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The Last Broadcast by Doves

The Last Broadcast

Doves

2002
3.03
Rating
23461
Votes
1
5%
2
22%
3
43%
4
23%
5
6%
Distribution
Genres: Rock Styles: Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Downtempo

Reviews (page 2 of 9)

Insipid; spineless. 3/10

The likes of The Doves, Coldplay, Travis, Elbow, and Starsailor followed in the wake of Radiohead's 'melodic doom and gloom era' stylings. I very much see those bands and indeed this album "The Last Broadcast" as a very good "me too" album. There's nothing new or cutting edge here and neither is the material so outstandingly good that you can't ignore it - but it is a very good, nice, melodic 'Rock' album that falls on the cusp of three or four stars. 1 "Intro" (3/5) 2 "Words" (5/5) 3 "There Goes the Fear" (5/5) 4 "M62 Song" (3/5) 5 "Where We're Calling From" (3/5) 6 "N.Y." (4/5) 7 "Satellites" (4/5) 8 "Friday's Dust" (3/5) 9 "Pounding" (3/5) 10 "Last Broadcast" (3/5) 11 "The Sulphur Man" (3/5) 12 "Caught by the River" (3/5) Total - 42 Average - 3.5 410/1001 211/410 albums reviewed were new to me.

I can understand Doves ain't everyone's cup of tea, and people are a bit over British indie pop, but I'll always love this album. Lots of very good tracks, faves are 'There Goes The Fear', 'Words', 'N.Y.', 'Pounding' and the closer 'Caught By The River'. In fact, the only track I tend to skip a bit is perhaps Friday's Dust, which never really did much for me. But a solid 4 from me.

I wanna actually shout out the negative review that compared this album to Coldplay, 'coz it actually gave me the exact reason why I ended up liking this album. What can I say, I like 'Viva La Vida' and so on.

Not much to say. It's just a decent album. 3.5 bumped down to 3.

I’m at a 4.5 that I’ll bump up to a 5. Well, it feels like a natural followup to “Lost Souls”, as it retains a lot of the same cinematic feel to its instrumental structures. “Lost Souls”, however, thrived on the strength of its soundscapes to carry the overall tones of the album, all meant to capture different emotions in potent ways (even if most overlapped in subject matter). This album thrives a bit more on its overall energy, trading in somber ambient sound design for more traditional rock. This album slowly shifts from the shoegaze-adjacent tones of “Lost Souls” to something closer to Coldplay by the end, and while it’s a direction I don’t mind at all, it does occasionally feel like it’s losing something unique. There’s something about the first 6 tracks that clicked a bit more than the last 6 for me (though I liked everything except for “Last Broadcast”), and I’m not exactly sure what it is. With headphones in, there was some extra wall of sound in the first half that kept things more unique in my brain, and some good heavy drops that I was able to ride the percussive wave with. It’s likely I just found more to nitpick about once “Satellites” was the most overly Coldplay-sounding track to that point, before becoming an unshakable comparison point by “Pounding”. I like both tracks, especially “Pounding”, but it’s impossible to ignore. As far as why I’m at a 4.5 that’s bumping up to a 5 as opposed to something lower, I think this album retains something in its lyrics that just kinda clicked for me. A lot of these are more drab in their lyrics; insecure, paranoid, and all linked by a fear of losing something. It’s contrasted with the energy in the instrumentation, and something about the mixture of drab lyrics & fearful undertones with indie rock soundscapes that reminded me way more of the late 2000s (think a slightly more analog MGMT) just really worked for me. I do think it’s an album that requires a healthy dose of attention to both; a lot of these are more broadly written than “Lost Souls” & a bit heavier on metaphors that are harder to catch, so comprehension of these tracks isn’t as digestible. Instrumentally, this has the same thing going for it that a lot of early 2000s albums did, which is hiding a lot of intricacies in the soundscape that would only be heard with great speakers or with headphones in. These aren’t mixed specifically for headphones, but they help. As a result, if you zone out a little too much, some tracks might just feel too same-y to the ears, and that applies to a lot of the album. However, if you can get both, I’d say it’s a pretty rewarding album. Even if you don’t, or you don’t care enough to put the headphones in & give it some extra focus, it’s got enough of a natural flow that the floor is probably a 3 as a competent yet safe album. I do think “Lost Souls” is probably the better album, but if you’re looking for something a little more traditional branching off of it, this is the Doves album to go to. At its finest, it’s got some rather high highs (my favorites are “There Goes the Fear” & “Caught by the River”), and overall, with only one track I didn’t totally click with, I feel good about giving this a 4.5 bumped up to a 5.

Another outstanding album by a super underrated band. The vocals match with the music so well that you can just get lost in it.

I love the list because of albums like this. This album is absolutely gorgeous production and songwriting-wise, and it's pretty consistent too. The whole listen I was worried that the rest of the album wouldn't be that good until I finished the last track and realized it flew by fairly quickly. The crystal clean mixing with the electronic elements are phenomenal, making the whole album very trippy. A couple tracks are kinda repetitive or bland, but the peaks are great. Perfect for the situation I experienced it in.

Apparently I've previously saved two Doves songs on Spotify, though not from this record. I don't remember either of those and this one is completely unfamiliar to me too. Not really sure what to expect given the (shitty) album cover, but I'm guessing British pop/rock, gotta play the odds with this list... Well what do you know - British pop/rock. It sounds vaguely familiar but I don't think it is unique enough to say that I recognize it - it sounds like pretty much everything in the pop rock genre from the early 2000s. Now after reading a couple reviews - yeah Coldplay for sure. I feel like the world needs less Coldplay, not more. But this is fine I suppose. It didn't really grab my attention much and was mostly just playing in the background. I guess there is a place for music like this but it's not really my thing. I'm not even all the way through the record and I can't recall how any of the prior songs went. That's not exactly a great thing. 2.5/5

Thought this one was pretty good. The only comparison to coldplay that I noticed was that this was about 1000x better.

Right at the start I thought this sounded quite good, but then the singer came in a ruined my mood instantly. Well, it’s not THAT bad, just has that 00s indie sound to him – I know you know what I mean – that I have a very hard time tolerating. I don’t really get the comparisons to Coldplay myself. I feel like this is far more experimental (and therefore more interesting) than Coldplay, who to me sound very conservative instrument-wise. You can definitely tell this is from the naughties by just about everything in it; from the production to the aforementioned singing style and the overall melancholic compositions. Hnece it makes me quite nostalgic, but sadly in a bit of a negative way. I used to listen to some sad and melancholic indie in my late teens back then too (Mew’s Frengers, for example, is an excellent album) and the mood on this album instantly bring back that troubled, depressed state of mind a kid who in actuality has nothing to worry about in his life. So in short, it kind of gives some lovely shivers of nostalgia, but the things it reminds me of are absolute bollocks. A very loose, tangentical thought I got off of that is that I personally really enjoy the very old-school style and mood of this site. None of the horseshit that plague every modern website and the reviews in general feel that way too. Thus, I’m not even going to proofread what I’ve written in this review and let it go through as is. I’m gonna give this a solid 3 stars. Made me feel things more than I expected, probably because I was listening to this while cycling around my hometown in the dead of night, which tends to be when I’m in my most nostalgia-receptive mood. But yeah, not really anything I’d want to listen to again after this one time.

