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Cranes (1986 - )

Group - United Kingdom British dream pop band

Releases (31)

Official

Album

  1. Wings of Joy 16 Sep 1991
  2. Forever 23 Apr 1993
  3. Loved Sep 1994
  4. La Tragédie d’Oreste et Électre 16 Jun 1996
  5. Population Four 03 Feb 1997
  6. Future Songs 27 May 2001
  7. Particles & Waves 14 May 2004
  8. Cranes 10 Oct 2008

Album - Remix

  1. Forever Remixes 27 Sep 1993

Album - Compilation

  1. EP Collection, Volumes 1 & 2 29 Sep 1997
  2. John Peel Sessions (1989-1990) 02 Jun 2023

Album - Live

  1. Live in Italy 14 May 2003
  2. Live at Amsterdam Paradiso (1991-02-22: Amsterdam, Netherlands) Dec 2006

Single

  1. Inescapable 06 Aug 1990
  2. Espero 1990
  3. Adoration 13 May 1991
  4. Tomorrow's Tears 1991
  5. Adrift 29 Mar 1993
  6. Jewel 1993
  7. Shining Road 12 Sep 1994

EP

  1. Fuse Aug 1986
  2. Self-Non-Self Oct 1989
  3. Can't Get Free 19 May 1997
  4. Submarine EP 23 Apr 2002

Promotion

Single

  1. Clear 1993
  2. Everywhere 1993
  3. Beautiful Friend 1994
  4. Lilies 1995
  5. Ancienne Belgique 08 Dec 1996

Bootleg

Album - Live

  1. Live in Texas (1997)

Relationships (8)

Members

  1. Jim Shaw (1986) original, lead vocals, guitar, drums (drum set)
  2. Alison Shaw (1986) original, lead vocals, bass, guitar
  3. Mark Francombe (1990 - 1999) keyboard, bass, guitar
  4. Matt Cope (1990 - 1996) bass, guitar
  5. Manu Ros (1996 - 1999) drums (drum set)
  6. Paul Smith (1997) keyboard, bass, guitar
  7. Jon Callender (1999) drums (drum set)
  8. Ben Baxter (2000) bass

Recordings by (176)

  1. Pillow Panther 4:16 (Aug 1986)
  2. Fuse 3:36 (Aug 1986)
  3. Valentine 1:53 (Aug 1986)
  4. Gas-Ring 3:57 (Aug 1986)
  5. Things That I Like 3:44 (Aug 1986)
  6. Wrench 3:35 (Aug 1986)
  7. Fracture 3:45 (Aug 1986)
  8. One From the Slum 3:43 (Oct 1989)
  9. Joy Lies Within 2:30 (Oct 1989)
  10. Heaven or Bliss 4:12 (Oct 1989)
  11. Beach Mover 2:46 (Oct 1989)
  12. Focus Breathe 3:50 (Oct 1989)
  13. Give 3:08 (06 Aug 1990)
  14. Inescapable II 2:47 (06 Aug 1990)
  15. Inescapable 2:48 (06 Aug 1990)
  16. Dada 331 3:15 (06 Aug 1990)
  17. [untitled] 3:00 (1990)
  18. Cha Cha Escueta 3:02 (1990)
  19. I Hope 4:01 (1990)
  20. E.G. Shining 3:47 (1990)
  21. Brighter 2:56 (13 May 1991)
  22. Adoration 5:27 (13 May 1991)
  23. Watersong 3:50 (16 Sep 1991)
  24. Thursday 4:23 (16 Sep 1991)
  25. Living and Breathing 3:30 (16 Sep 1991)
  26. Leaves of Summer 3:44 (16 Sep 1991)
  27. Starblood 3:35 (16 Sep 1991)
  28. Sixth of May 4:39 (16 Sep 1991)
  29. Wish 3:58 (16 Sep 1991)
  30. Tomorrow’s Tears 3:59 (16 Sep 1991)
  31. Beautiful Sadness 4:04 (16 Sep 1991)
  32. Hopes Are High 2:59 (16 Sep 1991)
  33. Casa Blanca 2:40 (1991)
  34. Dreamless 3:42 (1991)
  35. Reach (live) 2:51 (09 Nov 1992)
  36. Nothing in the Middle, Nothing at the End 3:22 (09 Nov 1992)
  37. Interview 24:17 (1992)
  38. Everywhere 3:41 (29 Mar 1993)
  39. Adrift 4:46 (29 Mar 1993)
  40. Underwater 3:14 (29 Mar 1993)
  41. Rainbows 3:12 (23 Apr 1993)
  42. Cloudless 5:33 (23 Apr 1993)
  43. Jewel 3:09 (23 Apr 1993)
  44. Far Away 3:55 (23 Apr 1993)
  45. Clear 3:45 (23 Apr 1993)
  46. Sun and Sky 3:35 (23 Apr 1993)
  47. And Ever 4:07 (23 Apr 1993)
  48. Golden 3:44 (23 Apr 1993)
  49. Shine Like Stars 4:33 (23 Apr 1993)
  50. The Puppet 3:51 (23 Apr 1993)
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On Recordings (20)

Engineered

  1. Paris and Rome 6:04 Cranes (Sep 1994)
  2. Loved 3:10 Cranes (Sep 1994)
  3. Come This Far 4:11 Cranes (Sep 1994)
  4. Bewildered 4:22 Cranes (Sep 1994)
  5. Lilies 3:46 Cranes (Sep 1994)
  6. In the Night 4:12 Cranes (Sep 1994)
  7. Beautiful Friend 3:14 Cranes (Sep 1994)
  8. Are You Gone? 2:58 Cranes (Sep 1994)
  9. Rêverie 4:01 Cranes (Sep 1994)
  10. Pale Blue Sky 3:29 Cranes (Sep 1994)

Produced

  1. Bewildered 4:22 Cranes (Sep 1994)
  2. Come This Far 4:11 Cranes (Sep 1994)
  3. Loved 3:10 Cranes (Sep 1994)
  4. Rêverie 4:01 Cranes (Sep 1994)
  5. Beautiful Friend 3:14 Cranes (Sep 1994)
  6. Paris and Rome 6:04 Cranes (Sep 1994)
  7. Lilies 3:46 Cranes (Sep 1994)
  8. In the Night 4:12 Cranes (Sep 1994)
  9. Pale Blue Sky 3:29 Cranes (Sep 1994)
  10. Are You Gone? 2:58 Cranes (Sep 1994)

Credited as (2)

  1. Cranes
  2. cranes

Events (4)

Main Performer At

  1. 6. Wave-Gotik-Treffen 1997
  2. 3. Wave-Gotik-Treffen 1994
  3. Dour 1994
  4. Roskilde Festival 1996, Day 4: Green time

Links (16)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.cranes-fan.com/

Other Databases

  1. http://musicmoz.org/Bands_and_Artists/C/Cranes/
  2. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/cranes

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/Cranes

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/130417

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000128141

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/146750630

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1138865

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/20966

Purchase Music For Download

  1. https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/id313977

Bandcamp

  1. https://cranes.bandcamp.com/

Fan Pages

  1. http://www.starblood.org/index.shtml
  2. http://ectoguide.org/artists/cranes

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/f6dfc44d-5da4-4ed1-949b-32715630dff4

Social Networking

  1. https://www.facebook.com/cranes.music.official

Myspace

  1. https://myspace.com/cranes