Some Cities
by Doves
User Score
8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 69 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 61 out of 69
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 69
  3. Negative: 5 out of 69

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  1. joset
    Mar 24, 2005
    6
    this is an average album... definitely not creative as steve says... also, it may sound nice at times but after a while (especially towards the end of the cd) it becomes tiresome. good for background music. there are plenty of better releases currently, including bloc party and the kaiser chiefs. if possible, i would borrow this first and not buy it.
  2. Joris
    Mar 26, 2005
    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, 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
  3. JohhnyW
    Mar 16, 2005
    5
    A bit boring compared to their first two albums.

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#76 Most Discussed Album of 2005

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Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 28 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 28
  3. Negative: 3 out of 28
  1. 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.
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  2. Entertainment Weekly
    91
    There's an almost antiquated quality to this wondrously exhilarating, shimmering pop masterpiece. [4 Mar 2005, p.73]
  3. Urb
    80
    They throw light on their shadowy melancholia, resulting in positively euphoric tunes. [Mar 2005, p.111]
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