Play Cranes Radio

Cranes

1,572,537 plays (89,570 listeners)

260 shouts

Add to my Library Share
Originally based on the south coast of England in Portsmouth, Cranes released their first album, “Fuse,” on cassette in 1990. This material was subsequently re-recorded and released as part of “Self Non Self,” released later that year. The intensity of that album garnered very good reviews and caught the attention of John Peel, who picked up on the album right away, with the group recording a session for him in the album’s first week of release. Shortly after drawing intense media attention, they signed to the label Dedicated (which also became home to Spiritualized and Beth Orton) and went on to record their EP “Espero” in 1990, with the album “Wings of Joy” following a year later. The release of “Wings of Joy” caught the attention of Robert Smith of The Cure who picked the Cranes to open for them on their world tour in 1992, and then went on to record the albums “Forever” (1993), “Loved” (1994), “La Tragedie d’Oreste et Electre” (1995), and “Population Four” (1997). After a 4 year break, Cranes re-emerged on their own independent label Dadaphonic to release “Future Songs” (2001) and “Particles & Waves” (2004), which saw the band heading in a more electronic direction while retaining the trademark sound of previous releases. In January 2007 the band released “Live at Amsterdam Paradiso,” originally recorded in 1991, just before “Wings of Joy” album was released.
Read more… Edit

Top Albums

See more

Top Tracks

1  
208
2  
193
3  
170
4  
143
5  
135
6  
130
7  
118
8  
111
9  
105
10  
101
11  
98
12  
86
13  
85
14  
84
15  
82
See more

Shoutbox

Leave a comment. Log in to Last.fm or sign up (it’s free).
See all 260 shouts

Videos

See more

Events

Add event See more

News

Update Re: Cranes shows in Sweden, Norway and London!

21 Oct 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/cranes

Hello everybody!Just a quick update about the forthcoming shows in Sweden and Norway next week. Please see below for dates and venues!  The support group in Oslo will be Pica Pica.  myspace. …

Add comment

See more

Listeners

See more

Recent Activity

Related Journals

See more

More Information

Links
Band Members
Labels