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There are definitely some interesting choices made here and a few tracks work very well creating an ambient atmosphere; but my main problem is that this doesn’t sound like an album at all. It sounds like I’ve gone to this artist’s page on Spotify and just put his songs on shuffle. There’s basically no consistency throughout this when so it sounds like I’m listening to multiple fragments of good albums rather than one great album
These cats hit my radar in the early aughts.This was a time when I discovered that libraries lent out cds & I was stuffing my hard drive with anything remotely interesting. This was back when you had to own your music of course. Ahh, simpler times. Love this tho. I just know this & that one other album, but they both hit. Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty strong. Gon’ do another 3.5, but not quite enough to earn the round up.
OK but not really my vibe
mope rock - there is better out there....
Maybe this being one of the 1001 albums I MUST hear before I die is a geographical thing, because this is the first I've heard of this solid, hazy indie rock. Gets over the hump that most self-important indie-twee (sleaze?) debuts find themselves in by not focusing too much on how smart and significant the lead songwriter is and instead focusing on cool textures, hooks, guitar squalling, ETC. Good for looking out the window and thinking hard about something important (but not too important.) It's a bit underdone in the middle, the songs get a bit cheesy and overly hooky. I would never call a group of people I'll never meet in my lifetime sellouts, but I do think if they stuck to the ambient stuff the album would be *all* killer. So it goes.
"Firesuite" was gorgeous; it just hit all my expectations of where it would go next after each section, making it incredibly satisfying. I wasn't pleasantly surprised too by Goodwin's vocals in "Here it Comes"; a more subtle mancunian voice than that of the Oasis brothers. "Break Me Gently" confirms how I felt about the first two songs; Doves feel like a hybrid of Oasis and Coldplay that works better than it would on paper. "Sea Song" was pleasant enough, though the vocals dragged the mood down for me, but not in a positive 'feeling your feels' kind of way; more 'Now I'm just depressed'. "Rise" began interestingly with some pretty distinct guitar tones that captured my attention and, while the submerged reverb of the vocals was pleasant to listen to, it made the lyrics completely indistinguishable. "Lost Souls" started well enough, but the devolving into some metal clanging accompanied janky piano was just irritating; feel like there is nothing worse than a track you can only listen to half of with enjoyment before you have to kill the backend. "Melody Calls" was surprisingly bland compared to everything that came before it due to a lack of any tension built and released. "Catch the Sun" was out of place, but a welcome break from an entire album of humdrum thus far. Still, it's a perfectly serviceable song, but feels like something that's all too familiar and done better by other bands in that space and time. "The Man Who Told Everything" felt largely forgettable, but "The Cedar Room" was near euphorically beautiful. Like the initial track, "Reprise" was a surprisingly great piece of mood-inducing music for me. Album plays a real strong opening hand; I was toying with the 4 right away, but as it progressed, it quickly ran out of steam. There are definitely tracks here that I would relisten to again, but not the entire album any time soon.
Like background music
I think this album could really grow on me. I really liked it. The beginning of the album is strong.
A sort of half-arsed shoegaze.
Enjoyable album without being mindblowing. Sea Song and The Cedar Room are the standouts for me.
-was a bit worried this would fit into the very broad category i like to call “generic British soft rock”. subverted my expectations by being a little bit unique at least, there are some standout tracks here namely the first and second ones -it felt very long, not necessarily in a good way, but i see what they were going for -Favorites: Firesuite, Here It Comes
Ordentliche Songs ohne Tiefgang. Es klingt wie ein langer, nebliger Atemzug: warm, schwebend, aber oft auch zu gleichförmig. Doves bauen schöne, melancholische Räume, doch viele Songs verschwimmen ineinander, ohne echten Höhepunkt.
Quite a lovely album.
This is almost the definition of a three star album for me. It was pleasant in parts, with the odd track that started to show something interesting, but ultimately it was just a play-by-numbers album that fell somewhere between Oasis and Radiohead. I have zero interest in ever listening to this again, but I enjoyed having it on in the background for an hour or so.
Not quite sure what I am listening to, but don't mind it.
Had not heard of this band before. I enjoyed the album. I'd give it more spins and pluck out some of my favorites.
Fine songs - clean and polished, good production, kind of repetitive and droney, but not bad at all. Not my genre, but I wouldn't object to it.
An absolutely ridiculous choice for this book. Not bad, but oh my God, why THIS? 3/5
It's giving Great Value brand Radiohead. And I'm not too mad about it, it was nice for a gloomy day.
Gear: Hifiman HE6se v2 SE Artwork: 🔦👤🔦 Production: 🎧😘🤌 Music: 🎹🌀👏 Rating: 🕊️🕊️🕊️(🕊️)/5
Really enjoyed much of this album, rich and atmospheric. Went on a little bit too long and all the songs started to blend together, though
Didn't really draw me in on the first listen. Put it on again and focused on the singles. Was a bit better the second time round but not really my sound. Drones on a bit
If you told me this was Radiohead I would believe you.
Think this one needs another listen or something, or I wasn't in the right headspace for it. Seemed to have promise, but didn't quite land the way I wanted it to. Rating: 5/10 Favorite Song: Man Who Told Everything
This was fine and at times it felt familiar.
This is like a half way house between Coldplay and Radiohead. Not bad but nothing exciting either.
5/10
A little meh but some enjoyable songs on a second listen. Quite ambient and emotive, would be a good album to play in a dimly lit bar. Also quite shroomy!
Firesuite - 4/5 Here It Comes - 4/5 Break Me Gently - 3/5 Sea Song - 5/5 Rise - 4/5 Lost Souls - 3/5 Melody Calls - 4/5 Catch the Sun - 4/5 The Man Who Told Everything - 3/5 The Cedar Room - 4/5 Reprise - no rating A House - 3/5 Average score: 3.7/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ interesting. they sound like a carbon copy of Coldplay, especially on tracks like Sea Song. my biggest gripe is most of these tracks are looooong (the whole album runtime is nearly 1 full hour), but this was an alright album in terms of quality i didn't enjoy this enough to round up my score, but this is a solid 3.5 stars on another rating scale. i liked the album just fine, but it's not something to write home about either
I enjoyed this one, it was a light daydream-esque album. Nothing too mind blowing, but a fun hour nonetheless!
cool, me gustó mucho que se usa de base de fondo muy amena
This one started off as one of the better albums I've gotten in a while. However, as time went on, it kinda just melted together, and I wasn't really feeling it by the end. Kinda Coldplay, kinda Radiohead, a little brit pop. Decent album, but yeah.
Firesuite - 3 Here it comes - 4 Break me gently - 3 Sea song - 4 Rise - 3 Lost souls - 3 Melody calls - 3 Catch the sun - 4 The man who told everything - 4 The cedar room - 3 Reprise - 3 A house - 3
I like this album but their next two are far better.
I saw this & was happy to go back, unfortunately it had not stood the test of time. Whilst there are a few good tracks it just didn't engage me
Zzzzzz
“Catch the Sun” is a classic
599/1001 2026.04.23 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑
The album overall is really good, but in my opinion each track sounds a bit like it was made by a different band. There’s a bit of Radiohead in it, a bit of Soundgarden in it, but I’m missing their authentic sound. 6/10
I think its pretty nice easy listening music Best Song: Here it Comes Rating: 6.0/10 Stars: 3
Ambient, moody and very aughts.
