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In the End
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews What's this?

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8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 32 Ratings

  • Summary: The final release for Dolores O'Riordan (who passed away in January 2018) and the Irish rock band was produced by Stephen Street.
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. The Independent (UK)
    Apr 25, 2019
    80
    It sounds like The Cranberries found some kind of closure in this last record. Hopefully fans will, too.
  2. The Guardian
    Apr 26, 2019
    80
    A wonderful epitaph.
  3. Q Magazine
    May 14, 2019
    80
    A fitting send-off. [Jul 2019, p.109]
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  4. Consequence
    May 3, 2019
    75
    Though not perfect, In the End is a reminder of the smoldering vulnerability that earned The Cranberries their initial fame and a testament to why they’ll be remembered long after they’re gone.
  5. Rolling Stone
    Apr 26, 2019
    70
    In the End is a moving album and a worthy epitaph for O’Riordan and the band’s legacy, but it leaves you wanting something more, something you’ll never get to hear: the comfort of knowing everything worked out OK. It’s a reminder that grief lingers.
  6. AllMusic
    Apr 25, 2019
    70
    While some songs might feel like B-sides and incomplete visions, the band works around these precious vocal fragments so well that listeners might not notice or even care.
  7. New Musical Express (NME)
    Apr 23, 2019
    60
    The demo vocals she’d already recorded are pretty much album-ready, their slightly unpolished edge even helping throw back to the band’s 1992 debut album ‘Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?’, home to the immaculate-if-overplayed ‘Linger’. It’s rare indeed that a farewell brings a career so neatly full-circle.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. EstellaKimberly
    Nov 25, 2021
    10
    So many emotions go through listening to this album, Dolores will be forever missed
  2. brubruzinha
    Nov 25, 2021
    10
    This is a very painful album too hear, Dolores will be forever missed......
  4. victorgiardina
    Apr 28, 2019
    10
    a beautiful and sweet album, the best cranberries album. Amazing job finding all of these newspaper, magazine and online articles as well asa beautiful and sweet album, the best cranberries album. Amazing job finding all of these newspaper, magazine and online articles as well as audio/video interviews and sharing them with the fans of The Cranberries community! Thank you so much!!!… Expand
  5. jstdude
    Jun 25, 2019
    9
    This album is a return to old greatness, but it also has a sadder undertone than the older albums. Sadly, we will never be able to see themThis album is a return to old greatness, but it also has a sadder undertone than the older albums. Sadly, we will never be able to see them playing live again. Thank you for making such inspiring and moving music!!… Expand
  6. rjmacready
    Oct 10, 2020
    8
    A final album that feels, regrettably, like a rehash of better songs from earlier albums. Little is added to the band's legacy, but no greatA final album that feels, regrettably, like a rehash of better songs from earlier albums. Little is added to the band's legacy, but no great shame is cast upon it either; and one can hardly blame the other band members for wanting to finish the album, despite their singer's untimely death.

    A very nice little record in its own right, but hardly the album I'd recommend to newcomers.    … Expand
  7. MrScallops
    Jun 19, 2019
    8
    "In The End" is a true return to form for the Irish alt rockers and at the same time a bittersweet sendoff. Not quite on the level of their"In The End" is a true return to form for the Irish alt rockers and at the same time a bittersweet sendoff. Not quite on the level of their albums from the 90s, but their best effort in the 21st century.… Expand
  8. bluebeardtattoo
    Apr 28, 2019
    5
    Самый стандартный проходной альбом. Весь альбом как ненавязчивая фоновая музычка. Ничего хорошего и ничего плохого в нем нет. Просто никакой.Самый стандартный проходной альбом. Весь альбом как ненавязчивая фоновая музычка. Ничего хорошего и ничего плохого в нем нет. Просто никакой.

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