Pretty solid album. I love the orchestral background sounds with that gorgeous guitar playing. Most of it was alright but I did end up adding Sattelite to my playlist. Overall a nice album. 7/10

It was surprisingly good for indie rock. It reminded me of Coldplay a bit

eh not bad but like i also don't like the British. 6.5 out of 10

Das zweite Album der britischen Band aus Manchester entstand über nahezu ein Jahr verteilt an ungewöhnlich vielen Orten: in den Revolution Studios der Heimatstadt, den Parr Street Studios in Liverpool, in The Dairy in Brixton, im 2kHz-Studio in Shepherd's Bush, in Real World in Bath – und, legendär, unter einem Viadukt der Autobahn M62 in Northenden, wo Umgebungsgeräusche direkt in die Aufnahmen einflossen. Veröffentlicht wurde das Werk beim Label Heavenly Recordings, dem die Band seit ihrem Debüt treu blieb. Klanglich verbindet The Last Broadcast die melancholische Weite des Vorgängers Lost Souls mit einer neuen Direktheit: Songs wie "There Goes the Fear" oder "Pounding" tragen eine hymnische Klarheit, ohne die psychedelische Verwobenheit der Band aufzugeben. Besonders "Caught by the River" zeigt, wie geschickt Doves Streicherarrangements und Bandökonomie ausbalancieren, ohne dabei ins Bombastische abzudriften. Das Album markiert den kommerziellen Höhepunkt der Band – Platz 1 der britischen Charts – und zugleich einen künstlerischen Reifeprozess, der die raueren Kanten des Debüts in eine souveränere, aber nicht weniger emotionale Form gießt. Ein Album, das seine Weite nie mit Leere verwechselt.

After one play through I felt I wasn't listening actively enough to give it a fair assessment so I did give it a second run to be fair. I really did enjoy There Goes the Fear, it's a great track that stands out from the rest. There is a lushness to this album and it's moody. They give me some hints of War On Drugs but it didn't really connect with me the same way WOD's music does. Decent album, not sure it's essential listening though. 3 stars

Vanilla, with a side of white bread.

Highlights: Words, There Goes The Fear, Pounding, Caught By The River. 3.1

LEí una review que decía "Una versión menos gay de Coldplay" y tiene razón equisde. Safa, tiene alguna que otra cosa pero ahí se quedan.

Much more to this than I first thought. Actually very cool. I had kind of thought of doves as maybe something close to the landfill indie stuff, but I'd heard good things. I love the textures on this record. I hear things that remind me of some of my favourite elbow stuff or early radiohead even. I'll come back to this

Not one I knew before. Not one I’d be likely to go back to. There were moments but it didn’t grab me. It just was what it was… there. In no way bad. Just not one for me.

Correcto

i like the third song that blatantly rips off the no surprises riff. radiohead did something to british indie musicians' brains scratch that the whole album is just ripping ok computer LMAO not even attempting to do something different

I knew I wouldn't like this, and I didn't. The title track had some redeeming qualities so I'll give it a 2, but it's lucky.

Somewhere in the Brit Pop spectrum between Coldplay and Radiohead (style-wise AND quality-wise).

I swear to god this album has been on this list like 17 times now Best Song: Satellites Rating: 5/10 Stars: 3

Sehr cool

Firmly in the category of albums that didn’t wow me at any point but are too solid to be lower than a 3 - decent listening

Another britpop album I will instantly forget

Not very intereting, but it's a respectable, largely predictable, alt rock record. Not something I'd ever return to as it sounds like a slightlt worse version of a alot of good music. A pleasant experience

Doves' The Last Broadcast is a decent, mood-driven record that leans heavily into a spiritual, atmospheric vibe right from its intro, though its quality fluctuates across the tracklist. While tracks like "Words" and the title track suffer from basic melodies and uninspired vocals, and "N.Y." features a jarring sudden burst, the album frequently finds its footing with strong musical moments. Highlights include the charming acoustic start of "M62 Song," the Coldplay-esque energy of "Pounding," the quiet appeal of "Friday's Dust," and the breathtaking bridge in "There Goes the Fear." Ultimately, despite a few underwhelming cuts like "The Sulphur Man," its ethereal themes and solid highlights make it an engaging, if somewhat uneven, listen.

The most appealing aspect of this record is how comfy it is. Everything sounds very pleasant, and the use of heavy reverb and many other effects close to Neo-Psychedelia and Dream Pop create this quite warm atmosphere that is nice to the ears. However, as cozy it is, it also feels a bit generic. The album is considered Post-britpop and the melodies played do really sound like that particular style of rock of the early 2000's, being very mellow and using a lot of acoustic. In particular, this band reminded me a lot to Coldplay, possibly the biggest group of the genre, even though this record is more psychedelic, but not as memorable as the material of the other band. And that's basically all I can say about the record, as the bast majority of the songs follow the same line, except the intro and the interlude. In the end, I think it is enjoyable and comfortable.

At the risk of putting these guys in a box, they are in that lane of early 2000s indie rock Britpop, a Coldplay-lite. They’re good. Good album with a show of talent.

Interesting.

U2 sound alike

This is perfectly ok early 2000s British indie, but it’s nothing special, and I’m not sure it should be here.

honestly better than it looks, saved 0/12

Jättefint album

Låter ungefär som Coldplay från temu eller wish

Doves never quite clicked with me back when they were big(ish). I somehow came across them again a few years ago and that time... Different story, for some reason. Honestly, I prefer their albums The Universal Want and Constellations for the Lonely over this one, but this is still a very fine album.

Sometimes a dove is just a white pigeon in disguise and sometimes a runner-up for the Mercury Prize is just a loss with a soundtrack. I'm sure this record really moves someone but for me it feels so generic and lifeless compared to other music released in the early 00s. It's like there's a brief somewhere (and Doves read it) demanding the edges be sanded down for broad commercial appeal, and yet I'd contend that the most interesting and enduring popular artists manage to retain edges, quirks and rough spots in their music — and it's precisely the presence of those things that we connect with. This music is quietly warming the seat for Coldplay. Please let this not be the last broadcast; I'd like that to be more interesting.