Liked this quite a bit, I’ll have to give it a few more listens.
AGAIN thought this band was another generic UK indie group. What a surprise – I could hear Radiohead and Tindersticks and perhaps a bit of Eels in it but I forgave that because firstly, it is not possible for music to be created in a vacuum, all bands are influenced by others, and secondly cos I really liked it.
Pleasant if not life-changing indie rock.
I thought it was very atmospheric. I did fall asleep on the train twice to this album though. It was quite a nice album for that, but maybe not the most engaging. I enjoyed it and the specific mood that it had, but I probably won't listen again. Fav song: The Man Who Told Everything Least fav: Break Me Gently
I think it's really close to being good but then they added extra distortion and production until it became annoying. The album version of making a good professional presentation and then going through it and adding the spinning slide transitions. Favourite song: Sea Song Least: Break Me Gently
Sounds like the soundtrack for every quirky indie movie during the early 2000's.
We liked this. 3 stars at least.
Defining that 2000s sound huh? Listened to this in a particularly apt moment and it hit, but it’s a bit too moody for regular play
I had a nice walk around the reservoir whilst listening to this album which probably helped, but it did have nice tunes and wasn't drowned out by electric guitar. Probably a smidge too long but not awfully long. Wilmslow represent.
Firesuite 3.6 Here It Comes 3.7 Break Me Gently 3.3 Sea Song 3.5 Rise 3.5 Lost Souls 3.1 Melody Calls 3.3 Catch the Sun 3.6 The Man Who Told Everything 3.4 The Cedar Room 3.5 Reprise 3 A House 3.2 Score: 3.391666667
First and last 25% of this album was completely mid, but the middle had some beautiful songs that elevate it.
This is very nice. I was listening while walking around London at night
Nice, dreamy, and undeniably vibey… but occasionally sounds like the band recorded it from the bottom of a swimming pool.
2.5 Behind some of the effects and layers, there was some pretty simple chord progressions that got boring rather quickly. Thought the drumming was a bit busy at times. I am not super familiar with the band but I remember liking the stuff I did hear a bit more than this.
It was fine. Felt surprisingly quick for a 59 minute album. It became background noise as I was tidying up…. And many others have said the same which sums up its worthiness to be on this list.
idk guys expected to love it but instead i spent everything waiting for it to actually start and something about its structure was lowkey confusing the second half of the album is better than the first half for sure tho
Well this was much better than I expected…. Loved ‘The Cedar Room’. Would listen again. 3.5
Pretty good
Decent.
Nothing remarkable, a bit too samey but it was a dreamy and comfy listen. Best song: Sea Song Worst song: Melody Calls Cover check: In the spotlight but invisible, makes you go "hmmm"
doves is one of those bands i've heard of but never heard anything from. it's alright. i like it well enough but nothing is too memorable. probably won't be anything that makes it into my rotation
Worth the listen
Varierande kvalitet. Den instrumentala introlåten var riktigt nice, men mycket annat var mediokert
Positivt överraskad! Några riktigt snygga låtar ändå, men sen kom "The Man Who Told Everything" som bara fick mig att tappa all vibe kring det här albumet. En trea blir det ändå dock!
Det är skevt. Känner inte igen bandet men tror jag känner igen några av låtarna. Tyckte typ det var rätt bra?!
Bang average, couldn't tell you anything about it. Didn't have the one song I knew of there's. Another totally mid album
3/5
++: Firesuite, Here It Comes, Break Me Gently, Rise, Lost Souls, Melody Calls +: Sea Song +-: The Man Who Told Everything, The Cedar Room, Reprise -: A House --: Catch the Sun 5,9/10
255/1001 Doves - Lost Souls Heard before? ❎ Revisit? ❓ If I'm being honest, this took a long while to get into and it was only until the final few tracks that it clicked. I don't know whether that's because it's bottom heavy or I'd gotten more into it in general.
5 / 10 - Interessantes und vielseitiges Klangspektrum - Trotz der abwechslungsreichen Klänge ein recht monotoner Vibe durchs Album hindurch - "Mood-Album", für das man in der richtigen Stimmung sein muss Favs: - Sea Song
This one was much better than the other English indie BS we’ve listened to so far.
I remember hearing this when it was new. It’s not bad, but you have to be in the right mood for it. This would be a good breakup album, I suppose.
I waited through 59 minutes for that?
kinda mid! i dipped out early and put on The Last Broadcast instead
Like the vibe of the band and some great songs. Found it kinda boring but still decent
it's alright. some decent pretty/indie alt rock
Lost Souls is a cool debut, but it feels more like atmospheric sound stuff than a bunch of tight songs. It totally nails that post midnight Manchester vibe, moody, melodic, and all dreamy textures, perfect for zoning out. Tracks like "Catch The Sun" give it a needed boost, and "The Cedar Room" is a real emotional winner, but some parts get a bit lost or just blend into the background. I dig the band's change from Sub Sub and the whole cinematic vibe, but it's a bit uneven. Solid 3 to 4 stars on any given day, a good intro to their sound, but not as strong as their next one, The Last Broadcast. It's chill and sometimes a bit boring, best listened to when you're in the mood for some rainy day vibes.
Gut.
This one is definitely a mood and I can feel it growing on me. Three stars for now, but once I find time to properly relisten I might upgrade the rating on this one.
Sólido 3.5 bro, tiene sus momentos peak y después flopea
Känne att jag egentligen vill gilla detta mer än jag gör. Det är på gränsen. Men kommer inte riktigt över på 4. För jag känner på mig att jag aldrig kommer vara sugen att lyssna mer. Trodde initialt att jag skulle tycka annorlunda. Finns mycket bra med skivan, tekniskt. Problemet är att det inte klickar. Hade kanske tyckte annorlunda vid annat tillfälle.
Surprisingly enjoyable. Meandering, melancholic ... would serve as great background music in a Japanese bar or something
Enjoyed the first track, but then the 2nd track came on. Oasis' DEFINITELY MAYBE is one of my least favorite albums of all time, so it was shame that this album started to feel like a shoegazer-esque version of Oasis. I've never enjoyed the Mancunian sound. I was beginning to think this was going to be a long listen, but fortunately they didn't do as much of the Oasis sound as I feared. I am never much of a fan of lyrics, so if they had cut all the lyrics and just presented the instrumentals, I think I would have enjoyed it much more. The production and recording is good to excellent, particularly for a debut indie rock act. Fine performances. That rhythm section really knows how to sit in the pocket. The mix and mastering did a good job of keeping the album from feeling uneven. Although, personally, I think the vocals are buried a tad too deep in a handful of tracks. The intro to "Sea Song" gave me a bit of The Cure vibes, in a good way. "Lost Souls", the title track, is actually a shorter track than "Sea Song", but it felt like it stuck around longer than it should have. Their other album, THE LAST BROADCAST, came up in the list first for me. The quality of this album, LOST SOULS, seems much, much higher. They clearly suffered the sophomore slump with THE LAST BROADCAST. So while I respect this album as a fine album, I am inclined to feel like is as an essential album. I don't think anyone is really missing out on what happened in the early naughties if they never heard the first 2 albums of Doves. Favorites: "Firesuite", "Melody Calls", "Reprise" Ironically, their hit on this album "Catch the Sun" I enjoyed the least.
