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Cranes | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 24, 1998)
• Label: Dedicated
• ASIN: B000005BTM
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #548,208 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Everywhere

2. Cloudless

3. Jewel

4. Far Away

5. Adrift

6. Clear

7. Sun and Sky

8. And Ever

9. Golden

10. Rainbow

Editorial Reviews

Import edition of the British dream pop act's 1993 album that's deleted domestically. The Cranes fronted by brother & sister were one of the major trance/pop shoegazing acts of the early 90's. BMG. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Etherial at its Best, November 22, 1999

By 

Bill Tompkins (Boulder, CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Forever (Audio CD)

I have yet to hear a bad song by Cranes -- They're by far one of my favorite bands. Alison Shaw's voice never fails to make me smile; she often sounds like a cute (or sometimes demented) doll. She's awesome. So is the music, which is comparable in quality to early Lush, the Cure, My Bloody Valentine, etc. A must for any fan of dreamy Brit pop or etherial music... they also fit well into the Goth genre.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cranes- Forever, November 17, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Forever (Audio CD)

One of the best albums ever produced, right under Cure's Disentigration in my book. Songs like Clear and Adrift are so beautiful and full that I quiver and shake hearing them. The drums are complex, yet not overbearing... the keyboards are well thought out, siren-like, composed. Shaw's pixie-girl voice takes some getting used to, but get used to it! Follow up with Loved... it too is a 5-star. And I don't use 5 stars lightly.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Compelling..., September 4, 2003

By 

Jennifer Jackson (Coventry, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Forever (Audio CD)

Alison Shaw's voice....what's the word? Ethereal....haunting....otherworldly. She whisps along in a voice that shouldn't work with the music, but does. Sometimes she sounds lost, but almost deliberately so. Other times she grooves along in a more dramatic fashion. And I don't think I was expected to like it as much as I do. But I do. Ten years behind the times, granted (the album was originally released in 1993), but I'm sure enjoying listening to it. For me, it's the vocals that make it, but the music varies from spooky to more driving beats, which is also intriguing. Plus, there are lots of strings - mostly guitar, granted. But some cello (yum), violins and so forth as well.