Não é um álbum ruim. Mas me lembra muito Coldplay em algumas músicas e definitivamente isso é um problema. QoA Cloudscape.

It’s just fine, very generic really. Likes: There goes the fear

Good record. Surprised I've never heard it before!

I can only judge this vs “Kingdom of Rust.” No song here is as good as “Kingdom of Rust”. Honestly I could not hold a single note of this in my mind longer than the second it went in. It's fine, it's sounds fine, but if I heard this again tomorrow I would be fine with that, but i wouldn't recall a note of it. Solidly ⭐️⭐️⭐️, not bad enough to be lower, not memorable enough to be higher.

I cant believe I've never heard of this band or this album. Its not perfect and I'd lean more towards a 4.5 if I could give it, but an exceptional listen.

An enjoyable record, a few good songs, but really? There Goes The Fear is the best of the bunch. Normally I’d be able to write about some aspect of the record that stands out, but in this case there really isn’t anything. It’s a nice indie pop record with some shoegaze elements. The music is a bit twee overall but I appreciated the band's effort to try throwing in a bunch of instruments to spice it up. I listened to this record twice through and at the end of that experience it became obvious that it is the vocals that make this work. A little melancholic with excellent harmonies was probably the secret to the chart success. Non threatening with some pretty well crafted lyrics. I recall the record coming out and probably downloaded a copy only to find some other music that seemed more interesting. On balance, a good effort, certainly listenable but just average. 2.5/5

I'm not saying we should stop the british, but... 3/5

i like it

Tristeza, dolor persistente, profundidad angustiante. El inicio de este álbum me ha encantado, al menos por ahora trae mucho dinamismos en las instrumentales, siendo ambientales, alternativos y hasta lo-fi. La sensación de que es un último día, abrumador, bastante ansioso. Uno de mis favoritos de los discos recomendados por esta página.

Definitely some 2000s shit. They tried.

Another generic indie rock album that just is not memorable. Nothing inherently bad about it but just doesn't feel like a must-listen in any way.

It's both boring and bad

Pop/alt rock

The singles are strong here. There Goes the Fear the highlight. Big Doves fan but maybe more a fan of their singles. Album was decent enough.

Pretty solid.

Got some decent tunes! Found some of it quite boring.

This might be the biggest surprise thus far. I have seen so many bullshit British 2000s albums on here that I expected this to be crap. However this album FAR exceeded my expectations. This is like if Coldplay kept releasing good britpop, any song could blend in on a rush of blood to the head and nobody would blink. I’m giving this a 4 for now but will keep this in my rotation - this could rise to a 5 in the future.

Plodding. I don't ABSOLUTELY hate this, and I feel I might need to be a bit open-minded to some of this 2000's Brit-Pop, but ... Don't feel there's anything of interest here. A couple of fairly nice zombies-y melodies and nice harmonies, a couple of jaunty vampire weekend hooks, some summery festival 'vibes'. Feel though the production is flattening everything down, it's so high on compression and low on emotion, the 'hooks' are just four on the floor basic, the vocals and lyrics are something I just can't get behind - I just don't have any empathy for the main character. This is music I feel I could never love.

Buen album, estilo U2/ Coldplay. Rock de yate.

More boring version of Coldplay. Feels like these songs have potential but they just never go anywhere interesting.

This album tried to let me die of boredom, so I put it off.

What in the generic 2000s music is this batman!?

Not awful but extremely forgettable

Eh. Did not resonate with me like the other Doves album from the list

immaculate

First time hearing this band. I had a hard time staying interested in this album. Maybe it’s the vocals that rub me the wrong way. Bono-ified? It’s not a bad album, just one I’ll never revisit.

Sorely disappointed. I remember checking this CD out of the library in high school because I heard "There Goes the Fear" on MTV2, but I guess there's a reason I never really listened to it after that. There's some tiny bits of vibey electronic-ish stuff that glues the tracks together -- these are the best parts of the album. But the songs -- woof. Horrible, overwrought anthem pap. Way too Coldplay-esque.

As with most bands when they drop an interesting debut album, Doves seems to have switched up their energy and focus entirely to a much more plain and basic Indie Rock sound that drains the life out of their music. The Last Broadcast should have been yet another atmospheric and exciting release from Doves but instead turns into such a generic project that feels devoid of the creativity and style the band had started out so strong with. The Last Broadcast isn't a bad album by any means but it is such a letdown that it is hard to not to mention that when talking about this. This album feels a bit more than chicken and rice, but still just as basic and lifeless. If only this album had a bit more seasoning it would be more memorable to my ears.

Safe indie rock. Low 3

I think this album is deceptive in being better than a quick listen might reveal. Definitely their best work.

Atmospheric and wide-ranging.

I'm struggling to see what all the fuss is about with Doves. They sound like a boilerplate stadium indie rock band who could not hold a candle to the likes of Elbow or Coldplay. There is nothing offensive here but also nothing better than "fine".

Doves get a low 4, i’ve always really liked Doves and have never loved them, and this album is exactly that

Average Brit indie from early 00’s

Listenable but unremarkable - 2

Really strong album. Maybe not quite at the level of Lost Souls, but close. Some parts remind me of Coldplay, which was around the same era (Parachutes was 3 years earlier, Rush of Blood was 1 year earlier).

A definite improvement over the other Doves album on this list. Strong 3.

Coldplay also-rans who are inoffensive but don’t really bring anything new or interesting to the tabletable.

A fish in the sea of early naughties indie, but set apart by the melancholic shoegaze. Listening again, I feel I should have enjoyed this more than I did.

A real mix of sound, really enjoyed this

I bought this album back in the day. I'd forgotten it was in my collection. And after a couple of tracks I understood why. Coldplay-esque in its blandness and astonishing it was Mercury-nominated. An anonymous 2*

Pretty nice little indie rock album that I had never heard of before.

Indie rock album. It's alright.

People dunno what they’re talking about calling this boring. Doves were my first concert! I dunno if this is their best, but I admire the atmosphere that’s created with the interlude tracks, with a lot of bangers along the way.

Wait, so you’re telling me this isn’t Coldplay?

I love this, ever since I stumbled across them playing 'There Goes the Fear'at Glastonbury on telly. They incorporate influences from dance music, Northern soul and other genres into indie rock really well. The whole album has never grabbed me as much as the famous tracks do though, sadly.

This was alright. Kind of generic dream pop

Hmm... Okay. I like the base of this, the shoegaze sort of thing, the alt/ chill of it... but it suffers from a kind of different kind of sameness than say the same riff or the same vocals, that is not the sameness I mean... it is more like a song starts off with a rhythm and beat and it goes till it is done. There are not enough crests and valleys, peaks and depths... Thus the sameness effect I speak of. I DO like it at its core, I did not get bored like I do with the other kind of sameness, but it was always low key. It is good study music or background, but it doesn't excite the soul too often or too much...

