Wings of Joy

Wings of Joy is the debut studio album by English rock band Cranes. The album was released on 16 September 1991 by Dedicated Records. It followed the band's mini-album Self-Non-Self, released two years earlier.

Critical reception
The Washington Post determined that "the Cranes' balladeering may be a little bland, and even irksome when A. Shaw's voice is at its most little-girlish, but it's actually more appealing than the group's harder side".

Ned Raggett of AllMusic called Wings of Joy "a beautiful, if unsettling, piece of work" and found that in comparison to Cranes' earlier work, "the gripping, chilling atmosphere that Cranes dwell in hasn't moved an inch, but in terms of approach... the quartet has continued to expand its palette."

Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.

Cranes
 * Matt Cope – guitar
 * Mark Francombe – guitar
 * Alison Shaw – vocals, bass
 * Jim Shaw – drums, guitar, piano

Production
 * Cranes – production
 * Gail Lambourne – engineering

Design
 * Robert Coleman – design