To the Faithful Departed

For the Christian devotion, see Faithful Departed.

To the Faithful Departed
Studio album by
the Cranberries
Released22 April 1996 (1996-04-22)[1]
RecordedNovember 1995 – February 1996
StudioWindmill Lane, Dublin
Armoury, Vancouver, British Columbia
Genre
Length52:19
LabelIsland
ProducerBruce Fairbairn, the Cranberries
The Cranberries chronology
No Need to Argue
(1994) 		To the Faithful Departed
(1996) 		Bury the Hatchet
(1999)
Singles from To the Faithful Departed
  1. "Salvation"
    Released: 8 April 1996[5]
  2. "Free to Decide"
    Released: 1 July 1996[6]
  3. "When You're Gone"
    Released: October 1996
  4. "Hollywood"
    Released: May 1997 (France)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[8]
Los Angeles Times[9]
The New York Times(favorable)[10]
Robert ChristgauC+[11]
Rolling Stone[12]
Sputnikmusic[13]
USA Today[14]
Wall of Sound62/100[15]

To the Faithful Departed is the third studio album by Irish alternative rock[16] band the Cranberries, released on 22 April 1996. The album was made in memory of Denny Cordell who signed the band to Island Records[17] and Joe O'Riordan (vocalist Dolores O'Riordan's grandfather), who had both died that year.[18][19] The album reached number one in four countries and became the band's highest-charting album on the US Billboard 200, where it peaked at number four.

  1. ^ "BPI".
  2. ^ "Rock & Roll Archives – To the Faithful Departed – Genre: Alternative Rock, Pop Rock". rockandrollarchives.net. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Some neo punk in 'Salvation' and 'I Just Shot John Lennon'". popfection.net. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  4. ^ "post-punk.com The Cranberries' lead singer Dolores O'Riordan has died". post-punk.com. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  5. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 6 April 1996. p. 47.
  6. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 29 June 1996. p. 31.
  7. ^ Yeung, Neil Z. (30 April 1996). "To the Faithful Departed – The Cranberries". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  8. ^ David Browne (10 May 1996). "To the Faithful Departed Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  9. ^ Rosenbluth, Jean (28 April 1996). "Cranberries Harness Power of Convictions". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  10. ^ Strauss, Neil (28 April 1996). "New Releases (CRANBERRIES: 'TO THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED' Island)". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  11. ^ "CG: The Cranberries". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  12. ^ Ali, Lorraine (2 February 1998). "The Cranberries: To The Faithful Departed : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  13. ^ Sputnikmusic review
  14. ^ Edna Gundersen (7 May 1996). "The Cranberries, To the Faithful Departed". USA Today. Archived from the original on 7 November 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  15. ^ Remstein, Bob. "Review: To the Faithful Departed". Wall of Sound. Archived from the original on 5 April 2001. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  16. ^ "Limerick alt.rock icons The Cranberries". udiscovermusic.com. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  17. ^ "Denny Cordell, 51, Record Producer (Published 1995)". The New York Times. 25 February 1995.
  18. ^ "A Voice That Represented a Generation: Remembering The Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan". entertainmentvoice.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  19. ^ "CRANBERRIES – TO THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED: THE COMPLETE SESSIONS(1996–1997)". towerrecords.ie. 7 November 2002. Retrieved 19 December 2019.