Water Circle

1990 EP by the Cranberries

Water Circle

EP by

The Cranberry Saw Us

Released

August 1990

Recorded

1990

Studio

Xeric Studios, Limerick, Ireland

Genre

Indie rock
jangle-pop
alternative rock

Length

17:08

Label

Xeric (XER 011)

Producer

Pearce Gilmore

The Cranberry Saw Us chronology

Anything
(1990)

Water Circle
(1990)

Nothing Left at All
(1990)

Water Circle is the second demo EP of the Irish band The Cranberry Saw Us.^[1] It was released in cassette format and was used as an unsolicited demo sent to various major record labels.^[2] This is the first release to feature the vocal stylings of Dolores O'Riordan.^[2] All songs on the EP are written by Dolores O'Riordan and Noel Hogan.^[1] A bootleg MP3 of Water Circle appeared on the internet in 2002 courtesy of The Cranberries' drummer Fergal Lawler, who gave two CD-Rs of rare tracks to Alex Kraus, owner of the now closed fan site zomebieguide.com.^{[citation needed]} In 2011, the actual cassette EP had appeared on eBay with an asking price of US$1499.95.^[3] It is the only copy known to still exist in a fan collection, owned by Mr Kraus.^[4] At least one other copy exists, because Noel Hogan posted on his Instagram account a photo with some of his old The Cranberries' tapes and Water Circle is among them.^[5]

Television performance

To promote Water Circle, The Cranberries appeared on the Irish television show On The Waterfront which was hosted by Robert Arkins and Felim Gormley from The Commitments.^[6] They performed "Linger", which was recorded and was broadcast in 1992.^[6]

Track listing

"Sunday"
"Linger"
"Chrome Paint"
"A Fast One"

References

^ ^a ^b Berman, Judy (17 January 2018). "The Cranberries Were the Ultimate Teen Soundtrack Band". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b Clark, Stuart (8 May 2019). "The Cranberries: On Dolores, their fondest band memories and In The End". Hot Press. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
^ retro*dream (23 April 2011). "The Cranberries Water Circle 1990 first demo tape RARE". eBay. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
^ "Complete Cranberries Discography". Zombie Guide. n.d. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
^ "Noel Hogan's Instagram". Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
^ ^a ^b dogbender1 (4 February 2010) [First published 1992]. The Cranberries performing live on Irish TV show "On The Waterfront", presented by Robert Arkins and Felim Gormley in 1992. Dublin: RTÉ. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20. Retrieved 20 June 2020 – via YouTube.