Doves are one of those bands that I feel like I should like more than I do. I’ve tried a couple of times to get into them and, while I always like them, there’s something missing for me. Top Track - The Cedar Room
It was fine, no complaints at all really. Nothing really stuck out though, it was over as quick as it begun.
alright
Pretty cool! Feels like early indie rock that still has the alt rock influence of the mid 90s. I'm sure if you spend more time with this, you might get deeper into it. I like the cool effects and driving nature of the songs. Its really easy to vibe with.
It was fine. Had some pretty good moments actually. Unfortunately this post britpop alt rock stuff is super overrepresented on this list and none of it really stands out
I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this one. I can see where bands like The National may have derived some inspiration. 6/10
This is my music as a northern english white male of the indie flavour who was 18 when this came out. It brought waves of nostalgia and i loved the pounding rhythm, the great guitars and his voice and storytelling are well done. But they were always a tier 2 band behind their peers especially Elbow so this cant be considered great, just good.
Nothing offensive. Nothing special.
Mais um álbum do doves. Tenho basicamente a mesma opinião: boa produção, design sonoro bem executado, mas que não me marcou muito.
Favorite Track: Catch The Sun
I enjoyed it, but it’s nothing too groundbreaking. I’d maybe listen again, but it won’t make into high rotation.
80. mostly bad
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Não conhecia esta banda, foi uma surpresa agradável
We had this album at my house. I can't remember whose it was, though. Not mine! This is pretty chill background working music for me but nothing I'd choose to put on. Catch the sun is a good song! The song I like is from a different album, "pounding" off 2002's the last broadcast, which is to me a better album.
Firesuite, Sea Song and Catch the Sun all sounded like good songs, but I wasn't motivated to repeat any of them and probably will never listen to any of them again.
Released on the day the computers were supposed to crash, or take over, or something. Firesuite: a slow burner with a touch of Portishead. Here it Comes: post-britpop bustle, chorus has a decent hook. Surprisingly bluesy with a pleasant piano coda. Break Me Gently: Tremolo lead vocal is underpinned by backing choral section. Pained, but restrained. Sea Song: Did someone say Radiohead?! Some nice chord changes but a little laboured. Rise: More tremolo, this time guitar. A little repetitive. More ambient bells and whistles. Lost Souls - Light and airy verses...moody cave chorus. Hearing a little bit of Pulp here (sorted for e's and whizz). Beginning to feel like the vocals are the main thing holding the album back from being truly great. Melody Calls - Speaking of changing up of vocals...earworm, bouncy Americana...slightly out step with the rest of the album. Catch the Sun - Clearly THE single. Memorable vocal, nice production. Strong track. Man Who Told Everything: Mournful...up-tempo drums in the chorus a little too prominent. Verse is much better. A decent single. Outro strings a little cheesy. Cedar Room: More more tremolo, moody strut, more than a little Charlatans coded. Reprise: straight into... A House: Acoustic intro, tasteful organ backing. Surprisingly short, fades into ambient mumbling. Half expected a big crescendo that never came. As debut albums go, it's a good one. There are moments of greatness, though overshadowed by some meandering. There's also one too many nods to the Ghost of Britpop present. That said, it's a confident first step. Strong 3.5.
actually prefer their follow-up The Last Broadcast quite a bit
Decent atmosphere but I wish I connected more with the songwriting which didn't really stand out to me but I also wonder if this is a grower. Either way it's solid but not my favorite at all.
Meh
Slightly Colder-play.
I just cannot believe we need two Doves albums – yea, Doves albums released within two years of one another. I think I liked this better than the first one but I know that doesn't mean a whole lot. [checks history] oh weird, both Doves albums for this group went up on Feb. 19 (2025, and now, 2026). Okay so there are definite Black Heart Procession production vibes here in the guitar and piano in the first two tracks. This is a much more enjoyable album. I wish I could go back and give that other one a 1.
Lost Souls erschien 2000 als Debütalbum der britischen Band Doves, deren Mitglieder aus Manchester stammen. Aufgenommen wurde das Album überwiegend in den Francombe Studios in Uppermill sowie in weiteren Studios in Großbritannien. Die Band hatte sich nach ihrem elektronischen Projekt Sub Sub neu formiert und schlägt hier einen anderen Weg ein. Musikalisch bewegt sich das Album zwischen Indie-Rock und Britpop mit deutlichen atmosphärischen und elektronischen Elementen. Prägende Stücke sind „The Cedar Room“, „Catch the Sun“, „Here It Comes“ und „Sea Song“. Die Songs sind meist getragen, mit klar strukturierten Arrangements, zurückhaltendem Gesang und einer dichten, aber kontrollierten Produktion. Gitarren, Keyboards und rhythmische Loops greifen ineinander, ohne sich in den Vordergrund zu drängen. „Lost Souls“ wirkt in sich geschlossen und durchdacht. Für mich liegt die Stärke des Albums in seiner ruhigen Konsequenz und der klaren klanglichen Handschrift. Ein stimmiges Debüt, das die spätere Entwicklung der Band bereits andeutet.
Sympatoche
Generic early 2000s rock
Atmospheric, moody, which was interesting at first, but less so as the album wore on. I don't take the right drugs.
For various reasons I didn’t really buy new music in the early 2000’s and as a result I missed out on a number of bands. Now I’m sure if I’d heard them at the time I’d have loved the Doves. Big anthemic slightly melancholic rock is my sweet point and they do that with aplomb. However I’m probably a bit too long in the tooth now and whilst this is pleasant it’s not world changing
Revisiting this record was a surprise as songs that I had previously thoroughly enjoyed came off this time as a little meh. This is not to say that this album is not a thoroughly realized pop album with magnificent vocals, and a gorgeous lush sound creating a vibe that mostly works. The Man Who told Everything still hits as does The Cedar Room. I think this is best described as an after the club driving home record with the electronic sounds giving the right vibrations to a smooth pop record. 3/5
I’m noticing that if a Mercury Prize even breathed on an album it’ll probably be included in this list. Fair enough given the curators, I guess. I have a feeling I didn’t give this a close enough listen - it went right through me. There were moments and textures I enjoyed, but it felt like one long musical experience instead of a collection of songs. I feel like I owe this another listen but I don’t really want to. It’s dynamic and often pretty, but it didn’t move or grip me. A pretty middle-of-the-road experience.
This was alright. The dream / space rock and pop were the highlights. Definitely better than the straight up indie songs. Not bad lads
I enjoyed the mellowed-out, dream-like instrumentals and vocals. Favourite Track(s): The Man Who Told Everything Least Favourite Track(s): Melody Calls
Enjoyed it! Brings me back to the early 2000’s
Alternate Dimension Coldplay
I bought this album on release. I like Doves, but their second album is better. This has some crackers on it, such as The Cedar Room, but you do need to trawl through quite a bit of melancholic noise to get there.