Just had Ride’s Nowhere. Now this. Not sure? I realize there’s a pretty heavy British bias on this list. Which, I have decided to embrace. Not my country. But often my music. So, why not? Do realize form reading through others reviews that if the US indie from this period got equal treatment people wouldn’t be any happier. But the book’s going strong with Doves and not giving us any Modest Mouse or Built to Spill. No Microphones. No Death Cab for Cutie. No Yo La Tengo. Maybe it’s MY bias, but I would rather listen to any of the above over this. Though… I will admit: Friday’s Dust gripped me. Thought it had an oboe. Found out it was a mellotron! Pretty awesome. Yeah. I am glad I listened to this. Not sure I would recommend it to anyone or make any claims about anyone ever NEEDING to hear it. But… ok. 3 Boolean: ————-

It's not that this was bad or anything, but it didn't do anything new or fresh that would warrant its inclusion on a list like this. Must have been huge in the UK or something.

8/10 Best songs: Words, There Goes the Fear, M62 Song, Pounding A hundred and some songs ago I got the album Lost Souls, the debut album by Doves, and rated it 5 stars. Needless to say, I was curious to find out how this album would compare. As it turns out, I really enjoy the beginning of the album and one or two songs elsewhere; the rest of the album, particularly towards the middle, gets a bit same-y, ultimately sounding indistinguishable from other indie rock albums from the early 2000s. I think this band is (was?) at its best when it's trying for more atmospheric or non-standard beats and rhythms, rather than the typical rock sound. That's not to say that I dislike the album, because I don't, but it certainly isn't as strong as their first album.

This album was ok. Not great, not terrible, but also not sure why I had to listen to it before I die either. After 24 hours, no part of it is really sticking with me.

Solid but wasn’t super moved

What is this, who are they? Starting from the album cover art: this is absolutely awful. The album takes a whopping 77 seconds to start - I guess there's an artistic decision behind that? What I'm hearing is decent early 2000s music with British pretentious lyrics straight from the late 90s - this is the artistic prole of Beck, the Radiohead, and maybe something like (UH my horror) Moby, with something else I can't quite point my finger at - but this time around, it's Bri'ish. They're like the slightly better version of Coldplay. Same level of nothingness, to be honest, but with at least coherent lyrics. It's pop-rock-ish, it's mostly easy going, it's not interesting at all, though. I can't imagine myself putting this music on in any other occasion, since it's a honest nothingness of an album: these guys are chewing words on nice guitar riffs, the production is godawful as per British tradition, and the lyrics are just... well, Radioheady but without the depression? Yeah, if there was a "SKIP" button here, I'd have pressed it today. Like, seriously, who thought this is an album belongs to a list of the top 1001 albums in the world? I mean, I know the answer: a british white guy, as british as bad food is. Because that's something only a self-important man in his 40s can believe. Can I give 0 stars? Because this has 0 chances of belonging to this list.

Some interesting guitar playing in some songs and catchy rhythms. But the slow almost whiney singing that a lot of songs had wasn't for me at all. I think I would have liked this more as an instrumental album.

I saw the Doves play this album in 2003 at the Pilton Party Glatsto thank you gig. I was fairly underwhelmed then and am fairly underwhelmed today. There Goes the Fear is a catchy track but everything else is pretty average and the vocals are weak sauce. I understand this album has since been bumped off the list which is deserved.

The Last Broadcast I’ve always liked There Goes the Fear and Pounding, and they’re still excellent songs, but on the rest of this it really struck me how unengaging I find his voice. It's very thin, especially on Words, with a Liam-esque nasal quality, but without much depth or throatyness. Musically it’s solid if stolid indie rock but with some nice touches and oddities, the wonky guitars on There Goes the Fear, the swirling electronic noises in the title track, the twinkles of The Sulphur Man I feel broadly the same as I do about the similarly sounding Elbow - a couple of great songs, but ultimately just fairly middling post-Britpop indie rock. I think I’m unlikely to listen again. 🕊️🕊️ Playlist submission: There Goes the Fear

The scene setting 'Intro' is a great touch of suspense. A number of nicely melancholic numbers follow from the waltzing 'N.Y.'; the darker 'Satellites' with gospelly undertones; the noirish 'Friday's Dust', with cinematic strings and moody clarinet. The singles remain great 'The Pounding'; and 'There Goes the Fear' is one of my favorite songs of the era. A fair chunk of it gave me 80s vibes, not quite sure why. Maybe because it reminds me of Joe Jackson - good melodies, no melodrama, reverb. It's also certainly akin to contemporaries Elbow with orchestrated melancholia ('Sulphur Man' in particular). When the melodies are tight, as here, it's a very pleasing sound. The quality doesn't ever dip over the album. All tolled, a very pleasing collection of bittersweet guitar pop.

3/5 - A number of the tracks seem to be influenced by Coldplay in the vocalizations and general rock vibe. This is likely the fact that they are both based out of the UK around the same time. Overall I'd say the album is good but not great. I wouldn't be offended if this ends up in rotation and I can see growing to like more of the tracks.

Presque bon mais pas tout à fait. Pas tout à fait presque bon même. On a déjà un Coldplay de trop sur terre. 2.25 étoiles

I was there for this one. This will bring back memories of house parties, school exams and being on the cusp of adulthood. 1) [Intro] - Ethereal/sinister. Leads into words nicely. 2) **** [Words] - Radio classic early indie/00s rock. Easy to listen to, soothing melodies. The vocals seem low in the mix. 3) **** [There goes the fear] - I'm heading out of my exams, into that long, long summer break. I am free. This is another radio friendly track. I like how it fades out at times in reflective chill then the drums pound back in. Little thought: These songs are layered. I didn't notice it back in the day but there's a lot going on, samples, little cameo's by instruments, fusion of styles. 4) *** [M62 Song] - The M62 is a barren, often foggy and windswept drive over the hills. It's wild and devoid of civilisation. This captures it perfectly. Apparently an adaption of a king crimson track (I am 100% sure they will be in this project). They synth at the end is haunting... 5) ** [Where we're calling from] I'm assuming we are leaving the M62 and heading into Manchester or Hull. Ambient track - leads nicely into... 6) ***[N.Y.] Oh we are going to New York? Funny M62 this - must have just kept going after Manc! Synth organ is always a winner for me. I really enjoy the drumming here. Feels almost prog adjacent. With the King Crimson influences on track 4 it makes sense. 7) **** [Satellites] The "ping" sound is awesome. I do feel like I am in space orbiting the earth. The choir add more etherealness. Little thought: Carrying on from earlier - they started as dance trio [Sub Sub] - now the song structures, layering, repetition makes sense. 8) ** [Friday's Dust] Multi-Instrumental menagerie. Not my favourite. 9) ***** [Pounding] An uplifting pop-rock anthem. Aptly named. 10) *** [The last broadcast] Space/dream pop. Should be the last track on naming alone. -1* ;) 11)** [Sulphur Man] Dramatic introduction but then kinda floats flatly into the main track. Downbeat yet soothing. 12) ***** [Caught by the river] Acoustic powered, folky. Soars. A great album closer. Rounding up to a strong 3/5. I'll definitely add this into my rotation and look for a physical copy.

