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Cranes

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Summary

Cranes is a musical group[1]. Cranes ranks in the top 6% of musical group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,522 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Genre: dream pop[3], gothic rock[4], dark wave[5]
  • Record label: RCA Records[6]
  • Commons category: Cranes (band)[7]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[8]
  • Inception: 1986[9]
  • Location of formation: Portsmouth[10]
  • Official website: http://www.cranes-fan.com/[11]
  • Start of work period: 1985[12]

Why It Matters

Cranes has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] Cranes is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Portsmouth RCA Records United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · DuckDuckGoWiki · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Official website: http://www.cranes-fan.com/"
  2. 26d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1986-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Official website → http://www.cranes-fan.com/
    Country of origin → United Kingdom
    Location of formation → —
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