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72 out of 100

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8.2 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 65 Ratings

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  • Summary: Ben Hiller (Elbow, Blur) produced the Manchester band's follow-up to 'The Last Broadcast.'

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 28
  3. Negative: 3 out of 28
  1. Uncut
    100
    Confirms Doves as the country's most innovative rock group. [Mar 2005, p.94]
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  2. Rolling Stone
    60
    Some Cities is less self-consciously arty than Souls, though the murky atmospherics and nondistinct Brit voices here will likely confine the album to the nether regions of America's Top 100.
  3. Stylus Magazine
    33
    Doves' strength lies in their careful sculpting of the sonic and the emotional, and here they've restrained their palette and scope so much that the result is grey.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 45 out of 51
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 51
  3. Negative: 4 out of 51
  1. SeanH
    10
    Sing Jimmi..Sing! Blow your lungs out! Very nice piece of work!
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  2. Joris
    5
    A few very good songs: the single is OK, One of these days and Someday Soon are gems and Ambition even brings Sigur Ros to mind... But then we had it, and even the above mentioned tracks can't meet up with (ahum) the filler tracks, experiments on masterpiece The Last Broadcast. Walk with Fire is e.g. like a bad copy of There goes the fear, anyone noticed yet? Very good band, dissapointing album. I mean do "they" really have to open their album with a dull attempt to rock like Some Cities?… Expand
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  3. Alice
    3
    I can't believe how anyone can rate this a perfect 10. This album has only a couple of decent songs. It starts off promising and pretty much goes downhill from that point.… Expand
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