Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? is the debut studio album by the Cranberries. Released on March 1, 1993 through Island Records after four EPs, it is both the band’s first full-length album and major label release.
After a difficult recording session, intended for their first album on Island Records in January 1992, the band scrapped their work and fired Gilmore. Noel Hogan stated “we didn’t have a problem with each other, we had a problem with this guy.” During that period the Cranberries toured Ireland and the UK as the opening act for TOP, gaining more attention from the British press. Subsequently, they hired Geoff Travis as their new manager.
The Cranberries headed back into the studio in Dublin in March 1992 to restart working on their first LP with Stephen Street, who had previously worked with the Smiths. The Cranberries began a UK and Ireland headlining tour during the last four months of 1992 to promote the subsequent release of Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?.
In October 1992, “Dreams” was released in the UK, becoming Melody Maker’s single of the week. In November 1992, they performed at the emblematic Royal Albert Hall supporting Mercury Rev and the House of Love.
Between 1991 and 1993, the band also recorded several studio and live sessions intended for Irish and British radio and television shows, including 2fm’s The Dave Fanning Show in Dublin and BBC Radio 1’s John Peel Show. The band released “Dreams” as a single in September 1992, and followed this up with “Linger,” released in the UK in February 1993.
The album reached number one on the UK and the Irish albums charts. It spent a total of 86 weeks on the UK chart. On June 24, 1994, it became the fifth album in rock history to reach number one more than a year after release. At the end of 1995, it ranked as the 50th best selling album in Australia. It reached number 18 on the US Billboard 200 albums chart and stayed on this chart for 136 weeks; the album sold six million copies worldwide.
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