Wake Up and Smell the Coffee

Wake Up and Smell the Coffee
International cover. The UK special edition uses a similar, brighter image
Studio album by
The Cranberries
Released22 October 2001
Recorded2000–2001
StudioWindmill Lane Studios (Dublin)
Genre
Length44:23
LabelMCA
ProducerStephen Street
The Cranberries chronology
Bury the Hatchet
(1999) 		Wake Up and Smell the Coffee
(2001) 		Treasure Box – The Complete Sessions 1991–1999
(2002)
Singles from Wake Up and Smell the Coffee
  1. "Analyse"
    Released: 27 August 2001[1]
  2. "Time Is Ticking Out"
    Released: 12 March 2002
  3. "This Is the Day"
    Released: 16 July 2002
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic62/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Alternative Press[2]
Blender[4]
E! OnlineC+[5]
Entertainment WeeklyC−[6]
Q[2]
Slant Magazine[7]

Wake Up and Smell the Coffee is the fifth studio album by Irish alternative rock[8] band The Cranberries, and their last before their six-year hiatus. Released on 22 October 2001, the album sold 170,000 copies in the US by April 2007.[9] Worldwide, the album had sold 1,300,000 copies by 2002.[10]

This marks the band's only album on MCA Records. They were transferred to MCA after the merger of PolyGram (which owned their previous label, Island Records) with MCA's parent Universal Music Group in 1999.

While the album did not initially receive a vinyl release, on 16 February 2023, it was announced that the album would receive a limited vinyl issue for Record Store Day on 22 April 2023.[11][12]

  1. ^ "Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1416. 24 August 2001. pp. 156, 175.
  2. ^ a b c "Critic Reviews for Wake Up And Smell The Coffee". Metacritic. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  3. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (23 October 2001). "Wake Up and Smell the Coffee - The Cranberries". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  4. ^ Aizlewood, John. "The Cranberries Wake Up and Smell the Coffee". Blender. Archived from the original on 20 August 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Music – The Cranberries Wake Up and Smell the Coffee". E! Online. Archived from the original on 18 November 2001. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  6. ^ Chris Willman (26 October 2001). "Wake Up and Smell the Coffee Review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  7. ^ Cinquemani, Sal (4 October 2001). "The Cranberries: Wake Up and Smell the Coffee | Music Review". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Limerick alt.rock icons The Cranberries". udiscovermusic.com. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  9. ^ Billboard (23 March 2007). "Ask". Billboard. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  10. ^ "The Cranberries & Dolores O'Riordan Russian Fan-Site". The-cranberries.ru. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  11. ^ "Wake Up + Smell The Coffee". Record Store Day. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  12. ^ The Cranberries [@The_Cranberries] (16 February 2023). "We're delighted to announce that 'Wake Up And Smell The Coffee' is out April 22nd for the first time ever on vinyl, exclusive to @recordstoreday 2023!" (Tweet). Retrieved 26 February 2023 – via Twitter.