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1 Ode to My Family ORiordan/Hogan 4:30
2 I Can't Be with You ORiordan 3:07
3 Twenty-One ORiordan/Hogan 3:08
4 Zombie ORiordan 5:06
5 Empty Hogan/ORiordan 3:26
6 Everything I Said Hogan/ORiordan 3:53
7 The Icicle Melts ORiordan 2:54
8 Disappointment Hogan/ORiordan 4:14
9 Ridiculous Thoughts ORiordan/Hogan 4:31
10 Dreaming My Dreams ORiordan 3:37
11 Yeat's Grave ORiordan 2:59
12 Daffodil Lament ORiordan 6:09
13 No Need to Argue ORiordan 2:56
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No Need to Argue

Audio Compact Disc

Label: Island

Category: Pop/Rock

No Need to Argue

UPC: 731452405029

Release Date: 10/04/1994

Original Release Date: 10/04/1994

Number of Discs: 1

Tracks: [Ode to My Family, I Can't Be with You, Twenty-One, Zombie, Empty, Everything I Said, The Icicle Melts, Disappointment, Ridiculous Thoughts, Dreaming My Dreams, Yeat's Grave, Daffodil Lament, No Need to Argue]
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Ned Raggett

With their surprise success behind them, the Cranberries went ahead and essentially created a sequel to Everybody Else is Doing It, So Why Can't We with only tiny variations, with mixed results. The fact that the album is essentially a redo of previously established stylistic ground isn't apparent in just the production, handled again by Stephen Street, or the overall sound, or even that one particularly fine song is called "Dreaming My Dreams." Everybody wasn't a laugh riot, to be sure, but No Need to Argue starts to see O'Riordan take a more commanding and self-conscious role that ended up not standing the band in good stead later. Lead single "Zombie" is the offender in this regard -- the heavy rock trudge isn't immediately suited for the band's strengths (notably, O'Riordan wrote this without Noel Hogan) -- while the subject matter (the continuing Northern Ireland tensions) ends up sounding trivialized. Opening cut "Ode to My Family" is actually one of the band's best, with a lovely string arrangement created by O'Riordan, her overdubbed vocals showing her distinct vocal tics. Where No Need succeeds best is when the Cranberries stick at what they know, resulting in a number of charmers like "Twenty One," the uilleann pipes-touched "Daffodil's Lament," which has an epic sweep that doesn't overbear like "Zombie," and the evocative "Disappointment." ~ Ned Raggett, Rovi