Water Circle Explained

Water Circle
Type:EP
Artist:The Cranberry Saw Us
Cover:Watercircle_cover.jpg
Released:August 1990
Recorded:1990
Studio:Xeric Studios, Limerick, Ireland
Length:17:08
Label:Xeric (XER 011)
Producer:Pearce Gilmore
Prev Title:Anything
Prev Year:1990
Next Title:Nothing Left at All
Next Year:1990

Water Circle is the second demo EP of the Irish band The Cranberry Saw Us.[1] It was released in cassette format and was used as an unsolicited demo sent to various major record labels.[2] This is the first release to feature the vocal stylings of Dolores O'Riordan.[2] All songs on the EP are written by Dolores O'Riordan and Noel Hogan.[1] A bootleg MP3 of Water Circle appeared on the internet in 2002 courtesy of The Cranberries' drummer Fergal Lawler, who gave two CD-Rs of rare tracks to Alex Kraus, owner of the now closed fan site zomebieguide.com. In 2011, the actual cassette EP had appeared on eBay with an asking price of US$1499.95.[3] It is the only copy known to still exist in a fan collection, owned by Mr Kraus.[4] At least one other copy exists, because Noel Hogan posted on his Instagram account a photo with some of his old The Cranberries' tapes and Water Circle is among them.[5]

Television performance

To promote Water Circle, The Cranberries appeared on the Irish television show On The Waterfront which was hosted by Robert Arkins and Felim Gormley from The Commitments.[6] They performed "Linger", which was recorded and was broadcast in 1992.[6]

Track listing

  1. "Sunday"
  2. "Linger"
  3. "Chrome Paint"
  4. "A Fast One"

Notes and References

  1. News: Berman . Judy . 17 January 2018 . The Cranberries Were the Ultimate Teen Soundtrack Band. live. Pitchfork. https://archive.today/20200408145242/https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/the-cranberries-were-the-ultimate-teen-soundtrack-band/. 8 April 2020 . 20 June 2020 .
  2. News: Clark . Stuart . 8 May 2019 . The Cranberries: On Dolores, their fondest band memories and In The End. live . Hot Press. https://archive.today/20200620195157/https://www.hotpress.com/music/cranberries-dolores-fondest-band-memories-end-22772545 . 20 June 2020 . 20 June 2020.
  3. Web site: The Cranberries Water Circle 1990 first demo tape RARE . https://web.archive.org/web/20180618025659/https://www.ebay.com/itm/350154208726?hash=item5186d135d6 . 18 June 2018 . retro*dream . 23 April 2011. eBay. dead. 18 June 2018.
  4. Web site: Complete Cranberries Discography . . n.d. . Zombie Guide. 20 June 2020. live . https://archive.today/20200620202219/http://cranberrieslibrary.com/discography/index.htm . 20 June 2020.
  5. Web site: Noel Hogan's Instagram. https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/noelhogan/2279182778674134644 . 2021-12-26 . registration. 3 April 2020.
  6. dogbender1 . 4 February 2010 . First published 1992. The Cranberries performing live on Irish TV show "On The Waterfront", presented by Robert Arkins and Felim Gormley in 1992. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/sYbtDtybx2A . 2021-12-20 . live. 20 June 2020. Dublin . RTÉ. YouTube.

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