I liked the laid back late night vibe of this record. The mixes are fantastic and every song has a creative and interesting element to it. Taste wise I didn’t connect much, but I respect the artistry of it. 3.75
Very atmospheric, adding to my rotation
Solid, similar music "feel" to The Suburbs, but I don't think this album has a vibe that quite matches what I tend to like out of indie rock.
lidt en fortsættelse af 00'er lyden og radiohead insp fra i går - synes det startede fedt ud, men jeg synes det var lidt meh undervejs, fx blev 'catch the sun' lidt for rocket til mig tror jeg.
Favorite Tracks: Firesuite / Sea Song / Catch The Sun Rating:2.8 I only discovered Doves within the last year, from their excellent 2025 album Constellations for the Lonely. I haven't dug much into their older work, though, so I was excited for this listen. Unfortunately I found this to be a bit of a letdown, and looking at other reviews now seems I'm not the only one. Didn't find much that stood out here, for me it was sort of pleasantly bland and generic. Catch The Sun was likely my favorite track here but for some reason sounds completely unlike the rest of the album. I'd put this on as some background music to work to.
3.5 (and rising) (59:09, 12 tracks, debut album, 1996-2000) Dream Pop (Indie Electronic “Post Rave”) Four years in the making this album spans a lot of different sounds. At one point it sounds a lot like the Foo Fighters (Catch the Sun), others Dream Pop. A lot of influences of house music. While I really like this album, I tend to agree with the majority of commentors that this album is here because of an overweighted bias to British recording artists. Apparently, Doves gets two albums in the 1001? Struggled with rating it. At times I felt a 4 (it grew on me a lot, I listened to this a dozen or more times, it’s generic office friendly music.) I settled on a 3 as I just don’t want to over reward an album that probably shouldn’t be on this list. However, honestly, in 1996 this was pretty cutting-edge music it’s just by 2025 it sounds like ‘everything else from 2000’ and they released it in 2000 so it’s hard to give them credit for being ahead of their time. Factoids This album is best listened too at night when you really don’t want to listen to anything complex – it’s dark but yet poppy. Sort of dance, sort of moody. It’s an hour long but it plays over quickly. Nothing annoying. I could definitely see this being many people’s ‘favorite’ album. I could go anywhere from 2 – 4.5 on it. Album cover – not terrible, appealing, generic like their sound Band name – rename after Sub Sub Apparently, the band lost all of their equipment and recordings in a studio fire and had to redo everything? Favorite songs – Catch the Sun, The Cedar Room 1. "Firesuite" (instrumental) 4:36 2. "Here It Comes" 4:50 3. "Break Me Gently" 4:38 4. "Sea Song" 6:12 5. "Rise" 5:38 6. "Lost Souls" 6:09 7. "Melody Calls" 3:27 8. "Catch the Sun" 4:49 9. "The Man Who Told Everything" 5:47 10. "The Cedar Room" 7:38 11. "Reprise" (instrumental) 1:45 12. "A House" 3:40
Nothing too bad but a bit slow ig
Rakk ikke å høre gjennom, men var ait
This was a vibe. I liked how relaxing and enjoyable it was. It was easy to vibe around the house and work to. This grew on me as I got through it! Liked Songs: "Here It Comes" , "Sea Song" , "Rise" , "Lost Souls" , "Catch The Sun" , "The Man Who Told Everything" , "Reprise"
Könnte man ohne zu stippen hören hat aber auch nie die ganze Aufmerksamkeit erringen können
Also really ethereal
Nice album. No standouts for me. Just good listening.
Was just there
regrese uwu ns igual siento q perdi tmb un poco de la racha q llevaba no esperen mucho de mi track 1: mmm me gusta el intro cmo medio tranquilon medio oscuro si, me gusta cmo entra un tucu tucu ns cmo explicarme, EL CAMBIO AL PIANO ???????????????? me gusta tmb el delay q tiene cmo a mitad de cancion aporta cmo a ese sensancion de oscuridad ?? tmb me gusta cmo entra la guitarra en la 3 parte de la cancion pero igual no le quita protagonismo al piano y bateria, NO HAY VOCES +++++ track 2: uuu uuuuuu, el algo en el coro q ns q es ?? no soy muy fan de la voz del chico PERO siento q le añade tmb a la vibe del grupo, q risa la cancion trata del extasis de la comida no te gusta hablar o algo KAKLSKJ, me gustan los vocals del bridge tmb. track 3: no soy muy fan de la guitarra acustica, LA VOZ QUE, ns si la cancion trata cmo del muchacho llamando a alguien diciendole q es un desgraciado pero si es asi cumple KAJSK, ya dije me gustan cuando usan efectos en la voz, que, me gusto mucho el final, Y EL DETALLE DE LA LLAMADA. track 4: me gusta el "juego" de guitarras sin dejar de lado la bateria, me gusta pero no me encanta que la cancion mantenga la misma linea :p el sonidito del pacman que ?? track 5: uepa con la guitarra y bajo, insisto con los background vocals, COMO Q ESTA CANCION ES PURA IMPROVISACION QUEUEUE, souuu longggggggggggggg, no pienso q sea la mas fan de esta cancio pero le suma un monton q sea improvisada, UNA ARMONICA. best one track 6: laaa mitaddd del album que, SE SLOWEO QUE, cambiaban 2030293 veces el ritmo de la cancion, LOOSSSTTTT SOOOUULLLLSSSSS. track 7: CHAU FILTRO DE TELEFONO, se llama melody calls sera por eso mmm, pienso q va un poco mas chill q el resto del album, el triangulo en el fonod jejeje, tomand soool. track 8: tiene transicion, ns si es pq lo estoy escuchando medio tarde pero ya me dio sueño y me esta aburriendo un poco perdon, qn esta cantando ??, atrapemos el sol dice, casi no me gusto, no se si tenga q ver lo q dije antes pero siento q es bastante diferente al resto del album. igual la parte final a nivel instrumental esta increible. track 9: ee me gusto el intro, mmm medio aburrida perdon, ns pero siento q aca se perdio un poco PERO UN POCO el hilo del album. track 10: me recordo a yellow de coldplay ns pq JAKAS, le di skip pq me recuerda demasiado a yellow KAJKA y pq tengo un poco de sueño tmb !!! track 11: es un interlude pero suena bonito !! track 12: una casa me sorprende q algunas canciones sean tan largas que por primera vez creo q el instrumento "principal" no es la bateria shout out al baterista me gustan los background vocals y los tonos y llamadas, le añaden cierta proximidad a las canciones, ademas de lograr ciera coneccion entre todas las canciones sin que se sienta monotono. siento q habia empezado MUY bien pero como un poco mas de la mitad para aca ns q paso y se siente medio flojo PARA MI o diferente tmb. algun dia dejare de darle 3 de puntuacion a cada album pero ese dia no es hoy !!!
Pretty good. I really enjoyed some of the songs. Would listen to this again. Not crazy about the instrumental, synthesizer stuff.
This album was great for me while wired on coffee and locked into work, getting things done. That's gotta count for something. I think if I was listening to it while driving, it'd be boring. So it definitely has its place, an enjoyable listen for my setting.
