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| Pitchfork |
 About a decade ago, the word "angular" was rarely heard outside of a geometry class, and this was what Mercury Prize nominations sounded like. Doves did enough anthemic rafter-reaching to honor predecessors like Oasis and the Verve. They were also studio-centric and tech-savvy enough to satisfy an OK Computer jones, while having enough British classicism for people not ready to follow Radiohead down the rabbit hole. And there were many of them, to the point where "new Radiohead" (ironically sounding like the old Radiohead) became one of the early new century's most briskly populated UK indie subgenres.With the possible exception of Elbow, none were better than Doves. So as The Places Between collects the best of the Doves (fortunately, it's not fooling anyone going by "Greatest Hits"), what's striking is how little it bears to the current landscape of rock music on either side of the Atlantic. As Stuart Berman pointed out in his review of Kingdom of Dust, former opening acts like the Strokes and the Rapture both pointed the way for sounds and, more importantly, images that would ultimately make Doves seem stodgy and unsexy by comparison. Debut Lost Souls remains an enduringly consistent piece of shadowy, orchestral rock, and it could've been well represented here by any of its tracks. Despite being posed as the darkness before The Last Broadcast's light, Lost Souls gets cherrypicked for its most emphatic numbers. "Catch the Sun" remains the strongest melody Jimi Goodwin has ever written, while the harmonica and guitar peals of the misty "Sea Song" exude a low-key ecstacy. Even the stately, string-led waltz "Man Who Told Everything" is included as a truncated "summer" version....full text |
| Bbc |
| It speaks volumes about Doves’ far-reaching ambitions – or perhaps their lack of provincial attitude – that they’ve made such a mighty noise for over a decade without ever being tagged a ‘Manchester band’. When they shed their rave pop guise of Sub Sub and emerged in 1998 with glacial ghost story The Cedar Room – an amorphous spectre of a tune as haunting as the ghouls that inhabited its lyrics – their atmospheric bass throbs and sunbeam-surfing guitars spoke more of Viennese spires shrouded in gothic mist than cocaine benders down The City. Instead of being tethered to geographical roots, Doves took wing, inspiring hordes of potato-faced blokes, from I Am Kloot to Elbow, to make music as beautiful as they weren’t. In their time, Jimi Goodwin and Andy and Jez Williams have come to epitomise what can only be described as Mercury Prize rock. As expansive and ambitious as their sound, this best-of set draws together their most memorable hits, stand-out album tracks, B-sides and alternative versions across a standard and deluxe, expanded edition. That it still doesn’t find space for Satellites is testament to the quality of the monumental music on display....full text |
| Wikipedia |
| The Places Between: The Best of Doves is a compilation album from Manchester-based indie rock band Doves. The compilation was released on April 5, 2010 in the UK via Heavenly Records,[6][7] and on April 20, 2010 in North America via Astralwerks Records.[8][9] The album encompasses the band's entire career, collecting from their 2000 debut album Lost Souls, 2002's The Last Broadcast, 2005's Some Cities, and their 2009 album Kingdom of Rust, as well as an assortment of EPs and singles. The compilation was released as a standard single-disc best-of, as well as a deluxe three-disc edition, featuring the best-of album along with a bonus disc of B-sides, rarities, alternate versions, and album cuts, plus a bonus DVD collecting all of the band's music videos from 1998 through 2010.[6] The best-of was preceded by the single "Andalucia," released to radio stations on March 1, 2010, then as a digital download-only single on April 5, 2010.[7][10]Contents [hide] 1 Track listings 2 Bonus disc track listing 3 DVD track listing 4 Release history 5 Notes 6 Credits 7 External links 8 References [edit] Track listings All songs written and composed by Jez Williams, Jimi Goodwin, and Andy Williams. Disc one: The Best of Doves No. Title Producer Length 1. "There Goes the Fear" Doves 6:55 2. "Black and White Town" Doves, Ben Hillier 4:15 3. "Snowden" (Rich Costey Mix) Doves, Ben Hillier 4:10 4. "Here It Comes" Doves 4:53 5. "Words" Doves 5:44 6. "Kingdom of Rust" Doves, Dan Austin 5:11 7. "Sea Song" Doves 5:17[A] 8. "Pounding" Doves 4:45 9. "10:03" John Leckie, Doves 4:04 10. "Catch the Sun" Steve Osborne 4:48 11. "Jetstream" Doves, Dan Austin 5:31 12. "The Man Who Told Everything" (Summer Version) Doves 5:41 13. "Andalucia" Doves, Dan Austin 4:21 14. "Caught by the River" Doves, Steve Osborne 5:55 15. "The Cedar Room" Doves 7:39 [edit] Bonus disc track listing All songs written and composed by Jez Williams, Jimi Goodwin, and Andy Williams, except where noted. Disc two: Rarities, B-sides, and Alternate Versions No. Title Writer(s) Producer Length 1. "Blue Water" Doves 4:31 2. "Eleven Miles Out" Doves, Ben Hillier 4:27 3. "Rise" Doves 5:17[B] 4. "Darker" Doves 5:50 5. "Push Me On" John Leckie, Doves 3:54 6. "Willow's Song" (Bury Version) Traditional; arranged by Doves Doves 3:53 7. "Valley" Doves 4:24 8. "Northenden" Doves 