''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.

Reception

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wrote an astonishingly scathing one-star review of the album in

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, 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 "

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s" and attacking them for being allegedly unintelligent and "easy to swindle". A far less derisive review came from Harry Guerin, speaking from

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, 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". Greg Leos of ''Unearthed'' gave the album a positive review, stating that it "has enough texture, power and hunger to leave listeners wanting more".https://unearthed.com/album-review/cyclefly-crave-cd-review/

Track listing

Outtakes

* "Five Years" (

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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

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page) * "Crave (Sacha Puttnam & Ciaran O'Shea Remix)" - 4:00 (Released on the band's

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

; Cyclefly * Declan O'Shea - vocals, arrangement * Ciaran O'Shea - guitar, arrangement * NoNo Presta - guitar, arrangement * Christian Montagne - bass, arrangement * Jean-Michel Cavallo - drums, arrangement ; Additional musicians * Chester Bennington - vocals (track 2) * Sacha Puttnam - strings, organ (track 11), arrangement (tracks 2, 7) ; Technical personnel * Robert Flynt - photography * Sasha Jankovic - engineer * Alan Sanderson - engineer * Ian Blanch - engineer * Jeff Rothschild - engineer * Ciaran O'Shea - programming * David Bianco - mixing * Bill Appleberry - producer (tracks 1, 4, 5), engineer * Colin Richardson - producer * Tobias Miller - producer (tracks 1, 4, 5), engineer

Release history

References

External links

Cyclefly.com
2002 albums Cyclefly albums {{2000s-alt-rock-album-stub