6/10
The Good: We get doves! The Bad: They are not part of a magic act… The Ugly: They aren’t crying either… I am playing catch up on rating albums. This one was presented to me during a very busy weekend of drinking, so technically speaking I should have enjoyed it—this per the overall comments I read left and right. Today, about a month later, on a dreary Monday morning, a couple of hours before I need to start a 2 week business trip, I am listening to this thinking “I HATE Lo-Fi!!!!!!!!” Is the album bad? No. Is it something that should be listened to before one dies? Not really… Am I getting to the point of despair regarding this 1001 journey? Inching closer to insanity on an almost daily basis! Anyway, today’s album in the future is Al Green, and I am actually looking forward to listening to that one, so I will give this album a mercy kill with a 3* rating
I liked it alright, high 3 something stars, but its probably not something i'd go out and listen to again.
depressing, but i liked listening to it in the cab
I enjoyed myself!
like an early 2000s brit-pop cover band doing original material.
Apparently this proves that Doves sound better while crying.
6 - AVERAGE
Epische Klangteppiche, teils etwas langweilig.
It's fine. Sometimes generic early 2000s rock works. I'd rather hear this than some late period U2 or Bruce Springsteen. That being said, I'll never listen to this again and can't remember any stand out moments
Solidan post britpopo
Odd. Nice to just have in the background when I can’t concentrate with my own music being on.
Hella frontloaded album - first few songs blew my mind but then afterwards it kinda turned into more average stuff - but still very cool nevertheless.
This album is quite interesting, as most of the songs by themselves highlight why the album is significant enough to be on this list. Listen to Firesuite, Here It Comes, Sea Song, Catch The Sun and The Cedar Room as singles, and it sounds quite fascinating. However, putting them into an album together is where this album loses its charm. The resulting sound is a mixture of his vocals and instrumentation that are not varied enough for the generally moody-sounding album. In consequence, it results in an album that, when finished, feels like a blur, making you forget what you were doing over the last hour.
Ça partait vraiment bien, mais ça a commencé à être chiant vers le milieu, pis je le trouvais pas mal long même pour un album de 59 minutes et les tounes se ressemblaient tous. Finalement je me suis rendu compte que j’ai par accident restart l’album rendu au milieu. Un peu en crisse, j’ai skip vers la fin, pour finalement me rendre compte que j’ai vraiment pas manqué grand chose
3 Stars (8/15)
After listening to this list for 60 days, a more apt name for this book would've been: 501 Forgettable British Albums You Must Hear Before Completing a PhD in Obscure Music History. Had never heard of the Doves before, and giving 3-stars because it's just 'ok.' Would I listen to again? If my Spotify AI DJ cues it up, I probably won't hit skip.
6/10
From this cover the music could be literally anything from pop to metal. But of course it’s British indie rock. And based on that and the year this came out I am lowering my expectations as far as I can. Hope to be proven wrong. There's a lot to like, a lot to dislike. Britpop + psychedelic pop + whatever Radiohead and Coldplay were doing around this time. I think it's the atmospheric production, that shimmering endless reverb and vaguely symphonic guitar and keyboard treatment, the jazzy chord progressions, arpeggios. It's a cool sound, but again, it just REMINDS ME of something else. Then all of a sudden there's this garagey power pop heavy guitar thing "Catch the Sun." Just rock. Very nice. Out of place (finally something different!) but nice. Sounds like a Dave Grohl song, honestly. Everything on here sounds like something. Nothing bad per se. Just something that you've heard before. They do tend to take a riff and wear out its welcome, drone-like. Really excellent production and all of the musicians are precise, not overplaying. They bury the vocals a lot, for good reason, but who am I to criticize? Overall I really enjoyed this. Nothing hit me the wrong way, they have some power to them, some U2-esque ambition. The drum/bass/guitar section is exceptional, simple riffs well executed.
3.0 - Ok
Fine but not standing out.
Decent album but did not stick out to me.
Swans, Doves and lately Geese. Post-rock is flying. I heard some Radiohead influences and overall quite enjoyable. 3/5
I think I liked it but everytime I listened is soon move into the background of my mind while I worked and I just didnt notice it much. This is not a bad thing, actually. I suppose that it is not a great thing either.
Saw a review that mentioned the importance of listening to this album at the right time of day and I couldn’t agree more. Walking the streets at 3am on a Saturday, this album would be a potentially 5/5 just for the vibe and main character feel it would provide in that sort of moment. Now on a Tuesday while working, I can’t say it had the same impact. I did still truly enjoy it but it didn’t have the impact it would have in the correct circumstances. It did make me very relaxed and allow me to flow through work with ease. Some albums are torture to get through and this one wasn’t at all.
Not bad. At least one good track.
this is a driving while you pretend you're in a movie type of album. i dig it, it was good to do laundry to LMAO
Quiet Indie-Rock, bit boring at times. You need to be in the right mood for it. Fav: Catch the sun
Something between coldplay and radiohead, haunting instrumentals and remains engaging throughout
Fine. Decent vibes but kind of boring. I had their album after this one back in the day and I remember a couple decent tracks on that one. Although I haven’t listened to them in over a decade. Maybe they aged like a slowly deflating helium balloon?
Eh. Didn’t grab me really at all. Fine I guess but mostly boring.
Meh. It was fine. The vocals didn’t do anything for me.
Better than The Last Broadcast, actually has a few terrier bangers. But mostly I do still fine this band a lot of mid. 3.5/5
Pretty solid 90s alternative rock I suppose
I like the Doves. Not sure this is a particularly exciting entry for the list though. A real slow burner.
Decent psych-indie with great production - ideal music for a BBQ?
A dumb rock record. Nothing wrong with that.
I really liked these guys. Definitely a strong 3.
I'll be honest, I was expecting indie landfill here but to be fair, it's quite a bit better than that. Definitely some shades of **Elbow** here, perhaps coming from Manchester around a similar time, they were subjected to similar influences. As an Elbow fan though, that boded well. So I found quite a lot here to enjoy. The instrumental opener _Firesuite_ really attracted my attention and perhaps instanty changed my preconceptions with it's atmospheric sound, leaning into dub at times. And whilst that was perhaps an outlier in that sense, it does show a broad range of influence that gives the album a sonic texture above and beyond the indie landfill that was around at that time. It was a little on the long side, but I'll return at some point.
"The best debut album since Oasis' Definitely Maybe" Uhm well how about definitely maybe not
Need some more listens because it definitely feels like a grower. Well written, well produced, if subtle indie rock.
Doves are one of those quietly brilliant bands, who occupy the same kind of space as Elbow. Warm atmospheric and melancholic sounds. As a debut album its a great record, and the work that followed it kinda only got better
Doves walked so Elbow could run
First half of the album I quite liked but the second half didn't really appeal to me.
An attempt at Radiohead
First listen. 2.5 This was a pretty boring album with shoegaze influences. Most of the songs seemed to follow the pattern of a slow build, swirling guitar chords, then pretty bland lead guitar coming in over the top. Certainly not the worst thing and pleasant enough to listen to, but nothing really stood out.
