Forever is the second studio album by English rock band Cranes. It was released on 26 April 1993 by Dedicated Records.[4][5]
| Forever | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 26 April 1993 | |||
| Studio | First Protocol (London) | |||
| Genre | Dream pop[1] | |||
| Length | 39:36 | |||
| Label | Dedicated | |||
| Producer | Cranes | |||
| Cranes chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Forever | ||||
Critical reception
edit| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [6] |
| Christgau's Consumer Guide |  [7] |
Melody Maker ranked Forever as the 24th best album of 1993.[8]
In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Ned Raggett stated that Forever saw Cranes building on the mixture of "elegant restraint" and "brusque power" that characterised their 1991 debut album Wings of Joy.[6] He noted that Forever "went to extremes in both directions – the quieter moments were even more hushed and shadowed, the louder points all that much more whip-snap cruel."[6] Trivia, but it may be a very rare example of an album whose titles, deliberate or not, form a sort of a sentence.
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Alison Shaw and Jim Shaw
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Everywhere" | 3:41 |
| 2. | "Cloudless" | 5:33 |
| 3. | "Jewel" | 3:05 |
| 4. | "Far Away" | 3:53 |
| 5. | "Adrift" | 5:09 |
| 6. | "Clear" | 3:43 |
| 7. | "Sun and Sky" | 3:34 |
| 8. | "And Ever" | 4:04 |
| 9. | "Golden" | 3:43 |
| 10. | "Rainbows" | 3:11 |
| Total length: | 39:36 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Shine Like Stars" | 4:32 |
| Total length: | 44:08 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Puppet" | 3:48 |
| 2. | "Shine Like Stars" | 4:32 |
| Total length: | 8:20 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "At Sea" | 3:19 |
| 2. | "Slide" | 2:50 |
| 3. | "Wings of Joy" | 2:04 |
| 4. | "Trumpet Song" | 1:48 |
| Total length: | 10:01 | |
Personnel
editCredits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[9]
Cranes
- Matt Cope – guitar
- Mark Francombe – guitar, keyboards
- Alison Shaw – vocals, bass
- Jim Shaw – drums, guitar, keyboards, bass
Additional musicians
- The Falseharmonics – strings on "Golden"
- Audrey Riley – string arrangements on "Golden"
Production
- Cranes – production, engineering
- Giles Hall – engineering
- Marcus Lindsay – engineering
- Andy Wilkinson – engineering
Design
- Miles Aldridge – photography
- John Barnbrook – Cranes logo design
- Albert Tupelo – design
Charts
edit| Chart (1993) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Albums (OCC)[10] | 40 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC)[11] | 4 |
References
edit- ^ Hughley, Marty (27 March 1994). "Listen to the Shimmering Cocteau Sound on the Band's Best Recordings". The Sunday Oregonian.
- ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 27 March 1993. p. 27. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "Single Releases" (PDF). Music Week. 4 September 1993. p. 25. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "New Releases: Albums" (PDF). Music Week. 24 April 1993. pp. 12, 21. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ Forever (press advertisement). Dedicated Records. 1993. Archived from the original on 6 March 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b c Raggett, Ned. "Forever – Cranes". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (2000). "Cranes: Forever". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 64. ISBN 0-312-24560-2. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ^ "Albums of the Year". Melody Maker. 25 December 1993 – 1 January 1994. p. 77.
- ^ Forever (liner notes). Cranes. Dedicated Records. 1993. DEDCD 009.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "Independent: Albums" (PDF). Music Week. 15 May 1993. p. 22. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
