Doves: Lost Souls 2000 + The Last Broadcast 2002

 

Doves are an English indie rock band formed in Manchester. The band is composed of twin brothers Jez

Williams (guitar, vocals) and Andy Williams (drums, vocals), and Jimi Goodwin (bass, vocals, guitar). Additionally, the band employs Martin Rebelski, as a touring and session musician on keyboards. The band released four studio albums between 2000 and 2009, two of which reached #1 on the UK album charts.
                                         

Mancunian indie rock trio Doves rose to power in the early 2000s amid a wave of engaging post-Brit-

pop acts like Elbow, Starsailor, and Coldplay. Fusing some of the livelier pop elements from an earlier dance-oriented project with a rousing rock melodicism, the band earned a Mercury Prize nomination right out of the gate for their 2000 debut, then proceeded to top the U.K. charts with their next two albums, The Last Broadcast (2002) and Some Cities (2005). Doves' popularity continued through the end of the decade after which they took most of the 2010s off.
                               

The band released three EPs in 1998 and 1999 on Casino Records, a subsidiary of Rob Gretton's Rob's

Records, which established the group's new sound and met with a warm critical response. Their debut album Lost Souls in April 2000 was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize, which they lost to fellow Mancunian and former collaborator Badly Drawn Boy.
                            

Doves' second album The Last Broadcast was released two years later, reaching No. 1 on the UK

Albums Chart, and was again nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. The album's first single "There Goes the Fear" became the band's highest-charting single to date, reaching No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart despite only being released for one day before it was deleted. Their hiatus ended in 2020 when, after a series of comeback shows a year earlier, the band delivered their fifth album, The Universal Want.

MEMBERS

 
          

Jez Williams – guitar, vocals
Jimi Goodwin – bass, lead vocals, guitar
Andy Williams – drums, vocals

        

DOVES - LOST SOULS - 3 APRIL 2000

                                 

Lost Souls is the debut studio album by British indie rock band Doves, released by Heavenly Recordings on 3 April 2000. The album was recorded over a period of several years, following the dissolution of Doves' original musical incarnation as house music act Sub Sub. Lost Souls was a

moderate chart success in the UK; the album peaked at number 16, while the three singles taken from the album charted in the Top 40. Lost Souls is considered by many to be the best debut album since Oasis' Definitely Maybe. It was met with positive critical acclaim and was a shortlist nominee for the Mercury Prize in 2000. The album was roundly praised on its release for its blending of claustrophobic intensity and euphoria, the sonic influences from electronic music present in its textures and for being "the perfect after-hours soundtrack."

Doves – Lost Souls
Label: Astralwerks – 72438 50248 2 5
Format: CD
Country: Canada
Released: 2000
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Britpop, Indie Rock, Alternative

TRACKS

                               

01. Firesuite   4:36
Piano, Electric Piano [Rhodes] – Richard Wheatley
02. Here It Comes   4:50
Piano – Martin Rebelski
03. Break Me Gently   4:38
Piano, Electric Piano [Rhodes] – Richard Wheatley
04. Sea Song   6:12
Piano, Electric Piano [Rhodes] – Richard Wheatley
05. Rise   5:38
Harmonica – Stuart Warburton
06. Lost Souls    6:09
07. Melody Calls    3:27
08. Catch The Sun   4:49
Mixed By – Steve Osborne
Mixed By [Assistant] – Bruno Ellingham
09. The Man Who Told Everything   5:47
Strings – Barbara Grunthal, Jane Coyle, Kate Evans, Wendy Edison
10. The Cedar Room    7:38
11. Reprise    1:45
12. A House     3:40

BONUS TRACKS       
    
13. Darker   5:51
14. Valley   4:26
15. Zither   2:26

MP3 @ 320 Size: 166 MB
Flac  Size: 479 MB

DOVES - THE LAST BROADCAST - 29 APRIL 2002

                                         

The Last Broadcast is the second studio album by British indie rock band Doves. The album was released by Heavenly Recordings on 29 April 2002, and went straight to number 1 on the UK Albums

Chart. The album's first single "There Goes the Fear" entered the UK Singles Chart at number 3, the band's highest-charting single to date, despite being released and deleted on the same day. Two further singles, "Pounding" and "Caught by the River", were also successful, charting in the Top 30. The Last Broadcast garnered critical acclaim upon its release, and was a shortlist nominee for the Mercury Prize in 2002.

Doves – The Last Broadcast
Label: Heavenly – HVNLP35CD, Heavenly – 8122322
Format:    CD, Album, Stereo
Country: UK & Europe
Released: Apr 29, 2002
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Britpop, Indie Rock, Alternative

TRACKS

                                     

01. Intro    1:17
02. Words   5:42
Performer [Megaphone] – Brian Madden
Violin – Rosie Lowdell
03. There Goes The Fear   6:54
Percussion – Billy Booth, Chris Davies, Marc Starr, Richard Sliwa
04. M62 Song    3:48
05. Where We're Calling From    1:24
06. N.Y.   5:46
Cello – Ian Bracken
Viola – Rob Shepley
Violin – Celia Goodwin, Paulette Bailey
07. Satellites   6:50
Backing Vocals – Barrington Stewart, Fyza, Joanne Watson, Lisa Saddoo
Producer – Steve Osborne
Tambourine – Jay Rofe
08.Friday's Dust   3:35
Arranged By [Brass & Woodwind] – Andy Robinson
Arranged By [Brass, Woodwind & Strings] – Sean O'Hagan
Cello – Marcus Holdaway
Clarinet – Duncan Ashby
Saxophone [Tenor], Flute – Colin Crawley
Trombone – Andy Robinson, Marc Bassey
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Steve Waterman
Violin – Jackie Norrie, Sally Herbert
Violin, Viola – Brian Wright
09. Pounding    4:45
10. Last Broadcast    3:22
11. The Sulphur Man   4:37
Arranged By [Brass & Woodwind] – Andy Robinson
Arranged By [Brass, Woodwind & Strings] – Sean O'Hagan
Arranged By [Strings] – Marcus Holdaway
Cello – Marcus Holdaway
Saxophone [Tenor], Flute – Colin Crawley
Trombone – Andy Robinson, Marc Bassey
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Steve Waterman
Violin – Jackie Norrie, Sally Herbert
Violin, Viola – Brian Wright
12. Caught By The River    5:55

MP3 @ 320 Size: 126 MB
Flac  Size: 365 MB