Forever cover

Forever

Released

The second full album by Cranes, Forever provided the band something close to an alternative radio hit in the US thanks to a single remix of “Jewel” by Robert Smith. But both song and album straight up showcase the stark, dramatic impact of the band, Alison Shaw’s famously winsome, near whispered singing matching up against everything from sinuous, powerful arrangements to skeletal, end-of-the-night/end-of-the-world atmospheres. Some called them shoegazers but songs like “Everywhere” and “Adrift” are in their own plane.

Ned Raggett

Recommended by

Suggestions
In Praise of More cover

In Praise of More

Engineers
Shimmering, Warm & Bright cover

Shimmering, Warm & Bright

Bel Canto
Priest = Aura cover

Priest = Aura

The Church
Perfumes And Fripperies cover

Perfumes And Fripperies

The Wake
Filigree and Shadow cover

Filigree and Shadow

This Mortal Coil
Leaves Me Blind cover

Leaves Me Blind

Underground Lovers
Sweet FA cover

Sweet FA

Love and Rockets
Who’s Been Sleeping In My Brain? cover

Who’s Been Sleeping In My Brain?

Alien Sex Fiend
…If I Die, I Die cover

…If I Die, I Die

Virgin Prunes
Some Girls Wander By Mistake cover

Some Girls Wander By Mistake

The Sisters of Mercy
Hologram of Baal cover

Hologram of Baal

The Church
Wild Birds: 1985-1995 cover

Wild Birds: 1985-1995

Peter Murphy