In the End
by The Cranberries
  • Record Label: BMG
  • Release Date: Apr 26, 2019
Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
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  1. Q Magazine
    May 14, 2019
    80
    A fitting send-off. [Jul 2019, p.109]
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  2. The Guardian
    Apr 26, 2019
    80
    A wonderful epitaph.
  3. 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.
  5. The Skinny
    Apr 24, 2019
    80
    In the End exemplifies the defiance that The Cranberries, and O’Riordan herself have shown throughout their career. Defiance of the status quo, defiance of violence, and ultimately defiance of death. It’s unmissable, unquestionable and unforgettable.
  6. Mojo
    Apr 23, 2019
    80
    A fitting, touching elegy for a bewitching talent. [May 2019, p.87]
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  7. Clash Music
    Apr 23, 2019
    80
    An album pieced together by a band in mourning, with the sweet sadness of O'Riordan‘s voice layered over, makes it cruder, rawer yet ultimately more truthful and hard-hitting, evoking the charged vulnerability of their very first releases.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. Uncut
    Apr 23, 2019
    70
    Producer Stephen Street deftly updates the brio of their early hits and the songs are impressive, too. [May 2019, p.27]
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  12. Exclaim
    Apr 24, 2019
    60
    Tinged as they are by recent tragedy, each songs on In the End assumes a mournful, melancholic quality.
  13. 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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User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 32 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 32
  3. Negative: 1 out of 32
  1. 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!!!… Full Review »
  2. 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.    … Full Review »
  3. Scamp4553
    Aug 1, 2019
    9
    A truly harrowing album, The Cranberries leave the room on an emotional but triumphant note. May be one of their best albums right up thereA truly harrowing album, The Cranberries leave the room on an emotional but triumphant note. May be one of their best albums right up there with "No Need To Argue".… Full Review »
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