Cranes

Cranes | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 17, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Dadaphonic
• ASIN: B001FWVKMY
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #88,018 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Long-awaited 2008 studio album by UK indie darlings Cranes, whose creative output has spanned over fifteen years and nine studio albums. The duo that became Cranes can look back at a body of work that split into two distinct eras. The music from the '90s had a peculiar intensity, which seemed incongruous at the time. Their early fans included John Peel, the legendary Joy Division producer Martin Hannett and Robert Smith, who asked them to open for The Cure on many an international tour.The new album's otherworldly tonal beauty will continue to see them existing outside of the mainstream, slightly disconnected but able to offer a very beautiful, one-of-a-kind vision of life in the twenty first century. 11 tracks. Dadaphonic.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Short and Sweet, April 1, 2009

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M. K. Delorean (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cranes (Audio CD)

You aren't too deep into this album before you can hear the production values on this CD are quite a bit better than what has gone before. There are a couple of top drawer selections on here. I own and enjoy most of the Cranes' output and any fan will be pleased. The only caveat is this CD is very short in length, shorter than 40 minutes, or imagine, in width, comparable to that of Thumbelina's ring finger, but we take what we can get.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Music for the nocturnal flaneur, November 28, 2008

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Wolfsegg - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Cranes (Audio CD)

Basically, you upload this album to your selected portable music device and wander around deserted urban spaces at night. The Cranes have always been masters of working with an economy of means; here, they make electronic music that is simple without being simplistic. This is mood music that manages to transcend the cliches of 'down-tempo' and 'chill'; the overall effect is similar to watching small bright lights winking on and off in a cold nocturnal cityscape.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cranes self titled, November 19, 2008

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Jeffery M. Stewart - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cranes (Audio CD)

Another masterpiece from Cranes. Cranes make the full transition began on their last album "Particles & Waves" into mellow ambiant electronica. I wasn't sure i liked the way they were headig with their last album although it is good it is not as fully realized and the songwriting not as good as this. This is rumored to be their final album and if so it is fine swang song.