Beetje een haat-liefde verhouding met post-Britpop muziek. Enerzijds hou ik er warme gevoelens aan over, vooral door FIFA en andere sportspellen van begin deze eeuw, maar anderzijds kom ik toch altijd wel tot de conclusie dat de latere Britpop al tekenen vertoonde van een genre dat onderhevig was aan gebrek aan inspiratie en eigenlijk zelfs dood leek te bloeden. Om er dan toch nog een slinger aan te geven met een hele meute bands van tussen 1998 en 2004 voelde toch wel een beetje trekken aan een dood paard. Tuurlijk hoor je hier en daar wel nieuwe elementen, maar de swag en onbevangenheid van het moedergenre wist het nooit meer te grijpen. Dat gezegd hebbende vond ik dit wel één van de meest interessante gehele luisterbeurten in het genre. De psychedelische draai komt goed uit de verf, en de songs zijn daardoor behoorlijk atmosferisch. Maar die atmosfeer kun je op een gegeven moment ook wel als loom beschrijven, omdat de plaat wel een tikkeltje te lang door gaat. Desalniettemin best een gelaagd - en daardoor geslaagd - album in een genre geplaagd door gebrek aan kleur. 7/10 Highlights: Rise The Cedar Room
Platen uit het begin van de zeroes hebben de tand des tijds slecht doorstaan. Of er moet nog revival komen natuurlijk, kan altijd. Maarja, in mijn millennial brein zit het diep ingesleten. Doves kende ik echter nog niet zo goed. Lost Souls is een album zonder catchy hooks en een plaat waarop de nummer voorbij drijven. Ik moet daarbij denken aan Spiritualized en consorten. Het neigt naar een harde rock vorm, maar daar gaat het uiteindelijk nooit naartoe. Zie bijvoorbeeld Catch the Sun. De intro is beetje Foo Fighters achtig. Het refrein is echter helder en open. Dat waardeer ik wel aan deze plaat, een rockfeel maar tegelijkertijd heel toegankelijk en sferisch. Prima luistersessie. 7/10 Highlights Melody Calls Catch the Sun
It sounds like a relaxed listen for people waking up with a hangover finding out they survived Y2K.
Nice
This had some interesting riffs and arrangements!
They’re calling it “post-Britpop”. Well, I’m calling it “just ok”! Some of it def sounds like basic Radiohead wannabe stuff, one song sounds like Pearl Jam. I dunno!
less ass than i anticipated
Not sure how I never came across this generic "Manc" band at the time but I've heard some stuff by them recently. I quite like the slightly more cheery vibe - I can only assume they escaped from Manchester to somewhere nicer. Will continue to listen
I'll probably listen to this one again before I die.
Was nice I don't know why, but this review used to contain my elaborate suicide method until I realised it had no business being there
Middle of the road album. I think it could be better in the right mindset. I'm going to revisit this at some other point, but I really wish we could edit reviews and comments to update it. I've got some regretful reviews that I'd like to go back and add to.
Between 3 and four
Our group poo poo'ed this album as yet another obscure UK alt rock band. But for me it's not a bad album. It has an atmospheric/spacey vibe. It's kind of a high-3, borderline 4.
Reminds me of lots of other bans - Radiohead in parts, guitars that give Jeff Buckley vibes, maybe the National in places. It's ultimately never better than any of those things, tho, and is definitely too long.
7/10 - strong indie music
Aaaaand the UK bias strikes again! This is one of those inclusions that really puts a date and location on when this list was formed. Lost Souls is not a bad album. Dare I say, it's a good album. However, it's not a great one, and it has flaws. I will say that this album does sound good. As far as I can tell, the mixing is alright, and the instruments sound nice. They work well in the songs, which are just as decent. The vocals are okay. Not bad, but not special. The writing is pretty basic. There's a reason why people are comparing this to early Coldplay, except I do happen to like early Coldplay more. The album's a bit too long for my liking. I feel like this could've been better if it was cut down to 40 minutes or so instead of lasting nearly an hour, especially seeing as this album happens to be a bit repetitive for my taste. This is pretty much the definition of "average uk indie rock from the early 2000s." It's good, but not great. Solid 3/5.
Dammit, almost a perfect week of 5 stars then this. Good band, and all, but their debut is really not exceptional (admittedly, the second half is stronger than the first, and brings up the rating); we could have stuck with The Last Broadcast for this list.
A solid album that did not need to be on this list.
Honestly a great album to kiss my boyfriend to. Top notch. Great vibes.
Pretty..pretty…pretty good.
Not bad. Radioheadyish.
Olihan taas leppoisan mukavaa kuunneltavaa. Ei oo tullu Dovesiakaan aiemmin kuunneltua. Ei mitään maata mullistavaa, mutta tykkäsin. Ei ehkä neloseen kuitenkaan? vedetään tylsällä kolmosella. Voisin kuvitella kuuntelevani enempikin Dovesia ja tutustua yhtyeeseen paremmin
Tommosta perus pashyvää renkutusta, ei tarttee hermostua eikä juhlia.
Tämän albumin myötä tuli itselle tutuksi genrenimi "post-britpop" mitä ikinä se sitten tarkoittaakaan. Bändi on nimenä tuttu, muttei oo tullut kuunneltua aiemmin. Sillain kyllä ihan tykkäsin osasta biiseistä, mutta tietyllä tapaa se, miltä levy kuulostaa jätti vähän lattean kuvan. Kappaleissa oli ajoittain hyvää junnaamista, mutta sitten sekään ei kantanut sillä tapaa, että tässä klassikkoainesta olisi ja välillä meni jopati "lopu jo" sfääriin. Levyllä tuntui olevan useampi laulaja mikä nyt ei haitannut. Ehkä eniten äänessä ollut oli ajoittain hieman väärällä tapaa naukuva. Saundimaailma oli sellainen, että siinä oli tuhtia purtavaa mutta silti nyanssit erottuivat eli ihan onnistunut. Jää tää nyt kuitenkin positiivisen puolelle ja pienellä särmällä ja ehkä rosoisuudella olisi sellaista tavaraa, jota voisi enemmänkin kuunnella. Ajoittain tää kuulostaa aika paljon Elbowilta, joka taisi olla aikalainen ja samoilta seuduilla. K-Y-R-P-Ä kyynerpää onnistui sitten viemään tämän jutun vaan enemmän kaupallisen kuuloiselle raiteelle. No nyt lähti ainakin jutut sivuraiteelle. Ei siinä. Ihan kelpoo, mut ei nyt mitään superiikaan. Jee.
Not bad but there were no track that really caught my attention. really great sound, voice and overall music though. It really flew past me in the background while working
It’s as if the clangers dropped acid and recorded an LP. Worst album on here so far
A bit Jeff Buckley on the chords, a bit radiohead, a bit elbow.. but not as good as any of them..
Low key and chill indie album. Not a bad listen.
