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Housed in a deluxe soft touch finish-on jacket. Forever is a 1993 album by the British shoegaze band Cranes. Forever continues the trend of the band's previous albums, revolving largely around Alison Shaw's distinctive vocals. The album contains elements of shoegaze, dream pop and gothic rock, and features the singles 'Adrift' and 'Jewel'. The album starts with hypnotizing acoustic guitar chords on the first track 'Everywhere'. Songs like 'Cloudless', 'And Ever' and 'Far Away' show the band taking an extremely minimalist approach to their songwriting with sometimes nothing more than a piano accompanying Allison's voice. The songs 'Adrift' and 'Clear' are heavy post-punk rockers and 'Jewel' is one of the brightest and most colorful songs that Cranes have ever produced. 'Jewel' ended up being an underground hit in the U.K. and U.S., though thanks to a somewhat transformed remix courtesy of longtime Cranes fan Robert Smith (Forever takes it's name from a The Cure rarity of the same title). 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They were named after the many mechanical cranes around the city's docks. Cranes are best known for the childlike, high-pitched vocals of lead singer Alison.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEP Collection, Volumes 1 \u0026amp; 2 is a triple disc set that features the majority of the Cranes' EP releases, which were among the group's best work. Cranes rarely sounded as effective or as eerie as they did on these EPs. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 3-LP set features 28 songs; an extensive selection of their biggest successes; 'Jewel', 'Paris and Rome (Flood Mix)','Beach Mover', 'Adrift', 'Inescapable', 'Lilies (Flood Mix)' a. o. 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