Album · The Cranberries
Wake Up and Smell the Coffee by The Cranberries
Wake Up and Smell the Coffee is an album by The Cranberries, released in 2001. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 3 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Analyse”, on 3 lists with a best position of #69.
Wake Up and Smell the Coffee, the Cranberries' fifth studio album, arrived in October 2001, their first and only record for MCA, where the Limerick band had landed after PolyGram, owner of their old label Island, was merged into Universal. Stephen Street produced, and the sound is Dolores O'Riordan's keening, cracking voice riding Noel Hogan's chiming guitars, with his brother Mike on bass and Fergal Lawler on drums keeping it steady and unfussy.
It's a warmer, softer-edged record than the snarl of "Zombie", polished pop rock with a folky glow, and "Analyse" drifts along on a lovely, slightly woozy melody. The public didn't bite the way it had in the '90s, though it still passed a million copies worldwide within a year and earned a SNEP double gold award. It turned out to be the last Cranberries album before a long hiatus; Roses didn't follow until 2012.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Wake Up and Smell the Coffee on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Analyse | 3 | #69 | – | 2001 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.