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2023 reissue, 2×12″ LP, Island.
As part of a wider Cranberries reissues bundle, the Irish dream pop favourites’ third album To The Faithful Departed is here reissued as a vinyl edition. The 1996 album features the later singles ‘Salvation’, ‘Free to Decide’ and ‘When You’re Gone’, and while these were by no means such gargantuan successes as the likes of ‘Zombie’, they still dominated the rock and indie charts at the time. The 3CD deluxe edition offers the a selection of demos from the recording sessions in Paris, plus unreleased outtakes, early mixes, and and 12 live pieces recorded on the band’s 1996 Free to Decide tour. This comes with an extensive booklet about the making of the album based on interviews with the remaining members of the band. – Juno