3:53 9. "M62 Song" Williams, Goodwin, Williams, Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield Doves 3:42 10. "The Drifter" (featuring Simon Aldred) Doves, Dan Austin 3:59 11. "Friday's Dust" (Capitol Tower Session) Doves 3:23 12. "Almost Forgot Myself" (Demo) Doves 4:40 13. "Your Shadow Lay Across My Life" Doves 3:46 14. "The Last Son" Doves, Dan Austin 4:38 15. "The Sulphur Man" Doves 4:37 16. "At the Tower" (Instrumental Edit) Williams, Goodwin, Williams, Hazlewood Doves, Ben Hillier 3:50 17. "Reprise" Doves 1:52 18. "Ambition" Doves, Ben Hillier 3:43[C] 19. "Firesuite" (Noise Version) Doves 2:22[D] iTunes-only bonus track No. Title Producer Length 20. "Brazil" Doves, Dan Austin 3:36 [edit] DVD track listingDisc three: The Music Videos No. Title Director Length 1. "The Cedar Room" Matthew Norman 4:48 2. "Sea Song" Rick Myers 4:36 3. "Here It Comes" Rick Myers, Julian Cooper, Rich Mulhearn, and Mat Burhouse 4:54 4. "Catch the Sun" Sophie Muller 4:19 5. "The Man Who Told Everything" Sam Brown 4:39 6. "There Goes the Fear" Julian House and Julian Gibbs 4:57 7. "Pounding" Julian House and Julian Gibbs 4:19 8. "Caught by the River" David Mould 4:33 9. "Black and White Town" (Director's Cut) Lynne Ramsay 4:21 10. "Snowden" (Live Edit) Dominic Leung 4:12 11. "Sky Starts Falling" Reuben Sutherland 4:00 12. "Kingdom of Rust" China Moo-Young 4:29 13. "Winter Hill" David Mould 3:49 The DVD also features the videos for "There Goes the Fear," "Pounding," and "Caught by the River" in 5.1 Surround Sound. [edit] Release historyCountry Date Label Format Catalogue # United Kingdom April 5, 2010 Heavenly Records CD HVNLP78CD 2CD/1DVD HVNLP78CDX United States April 20, 2010 Astralwerks Records 2CD/1DVD 5099962801423 [edit] Notes Disc one: Tracks 4, 7, 10, and 15 taken from Lost Souls (April 2000) Original version of track 12 taken from Lost Souls; Summer Version taken from the single "The Man Who Told Everything" (October 2000) Tracks 1, 5, 8, and 14 taken from The Last Broadcast (April 2002) Tracks 2 taken from Some Cities (February 2005) Original version of track 3 taken from Some Cities; Rich Costey Mix taken from the single "Snowden" (May 2005) Tracks 6, 9, and 11 taken from Kingdom of Rust (April 2009) Track 13: previously unreleased Disc two: Tracks 1, 6, 10, 11, 12, and 16: previously unreleased Track 2 and the original version of track 16 taken from the single "Black and White Town" (February 2005) Tracks 3 and 17 taken from Lost Souls (April 2000) Track 4 taken from the Sea EP (May 1999) Track 5 taken from the single "Kingdom of Rust" (March 2009) Track 7 taken from the single "Catch the Sun" (May 2000) Track 8 taken from the single "Pounding" (July 2002) Tracks 9 and 15 taken from The Last Broadcast (April 2002) Tracks 13 and 19 taken from the single "The Man Who Told Everything" (October 2000) Track 14 taken from the UK iTunes-only release of Kingdom of Rust (April 2009) Track 18 taken from Some Cities (February 2005) Run time notes: A ^ Though not listed as an edit on the track listing, the full-length album version of "Sea Song" runs 6:12 B ^ The full-length album version of "Rise" runs 5:38 C ^ This version omits the ambient noise found at the end of the album version D ^ The full-length Noise Version of "Firesuite" runs 3:09 [edit] Credits Musicians All instruments by Doves, except: "There Goes the Fear" Percussion by Marc Starr, Chris Davies, Billy Booth, and Richard Sliwa. "Black and White Town," "Here It Comes," and "10:03" Piano by Martin Rebelski. "Snowden" Glockenspiel by Ben Hillier. Backing vocals by Guy Garvey. Strings by Millennia Strings. String arrangements by Ian Burdge. "Words" Keyboards and glockenspiel by Martin Rebelski. Violin by Rosie Lowdell. Megaphone by Brian Madden. "Kingdom of Rust" Piano by Martin Rebelski. Violins by Belinda Hammond and Oliver Morris. Viola by Alexandra Fletcher. Cello by Elinor Gow. Piano by Martin Rebelski. "The Man Who Told Everything" Strings by Kate Evans, Jane Coyle, Barbara Grunthal, and Wendy Edison. "Andalucia" Violin by Belinda Hammond. Production "There Goes the Fear," "Words," and "Pounding" produced by Doves; additional production by Max Heyes. Mixed by Doves and Max Heyes. "Black and White Town" produced and mixed by Doves and Ben Hillier. "Snowden" produced by Doves and Ben Hillier. Mixed by Rich Costey. "Here It Comes," "Sea Song," and "The Cedar Room" produced and mixed by Doves. "Kingdom of Rust" and "Jetstream" produced by Doves and Dan Austin. Mixed by Michael H. Brauer. "10:03" produced by Doves and John Leckie. Mixed by Dan Austin. "Catch the Sun" and "Caught by the River" produced by Doves and Steve Osborne. Mixed by Steve Osborne. "The Man Who Told Everything" produced by Doves. Mixed by Doves and Steve Osborne. "Andalucia" produced by Doves and Dan Austin. Mixed by Dave Bascombe. Mastered by Miles Showell at Metropolis Mastering, except "Kingdom of Rust," "10:03," and "Jetstream" mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering. Art direction and design by Rick Myers and Art-Utility. Cover: firework photography by Pierre Le Hors. Booklet: additional photography by Richard Mulhearn, Josh Raikes, Rick Myers, Matthew Norman, Natalie Curtis, Ewan Spencer, and Mark Thomas....full text |
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