To the Faithful Departed

Infobox Album |
Name = To the Faithful Departed
Type = Album
Artist = The Cranberries


Background = orange
Released = 29 April 1996
Recorded = November - December 1995 at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 52:19/72:31 (2002 re-release)
Label = Island
Producer = Bruce Fairbairn, The Cranberries
Reviews =
* Allmusic rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dc6htr4qklmx~T1 link]
Last album = "No Need to Argue"
(1994)
This album = "To the Faithful Departed"
(1996)
Next album = "Bury the Hatchet"
(1999)

"To the Faithful Departed" is an album released by The Cranberries in 1996. This album was made in memory of Danny Cordell (a friend of the band) and Joe (vocalist Dolores O'Riordan's grandfather), who had both died that year.fact|date=June 2008

In the U.S., the album has sold 1.7 million copies as of April 2007. It went 4x Platinum in Taiwan, 3x Platinum in Canada and New Zealand, and 2x Platinum in Austria, France, Hong Kong, Malaysia and U.S. It has sold over 6 million copies to date. It produced the hit singles: "Salvation", "Free to Decide" and "When You're Gone". It reached number one on the ARIA Albums Chart in Australia.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Dolores O'Riordan. All music by O'Riordan except where noted.

#"Hollywood" – 5:08
#"Salvation" (music by O'Riordan and Noel Hogan) – 2:23
#"When You're Gone" – 4:56
#"Free to Decide" – 4:25
#"War Child" – 3:50
#"Forever Yellow Skies" – 4:09
#"The Rebels" – 3:20
#"Intermission" – 2:08
#"I Just Shot John Lennon" (music by O'Riordan and Hogan) – 2:41
#"Electric Blue" (music by O'Riordan and Hogan) – 4:51
#"I'm Still Remembering" – 4:48
#"Will You Remember?" – 2:49
#"Joe" (music by O'Riordan and Hogan) – 3:22
#"Bosnia" – 5:40

Re-release

The printing for the 2002 re-release has "Intermission" at track eight with the following bonus tracks:

#

"Cordell" – 3:41
#"The Picture I View" – 2:28
#"Ave Maria" (Luciano Pavarotti with Dolores O'Riordan, live) – 4:13
#"Go Your Own Way" (Lindsey Buckingham) – 4:03
#"God Be with You" (from "The Devil's Own" O.S.T., Dolores O'Riordan solo) – 3:34

Chart positions

Personnel

*Dolores O'Riordan Burton – vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards, whistle, mandolin
*Noel Hogan – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin
*Mike Hogan – bass guitar
*Fergal Lawler – drums, percussion
*Michael Kamen – orchestration
*Henry Daag – saw ("Salvation")
*Richie Buckley – tenor saxophone ("Salvation")
*Michael Buckley – baritone saxophone ("Salvation")
*Bruce Fairburn – trumpet ("Salvation")
*Randy Raine-Reusch – additional percussion
*Bruce Fairbairn – producer
*The Cranberries – producer
*Mike Plontikoff – engineering, mixing
*Andy Earl – photographer
*Adrian Myers – assistant photographer
*Baron Kallstein – incidental photographs

References

* [http://www.cranberries.com/music/discography/ToTheFaithfulDeparted.aspx Cranberries official discography]

succession box
before = "Falling into You" by Celine Dion
title = Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
years = May 12 - May 18 1996
after = "Older" by George Michael