Uncertain (EP)

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Uncertain is the first EP by the Irish band the Cranberries.<ref name="LARKIN2011">Template:Cite book</ref> The EP was released in the autumn of 1991,<ref name="LARKIN2011"/> with the band having previously released cassette EPs under the name The Cranberry Saw Us.<ref name="LARKIN2011"/><ref name="FOEGE1995-03-23">Template:Cite magazine</ref> Uncertain was released by Island under the Xeric Records name on both CD and 12" vinyl formats.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Approximately 5,000 total copies of Uncertain were produced.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Guitarist Noel Hogan said of the album that Gilmore "cluttered the mixes with dance beats and industrial-style guitar", which resulted from a conflictual relationship between the group and Gilmore.<ref name="FOEGE1995-03-23"/> The EP peaked at number 118 on the UK Singles Chart<ref>https://www.ukmix.org/forum/chart-discussion/chart-analysis/11450067-uk-singles-charts-1991-including-chart-panel-sales?q=cranberries</ref>

An unreleased music video was made for the main theme "Uncertain";<ref name="UNCERTAIN-MV">Template:Cite AV media</ref> a brief part of the clip was included on their DVD compilation, Stars: The Best of 1992–2002. The unedited complete video clip appeared for the first time on YouTube on 14 April 2020, and shows a young Dolores O'Riordan, with her brother Brendan and his daughter Cora, recalling her days as a child in an Irish forest.<ref name="UNCERTAIN-MV"/>

Television performance

After the release of 'Uncertain', The Cranberries appeared on the Irish television show "On The Waterfront" which was hosted by Robert Arkins and Felim Gormley from The Commitments.<ref name="OnTheWaterfront">Template:Cite AV mediaTemplate:Cbignore</ref> They performed "Linger", which was recorded and was broadcast in 1992.<ref name="OnTheWaterfront"/>

Personnel

Personnel taken from Uncertain liner notes.<ref>Template:Cite AV media notes</ref>

The Cranberries

• Fergal Lawler – drums, percussion
• Mike Hogan – bass
• Noel Hogan – guitar, backing vocals
• Dolores O'Riordan – vocals

Additional personnel

• Mike Mahoney – sounds ("Them")
• Brendan O'Riordan – backing vocals ("Uncertain")
• Pearse Gilmore – production, recording, mixing
• Shane Mc'Carthy – sleeve photograph
• Cally – art direction