Every artist needed an MTV Unplugged album. For those younger whippersnappers, MTV used to be a channel about music. The format of the Unplugged show was an acoustical performance was the artist’s material, new and old, in an intimate setting.
The Cranberries in 1995, when they taped their Unplugged appearance, had released their second album, No Need to Argue, a few months earlier and were promoting it. The Cranberries were enjoying worldwide popularity with their first two studio albums, as “Zombie” and “Linger” were sizable hits for the band.
No one had a voice quite like Dolores O’Riordan, and she was a hell of a songwriter too. The intimate nature of this setting could hardly contain the power and dynamics of this band. O’Riordan was on fire as her voice stuns even when restrained and vulnerable. There are plenty of live videos of her that try and capture that incendiary quality of her voice.
This set is only nine songs, but the band packs a wallop, leaving you wanting more.
- “Intro”/”Dreaming My Dreams” 4:39
- “Ode to My Family” 6:00
- “Linger” 5:06
- “Free to Decide” 4:49
- “I’m Still Remembering” 5:12
- “Empty” 4:10
- “Zombie” 4:30
- “Yesterday’s Gone” 4:05
- “No Need to Argue” 3:30
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