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- Date Released: June 17, 2003
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Goth, Indie Rock
- Label: Instinct Records / Virtual
Stripped-down live document from some under appreciated ‘90s shoegazers.
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We Say...
This somewhat misunderstood and greatly under appreciated brother/sister team was grouped in with shoegazers like Slowdive and even Cocteau Twins, but while their music was translucent and transcendent, it was driven more by dread than by escapism. Live in Italy, recorded during Cranes' 2002 tour, captures the contrast between the band's soothing, atmospheric music and Alison Shaw's harrowing vocals more effectively than any of their studio recordings. Without echoey studio effects and dense multi-tracking, the songs are more open and vulnerable and Shaw's tortured little girl voice is as unsettling as a good horror film.
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They Say...
Despite this album's title, it was actually recorded all across Europe and the United Kingdom, in Pordenone, Rome, Ancona, Amsterdam, Vienna and the Cranes' home base of Portsmouth during their 2002 tour. Live albums usually disappoint for one of two reasons: either the band sounds nothing like it does in the studio (rich production is replaced by thin live arrangements and dodgier singing) or the band sounds exactly like it does in the studio, making you wonder why you spent the fifteen bucks on an album that sounds just like all the other ones you've already spent fifteen bucks on. Fans of the Cranes, though, should be perfectly happy with Live in Italy, because it splits the difference nicely between those two tendencies and showcases the ethereal instrumental sound and almost creepily girlish voice of singer Alison Shaw to such fine effect. The Cranes sound is one that adapts very nicely to the limitations of live instrumentation -- Jim Shaw's guitars are soft and spare, as is Alison Shaw's voice, and the touring sidemen offer just enough wispy texture to keep things from floating away entirely. The result, especially nice on songs like "Cloudless" and the slightly more muscular "Adrift," is both moody and gently exalted, sort of like a cross between Brian Eno and the Cocteau Twins. Recommended.
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| 01. |  |
Cloudless |
5:44 |
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| 02. | |
Fragile |
4:38 |
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| 03. | |
Future Song |
4:39 |
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| 04. | |
Submarine |
3:39 |
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| 05. | |
Flute Song |
4:18 |
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| 06. | |
Sunrise |
5:44 |
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| 07. | |
Everywhere |
3:48 |
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| 08. | |
Jewel |
3:14 |
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| 09. | |
Far Away |
3:54 |
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| 10. | |
Adrift |
4:49 |
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| 11. | |
Paris And Rome |
6:06 |
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| 12. | |
E.G. Shining |
4:13 |
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| 13. | |
Shining Road |
4:01 |
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| 14. | |
Adoration |
6:26 |
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14 Total Tracks, 65:13 Total Length
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Credits
- Cranes - Main Performer // Stuart Brown - Live Sound // Alison Shaw - Guitar // Alison Shaw - Vocals // Paul Smith - Guitar // Paul Smith - Keyboards // Ben Baxter - Bass // Oliver Blankenheim - Photography // Marco Calderisi - Photography // Jon Callender - Drums // Jamie Dare - Photography // Mike Dare - Photography // Cuahatemoc Keer - Photography // Marco Maas - Photography // Lyse Tranzeat - Photography // Jim Shaw - Guitar // Jim Shaw - Mixing
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