| Forever | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 26 April 1993 | |||
| Studio | First Protocol (London) | |||
| Genre | Dream pop [1] | |||
| Length | 39:36 | |||
| Label | Dedicated | |||
| Producer | Cranes | |||
| Cranes chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Forever | ||||
Forever is the second studio album by English rock band Cranes. It was released on 26 April 1993 by Dedicated Records. [4] [5]
| 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] Trivia, but it may be a very rare example of an album whose titles, deliberate or not, form a sort of a sentence.
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 | |
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. [9]
Cranes
Additional musicians
Production
Design
| Chart (1993) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Albums (OCC) [10] | 40 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC) [11] | 4 |
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