The Irish group stopped in their tracks, in mid-2003, the recordings for the continuation of "Wake Up & Smell The Coffee" (2001) with a statement announcing an indefinite break, although everything foreshadowed that it would be long. Perhaps there was no clear direction to follow, a leitmotif to continue on. No hurries. Everyone took advantage of the time Dolores exploited her rock roots with inspiration and solvency in her first solo album, although for the second the resources of the top hat were exhausted. Noel, meanwhile, flirted with electronics in Mono Band, Which "Roses", the brand new new album by The Cranberries, it is nourished in some subjects.
The drums with which “Conduct” begins foreshadow a great theme, minutes later it is confirmed, with those string arrangements and those crystal clear house brand guitars accompanying the sweet voice of Dolores, they have won you. They do not hesitate to pull the style book, with the perfect 3-minute pop song that is “Tomorrow”, and “Fire & Soul” or the nearby accordion of “Raining In My Heart” (rescued from the sessions of 2003) that invites more listeners. The stumble of showing his worst tics with "Losing My Mind" gives way to the mysterious airs of "Shizophenic Playboys". Renovating airs brings the introspective "Waiting In Walthamstow" that precedes the forceful "Show Me" and another rescue comes with "Astral Projection" or how to condense your career in 4 minutes while a job well done does not seem to fit into "So Good".
They end with the acoustic theme that gives the album title in which they remember their solvency with minimal resources and gives the impression of having listened to a collection that refers to busy passages (again repeats the always brilliant stephen street at the controls of production) but that at the same time they sound renewed. In short, the greatest success of the album is to have sacrificed an unnecessary urgency for a serenity more coherent with the current state of a group that does not need fireworks at this point in the film.