Crave (Cyclefly album)

Crave
Studio album by
Cyclefly
ReleasedApril 8, 2002 (2002-04-08)
Recorded2000 at
Parkage Studios
(East Sussex, England)
2001 at
Totally Wired
(Dublin, Ireland)
Genre
LabelRadioactive Records
MCA Records
ProducerBill Appleberry/Tobias Miller
Colin Richardson
Cyclefly chronology
Generation Sap
(1999) 		Crave
(2002)

Crave is the second album from the band Cyclefly, released on 8 April 2002.

The album, originally called Tales from the Fish Bowl, had a vote by fans to decide the album art.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Music Reviewer10.0/10[3]

Andy Capper wrote an astonishingly scathing one-star review of the album in NME, decrying it as "a turgid, tuneless, completely crass piece of mix and match nu-metal" and describing the vocals as "whiny and useless", while also referring to fans of the nu metal genre as "wankers" and attacking them for being allegedly unintelligent and "easy to swindle".[4]

A far less derisive review came from Harry Guerin, speaking from RTÉ, who highlighted the acoustic content of the record over the heavier material and expressed optimism in the band's future endeavours: "Crave is very much a case of a band with a work in progress sign hanging over their heads".[5]

Greg Leos of Unearthed gave the album a positive review, stating that it "has enough texture, power and hunger to leave listeners wanting more".[6]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."No Stress"3:46
2."Karma Killer" (feat. Chester Bennington)2:48
3."Sellophane Fixtures"3:13
4."Crave"4:00
5."Drive"3:48
6."Crowns"4:17
7."Lost Opinion"3:35
8."King for a Day"4:12
9."Fallen Wishes"3:26
10."Bulletproof"3:07
11."Tales from the Fishbowl" (feat. Sacha Puttnam)4:53
Bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Weary"4:05
13."Accidental Ornaments"3:01

Outtakes

  • "Five Years" (David Bowie cover) - 6:03 (Blockbuster: A 70's Glitter Glam Rock Experience compilation)
  • "Small Idols" - 3:04 (No Stress single)
  • "Karma Killer (Bill Appleberry Mix)" - 2:47 (Released on the band's MySpace page)
  • "Crave (Sacha Puttnam & Ciaran O'Shea Remix)" - 4:00 (Released on the band's MySpace page)
  • "Middle Class" - 4:07 (Unreleased)
  • "Sufficate" (Unreleased)
  • "World Idiot" (Unreleased)
  • "Wormholes" - 3:49 (Unreleased)
  • "Angelgrace" (Unreleased)
  • "Slaves To The Sunshine" (Unreleased)
  • "Revolver" - 3:14 (Unreleased)
  • "Tranquillity" (Unreleased)
  • "A Perfect Feeling" (Unreleased)

Personnel

Release history

Region Date
United Kingdom April 8, 2002 (2002-04-08)
United States April 9, 2002 (2002-04-09)

References

  1. ^ "Internet Archive Wayback Machine". Web.archive.org. 11 April 2001. Archived from the original on 11 April 2001. Retrieved 10 February 2012. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  2. ^ Crave at AllMusic
  3. ^ Music Reviewer Archived 2009-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-nme-6278-330720
  5. ^ https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/music-reviews/2002/0411/448680-cyclefly/
  6. ^ https://unearthed.com/album-review/cyclefly-crave-cd-review/


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