The Cranberries Announce Final Album With Dolores ORiordan, In the End

One year after the death of Cranberries singer Dolores ORiordan, her band mates have announced their final album In the End, a collection of songs ORiordan worked on prior to her January 15th, 2018 death. The Cranberries also shared In the Ends first single, the catchy All Over Now.

I cant think of a more fitting way to commemorate the first anniversary of Dolores passing and to celebrate her life than to announce to the world the release of her final album with the band, Eileen ORiordan, Dolores mother, said in a statement.

I miss her awfully, specially today, as does the entire family. She was very excited about this new album and was really looking forward to its release. I have no doubt that she is happy now and would be delighted with todays announcement.

ORiordan and band mate Noel Hogan began working the songs that would ultimately appear on In the End while touring in May 2017, with the duo writing and demoing 11 songs that winter. Dolores was so energized by the prospect of making this record and to getting back out on the road to play the songs live, Hogan said in a statement.

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However, before the Cranberries could play the demoes for their record label BMG, ORiordan died in a London hotel room following a tragic accident. Following months of mourning, her Cranberries band mates listened back to ORiordans vocals for the album and, after receiving the full support of ORiordans family, enlisted producer Stephen Street who worked on four Cranberries album, including their breakout Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Cant We? to help complete the album.

We knew this had to be one of the, if not the, best Cranberries album that we could possibly do, Hogan added. The worry was that we would destroy the legacy of the band by making an album that wasnt up to standard. Once we had gone through all the demos that Dolores and I had worked on and decided that we had such a strong album we knew it would be the right thing and the best way that we could honor Dolores.

In the End, available to preorder now, arrives April 26th via BMG. The albums cover boasts an image by the bands original photographer Andy Earl and sleeve designer Cally Calloman. Prior to ORiordans death, the Cranberries last released their Something Else in 2017.

In the End Track List