Forever (Cranes album)
1993 studio album by Cranes
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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.[4][5]
Critical reception
| Review 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]
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.[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
| Chart (1993) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Albums (Official Charts)[10] | 40 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC)[11] | 4 |