Never heard of this album or band before, but this album cover is pretty neat. I'm guessing I'm in for a rock affair. Something alternative if I'm to really go out on a limb. Guess I'll just have to see where this one takes me. Ah, indie rock. Not quite there, but I win some points. Anyways, this is pretty good - definitely within my sphere of interest. The album has a calming, relaxed sound, but with a surprising level of intricacy. The drums and guitars are pretty good across the board, though there's also some other good embellishments in here, too - particularly with the strings and sax. Truth be told, this thing goes on for way too long and could do with fifteen or twenty minutes being shaved off the finished product, though I ain't complaining - I enjoyed spacing out to this one. "Firesuite" is a cool opener. I like the somewhat lo-fi approach with the instrumental. Those muffled, reverberating guitars go a long way in creating an engrossing atmosphere. The piano bits which appear during the subdued parts of the song are pretty sweet, too. "Sea Song" is pretty cool. Big fan of the reflective atmosphere and the slurred, reverberating vocals. The repetitious guitar chords work surprisingly well, and I enjoy the distant vocal samples and the sweet sax bit near the end of the song. "Rise" is a solid follow-up. The punchy percussion is what really makes the song for me, though I'm also fond of those rippling, distant vocals. "The Cedar Room" has a pretty cool sound. I dig the delicate, sensitive guitars that guide the beginning and middle of the track. Book time. Lush and intimate. Takes a page from a lot of Manchester musical acts. Not convinced yet - over to Wikipedia I go. Moderately successful. "...considered by many to be the best debut album [...] since Oasis". Has a decent critical reception. I would consider snubbing this one under normal circumstances, but I'm feeling charitable today. There's something about this album which captures the turn of the millennium quite well. I cosign this inclusion.
Not sure what to make of this album. It's very ethereal and laid-back, and it's quite pleasant to listen to, but it doesn't rellay grab my attention and it's a bit boring. My favourite track was "The Cedar Room".
Reasonably enjoyable listen. I appreciated the ambient alt-pop sound. Nothing notably inventive and the Wikipedia entry should just be ignored (I read a great review here from someone who did the forensics and unearthed that the praise being referred to came from a sell piece on the album - so it’s just promotional fluff). 25 albums in I am moving away from the notion that these 1001 albums are in some way the greatest of all time, as the “listen to before you die” might suggest. Instead it’s more of a compilation of albums that one might select to give a comprehensive sampling of popular music over the last 70 or so years. Otherwise I can’t justify or understand the inclusion of an album like this (or a few others I’ve heard even this early on). Im glad I listened to it - it’s something I would have never otherwise tried and it did expose me to another corner of the music world.
Doves always seem like there is more potential, but it never quite lives up to it. 3/5
catch the sun is a great song - rest just average
Fairly MOR stuff, didn't hate it but not much to distinguish it from a lot of other late 90s/early naughties guitar bands
Pretty generic 2000s indie. Not bad at all, but not great either.
This one didn’t really move me in any direction. We had it on in the car as we were driving around yesterday and it was fine. Likely won’t listen again but not a bad listen.
I really enjoy the instrumental aspects of this album. There are some super cool sounds in the mix. Unfortunately the vocal quality of the singer isn't my favourite and reduced my overall impression of this album. I would probably give it 8 or 9/10 without the vocals, but with them it's a 7/10. A lot of the album reminded me of early Coldplay, which is a plus for me because I'm a big fan. The song I liked the most was probably Sea Song.
I didn't find anything crazy special about this album
The music is solid, very atmospheric feeling. If I'm looking to sit down and just get lost in my thoughts, I could find myself putting this album on.
College radio station fodder.
This was really solid. Weirdly very backloaded though. But I don’t think I’d listen to anything on it again, so a 3 it gets. Probably more like a 3.5 but this website doesn’t do half ratings.
They're really good at what they do, a sort of dark and moody flavour of Rock that's reminiscent of Radiohead. To me it all felt a bit one-note by final few tracks, though none of it's bad by any stretch. Maybe I'll try listening on a night walk and see if my opinion changes -- this does seem like a very good album for such a mood. Standouts: Sea Song • Catch The Sun
It's not bad but the Wikipedia blub makes it sound way better than it is. I'm sure in the right scenario this could be a 4 or maybe even a 5 but for now it's a 3.
Heard a little Coldplay. Heard a little Foo. Heard a little bit of a lot of things I like. Good stuff.
Not offensive or annoying enough to turn off. Not interesting enough to have any highlights.
Pretty good
Moody, gloomy, hazy, but musically okay and I like the lead singer's timber. Too much mediocre Brit rick/pop on this list.
A bit meh
Took me quite a few songs to get into this as the first tracks seem more like instrumentals with occasional vocals. When the songs kicked in it helped, but it didn't really grab me. Still a good listen.
Moody. Atmospheric. Perhaps too much so, but I quite liked it...
Didn't totally stand out for me, but enjoyable nonetheless.
As far as inexplicably self-indulgent (but actually incredibly miscellaneous) 00s indie background fuzz goes, this isn't the most egregious, but others have done it better.
I’ve been a Doves fan since the jump - OK, maybe not since Sub Sub, but definitely before Lost Souls came out - and did a close listen of Lost Souls several years ago. My takeaway then was that it’s a collection of attempts at different sounding bands and possibly just opening songs. Less a band confident in its aesthetic such that they could cover a variety of sounds or genres - which they don’t - more a band not yet sure of what it was. It wasn’t Sub Sub, it wasn’t Oasis, it wasn’t Radiohead. But it could be its own thing, whenever they figured out what that thing was. There’s some connective tissue linking the songs, but it’s not until Last Broadcast that they had this self-definition sorted out. Handful of good singles here though and a few impressive mood pieces.
"The perfect after-hours soundtrack" - agree.
This is definitely among the better selections from British groups offered up here. I wasn’t knocked out but I could get on board with this, it was an enjoyable listen.
good mood for some songs Will I listen to again: 50%
Good
Немного нудноватая музыка, но для спокойного фона иногда сойдёт. 6 из 10.
Didn’t hate it. Wasn’t overwhelmed either. Hard to believe a 2000s era band of this genre is on this list and I’d never heard of them.
Я з гуртом не був знайомий десь до останнього тижня, бо послухав їх новий альбом (непоганий). На цій платівці в нас досить цікавий твіст на брітпоп. Десь прослідковується шугейз, десь якийсь спейс-рок впилв теж відчувається. Настрій загалом меланхолійно-мінорний. В мене була асоціація з Coldplay трохи тільки трохи менш поп-орієнтовним. На багатьох піснях чудові клавіші. Місцями на мій смак провисає та трохи нудьгував на окремих піснях.
В мене був друг, який фанатів від Doves. Десь 3-5 курс університету це мій пік прослуховування цього гурту, особливо альбому Kingdom of Rust. Я знаю що дебютник вважається чи не найкращім їхнім релізом і мені самому завжди дуже подобалась пісня Here It Comes, але от зараз я послухав і якось воно мені дуже прісно (окрім цієї пісні власне), не знаю. Втім все одно доволі приємна ностальгія + я згадав що в цьому році в них вийшов новий альбом, треба послухати все ж.
Couldn't pay much attention to this but it didn't sound bad.
Bit of Travis, bit of early Coldplay. Very much of its time.
I remember Doves, although I think I was more familiar with their second album, The Last Broadcast, not sure I ever heard this before. Lost Souls is listenable if a little forgettable, Radiohead-lite but with nothing to make me sit up and really take notice. The opening instrumental “Firesuite” is atmospheric club-chill; “The Man Who Told Everything” is possibly the best song. Aside from the early Radiohead and maybe Oasis influences, I hear moody, downbeat dance music, a little prog-rock. The record is well produced and is decent, trancey background music. I don’t think it goes any deeper than that.
