Participating in 1001 has made me realize that every album on this list is has been Beautiful Minded onto this list. It's just human nature. Our brains are just one giant vacuum sucking up references and then using those references to validate an album. If you like 'A' and 'B' and 'C' is similar to 'A', then you'll also like 'C.' So the assumption is, if you hate Coldplay and Doves sound like Coldplay, then you'll hate Doves isn't always correct. First of all most of us who like Coldplay won't readily admit they like Coldplay. But if you say you like the Doves, does that mean you like Coldplay? I just don't see Coldplay on this album. Nothing about this album screams "I'm Chris Martin, I have bad teeth and I'm going to seduce your girlfriend..." I read lot's of complaining about Coldplay rip offs ("and that's why this band sucks"), but to me, The Doves stand far outside of the mainstream, at least here in the states. But I can see how a band like The Doves might strike ire of true British music fans. This album was released and went straight to number 1 on the British charts. The band became a cash cow, selling a full-length compilation DVD, included a documentary, had music that played at the start of all Manchester City F.C. games, more music on sports networks. Then there's the little tidbit that before becoming a band on 1001, the three members were a dance-club music trio called Sub Sub. That's enough ammo for me to hate the band too. Those Coldplay references weren't about how the band sounded but how the band 'sold out,' what the band did with their music by making it available everywhere and to everyone; which sounds a lot like Coldplay. But the truth is that I got lost in the drony full-winded long notes of the singers nasal-y, yet muffled voice and the errant out of place guitar notes sprinkled atop the many layers of basic riffs. I enjoyed the music and the realities of what most Brits experience was not mine, but if those were my realities, I'd score this band a lot lower.