Why did this album make the list? I’ve heard better white noise. Waste of my time.

This is very OK. There's some good songs on here but a majority of this just felt like stuff I've already heard before by bands who do this sound a lot better.

Very British. Some parts are good but a lot of it gets bland very quickly... very British

hey look, another unremarkable indie rock record. i don't dislike this, but i am a little perplexed at why this is on here

The Last Broadcast was just a genuinely fantastic album. This one does invoke a lot of the same things i love about their prior album, Lost Souls, but improves upon it big time by having better vocals and feeling far more focused. What i love so much about this album is just how relaxing it is. Every song on offer has this incredibly chill vibe while still feeling plenty textured and layered allowing for an album that works well for a serious listen or just some simple background noise while working, gaming, driving etc. And also, every single song here was great, all having that same vibe while still feeling distinct from each other. This is just an amazing album through and through. Best Song: Words Worst Song: Last Broadcast

solid pop album, but not really quirky enough to keep me interested

Had no idea what i was in for but i was pleasantly surprised! Its very early 00’s and sounds like some good Coldplay. Standouts are Words, N.Y., Pounding and Last Broadcast.

When your mum says you've got Coldplay at home.

Pretty nice.

There goes the fear, number 3 debut on the charts? Sounds like U2 with a less annoying voice than Bozo. Satellites chords match Sounds of Silence so nice to think of S&G as a distraction from a maudlin drivel infused wreck of an album this is. It could have worked with a different vocalist? Something more robust, less whiny nasally. The tunes and band around them are OK. Solid 2. It's an indie band album like most others, nothing of note, nothing to inspire or offend, simply there to be there and soon forgotten.

repetitiv bakgrundsmusik i en dålig film

It was ok I guess? Didn't really get it

New to me enjoyed it a lot

Started off with some good songs but dropped off towards the end and was a bit background noisy

I had this album from back in the day. I really like it. Slow, and something of a downer, but sometimes that's what you're looking for.

Drastic change from the intro into what the album became, definitely music that can be played in the background of most activities but I'm not connecting to anything enough for a impression to be made, suffers from being to safe.

Cold Head. Radio Play. Cold Radio. Play Cold. 4/10

Pretty chill rock, but nothing really interesting.

Sounds like Coldplay

Early 2000s Britpop similar to Blur or Keane only with more of a psych bent. The single "There Goes the Fear" is kind of a drone-y epic. Swirly shoegazer guitars, strings, and chimes make appearances, wistful chord progressions, and eventually The Verve comparisons become apparent on "N.Y.". Lush, complex arrangements and instrumentation and effects. Sounds like there's some Spiritualized influence as well. Other singles from this record include the rousing "Pounding" and "Caught By The River". Definitely check this out if you like any of the other referenced bands.

Working-in-the-garage-with-dad music

Lol. I was just listening to Sub sub - full fathom five album yesterday and I thought about this band becoming Doves. I didint like it as much as I wanted. I prefer them as Sub Sub

Initially something in between oasis and the stills but it became more distinct and interesting deeper into the album.

Easy listen, every track is good but nothing stands out as exceptional. Would keep in my collection though.

Could listen. Again.

Niet helemaal afgeluisterd, was heel simpel en eigenlijk een beetje saai

I didn't know of this album previously. I liked it more than I thought I would. Decent, not great. Like the vibe, good song writing.

Nothing stood out. In fact, it's so unobtrusive I never really noticed when one song ended & the next began. I probably won't remember I ever listened to it.

Robert sure dug deep into his shallow bag of British bullshit for this one.

Was this one really long boring song, the same boring song sung twelve times?

I like Doves but this album feels so mediocre (even for 2002). A few—maybe two—bangers, but a place on this list is not justified.

It hit me pretty early into the album that this sounded like Coldplay (as many others have already mentioned). On the Coldplay-Radiohead spectrum it's somewhere in the middle, closer to Radiohead and definitely better than Coldplay IMO. Everything on Coldplay albums feels blended together while this album the instrumentation and style feels a bit more varied- which I like. I loved the King Crimson Moonchild reference on M62 Song, nice little interlude. Man when it was bad on this thing I really wanted to blow my head off though. Boring ass drum patterns and chord progressions on Satellites and Pounding was my least favorite on this thing. All the sappy sentimental stuff I hate on Coldplay is present on these. I was thinking this would be in 3 star land but man-- there are moments in the middle where I wish I were listening to Coldplay instead-- and that's NOT a good thing. I enjoyed my time for the most part but I won't be back.

I really thought the other Doves album was an unnecessary addition to the list, and this one isn't really doing anything to convince me otherwise. Just sounds like brit pop with a little more folk and atmospherics at times. N.Y. is an aggressive OK Computer era Radiohead rip (sounds good though).

I swear “There Goes The Fear Again” has a Radiohead melody. Overall very post-rocky, reminds me a lot of Radiohead. Good album 4/5

The clean, arpeggiated guitar had me anticipating an emo-adjacent sound, but that’s as close as it gets. As the tracks linger, they evoke more of a Mogwai-like, post-rock quality. As the album develops, it even leans into an aesthetic which could be described as post-Britpop. In this sense it keeps its pop rock core and borrows from other genres and defines its own sound without plagiarising. There is a definite maturity here which is both experienced and reserved, which can leave you satisfied yet wanting more. The album is defined by large, atmospheric soundscapes that range from gentle, near-ambient passages to loud, immersive walls of sound. It is all incredibly moody, with the softness of the vocals providing an accessible anchor against the underlying tension of the music. Compared to other bands from that era, this remains a pleasant and rewarding listen. Personally, I would have liked more excitement and novelty rather than this degree of navel-gazing introspection, but that clearly wasn't the band’s objective. Evaluated on its own merits and goals, this is a solid 3/5.

I had heard more of this album than I thought I had, as I believe it was primary advert soundtrack fodder in the early 00s, and I can hear how influential in this was, at least in UK indie rock (pre-landfill) of the time The vocals can be a bit dreary at times, but I am a big fan of the production and post-rock tropes it utilises. It does things a lot better than the bands it clearly influenced. I can imagine that if I had listened to this as young teenager it would have been one of my long standing favourites.

