Search - Cranes :: Live in Italy

This Is Sooooo Good

Reticuli | Las Vegas | 10/30/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Wow, I had no idea this band was this competent live. Alison's voice is AMAZING on this disc. This girl has the writing and vocal talents in the same league as Bjork. The eq, mixing, and acoustics are extremely pleasant on this recording. They're not the most heavily funded band out there, so what they had to work with as far as gear and sound engineer staff probably wasn't what you'd expect from famous bands on big labels. There's some wobbling and imperfections hear and there, but it's quite endearing in its own way. I'm compelled to recommend this to someone who doesn't have any or many Cranes CD's. This is one to get. The entire range of the band's greatest moments is represented here. I just can't believe so many of those moments from their albums that send a wonderful chill (or whatever you want to call that pleasant tingly sensation) down my spine translated so well in a live setting. I feel an urge to buy a plane ticket to their next concert."

Piling on

Nobody | 12/22/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"As said, the reviews already posted do a good job of speaking to this CD's merits. But what the heck, nobody knows who this band is (hardly), and considering that 99% of the music released is pure dreck, it's a shame and a pity for stuff this good to stay under the radar. It's unique music by talented people who have been doing it for a long time. It can't be for love of money, I don't see how they survive as it is, so it must be for the music. It shows."

Beautiful

LHB | Dallas TX | 02/25/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I bought this mainly because I'm a completist who fell in love with the Cranes a few months ago and had already acquired all the bands studio albums. I'm normally not crazy about live albums, but this is an exception. Whatever it is about the Cranes that makes them so compelling (a combination of sincerity, mystery, tenderness and drive?) is really here in spades. The song selection is weighted toward their more recent stuff, especially Future Songs, but even if you have that album, this is a really beautiful "must have" in my opinion as well. Exceptionally good recording and engineering, and even more of a tug at the heartstrings than their best recent studio work. Get it if you like the Cranes."