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intereact!Doves
Retail Price (not our price): $18.98
Release Date: 2005-03-01
Manufacturer: Capitol
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Track List
Now here, for your listening pleasure, the tracks...
| Disc 1 |
Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
1) Amazon.com
In the three years between this album and its epic-scaled predecessor, The Last Broadcast, Manchester trio Doves were obviously doing something more artistically rewarding than mere touring. It's not that their sense of ambitious scale has waned. It's that it has been refocused inward here toward personal matters and the state of their Northern UK homeland. The title track and thumping, soul-inflected single "Black and White Town" state as much early on. But much more than Doves' subject matter has evolved as well. The album's sonically intriguing mix of influences fuse singer Jimi Goodwin's unabashed hook jones with bottom-heavy club rhythms and the restless, expansive instincts of multi-instrumentalist twins Andy and Jez Williams. Then, all is channeled through the fuzzy aura of too many youthful 3am's at Manchester's famed Hacienda nightspot. The gorgeous moodiness of "Snowden" and string-drenched, mouth-harp seasoned "The Storm" show how far the band has evolved from its early Sub Sub incarnation/Manchester heritage, even as the bigger-than-life "Walk in Fire" shows just how deep those roots go. It's a magnificent record, one whose sense of scale belies its innate efficiency, and arguably Doves' most wholly satisfying to date. --Jerry McCulley
Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5
1) The Mancunian Epic Continues! [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Another great album from a band whose glory days are ahead of them. All of the dark and desolate enviornment of a post-industrial Manchester is captured in every note of this album.2) Hardly can skip a track, do albums do that?? THANKS DOVES!!! [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Loved LOST SOULS, one of my all-time favs of any group to be honest. Honest, full of intrigue and originality that hooked me as a Coldplay fan. I now consider myself a graduate of Coldplay to the Doves. Coldplay's music is very listenable, great for pop/rock today, but lacks the musicianship and experimental work the Doves are able to explore and provide for their fans. Coldplay is too predictable, bottom line. I do like their music however. Anyways, getting back from that tangent, Some Cities is so different from their previous efforts. Your not going to get another Lost Souls, which was an absolutely epic record. The only problem with that album was there were too many tracks. Every time I listen to the album I skip at least four tracks that bore me. However, there best work is on the album so how can you call it anything but great? Every album seems to have its lows. Last broadcast was similiar w/out such great tracks as Lost Souls. Getting to "Some Cities" I found this album to be their best overall effort. I might skip a few tracks when not in the mood, but going through the album I find such diversity with tracks like "almost forgot myself" "snowden" to my favorites "walk in fire" to the pounding drums and elevating beauty to an amazing guitar riff that leaves you breathless and with chills and goosebumps on the song "one of these days", Can't name a bad song on this album. I forget titles of the songs and have this song in my CD changer so much, I only know track numbers. Basically, if you need something to help wake you up from the boredom of Coldplay and their predictable songs and lyrics, pick this album up. SUCH A GREAT ALBUM, see what you think and if you don't have it yet, go straight to "one of these days" and turn that sucker up!!3) It's okay [Rating: 3 out of 5]
This album is like a shiney used car that is prone to breaking down: it seems nice on the surface but you just can't get much mileage out ot it.I really like the sound of this band, but when I bought the album, I tired of it quicker than I expected. It's funny: I can't think of a single song on the album I really can't stand except "Shadows of Salford" but as a whole it's hard to get into. It seems like they are trying to imitate Coldplay in places but not getting the desired result.The best song of the album is "Walk in Fire" which has the lyric: "You're not free until you walk in fire." I think that's a pretty deep statement about the need to subject ourselves to painful trials to have complete self-control. There are several others worth hearing: "Black and White Town" "One of these Days" and "Sky starts Falling." In summary, I find the album is good listening from time to time, but I need to give it a rest more often than albums by similiar bands, like Coldplay. I would be open to hearing more of what this band has done. It sounds like they are really a good band who just had an off-day on the one album I happened to buy.4) Another great Doves Album [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Doves somehow retain their great sound yet always expand further into their musical expression.This band adds to Last Broadcast and Lost Souls.Someday Soon is my favorite song on this album. But every song compliments one another.I cannot wait for the next Doves album.5) And some not [Rating: 2 out of 5]
While "lost souls" had the unmistakable feeling of secretly discovering forgotten objects and finding traces of urban structures in the middle of a desolate summer field with your best friend while sharing chocolates from a lesser known ex-soviet republic, "some cities" has the feeling of your friend coming over to play gamecube and later call up people on the speakerphone seeing what's up, what's happening, maybe hooking up.The evocative splendor of appropriately lined tracks 1 to 6 of "lost souls" is nowhere to be found here, yet is replaced by the efforts to sustain it of tracks 7 to 12, but with more giving up and less trying.Is this a really bad album, does it deserve TWO stars? Well no, not if you don't rate it compared to it's first-most predecessor.