Dolores O'Riordan
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Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan (Burton) (born September 6, 1971) is an Irish singer and songwriter.
She led The Cranberries to worldwide success and fame for thirteen years before the band took a hiatus in 2003. Her first solo album Are You Listening? was released in May 2007.
Career
1989-2003: The Cranberries
In 1990 Dolores O'Riordan auditioned and won the role of lead singer for a band called The Cranberry Saw Us (later changed to The Cranberries).
The band released five albums Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (1993), No Need to Argue (1994), To the Faithful Departed (1996), Bury the Hatchet (1999) and Wake Up and Smell the Coffee (2001) and a greatest-hits compilation entitled Stars - The Best of 1992 - 2002 (2002), before their foreseen hiatus.
All through the '90s O'Riordan was recognized for her constantly changing hairstyles, from shoulder-length to very short crop in a myriad colors and shades. She usually performs on stage in her bare feet.
2003-present: Solo career
In 2003 O'Riordan was to feature on the soundtrack to Spider-Man 2 with the song "Black Widow," but the song was eventually not used; the track appears on O'Riordan's first solo album instead. In 2004 O'Riordan appeared with the Italian artist Zucchero on the album Zu & Co., with the song "Pure Love." The album also featured other superstars such as Sting, Sheryl Crow, Luciano Pavarotti, Miles Davis, John Lee Hooker, and Eric Clapton. The same year she worked with composer Angelo Badalamenti on the Evilenko soundtrack providing vocals on several tracks, including "Angels Go The Heaven", the movie theme.
In 2005 she appeared on the Jam & Spoon's album Tripomatic Fairytales 3003 as a guest vocalist on the track "Mirror Lover". O'Riordan also made a cameo appearance in Adam Sandler's comedy Click, released on June 23, 2006, as a wedding singer performing an alternate version of The Cranberries' song "Linger", set to strings.
O'Riordan's first solo album Are You Listening? was released on May 4, 2007 in the Republic of Ireland. It was subsequently released in Europe on May 7, 2007, and in North America on May 15, 2007, with Ordinary Day as its first single, released in late April. The video for Ordinary Day was shot in Prague. [1] [2]
Personal life
Dolores Eileen O'Riordan was born September 6th, 1971, the youngest of seven in Ballybricken, Limerick, Ireland. She was born into a "strict Catholic family"[3], she was raised a Roman Catholic and has a lot of respect for the good in the Catholic Church, but she doesn't go to church.[4] She joined The Cranberry Saw Us in 1990. The band later changed its name to the Cranberries at her request.
On July 18th, 1994 O'Riordan married Don Burton, the former tour manager of Duran Duran. They had their first child, Taylor Baxter, on November 23rd, 1997, born during the break between the release of To the Faithful Departed and Bury the Hatchet. Their second child, Molly, was born on January 27th, 2001 (coincidentally the birthday of her husband Don). Their third, Dakota Rain Burton, was born on April 10th, 2005.
O'Riordan lives in Howth, County Dublin with her husband and their four children (one is from a previous relationship of Burton's). She also has a log cabin in Ontario, Canada, a holiday villa in Benissa, Spain and a 150-acre stud farm, called Riversfield Stud, located in Kilmallock, County Limerick. She has owned it since 1998 and intends to build a new home and stables there.
Discography
Studio albums
The Cranberries
- Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (1993)
- No Need to Argue (1994)
- To the Faithful Departed (1996)
- Bury the Hatchet (1999)
- Wake Up and Smell the Coffee (2001)
Solo
Other appearances
- Moose "Soon Is Never Soon Enough" (1992) (backing vocals)
- Touch of Oliver "Carousel" (1993) (backing vocals)
- Jah Wobble "The Sun Does Rise" (1994) (duet)
- "God Be With You" on The Devil's Own soundtrack (1997) (solo track)
- "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll" (various artists benefit single for A Children's Promise, Rolling Stones cover) (1999) (vocals)
- "Ave Maria" on Songs Inspired by the Passion of the Christ (2004) (solo track)
- "Angels Go To Heaven" & "The Woodstrip/There's No Way Out" (composed by Angelo Badalamenti) on Evilenko soundtrack (2004) (vocals)
- Zucchero "Pure Love" (2004) (duet)
- Jam & Spoon "Mirror Lover" (2005) (vocals)
- Angelo Badalamenti "The Butterfly" (2006, available on Badalamenti's MySpace) (vocals)
References
External links
- Official Website
- Official Myspace
- Dolores O'Riordan.net (Russian fansite with an extensive download section)
- Dolores O'Riordan @ Lycabettus Theatre, Greece review in greek
- Dolores O'Riordan at IMDb
- Gay Wired interview with Dolores O'Riordan