Uncertain (EP)

{{Short description|1991 EP by the Cranberries}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Uncertain

| type = EP

| artist = The Cranberries

| cover = Uncertain.jpg

| alt =

| released = 28 October 1991

| recorded =

| studio = Xeric Studios, Limerick, Ireland

| genre = {{hlist|Indie rock|indie pop|alternative rock}}

| length = 14:16

| label = Xeric Records (XER-014)

| producer = Pearse Gilmore

| prev_title = Nothing Left at All

| prev_year = 1990

| next_title = Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?

| next_year = 1993

}}

Uncertain is the first EP by the Irish band the Cranberries.{{cite book |last=Larkin |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin|date=27 May 2011 |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&q=the+cranberries+uncertain+ep&pg=PA386|url-status=live |location=UK |publisher=Omnibus Press|page=386|isbn=978-0-857-12595-8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621104258/https://books.google.fr/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&pg=PA386&dq=the+cranberries+uncertain+ep&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjQqs6J2ZLqAhUz8uAKHVg5DBgQ6AEwAHoECAUQAg |archive-date=21 June 2020|via=Google Books}} The EP was released in the autumn of 1991, with the band having previously released cassette EPs under the name The Cranberry Saw Us.{{cite magazine |last=Foege |first=Alec|date=23 March 1995|title=Dolores O'Riordan and the Cranberries: Strange Fruit|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/dolores-oriordan-and-the-cranberries-strange-fruit-72247/|url-status=live|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200408144357/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/dolores-oriordan-and-the-cranberries-strange-fruit-72247/|archive-date=8 April 2020|access-date=21 June 2020}} Uncertain was released by Island under the Xeric Records name on both CD and 12" vinyl formats.{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/fr/The-Cranberries-Uncertain/release/836817 |title=The Cranberries 'Uncertain' − Format: CD, EP|author=|date=n.d. |website=Discogs|access-date=21 June 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/fr/The-Cranberries-Uncertain/release/1543462|title=The Cranberries 'Uncertain' − Format: Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, EP |author=|date=n.d. |website=Discogs|access-date=21 June 2020}} Approximately 5,000 total copies of Uncertain were produced.{{cite web |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/25757/The-Cranberries-Uncertain/ |title=The Cranberries ‎− Uncertain |author=Mikesn|date=26 May 2008 |website=Sputnikmusic |access-date=21 June 2020}} 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. The EP peaked at number 118 on the UK Singles Charthttps://www.ukmix.org/forum/chart-discussion/chart-analysis/11450067-uk-singles-charts-1991-including-chart-panel-sales?q=cranberries

An unreleased music video was made for the main theme "Uncertain";{{cite AV media |people=Julianne Hennelly |date=14 April 2020 |orig-year=Filmed 1991|title=The Cranberries Uncertain Music Video Uncut |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7Z9Ib176_U |access-date=21 June 2020 |location=Ireland |publisher=Julianne Hennelly |via=YouTube}} 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.