Ode To My Family
The Cranberries: “Ode To My Family” (Island)
Patrick Brennan, 16 Nov 1994
The Cranberries: “Ode To My Family” (Island)
Once you get over the initial awkwardness of listening to a rock and roll singer thanking her father and mother for all they’ve given her, you begin to appreciate what a brave thing it is to write something which could easily be ridiculed as maudlin and self-pitying. That Dolores O’ Riordan does actually carry the song off as a convincing expression of gratitude, loss and regret is evidence of just how resolute The Cranberries are.
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