Oh, a mediocre Brit Pop album ... it's not like we already had 900 of those on here.

Another totally fine Doves album. A lot of the songs reminded me of other artists, which can be good and bad. Picked up some proto-indie and some flavors of Coldplay in here. I noticed songs happening rather than engaging with them. Maybe that’s on them, maybe it’s on me. The moments of atmospheric production are pretty, like on the “Where We’re Calling From” interlude. Overall it didn’t bother me, but nothing stuck out to me either. A collection of fine sounds, performed with some kind of feeling, with an amount of skill. I have to round down my score out of respect to the 3s that were at least somewhat memorable.

Beautiful. Perfect late night drive music.

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Last half of the album does some heavy lifting but earns it the fifth star Playlist add: "Pounding"

Aggressively forgettable

Bonus points for Moonchild cover, aswell as some more experimental, more interesting tracks. But still, as a whole, not that interesting. It was cool. It's a stronger 3.

Not sure I have Words after this Last Broadcast.

When to listen: Background rock? This album didn't really speak to me, but I liked the last two songs (The Sulphur Man and Caught By The River) Album just felt.. generic.

I warned to this one a lot. I gave it two listens. I approached it quite pessimistically because of a lot of 00s British indie and rock that I didn't enjoy from the list so far. I enjoy Elbow and a lot of this seems like a big precedent for their music, which must have began at a similar time. A high 3.

I really enjoyed this overall. I imagine if I had heard it when it came out, it'd probably be a 5-star album for me. But overall, I still think it's worth a 4.

The Last Broadcast constantly felt like it was trying to get somewhere, but ultimately ends up nowhere. Every song has an element that feels interesting but it isn't really capitalised on, the song just drones on. This specific form of indie music is pretty common from the early 2000s, and whilst I don't mind some songs from the genre of slow sad but oddly experimental indie, it does feel a bit irritating a lot of the time. It's the music equivalent of being edged with no ending in sight.

It's a bit forgettable and in places a tad annoying, too. But it's not bad.

this was decent but loses points for too many coldplay-esque moments

najbolja stvar je obrada (u biti više prerada) king crimsona, a i dalje je skroz bezvezna. osim toga neizmjerno dosadan album. mogu ponoviti što sam napisao uz njihov prošli album koji sam preslušao: "zzz. npc zika"

it was okay, although most of the songs sort of sounded the same to me. also i was getting coldplay vibes which turned me off slightly….

The first album on this list that I've never heard of before. But I've been around long enough to know what this is. This is Mercury Prize slop. The kind of band that gets a massive, forceful wave of hype that instantly crests. It's a reminder of how British this list is, in many ways. As for the album itself: sometimes a six-minute song can feel infinitely longer than a ten or fifteen-minute one, a track that strains the range of a "normal song" but isn't long enough to become something else, and this album is full of those. Even "M62 Song", that sounds like a ninety second interlude track, drags on for a brutal four minutes. Bad!

It’s ok. Kinda generic indie rock

First half of the album is strong and then gets a bit repetitive. 3.5 stars

Excellent second song

I like some of these songs, but overall there were so many places there was just “noise” and it was annoying. I’d be calmly listening to something I liked and then a new song would start with the sound of banging pots. Still, I added 4 songs to my “liked” songs.

Det er ok, gør ingen fortræd - meeen noget kedeligt. Jeg kommer næppe til nogensinde at høre det igen.

* 47 Jeg synes, det er så stenern. Der var en rigtig god sang i puljen, der giver lidt småpoint.

Musik, hvor man tænker: "Please, ikke hav en forfærdelig vokal, please ikke hav en forfærdelig vokal", inden forsangeren kommer på. Introen slutter, og frygten bekræftes. Andet nummer er bedre. "Friday's dust" giver mig seriøse System of a Down "Lonely day"-vibes Et review har skrevet noget i stil med: "701 albums, man skal høre før man dør... og 300 assorterede britiske albums". Set i bakspejlet rammer det plet ift. Robbie Williams. Ved dette album rammer det egentlig også inden for skiven, synes jeg. Det er ikke direkte dårligt. Det er ikke fantastisk. Det er ikke berettiget til listen. Men det har sikkert betydet noget for en eller anden et eller andet sted (i England). 2.9

some decent moments otherwise mid

Kind of like Radiohead and kind of like Cold Play. Soft, high treble and whiney. Not as good as Radiohead though.

A little bit of Dave Grohl, a little bit of Coldplay, a smidge of Oasis and a dollop of Tears for Fears. I dig it. The Doves to Keane / Snow Patrol pipeline was criminally under advertised.

I like this (and bought it on release), but I like it less than Lost Souls.

this is all over the place, but I kinda liked it.

Not bad. Very easy listen.

Can't believe I've never heard of this because I really fucking loved it.

A good solid album from beginning to end. 4 stars or B.

Honestly pretty good. Like bear naked ladies but alternative. I love this album cover and it matches the vibe pretty well. This is definitely something special not a lot of people will appreciate. Music was okay tho.

Like many of the albums on this list: it's not offensive to hear, but I'm baffled by its inclusion here.

That NY song is great the rest was pretty unremarkable

Meh, seemed like standard early 2000s alternative to me

Middle of the road snooze rock

Pretty good

Unfortunately there's nothing here. Not that the album is bad, it's just all been done before, with much more substance. This album sounds like a very well polished AI generated album based off everything that post Britpop gave us, and even some elements of Britpop. Nothing new. For some reason, maybe because of the lack of creativity instrumentally, the whining voice is much more grating. It works for Radiohead, but not here. it was good background music for my workday tho arpeggios on Words are beautiful. Then, when the song sounds like it's going to get interesting, it just goes right back to it. Again, this song is good but not unique

Es un disco bien grabado pero que no alcanza la excelencia. Falta alma.

Like if Ride wrote songs that could be used in Masterchef. "I'm sorry Mark, but your souffle just didn't work today. I'm afraid you're leaving us." I like it.

***A good easy listening album

This album is good overall and has a couple exceedingly pleasant tracks on it. I had this album back when it was released, but I liked it more back then than I do now. This list’s UK bias is showing again, because in my opinion Doves don’t deserve more than one album on this list. I remember reading a review of one of their albums 25-ish years ago where the reviewer dismissively referred to Doves as “music for Gen X-ers to swiffer their apartments to” or something like that. Maybe too harsh, maybe unfair.

Fine, nothing exciting.

It was OK. Very similar to a bunch of albums we’ve had already.

