This Friday, June 27th, The Cranberries will release a 30th Anniversary 3LP edition of the band’s breakthrough second album, No Need To Argue via Island/UMe. The special limited-edition 3LP vinyl package includes a previous unreleased demo of “Zombie,” live recordings from Woodstock ’94, and MTV Unplugged which originally aired April 18, 1995. “It was an honour to do MTV Unplugged and I’m really proud that our songs didn’t need all the bells and whistles you get in the studio to sound good,” says drummer Fergal Lawler. “They worked just as well, stripped down and played acoustically, albeit with the help of the brilliant Electra Strings.”

The 3LP edition collection includes two remixes by Scottish producer and CHVRCHES band member Iain Cook – the dancefloor ready “Zombie” and a much dreamier “Ode To My Family.” Additionally, a 2LP Deluxe Edition, 2CD Deluxe Edition, 1LP, 1CD and Digital Deluxe will be available for pre-order on June 27th and released on August 15th.

Originally released on October 3, 1994, No Need To Argue serves as the commercial breakthrough for the band, led by the 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 drummer Fergal 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.”