Crave (Cyclefly album)

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Crave
Cyclefly Crave.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 8, 2002 (2002-04-08)
Recorded2000 at
Parkage Studios
(East Sussex, England)
2001 at
Totally Wired
(Dublin, Ireland)
Genre
Label Radioactive Records
MCA Records
Producer Bill Appleberry/Tobias Miller
Colin Richardson
Cyclefly chronology
Generation Sap
(1999)
Crave
(2002)

Crave is the second album from the band Cyclefly, released on 8 April 2002.

Contents

The album, originally called Tales from the Fish Bowl, had a vote by fans to decide the album art. [1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Music Reviewer10.0/10 [3]

Andy Capper wrote an astonishingly scathing one-star review of the album in NME, decrying it as "a turgid, tuneless, completely crass piece of mix and match nu-metal" and describing the vocals as "whiny and useless", while also referring to fans of the nu metal genre as "wankers" and attacking them for being allegedly unintelligent and "easy to swindle". [4]

A far less derisive review came from Harry Guerin, speaking from RTÉ, who highlighted the acoustic content of the record over the heavier material and expressed optimism in the band's future endeavours: "Crave is very much a case of a band with a work in progress sign hanging over their heads". [5]

Greg Leos of Unearthed gave the album a positive review, stating that it "has enough texture, power and hunger to leave listeners wanting more". [6]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."No Stress"3:46
2."Karma Killer" (feat. Chester Bennington)2:48
3."Sellophane Fixtures"3:13
4."Crave"4:00
5."Drive"3:48
6."Crowns"4:17
7."Lost Opinion"3:35
8."King for a Day"4:12
9."Fallen Wishes"3:26
10."Bulletproof"3:07
11."Tales from the Fishbowl" (feat. Sacha Puttnam)4:53
Bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Weary"4:05
13."Accidental Ornaments"3:01

Outtakes

Personnel

Release history

RegionDate
United KingdomApril 8, 2002
United StatesApril 9, 2002

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References

  1. "Internet Archive Wayback Machine". Web.archive.org. 11 April 2001. Archived from the original on 11 April 2001. Retrieved 10 February 2012.{{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  2. Crave at AllMusic
  3. Music Reviewer Archived 2009-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
  4. https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-nme-6278-330720
  5. https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/music-reviews/2002/0411/448680-cyclefly/
  6. https://unearthed.com/album-review/cyclefly-crave-cd-review/