Forever (Cranes album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Forever
| type = studio
| artist = Cranes
| cover = CranesForever.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|1993|04|26|df=yes}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = First Protocol (London)
| genre = Dream pop{{cite news |title=Listen to the Shimmering Cocteau Sound on the Band's Best Recordings |newspaper=The Sunday Oregonian |date=27 March 1994 |last=Hughley |first=Marty}}
| length = {{duration|m=39|s=36}}
| label = Dedicated
| producer = Cranes
| prev_title = Wings of Joy
| prev_year = 1991
| next_title = Loved
| next_year = 1994
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Forever
| type = studio
| single1 = Adrift
| single1date = 29 March 1993{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-03-27.pdf |title=New Releases: Singles |magazine=Music Week |date=27 March 1993 |access-date=10 April 2021 |page=27}}
| single2 = Jewel
| single2date = 6 September 1993{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-09-04.pdf |title=Single Releases |magazine=Music Week |date=4 September 1993 |access-date=10 April 2021 |page=25}}
}}
}}
Forever is the second studio album by English rock band Cranes. It was released on 26 April 1993 by Dedicated Records.{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-04-24.pdf |title=New Releases: Albums |magazine=Music Week |date=24 April 1993 |access-date=10 April 2021 |pages=12, 21}}{{cite AV media |title=Forever |url=https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71lwsptB+XL.jpg |access-date=6 March 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210306061315/https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71lwsptB+XL.jpg |archive-date=6 March 2021 |url-status=unfit |publisher=Dedicated Records |year=1993 |type=press advertisement}}
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/forever-mw0000096240 |title=Forever – Cranes |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=30 March 2014 |last=Raggett |first=Ned}}
| rev2 = Christgau's Consumer Guide
| rev2score = {{Rating-Christgau|hm2}}{{cite book |chapter=Cranes: Forever |chapter-url=https://robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=3557 |access-date=30 March 2014 |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s |title-link=Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |publisher=St. Martin's Griffin |year=2000 |isbn=0-312-24560-2 |page=64}}
}}
Melody Maker ranked Forever as the 24th best album of 1993.{{cite magazine |title=Albums of the Year |magazine=Melody Maker |date=25 December 1993 – 1 January 1994 |page=77}}
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."
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Alison Shaw and Jim Shaw
| title1 = Everywhere
| length1 = 3:41
| title2 = Cloudless
| length2 = 5:33
| title3 = Jewel
| length3 = 3:05
| title4 = Far Away
| length4 = 3:53
| title5 = Adrift
| length5 = 5:09
| title6 = Clear
| length6 = 3:43
| title7 = Sun and Sky
| length7 = 3:34
| title8 = And Ever
| length8 = 4:04
| title9 = Golden
| length9 = 3:43
| title10 = Rainbows
| length10 = 3:11
| total_length = 39:36
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = European edition bonus track
| title11 = Shine Like Stars
| length11 = 4:32
| total_length = 44:08
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = UK limited CD edition bonus disc
| title1 = The Puppet
| length1 = 3:48
| title2 = Shine Like Stars
| length2 = 4:32
| total_length = 8:20
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = UK limited LP edition and European limited CD edition bonus disc
| title1 = At Sea
| length1 = 3:19
| title2 = Slide
| length2 = 2:50
| title3 = Wings of Joy
| length3 = 2:04
| title4 = Trumpet Song
| length4 = 1:48
| total_length = 10:01
}}
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Forever |others=Cranes |publisher=Dedicated Records |year=1993 |id=DEDCD 009 |type=liner notes}}
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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"
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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
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Charts
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!scope="col"| Chart (1993) !scope="col"| Peak |
| {{Album chart|UK2|40|date=19930502|access-date=6 March 2021|rowheader=true}} |
| scope="row"| UK Independent Albums (OCC){{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-05-15.pdf |title=Independent: Albums |magazine=Music Week |date=15 May 1993 |access-date=28 May 2021 |page=22}}
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References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|32401|Forever}}
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