''Water Circle'' is the second
demo EP of the
Irish band
The Cranberry Saw Us.
It was released in
cassette format and was used as an unsolicited demo sent to various major record labels.
This is the first release to feature the vocal stylings of
Dolores O'Riordan
Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan ( ; 6 September 1971 – 15 January 2018) was an Irish musician and singer-songwriter who achieved international fame as the lead vocalist of the rock band The Cranberries. O'Riordan was the principal songwriter of ...
.
All songs on the EP are written by Dolores O'Riordan and
Noel Hogan
Noel Anthony Hogan (born 25 December 1971) is an Irish musician and record producer best known as the guitarist and co-songwriter of the Irish alternative rock band the Cranberries.
The Cranberries
Hogan formed the Cranberries with his brother ...
.
A
bootleg MP3
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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
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with an asking price of
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1499.95. It is the only copy known to still exist in a fan collection, owned by Mr Kraus. 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.
Television performance
To promote ''Water Circle'',
The Cranberries
The Cranberries were an Irish rock music, rock band formed in Limerick in 1989. The band was composed of lead singer and guitarist Dolores O'Riordan, guitarist Noel Hogan, bassist Mike Hogan (Noel's brother), and drummer Fergal Lawler. O'Riord ...
appeared on the Irish television show ''On The Waterfront'' which was hosted by
Robert Arkins and Felim Gormley from
The Commitments.
They performed "
Linger
Linger may refer to:
Music
* Linger (album), ''Linger'' (album), a 1990 album by Prudence Liew, or the title single
* Linger (The Cranberries song), "Linger" (The Cranberries song), 1993
* Linger (Guy Sebastian song), "Linger" (Guy Sebastian son ...
", which was recorded and was broadcast in 1992.
Track listing
#"Sunday"
#"Linger"
#"Chrome Paint"
#"A Fast One"
References
1990 EPs
The Cranberries albums
1990s demo albums
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