I Can’t Be With You

The Cranberries: “I Can’t Be With You” (Island)

For most at the moment Dolores and the Boys can do no wrong but one fears for the time when the bubble bursts. ‘I Can’t Be With You’, taken from a B.B.C. Radio One FM Evening Session once again highlights just what an improvement O’Riordan has made to her vocals: her singing has become a more grotesque and alienating creature, without losing its innate sense of harmony and cohesion. The vulnerable sentiments are all the more credible as a result.