Bit boring
Enjoyable listen but in no hurry to hear it again. A little bit of its time
Meh. I liked firesuite and the cedar room, the rest blends together
So Sonically pleasing. It was like aliens abducted me for an hour and injected silky electronic rock beats into my brain
Not bad
It was a nice enough album but I didn't think 'this is an absolute must listen' while I was listening to it.
This is a good doves album but it's not 1001 greatest albums ever.
There was so much pretty decent rock in the 2000 what happened
did someone say coldplay?
Expected more from this after the bio.
Catch the sun is a nice song, but yeah this album shouldn’t be on the list
One of the pensive bands to come out of the north of England in the early 2000s; Elbow being another - only one of them really made it big though and it's not this one. Unfortunately nowhere near as much fun as the pill they're named after was. It's all a bit of a wash really, songs come and go with elements of colour and interest but nothing else really. Best Tracks: Here It Comes; Catch the Sun; The Cedar Room
Très écoutable. Ben trop long. 3.49 étoiles
good stuff but j not the type of music I'm into. Felt a little bland at times too. Really liked melody calls.
Vibey Oasis
Ik had nog nooit van deze band gehoord, laat staan van deze plaat. Ik was bang voor nietszeggende begin-2000 indie-pop, maar er is iets aan de nummers waardoor ze wel aankomen. "Break Me Gently" is bijvoorbeeld hoe al die The Bends-ripoffbandjes (bendjes?) het hadden moeten aanpakken. Of wat te denken van de lange intro waarmee het album opent. Of de verrassende vibe shift van "Catch the Sun". Niet alles ontstijgt aan de middelmaat, "The Man Who Told Everything" is bijvoorbeeld wél een voorbeeld van die weeïge begin 2000-meuk en "A House" klinkt bijna als Creed, waardoor het geheel net de vier sterren niet aantikt.
Kind of a Coldplay meets Radiohead and they make and early 2000s indie album. Definitely going to dig into this band more.
Cool album influenced by a lot of bands I love. Problem is that its too similar and nothing new or creative not even their own spice.
Nothing remarcable. Constant tone across album, but good rythmn and sound
Quite beautiful, melancholic and perfect for a road trip. It's a slow burn, but peaks with "catch the sun" and "the cedar room".
This works well as a chill, background album, but trying to give it a deeper listen wasn't very rewarding
Very solid album, though not necessarily my musical preference. I could definitely see the appeal.
Decent alt/indie rock. Listened to it twice cause I enjoyed the vibe, but still nothing stuck with me to remember anything specific
Some really nice slow instrumental buildups here. They create nice soundscapes and build on them very well. That being said, the lyrics and vocals often ruin what i like about the production and instrumentals
I liked this album but feel like it could have been 45 or 50 minutes and a lot tighter.
They still remind me of Coldplay, and I still don’t particularly care for either band
It's ok
Nice enough
Solid if replaceable. A bit like a mix between oasis and Radiohead, but maybe a bit more mellow than that implies.
6.5/10
This is a band that I was completely unfamiliar with. Not a bad album by any means. But it made me feel a bit sleepy. 3/5 #138
boring indie british rock. I feel bad because if I got this album earlier I might have been a bit more generous, but there is so much of this exact sound that it doesnt differentiate from the others enough. Here it Comes was a lone bright spot at least.
Meh. I’m running out of ways to review “iconic” British indie rock albums of the early to mid 2000s.
Lost Souls was serene and relaxing. Probably too easy to listen to. The lead vocalist did drone on a bit too much, but I've heard worse. This isn't the first indie album with its release in 2000, but it's different from other indie music I've heard from the time period. Indie normally doesn't do much for me, and I wouldn't call this album great. But Doves at least brought something new different to the table with their dreamy shoegaze space rock.
While I would technically call this "indie", it really didn't have the same boring slog of a sound that so much of the early 2000s indie has. This is easy to listen to and has some very nice guitar work and instrument work in general. With that solid instrument work as a base, the entirely instrumental tracks were quite nice, too. I would also describe this music as being fairly atmospheric, dreamy, and chill, but again, without being boring or lulling the listener into a daze. It's really too bad 2000s indie as a whole didn't trend more in this direction.
Okay.
Maybe need to revisit this one
Nice and chill. Good but not for me really…
I had not heard this band before but it was enjoyable. I saved a couple and can see it for just hanging out or possibly for some interstate miles.
I guess this is what it sounds like when doves cry. And while this was a pretty ambitious effort with some of the songs being too lengthy, it still didn’t detract from the overall vibes and was a very cool listen. Definitely a mood setter that probably sounds a bit better during late night hours with a cocktail in hand.
Can’t say I’ve heard of these guys. Even went to some of their hits on other albums and didn’t recognize it. Enjoyed the album and may have to go deeper in their catalog and other similar bands. Can’t say anything really stuck with me so might need a couple more listens to stick. 3.25
Итс окэй. Лучшая песня - Sea Song.
Doves: Lost Souls: Not bad, I enjoyed the whole thing, but it was a little generic and very long for what it is. Still a good time, but they should have trimmed the fat. 7/10
I like the textures and the production- it’s actually very good. That being said, the second half of this album is so BORING. It does NOT need to be 59 minutes long it is a slog to get through the last 3 songs
Doves, so commonly confused and called THE Doves just like Houmous & Chutney so often called THE Houmous & Chutney. But that was just because they are the very best around and so unique. 3.2 8/12 Catch The Sun
Eh. This didn't do much for me. Seems a little bit later than the big chunk of UK artists in the late 1980s and early 1990s that don't really deserve to be here, but perhaps cut from the same cloth. Nothing really stood out.
Actually this was half decent. Nothing stood out to me as incredible, but it made for a pleasant afternoon indie rock spin. Apparently I've listened to these guys quite a few times in the past, but I can't remember them at all.
Das Album passt leider überhaupt nicht zu Mitte Juli, wenn das eigene Team im EM-Viertelfinal spielt. An einem anderen Tag mit anderem Wetter hätte die Stimmung deutlich besser harmoniert.
A tranquil ensemble of ponderous songs that dragged on into a slug-like crawl. I loved the guitar work here but none of the songs had a lot of staying power.
Proof that critics can't tell in the moment what is going to be relevant in 25 years anymore than the general public. But still this persists on the list. It is not bad per se but hardly standout either. The vocals are often muted and too modulated to make out what is being sayd. The instrumentals make ample use of electronics with a lot of layers but the music rarely builds to a satisfying climax or conclusion. Ok but not revolutionary.
The definition of a 3 star album.
Pretty but boring. I don’t know why there’s more than one album from this band on here.
Man merkt, dass das Album über mehrere Jahre aufgenommen wurde. So gemischt sind auch die Songs, manche können gefallen.
It’s fine.
It's musical wallpaper. Good background music, but it doesn't keep my attention. And there's too much of it. Favorite song: Catch the sun.
It's not that I didn't like it. It's just a bit boring