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Are You Listening?
by Sanctuary Records
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Audio CD
Publisher: Sanctuary Records
2007 solo debut from the former Cranberries vocalist. Written and recorded in Dublin and Canada and featuring production from Dan Broadbeck and acclaimed musician/producer Youth, whose many production credits include Paul McCartney and U2. The album was written and inspired by her personal experiences over the last four years including her marriage, the birth of her third child and the death of her mother-in-law. 12 tracks including the first single 'Ordinary Day', 'Loser' and 'Apple'. Sequel.
It's been a long wait for the solo debut from Irish icon Dolores O'Riordan. After all, the Cranberries issued their swan song in 2001. After their break up, O'Riordan collaborated with Germany's Jam and Spoon, Italy's Zucchero, and David Lynch composer Angelo Badalamenti. She also appeared, as herself, in the 2006 comedy Click. All the while, she toiled away on her first solo effort. Fortunately, good things come to those who wait. Co-produced by Youth (the Verve, U2), Are You Listening? is a throwback to 1980s-era Siouxsie and the Banshees and Sinead O'Connor--sweeping keyboards, forceful drumming, and muscular guitar work. It may seem like a melodramatic move, but the music never overwhelms the slight yet steely figure at the center of the maelstrom, particularly on the lilting "Ordinary Day" and haunting "Black Widow." Cranberries fans expecting something more demure may be taken aback, but O'Riordan's supple voice should win over most skeptics. And lyrically, she compensates with tender words inspired by her husband ("Apple of My Eye"), the death of her mother-in-law ("Black Widow"), and the birth of her youngest child ("Ordinary Day"). --Kathleen C. Fennessy More from Dolores O'Riordan and the Cranberries 
Ordinary Day (Single) | 
Everybody Else Is Doing It So Why Can't We? (The Complete Sessions) | 
No Need to Argue (The Complete Sessions) | 
To the Faithful Departed (The Complete Sessions) | 
Bury the Hatchet | 
Stars: The Best of the Cranberries, 1992-2002 |
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| I've been listening non-stop |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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Dolores O'Riordan definitely delivers. The album is both melodic, haunting and cheery all in the same. I can't wait for her to go back out on tour so I can get the opportunity to see these songs performed live.
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| I'm Listening ... Are You? |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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The lead singer from The Cranberries, a band which captured all of my mid 90's angst and love has finally come out of a self induced real life to record a brilliant solo album. Now I have always loved Dolores and her acrobatic vocal take with her ever so prominent Irish yodle just warbling beneath the surface, and though by the end of The Cranberries recording career, I myself had tired a tad of Dolores' take on music but with Are You Listening? she comes full circle.
Some of my all time fav Cranberries songs are the hard rock edges ones like "Zombie", "Salvation" and "Promises" and though a lot of the slower ballads were incredible ("Linger", "Pretty") I've always been a bit of a rocker. Luckily, Dolores has come through on this, not that she made a rock album per se but she didn't rely only on ballads and she didn't go all "Zombie"-esque alterna punk either, instead she is right down the middle and every single song on here is great.
I'm through 6 songs singing along with Miss O before I even realize the album is half over. Of my recent purchases this has been on contant rotation. The opening single "Ordinary Day" kicks it from the beginning and the fun and fierceness just keeps getting better, with songs like "Human Spirit", the rocking and bitchy "Loser" and my all time favorite (this week) "October".
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| erin go braugh |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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this cd is a must have if ur a cran-fan. the voice is unbeleiveable as usuall, but there is a new "power" in the music as well. something fresh. waiting for the next one.......
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| Couple good songs, but nothing to remember |
| Customer Rating: 3 out of 5 |
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This CD isn't bad really. It's just not that good, either. There are a few pretty good songs that I've put onto mix CDs, but there's nothing on the entire CD that really stands out.
And she needs to make more of her "doo's" like in her Cranberries days. It's difficult to tell the direction that she sees her music going - soft rock? Alternative rock? Pop? Personally, I'd like to hear her sing songs with a bit more profound lyrics, too.
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| Love her voice |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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What a great voice! She is a fresh sound for anyone looking for music that isn't the same old Rock'n Roll, Oldies, Country, etc.
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Ordinary Day
When We Were Young
In The Garden
Human Spirit
Loser
Stay With Me
Apple of My Eye
Black Widow
October
Accept Things
Angel Fire
Ecstasy
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