Wake Up and Smell the Coffee

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Wake Up and Smell the Coffee

North American cover
Studio album by The Cranberries
Released 22 October 2001
Recorded 2000–2001
Genre Alternative rock
Length 39:24
Label MCA
Producer Stephen Street
The Cranberries chronology
Bury the Hatchet
(1999)
Wake Up and Smell the Coffee
(2001)
Treasure Box – The Complete Sessions 1991–1999
(2002)
Singles from Wake Up and Smell the Coffee
  1. "Analyse"
    Released: September 18, 2001
  2. "Time Is Ticking Out"
    Released: March 12, 2002
  3. "This Is the Day"
    Released: June 24, 2002
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[1]
Alternative Press 3/5 stars[2]
Blender 4/5 stars[2]
Entertainment Weekly C−[3]
Piero Scaruffi 4/10 stars[4]
Slant Magazine 3/5 stars[5]
Q 3/5 stars[2]

Wake Up and Smell the Coffee is the fifth studio album by The Cranberries. Released in 2001, the album has sold 170,000 copies in the US as of April 2007. Worldwide, the album has sold 1,300,000 copies by 2002.[6] The album cover was designed by Storm Thorgerson who also designed the cover of their previous album, Bury the Hatchet.[6]

This marks the band's only album on MCA Records. They were transferred to MCA after the merger of PolyGram (which owned their previous label, Island Records) with MCA's parent Universal Music Group in 1999.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

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

No. Title Length
1. "Never Grow Old"   2:35
2. "Analyse"   4:10
3. "Time Is Ticking Out" (O'Riordan, Noel Hogan) 2:59
4. "Dying Inside" (O'Riordan, Hogan) 3:10
5. "This is the Day"   4:15
6. "The Concept"   3:03
7. "Wake Up and Smell the Coffee" (O'Riordan, Hogan) 5:15
8. "Pretty Eyes"   3:48
9. "I Really Hope" (O'Riordan, Hogan) 3:42
10. "Every Morning"   2:24
11. "Do You Know"   3:09
12. "Carry On"   2:21
13. "Chocolate Brown" (O'Riordan, Hogan) 3:32

[edit] Non-album tracks

Song Length Physical/digital release(s)
"In the Ghetto" 2:42 Wake Up and Smell the Coffee [UK edition] (bonus track)

Wake Up and Smell the Coffee [International edition] (bonus track)
Wake Up and Smell the Coffee [Japan edition](bonus track)

"Cape Town" 3:32 Wake Up and Smell the Coffee [North American edition] (bonus track)

Wake Up and Smell the Coffee [Asian Tour Edition] (bonus track)

"Many Days" 2:43 Digital format on The Cranberries website

Wake Up and Smell the Coffee [Asian Tour Edition] (bonus track)

"Such a Waste" 2:31 This is the Day single (B-side)[7]
"7 Years" 2:46 Wake Up and Smell the Coffee [Promo CD]

[edit] Soundtracks

  • "Never Grow Old" was used in the pilot episode of Alias.

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/wake-up-and-smell-the-coffee-r556342
  2. ^ a b c http://www.metacritic.com/music/wake-up-and-smell-the-coffee/critic-reviews
  3. ^ http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,253922,00.html
  4. ^ http://www.scaruffi.com/vol6/cranberr.html
  5. ^ http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/the-cranberries-wake-up-and-smell-the-coffee/41
  6. ^ a b http://www.the-cranberries.ru/eng/interpretation5.htm
  7. ^ [1], Yahoo Music
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