- Audio CD (Aug 1 2001)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Bmg/Dedicated
- ASIN: B000025L4X
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #234,259 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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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.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Ethereal....Magical....Beautiful....Excellent!,
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This review is from: Forever (Audio CD)
I love the Cranes. This is one of my favorite albums. It is ethereally beautiful and haunting. I highly recommend it!
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4.7 out of 5 stars (10 customer reviews) 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Etherial at its Best,
By Bill Tompkins - Published on Amazon.com
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.
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Cranes- Forever,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
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.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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And Ever Amen,
By Mark Champion "autumnfair" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Forever (Audio CD)
Chilling yet beautiful, much of the appeal of the Cranes' music resides in its ritualistic nature. It is simple, ethereal and primal and not too far removed from the more minimal excursions of Death In June or Sol Invictus, albeit more conventionally "pretty" and with more emphasis on melody. Like those bands, the key here lies in rhythmic repetition and crescendo: the songs tend to start simply, becoming more layered and complex as they progress toward a blunt ending (ie, the music seeks to function subliminally as an analogy to life; a dangerous attempt in less capable hands: portentious can equal pretentious, with unintentionally comic results). And as with those bands, the music ranges from the (morosely) beautiful and resigned ("Far Away") to the intensely defiant ("Clear," "Sun And Sky"). The heavily echoed voice is largely unintelligible but this in itself speaks volumes. Exhilarating and compelling: listen and get cold.
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