To the Faithful Departed
To the Faithful Departed is the third studio album by Irish alternative rock band The Cranberries, released on 30 April 1996. The album was made in memory of Denny Cordell who signed the band to Island Records and Joe, who had both died that year.
Packaging
The album sleeve photo session was made up of two parts, the first being the original design for the front cover, a naked baby boy lying on his back, which was shot in photographer Andy Earl's new studio on Shad Thames in London, and the band seated in a yellow room. At the last minute, at Dolores O'Riordan's request, the two were swapped and the yellow room became the front cover.The yellow room was designed to be an echo of the previous two album sleeves. It was built in London and transported to the Lake District and erected in a forest near Loughrigg Holme. Snow fell on the erection day and the band spent as little time as possible on the shoot clad, as they were, in new purple Dolce & Gabbana outfits.
A new logo and typeface were decided upon signifying the band's desire to move on from the strict repetition of the previous album sleeves. Incidental studio photos were included, taken by Cally in the band's studio in Vancouver, Canada. Cally added: "I attended the surreal Brit Awards where Jarvis Cocker invaded Michael Jackson's stage and left soon after to drive through horizontal snow to get to the Lake District in readiness for the photo shoot the next day. On waking in the Ambleside Hotel I saw Jarvis on the front cover of every paper, being released from jail with Nigel, The Cranberries A&R man beside him. Things only became more surreal when we realised that later we were shooting the band bravely clad in thin purple suits under snowfall in a yellow room in a forest in the Lake District".
Television performances
To promote To the Faithful Departed, The Cranberries appeared on different television shows.| Television show | Performance date | Broadcast date | Media | Location | Setlist | Notes |
| Concierto Básico 40 | 31 January 1995 | 1995 | 40 Principales | Madrid, Spain | 1. "I'm Still Remembering" 2. "Dreaming My Dreams" 3. "Ode to My Family" 4. "Empty" 5. "Zombie" | ▪ Acoustic set ▪ Dolores grows her hair long ▪ The first performance of "I'm Still Remembering" |
| MTV Unplugged | 14 February 1995 | 18 April 1995 | MTV USA | New York City, United States | 1. "Dreaming My Dreams 2. "Ode to My Family" 3. "Linger" 4. "Free to Decide" 5. "I'm Still Remembering" 6. "Empty" 7. "Zombie 8. "Yesterday's Gone" 9. "No Need to Argue" | ▪ Acoustic set ▪ Recorded at the Brooklyn Academy of Music ▪ Accompanied by the Electra strings ▪ The only performance of "Yesterday's Gone" |
| The Late Show with David Letterman | 7 August 1995 | 7 August 1995 | CBS | New York City, United States | "I Just Shot John Lennon" | ▪ Hosted by David Letterman ▪ Dolores dyes her hair red |
| Sanremo Music Festival 1996 | 24 February 1996 | 24 February 1996 | Rai 1 | Sanremo, Italy | "Salvation" | ▪ Hosted by Pippo Baudo ▪ Recorded at the Teatro Ariston |
| X-Ray Vision | 11 April 1996 | 11 April 1996 | MTV Europe | London, England | 1. "Salvation" 2. "Free to Decide" | ▪ Hosted by Ray Cokes |
| TFI Friday | 12 April 1996 | 12 April 1996 | Channel 4 | London, England | "Salvation" | ▪ Hosted by Chris Evans |
| 1996 MTV Video Music Awards | 4 September 1996 | 4 September 1996 | MTV USA | New York City, United States | "Salvation" | ▪ Hosted by Dennis Miller ▪ Live broadcast from Radio City Music Hall |
| The Late Show with David Letterman | 10 September 1996 | 10 September 1996 | CBS | New York City, United States | "Free to Decide" | ▪ Hosted by David Letterman |
Free to Decide World Tour
In 1996, The Cranberries toured in Asia, Oceania and North America to promote their third studio album "To the Faithful Departed". Though the band originally planned for a European Leg, Dolores O'Riordan re-injured her knee during a concert in Cairns and had to cancel a few shows on the Oceania, North America and the European leg. They played songs from their previous albums as well as their current album at the time.Dates
Personnel
- Dolores O'Riordan
- Noel Hogan
- Mike Hogan
- Fergal Lawler
Track listing
1996 US version
2002 re-release
The album was re-released in 2002, under the title To the Faithful Departed . This version of the album featured bonus tracks as well as B-sides from the singles from the album.
Personnel
The Cranberries
- Dolores O'Riordan – vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards, whistle, mandolin
- Noel Hogan – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin
- Mike Hogan – bass guitar
- Fergal Lawler – drums, percussion
Additional musicians
- Michael Kamen – orchestration
- Henry Daag – saw
- Richie Buckley – tenor saxophone
- Michael Buckley – baritone saxophone
- Bruce Fairbairn – trumpet
- Randy Raine-Reusch – additional percussion
Producing and technical staff
- Bruce Fairbairn – producer
- The Cranberries – producer
- Mike Plontikoff – engineering, mixing
- Andy Earl – photographer
- Adrian Myers – assistant photographer
- Baron Kallstein – incidental photographs
Charts