Even before appearing on this list I had tried getting into Doves music. I’m a big fan of Elbow so thought they would be similar. Whilst others on here say they sound the same as Elbow or Coldplay even, I’ve never got the perceived similarities. So and album and band which will remain a mystery to me despite their good musicianship. 3/5 16/5/26

Coldplay-ish. Light.

-1 for having a song called "The Last Broadcast" and then subjecting me to two more tracks 🤮

Un clásico, si señor. La esencia de Bowie.

If you’ve heard even one of Coldplay’s biggest hits, you’ve heard everything this album has to offer

Boring and unpleasant in equal measure. Production did nothing for me, felt like a corporation's attempt at recreating Sigur Ros' Agaetis Byrjun. The "Moonchild" interpolation was weird and unneccessary. The supposed "big" singles were snoozers

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Ihan ok indie rokkia, mut ei nyt mitään erikoista. Innostuin välisoittojen kohdalla enemmän kuin oikeitten kappaleitten. Hyvän tunnelmallista mutta ei hirveesti lähtenyt. Parhaat: Last Broadcast, M62 Song

Not for me. Not the worst.

Alternative rock with a lot of slow singing and spacey echoes. Right down my alley but it didn’t grab me as much as I wanted it to.

I was optimisitic after the first song sounded decent, but I did not enjoy the rest of the album. There was almost too much production.

Coldplay-esque, in the worst of ways

154. boring

I could have this playing in the background and I would be fine, not sure that I would ever choose to listen 2.5 stars

It's pleasant enough, arguably to a fault. It hasn't really held up all that well, it's kind of one-note and seems much weaker and less varied than their debut. Something about the singers voice on this one just oozes genericness and lack of genuine emotion, which just drags it down. The only song that really deviates from the formula is the King Crimson Moonchild adaptation.

Me gustó, me guardé un par de músicas. Me puse a pensar que es un flash que te reconozcan como uno de los álbumes que tenés que escuchar antes de morir y que se haya creado en 2001 y esté compitiendo con música tan buena y “vieja”.

I loved this album! Never heard it before

I know it's boring to point out that this sounds like a crap Coldplay, cyncically replicating the radio friendly pop rock formula of slow grandeur, big arrangements, and overwrought emotive vocals, but they're a boring band so it's ok to make a boring observation about them. There are some pretty parts when the get vaguely into Friday Night Lights post-rock territory, but don't worry the vocals, or some microwaved britpop riffs, soon come along and ruin them. Caught by the River is a good closer though.

coldplay at home (still good tho)

You cant give me a Doves album right after i reviewed a Doves album. It’s marginally more engaging than the last one. Otherwise it is in a group of britpop bands that havent moved far from Phil Psectre in terms of innovation - get a lit of strings, mash the sound togther. Let it kind of wash through you.

A lot of the music and tones are bright, many of the lyrics feel sad or melancholic. There's a lot of celestial/cosmic sounds through the production that I associate with early 2000's albums which I really like. New to me. I thought it was very good.

I'll give it credit in that I had no idea what the next song was going to sound like at all

No thanks.

This is very very very very very alright. There are many moments where it starts to move in a cool and interesting direction and then reverts to a very alright big drunken festival singalong anthem chorus

A pretty solid outing from these guys. Liked this a lot better than Lost Souls. Surprisingly upbeat and consistent.

Ambient, alt rock album. Feels like this pre-empts bands like M83. Enjoyed this quite a bit, 4* Highlights: where we're calling from, satellites

Good band good album!

this was pretty cool. didn’t feel crazy about it but liked it a lot

Similar to some other albums, I would have preferred that they were an instrumental band. The songs would start with some strong ambient soundscapes, but the singing ruined it for me.

Nearly a 3 but just not my thing

reading the keywords from reviews is also fun, but I like today's because of the variety. my favorites, listed in order of appearance: "coldplay", "radiohead", "generic", "meh" realistically, i guess i don't hate british people today. this was kind of interesting! i might revisit this album again in the future. i guess i see the coldplay connections (I see fewer Radiohead connections, to be sure, outside of "M62 Song"), but i don't know how fair it is to compare the less popular indie bands to their larger, more popular influences (he says sincerely, having done exactly that more than once in the past).

As others have mentioned, got Coldplay vibes from this, almost U2 at some points? I thought it was good if not super memorable. 3-3.5

The music was much more interesting than the lyrics and vocals. I can see middle school me being really into this for some reason.

I enjoyed this quite a bit. Like a surprising amount and certainly more than this rating suggests, but I can’t get over the idea that it mostly just sounds like other things I like more — I need to let it sit on its own for a while and revisit to see if it stands on its own merits. One interesting thing that stands out to me — early negative Coldplay reviews always called them a Radiohead rip off and I absolutely disagree with that characterization, but this album very much felt to me like a cross between Coldplay and Radiohead. I’m into it, I think.

The forgotten Coldplay, can’t say it’s a “must listen” but I liked it

It’s decent/whatever but not the best. 2 stars

I wish I liked this, I really do. Something’s just missing for me. I didn’t hate, I just didn’t love it

I found this to be really dull :/ idk if it's just how i'm feeling at the moment, but I just couldn't wait for this to be done. Just dirge pop rock I'm sorry. It was just one notch down from fine for me.

I feel like this is *so close* to being good music. Like, push just that little bit further into melancholy town, do more than five seconds of experimental fuzz and you’ll having something good on your hands. Sadly though this is just slightly better Coldplay

I know this isn’t exact the best place to say this, but for lack of a better space, it’ll do just fine. I’m on the home turf of the blokes who made the book this entire site is based on this week, and I’ve had the time of my life so far. I think one of the funniest coincidences that keeps happening is listening to music on pub speakers, car radios, hotel lobbies or just anywhere else that has music playing, and then hearing something I’ve only heard of because of this site. Without fail it has made me laugh several times now. Anyway, I was taking a lovely walk in the park to accompany my first few goes around of this album today. To say that might have unintentionally bumped up my rating of this album by a good bit would be an understatement. I think on an average day this album would be a 3. However, today was really special. Listening to this very calm music while walking in a beautiful garden in a foreign country had me quite emotional. I’ll actually remember this entire album fondly, but not just for accompanying me on my walk. Slower albums like this are general misses for me, but this one hit a bit different. I loved the lead singer and backup singers voices so much, I actually ended up with several favorites here. There’s some filler along the way, in fact, I think most people would end up calling this album filler in general, but a few songs really didn’t do much for me. That keeps it safely from a 5, especially on a 53 minute long album, but I even feel like 4 is maaaaaaaybe a little bit too generous. Looking at my favorite songs though, and taking into account how this album made me feel on my killer walk, I think it’s more than justified. Sticking with a 4. Now, the mini elephant in the room is that I’ve never heard of this band before. This is the first of 2 Doves albums on the list, and I practically guarantee the second album gets a 3 if it more or less sounds just like this. I would enjoy that though, as this album is great in and of itself. My favorites are “Words”, “M62 Song”, and “Pounding”. Giving the edge here to “M62 Song”. It’s short, sweet, and beautiful. Going to be stuck in my head for a while. Sometimes an album that’s not your usual vibe really just hits you in the right way. Today was one of those days. Great stuff with this one.

