Hand Cranked

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title: "Hand Cranked" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2006-albums", "bibio-albums", "mush-records-albums"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_Cranked" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Hand Cranked
type	Studio
artist	Bibio
cover	Bibio - Hand Cranked.jpg
released	7 March 2006
recorded	England
genre	Folktronica
length	48:11
label	Mush
producer	Stephen Wilkinson
prev_title	fi
prev_year	2005
next_title	Vignetting the Compost
next_year	2009
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| name = Hand Cranked | type = Studio | artist = Bibio | cover = Bibio - Hand Cranked.jpg | alt = | released = 7 March 2006 | recorded = England | venue = | studio = | genre = Folktronica | length = 48:11 | label = Mush | producer = Stephen Wilkinson | prev_title = fi | prev_year = 2005 | next_title = Vignetting the Compost | next_year = 2009 |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = |rev2 = The Daily Telegraph |rev2score = (favourable) |rev3 = Pitchfork Media |rev3score = 6.1/10 |rev4 = Tiny Mix Tapes |rev4score = Hand Cranked is the second album by the music producer Bibio. It was released on 7 March 2006 on Mush Records.

Critical reception

XLR8R wrote that "several songs wouldn’t be memorable if it weren’t for their ancient sound quality. But in our age of bloodless pop productions, [Bibio] is still welcome."

Track listing

| all_writing = Stephen Wilkinson | headline = | total_length = 48:11

| title1 = The Cranking House | length1 = 2:01

| title2 = Cherry Go Round | length2 = 5:53

| title3 = Quantock | length3 = 4:07

| title4 = Black Country Blue | length4 = 2:07

| title5 = Marram | length5 = 2:07 | writer5 = Wilkinson, Richard Roberts

| title6 = Aberriw | length6 = 1:46

| title7 = Zoopraxiphone | length7 = 3:52

| title8 = DYFI | length8 = 4:02

| title9 = Ffwrnais | length9 = 3:10

| title10 = Woodington | length10 = 5:19

| title11 = Above the Rooftops | length11 = 3:41

| title12 = Snowbow | length12 = 3:44

| title13 = Maroon Lagoon | length13 = 2:37

| title14 = Overgrown | length14 = 5:36

| headline = 2020 reissue bonus tracks

| title15 = Madame Grotesque | length15 = 4:55 | writer15 = Wilkinson, Richard Roberts

| title16 = Cantaloup Carousel (1999) | length16 = 5:21

| title17 = Firework Owl | length17 = 3:45

| title18 = Odd Lips | length18 = 2:45

| title19 = The Last Bicycle | length19 = 3:46

References

References

1. "Mush Records - MH-244 Bibio - Hand Cranked".
2. Brian Way. "Hand Cranked > Overview".
3. Ben Thompson. (6 May 2006). "Pop CDs of the week: Dirty Pretty Things, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and more". [[The Daily Telegraph]].
4. Mark Richardson. (29 March 2006). "Album Reviews: Bibio: Hand Cranked".
5. "Music Review: Bibio - Hand Cranked".
6. "Bibio | Biography & History".
7. Macdonald, Cameron. (1 November 2006). "Bibio Hand Cranked".
8. "Bibio".

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