The Cranberries
' brief residency at the top of the
alternative rock
food chain in the early '90s produced a handful of excellent singles, a fact that's driven home effectively on the blissfully brief
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Cranberries
. Listeners who balked at
Island
's jam-packed
Stars: The Best of 1992-2002
-- some versions included a bonus disc and a DVD -- will find everything they need here (
"Zombie,"
"Dreams,"
"Salvation,"
and
"Linger"
), as well as a few lesser-known highlights such as
"Free to Decide"
"Animal Instinct."
~ James Christopher Monger