No los conocía. No me gustó.

Let's start with the positives: Doves isn't the worst Radiohead-inspired band. This should be my kind of music but I didn't care for Doves back then and I don't especially care for them now, although when I'm listening to the album I find that I like most of the songs. The problem is that after the album ended, I realized that it didn't leave any emotional mark. I don't think I'll feel the need to listen to this again.

It’s the musical equivalent of a soft, half erection. It’s as satisfying and useful as one too. Just disappointment on what is on it’s way to being great, but just never gets there.

2026.04.29

Where We're Calling From

My second Doves album after Lost Souls and while I preferred this one, it isn’t an album that’s going to live long in the memory. My main criticism is with two songs, Words and There Goes The Fear. Is was really enjoying both up to a point but they kept going on and on and on. There’s no need for TGTF to be nearly 7 minutes long. Top Track - Pounding

I feel like I should really like this but the songs didn’t connect with me. Could be the one listen only problem. Sounded pretty cool though.

Some songs really hit but others not so much… Decent album though and I liked listening to it.

The crooning vocals absolutely shattered any chance I had at enjoying this Just feels like chewing on sawdust and occasionally gravel, very nothing-y. Instrumentation is at least occasionally not boring Not actively awful, but that's the biggest compliment it's getting

This feels ahead of it's time given when it was released. Can hear the next 20 years of indie/pop music from this album. I quite liked There Goes The Fear, N.Y., Satellites, Caught by the River. Pounding gave Coldplay vibes. Overall I enjoyed listening to this album more than I thought I would. Not enough to listen again however.

I liked some songs but its kinda cringey idk

This one is kind of another ham sandwich album. It's okay but nothing really stands out to me.

I like the darker tones, when it feels haunting. I liked most of it, although some of the more pop ones were annoying.

Que buena banda! Me gustó bastante, es un rock indie diferente, rítmico, muy bueno!

I liked this, more indie vibe

pretty nice! super pretty soundscapes, dreamy atmospheres, flows really well. Does start to drag a bit but is never an unpleasant listen.

Great memories

Sounds like Coldplay.. I like it.

I listened to it twice, and both times I was like, I should really like this. It has all the elements of songs I usually like…. But I just don’t. 1.8

Really does have Coldplay vibes for me. There’s a lot of hate for this style of music, it seems from a bunch of the top reviews. It’s possible that on another day this would have been a boring pass for me. But I really enjoyed it! 7/10 Quite Likeable

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What if Coldplay but not Coldplay

The three singles are excellent, but the remainder isn't really anything special.

Solid 2000s indie. Nothing special though.

This is like a slightly better version of the Coldplay album I got a week ago. It was a tad livelier and had more interesting arrangements. That said, it was still a rather bland indie rock album. To be fair, there were some pretty good songs on here. But too often they suffered from whatever it is that makes these albums have overlong, droning songs that could be 30% shorter and still be just as good, if not better. That is true of this album too. 54 minutes is way too long for what is on it. Going to say this was fine. I didn't get a lot from it even though some parts were enjoyable. Overall: 2.4/5

Very very solid Definitely surprised me Reminds me of Coldplay but less British Favorites: pounding, m62 song, there goes the fear

Proof positive that a band can have seemingly everything going for them on the surface and yet if there’s no inspiration there, no truly compelling reason for being, none of it will matter. There are a million bands that sound exactly like this and most of them are much better. If you really need this vibe, listen to Elbow instead, or Coldplay, or Muse, or, etc... Best track: “Words”

good for chilling

Surprised myself here, I really enjoyed this. Some great song crafting, memorable tunes, really liked the vocals. Will listen to more of them. 4/5.

Vamos hoy con una desconocida, de un género más que conocido. Bandita que suena feliz, como para música de fondo. Me gustaron algunas canciones más podridas pero en sí es un disco que no me sorprendió. Gracias y nos vemos luego, genchi.

didn't love this. good background music but nothing stood out to me

decently enjoyable. not my normal music but fine

vibes of the stone roses

Enjoyed this one, sound like a more interesting version of Coldplay.

bomb whatever london suburb these guys are from

Like coldplay, but better?

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So uh... why did they decide to make a worse version of Moonchild instead of a cover?

Really great album. Had such a melancholic yet optimistic vibe, hard to sus out.

Dull, uninspiring.

No private session used for Spotify. I was excited for a Doves album as I used to listen to one of their albums a lot. This wasn't that album. Maybe it's nostalgia but I don't know why this album was picked. It's not bad, would be better if it was not so mellow/later Coldplay popish, like some of the songs seemed like they wanted to take off and rock, but opted for blandness and more mass appeal.

This is a band that I like, even though it kinda sounds like everything I don't really like. For some reason Doves is different. It still isn't the best thing, but I enjoy it pretty much.

We don't talk enough about the high-floor/low-ceiling bands—always good, sometimes great. Alkaline Trio. Metric. Great to have around, a few absolute bangers, but if they're you're absolute favorite band... why? There's better, more interesting stuff in their respective genres. This is harder to pin down when an artist is more ambitious, but I think Doves fall into this camp. They have moments of transcendence, but rarely reach the rafters. This makes it tough to justify two whole albums on this list with all its glaring omissions (seriously, no Slowdive?) But if you like Laser Guided Melodies or The Bends, this is a great add to your shelf. 3.5/5. Shoutout to the (500) Days of Summer soundtrack for introducing me to indie bops like "There Goes the Fear."

I really loved this album. Huge fan of 2000's music that ironically was on when I was a baby and didn't understand the vibe until now. Fav: there goes the fear and NY

🎧Bland and forgettable AF. Not sure I understand all the Coldplay comparisons. Sounds a bit more like Keane to me. In any case, Doves are worse than both those bands.

I will want to listen to this again!

loved it

Bit meh rly

⭐⭐+ Drömsk indierock. Finns bra spår här, framförallt There goes the fear som jag minns från tiden när jag lyssnade mycket på den här typen av musik, och den är riktigt bra. Det är dock ingen kioskvältare till album som helhet och tror inte att jag kommer komma tillbaka till det mer än enstaka spår. Därför blir detven strk 2a. Bäst är Theres goes the fear, M62 song och Satelites.

The Doves sounded like the store brand version of Coldplay.

Repetitious, but fine.