“Sometimes, it feels like it's only been a few years ago and other times it feels like an eternity. There are lots of memories still fresh in our minds. It's hard to believe it's been 30 years since its release,” says The Cranberries drummer Fergal Lawler about the 30th anniversary of their landmark second album NO NEED TO ARGUE.

Originally released on October 3, 1994 via Island Records, No Need To Argue serves as the commercial breakthrough for the band, led by the phenomenal and global success of its signature single “Zombie.” Fronted by the instantly recognizable vocals of the late Dolores O’Riordan, The Cranberries had no trouble writing music for their follow-up to their worldwide multi-platinum breakthrough debut Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? “There was no ‘difficult second album syndrome’,” says Lawler. “Dolores didn’t have any problems writing on the road and in fact was bursting with ideas. Often when a song was completed it’d go straight into the live set, so audiences got to hear a lot of the No Need To Argue songs way before they were recorded. I remember playing ‘Zombie’, for instance, early in 1993 on our first European tour with Hothouse Flowers. By the time the chorus came around for the second time, you could feel the reaction in the room. People just loved it from the get-go.”

Written about the political unrest in Ireland called “The Troubles” that lasted from the late 1960s to 1998, “Zombie” reflected on the innocent children who were killed due to the violence that erupted. "People say we shouldn't have done 'Zombie but, excuse me, I'm Irish. I'm a human being,” explained O’Riordan about the song. “I'm allowed to have feelings about the North, the same way I'm allowed to have feelings about what's going on in Bosnia. I express those feelings in my songs. It's up to people whether they want to listen to them or not.”

Often cited as the album that helped cement Irish music in the worldwide musical conversation, No Need to Argue saw the critical darlings (whose debut Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? introduced the band to the masses) embraced by a global audience due to the album’s universal appeal. No Need to Argue boasted a number of singles including “Ode To My Family”, “I Can’t Be With You”, “Ridiculous Thoughts”, “Dreaming My Dreams” and, of course, “Zombie” which reached No. 1 in Australia, Denmark, France, Belgium, Germany, and topped Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart and whose video counts an astounding 1.6B plays on YouTube. It was also crowned “Song of the Year” at 1995’s MTV Europe Music Awards.

Disc 1
1 Ode To My Family
2 I Can't Be With You
3 Twenty One
4 Zombie
5 Empty
6 Everything I Said
7 The Icicle Melts
8 Disappointment
9 Ridiculous Thoughts
10 Dreaming My Dreams

Disc 2
1 Yeat's Grave
2 Daffodil Lament
3 No Need To Argue
4 Ode To My Family (Iain Cook Remix)
5 Zombie (Iain Cook Remix)
6 Zombie (Demo)
7 I Can't Be With You {Live From Woodstock 94'}
8 Ridiculous Thoughts {Live From Woodstock 94'}
9 Daffodil Lament {Live From Woodstock 94'}