequence. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Singles Titles A–Z". Music Week. 26 September 1992. p. 25.
  11. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 13 February 1993. p. 17.
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  14. ^ Munoz, Mario (22 August 1993). "The Cranberries, 'Everybody Else is Doing It, So Why Can't We?' Island". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 16 September 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  15. ^ Fadele, Dele (27 February 1993). "The Cranberries: Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?". NME. p. 31.
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  17. ^ "The Cranberries: Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?". Q. No. 79. April 1993. p. 80.
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  19. ^ Collis, Clark (April 1993). "The Cranberries: Everybody Else Is Doing It, Why Can't We?". Select: 74. Archived from the original on 31 July 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  20. ^ Cinquemani, Sal (12 October 2003). "Review: The Cranberries, Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?". Slant Magazine. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  21. ^ Christgau, Robert (1 March 1994). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on 15 August 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
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  24. ^ Buckley, Peter (2003). The Rough Guide to Rock (3 ed.). UK: Rough Guides. p. 240. ISBN 978-1-843-53105-0.
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