| View Larger Image | Are You Listening? | Audio CDby Dolores O'Riordan
| List Price: | $15.98 | | Price: | $13.99 | | You Save: | $1.99 (12%) | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | Audio CD | | Studio: | Sanctuary Records | | Release Date: | May 15, 2007 | | Sales Rank: | 3,647rd |
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TRACK LISTING |
Disc: 1
- Track 1: Ordinary Day
- Track 2: When We Were Young
- Track 3: In The Garden
- Track 4: Human Spirit
- Track 5: Loser
- Track 6: Stay With Me
- Track 7: Apple of My Eye
- Track 8: Black Widow
- Track 9: October
- Track 10: Accept Things
- Track 11: Angel Fire
- Track 12: Ecstasy
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Album Description
2007 solo debut from the former Cranberries vocalist. Written and recorded in Dublin and Canada and featuring production from Dan Broadbeck and acclaimed musician/producer Youth, whose many production credits include Paul McCartney and U2. The album was written and inspired by her personal experiences over the last four years including her marriage, the birth of her third child and the death of her mother-in-law. 12 tracks including the first single 'Ordinary Day', 'Loser' and 'Apple'. Sequel. |
Amazon.com
It's been a long wait for the solo debut from Irish icon Dolores O'Riordan. After all, the Cranberries issued their swan song in 2001. After their break up, O'Riordan collaborated with Germany's Jam and Spoon, Italy's Zucchero, and David Lynch composer Angelo Badalamenti. She also appeared, as herself, in the 2006 comedy Click. All the while, she toiled away on her first solo effort. Fortunately, good things come to those who wait. Co-produced by Youth (the Verve, U2), Are You Listening? is a throwback to 1980s-era Siouxsie and the Banshees and Sinead O'Connor--sweeping keyboards, forceful drumming, and muscular guitar work. It may seem like a melodramatic move, but the music never overwhelms the slight yet steely figure at the center of the maelstrom, particularly on the lilting "Ordinary Day" and haunting "Black Widow." Cranberries fans expecting something more demure may be taken aback, but O'Riordan's supple voice should win over most skeptics. And lyrically, she compensates with tender words inspired by her husband ("Apple of My Eye"), the death of her mother-in-law ("Black Widow"), and the birth of her youngest child ("Ordinary Day"). --Kathleen C. Fennessy More from Dolores O'Riordan and the Cranberries Ordinary Day (Single) Everybody Else Is Doing It So Why Can't We? (The Complete Sessions) No Need to Argue (The Complete Sessions) To the Faithful Departed (The Complete Sessions) Bury the Hatchet Stars: The Best of the Cranberries, 1992-2002 |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 54 reviews)
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Great for a solo by R. Valdez (Colorado, USA)  5 Stars
November 13, 2009
I liked it, it was artistic and adventurous. I'm glad to see her having fun and making music on her own. Nobody who has made a solo completely broke away from the sounds of the band they are taking a break from. I liked it, it was artistic and adventurous and reminiscent of the Cranberries. Are You Listening?
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Are you serious? by Fredric A. Cooper (Los Angeles, CA)  1 Stars
September 23, 2009
If I want a few laughs, I'll listen. Otherwise, no. This woman's Irish-accented caterwalling is so annoying. It does make me smile, though, thinking about how bad it is. So I guess it serves some purpose after all.
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You bet by Tom Benton (North Springfield, VT USA)  3 Stars
February 21, 2009
I love the Cranberries. I love Dolores O'Riordan; I can't even name any of her bandmates. And I really like her first solo album. It's fashionable, it's sincere, and it's very pretty. But it isn't pretty in the same way that Enya's music is pretty: that kind of prettiness is so thin it might as well not even exist. There's depth to the shine of these songs, depth arising as much from Dolores' heritage, which bursts through every thickly-accented syllable of her vocals, as from her no-nonsense sentiments. I like it a lot, but it isn't for everybody--just those that like O'Riordan, Ireland, the Cranberries, or feminist rock.
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unexpected by David Muñoz (Sitges, BCN Spain)  4 Stars
December 28, 2008
A very unexpected surprise fromt he singer of Cranberries, probably one of her best records, eventhough the first two songs they still have that Cranberries sound, but the rest of the album is just different from what she hs done in the past, and very good. Very talented singer.
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I've been listening non-stop by J. Lyles (Las Vegas, NV) 5 Stars
September 15, 2008
Dolores O'Riordan definitely delivers. The album is both melodic, haunting and cheery all in the same. I can't wait for her to go back out on tour so I can get the opportunity to see these songs performed live.
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