
- Summary: The Manchester, England band reunites with producer Steve Osborne for their sophomore album, following 2000's 'Lost Souls,' which launched them into stardom in both the U.S. and U.K. "There Goes the Fear" is the lead single.
- Record Label: Heavenly
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative, Britpop
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 17 out of 20
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Mixed: 3 out of 20
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Negative: 0 out of 20
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UncutDoves have delivered, with honesty and affection. All other guitar bands this year will seem like a scratchy sideshow. [Jun 2002, p.110]
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Alternative PressThis is a dazzling and haunting disc. [Aug 2002, p.74]
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One of the most stunning and gorgeous records of this young decade.
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An album that's full of drama, without the tiresome excess.
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MojoLast Broadcast is visceral, pulsing, uplifting, widescreen but has none of the bluster that would tip its forbears into self-parody. [May 2002, p.108]
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Most of these songs sound like they're taking down whole walls of your average sonic cathedral and replacing them with huge stained-glass windows with a billion pieces in a hundred thousand colours that sparkle like angel's tears when the sun hits them, like. Yes, it is a bit evangelical. It's reverent.
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Q MagazineIt's a deeply Manchester album: melodic yet substantial, uplifting and acceptable to football fan and student alike. [May 2002, p.109]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 22 out of 23
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Mixed: 1 out of 23
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Negative: 0 out of 23
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BenR.Aug 20, 2002
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[Anonymous]May 27, 2002this album isn't overproduced like Oasis' be here now. Are you deaf?
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OnderO.Apr 9, 2008This is the best Manchester dark band then joy divisions' lp's.
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MacMOct 8, 2002Zero competition for album of 2002 so far. Surpasses Lost Souls by a slender mile and is great in every way possible.
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LaurenOAug 24, 2005
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DavidS.Jul 12, 2007
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BenD.May 10, 2002Horribly overblown and pompus - much like the overproduced "Be Here Now" by Oasis... avoid!
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