''Loved'' is the third

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. It was released on 12 September 1994 by Dedicated Records.

Critical reception

Greg Fasolino of ''

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'' said: "'Shining Road' has an enchanting

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melody and rushing guitar pulse, 'Lilies' flirts with fragile funkiness and 'Paris and Rome' feels like a European music-box waltz. Using odd squeaking noises and distant whammy-bar twangs, 'Beautiful Friend' cunningly fashions an unusual

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/ Western hybrid; the title track actually rocks." Cranes' entry in the 1995 ''

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'' notes that while Alison Shaw's vocals are "noticeably more prominent in the mix" on ''Loved'' than on earlier Cranes recordings, the band's music remains rooted in

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. Writing in '' The Rough Guide to Rock'', Ian Canadine found ''Loved'' to be "very similar in tone" to Cranes' previous album ''

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'' (1993), as well as "somehow too comfortable, though containing some echoes of the clang of old on 'Reverie'."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Alison Shaw and Jim Shaw. # "Shining Road" – 3:50 # "Pale Blue Sky" – 3:29 # "Rêverie" – 4:00 # "Lilies" – 3:44 # "Are You Gone?" – 2:56 # "Loved" – 3:09 # "Beautiful Friend" – 3:12 # "Bewildered" – 4:21 # "Come This Far" – 4:09 # "Paris and Rome" – 6:03 # "In the Night" (exclusive to CD edition) – 4:12 US edition bonus tracks #

"Shining Road" (

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mix) – 3:53

# "Paris and Rome" (

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mix) – 5:17 # "Lilies" (Flood mix) – 3:54

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. Production * Cranes –

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* Giles Hall – assistance * Tony Jones – assistance * Neil Simons – assistance Design * Blue Source – sleeve design *

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– front cover artwork (''

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Critical reception

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