Cranberries: Stars--The Best of Videos 1992-2002

Here's a video package that is, well, fruitful. And regardless of one's opinion of The Cranberries, no buyer will be shortchanged--not with well over an hour of music from their first decade together (17 music videos, plus four “alternate takes”), loads of live material (including a 34-minute, nine-song concert), a 26-minute documentary, and even interactive DVD-ROM features. Of course, it helps that the group's music--sometimes melodic and harmony-laden (“Dreams,” “Ode to My Family”), sometimes powerful and driving (“Zombie”), sometimes both (“This Is the Day”)--is also good, and that singer and principal songwriter Dolores O'Riordan is an appealing presence. The music videos, guided by a variety of directors, are all worthy, sometimes considerably more than that; and if the group's 2000 concert in their native Ireland reveals them to be a somewhat less compelling live presence, well, there's still enough juice in these Cranberries to slake almost any pop music fan's thirst. Recommended, especially for those without The Cranberries: Beneath the Skin--Live in Paris (VL-3/01). Aud: P. (S. Graham)