Forever (Cranes album)

1993 studio album by Cranes

Forever

Studio album by

Cranes

Released| 26 April 1993 (1993-04-26)
Studio| First Protocol (London)
Genre| Dream pop[1]
Length| 39:36
Label| Dedicated
Producer| Cranes
Cranes chronology
| Wings of Joy
(1991)  | Forever
(1993)  | Loved
(1994)

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Singles from  Forever

1. "Adrift"
Released: 29 March 1993[2]
2. "Jewel"
Released: 6 September 1993[3]

Forever is the second studio album by English rock band Cranes. It was released on 26 April 1993 by Dedicated Records.[4][5]

## Critical reception

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Professional ratingsReview 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

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All tracks are written by Alison Shaw and Jim Shaw

No.| Title| Length

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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

European edition bonus trackNo.| Title| Length

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11.| "Shine Like Stars"| 4:32
Total length:| 44:08

UK limited CD edition bonus discNo.| Title| Length

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1.| "The Puppet"| 3:48
2.| "Shine Like Stars"| 4:32
Total length:| 8:20

UK limited LP edition and European limited CD edition bonus discNo.| Title| Length

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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

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Credits 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

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Chart (1993)  | Peak
position

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UK Albums (OCC)[10] | 40
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[11] | 4

## References

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1. ^ Hughley, Marty (27 March 1994). "Listen to the Shimmering Cocteau Sound on the Band's Best Recordings". The Sunday Oregonian.
2. ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 27 March 1993. p. 27. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
3. ^ "Single Releases" (PDF). Music Week. 4 September 1993. p. 25. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
4. ^ "New Releases: Albums" (PDF). Music Week. 24 April 1993. pp. 12, 21. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
5. ^ 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)
6. ^ a b c Raggett, Ned. "Forever – Cranes". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
7. ^ 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.
8. ^ "Albums of the Year". Melody Maker. 25 December 1993 – 1 January 1994. p. 77.
9. ^ Forever (liner notes). Cranes. Dedicated Records. 1993. DEDCD 009.`{{cite AV media notes}}`: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
10. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
11. ^ "Independent: Albums" (PDF). Music Week. 15 May 1993. p. 22. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

## External links

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* Forever at Discogs (list of releases)

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* MusicBrainz release group

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