Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
by The Cranberries
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Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? is ranked 2nd 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 1037 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,684.
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Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 95 Music Albums of 1993 | 22/95 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1993 | 18/100 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 3/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | 100IDream | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 69/100 | 31 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Indie albums of the year 1993 by Radio X | 2/25 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1993 | 21/100 | - |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 93 Music Albums of 1993 | 19/93 | 4 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Greatest Irish Albums | 10/23 | - |
| 2026 | Kettwig | Top 29 Music Albums of 1993 | 29/29 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 262 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,444 | |||
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| ! | 08/19/2026 20:30 | wizardalien | 907 | 48/100 |
| ! | 07/31/2026 21:09 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/31/2026 11:04 |  Milhaud | 2,164 | 71/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.1/100, a mean average of 75.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.4.
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BestEverAlbums 09/03/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5424): By fabm0
neilgee 04/01/2026 14:16 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? comments
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Eastwood 12/22/2014 21:09 | #129900 | TOP COMMENT
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Very good alternative rock album. Best 10 songs average is 91,3/100 and the album can get very good 90/100. Best and full scoring songs are "Dreams" and "Linger". Followed by "Sunday" and "Wanted" both 90/100. All other songs good 80-85/100.
lightmyway TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/06/2012 22:06 | #41674 | TOP COMMENT
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The Cranberries are great. They have this very beautiful, dreamy, atmospheric sound. Their lyrics and O'Riordan's vocals are always spot-on. This was a much-played album back in the day.
ilovelctr 02/06/2011 01:38 | #18134 | TOP COMMENT
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This is their debut and it remains their best. Some think Zombie and Ode to My Family are their best songs and made the 2nd album more appreciable. For me, they're lesser songs compared to Dreams and Linger, and the topmost factor is that the 1st album has more better songs and fewer average songs than the 2nd does. Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? is solid but lacks edgies. It's not that edgy as Sinead O'Connor's debut but it's more approachable.
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/29/2015 03:22 | #132894 | TOP COMMENT
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Always thought the marriage of sound and voice worked well with the Cranberries. Shame they never amounted to much more than a couple of decent albums.
Listmeister 07/25/2013 20:01 | #82388 | TOP COMMENT
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Delores O'Riordan has the most sensual voice of the 90's (not to mention the brogue), and on this album the band shines on every song, playing with coffee-house intimacy while she wails.
Bonus list: Most sensuous voices, by decade: 1950's: Connie Francis. 1960's: Leslie Gore. 1970's Karen Carpenter. 1980's Susanna Hoffs. 1990's Delores O'Riorden. 2000's Alicia Keys. 2010's: Selena Gomez.
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