Something Else
by The Cranberries
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The Cranberries bestography
Something Else is ranked 7th best out of 12 albums by The Cranberries on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Cranberries is No Need To Argue which is ranked number 1031 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,691.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Something Else track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Something Else rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2017 | 69/86 | - |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 71 Music Albums of 2017 | 19/71 | 4 |
| 2024 |  TheDarkOrb | Top 25 Music Albums of 2017 | 12/25 | 3 |
| 2021 | Rovers | Top 15 Music Albums of 2017 | 7/15 | 3 |
| 2020 | MrScallops | Top 9 Music Albums of the 2010s | 4/9 | 13 |
| 2020 | MrScallops | Top 35 Greatest Music Albums | 15/35 | 24 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 6 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 47 | |||
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Something Else ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/31/2026 11:04 |  Milhaud | 2,153 | 71/100 |
| ! | 04/05/2026 21:54 | traistboar | 1,769 | 79/100 |
| ! | 03/06/2025 14:49 | fabm0 | 7,009 | 58/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.6/100, a mean average of 75.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.5.
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There is something intrinsically sad and touching about listening to The Cranberries' acoustic album two years after Dolores O'Riordan's death. Sure, it's a collection of some of the band's greatest songs from the 90s, as well as three new songs, but it captures the dreamy, depressing yet immensely catchy sound the band is known for in a whole new way.
The three new songs sound like the band does on their final album and unfortunately, they get lost among the golden nuggets that make up the rest of the album. The old songs have been re-recorded with string arrangements, making them even more emotional than originally. Zombie, for instance, is touching rather than creepy in its new version, while When You're Gone is more uptempo.
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