1993 studio album by Cranes
| Forever | ||||
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| Studio album by Cranes | ||||
| Released | 26 April 1993 (1993-04-26) | |||
| Studio | First Protocol (London) | |||
| Genre | Dream pop | |||
| Length | 39:36 | |||
| Label | Dedicated | |||
| Producer | Cranes | |||
| Cranes chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Forever | ||||
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Forever is the second studio album by English rock band Cranes. It was released on 26 April 1993 by Dedicated Records.
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Christgau's Consumer Guide |  |
Melody Maker ranked Forever as the 24th best album of 1993.
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. 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." 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
All 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
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.
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
| Chart (1993) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Albums (OCC) | 40 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC) | 4 |
References
- 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.
- ^ 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.
