Product Description

DOVES The Last Broadcast (2002 US only strictly limited edition 16-track 2-CD set including bonus disc featuring 4 unreleased tracks Hit The Ground When Running Far from Grace Northenden and Willow Song picture sleeve HVNLP35CD) ** Deleted onday of release **

Track Listing

1. Intro
2. Words
3. There Goes The Fear
4. M62 Song
5. Where We're Calling From
6. N.Y.
7. Satellites
8. Friday's Dust
9. Pounding
10. Last Broadcast
11. The Sulphur Man
12. Caught By The River

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #19196 in Music
• Released on: 2002-06-04
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

From Amazon.co.uk
With new-found optimism aplenty, The Last Broadcast sees frontman Jimi Goodwin and multi-instrumentalist brothers Andy and Jez Williams soaring to new if perhaps grandiose heights. Two years on from their Mercury Music Prize nominated debut Lost Souls and the dishevelled guitar-toting Manchester trio look to have finally put the demise of their ill-fated dance act Sub Sub, the burning down of their studio and the later death of their manager Rob Gretton behind them.

The thundering opening beat and spiralling guitars of "Words" are reminiscent of Ride at their bombastic peak, while "There Goes the Fear" relentlessly reverberating with Latin rhythms, New Order-influenced guitars and sweeping vocals is nothing less than breathtaking. Quiet reprieve comes with M62, a delicate haunting reworking of King Crimson's "Moonchild", bizarrely recorded under the M62 flyover in Manchester, its desolate atmospherics are juxtaposed to the remainder of the album. With the thrusting onslaught of "Pounding", the obligatory earthy rock of "NY" and the joyous pastoral acoustic-led splendour of "Caught by the River", the Doves have crafted a liberating sophomore album that happily combines the uplifting anthemic essence of dance with good old rock & roll. --Christopher Barret

Chronique amazon.fr
Deux ans après The Lost Souls, premier essai lumineux ourlé d'arpèges et d'harmonies, The Doves tourne toujours le dos aux pistes de danse traditionnellement foulées par d'illustres mancuniens tels The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays et New Order, triplette d'épicuriens officiant dans les années 90. Préférant l'introspection et la mélancolie, le trio emmené par Jimi Goodwin et les frères Williams (Andy et Jez) prennent avec The Last Broadcast un raccourci dans la pop anglaise, des Chemicals Brothers à The Smiths. The Doves, débordant de la catégorie "Big Music" car moins lyriquement grandiloquent qu'un U2 débutant, réussit à draper une douzaine de titres de glockenspiel et de basson, de violons et de violoncelles. Gage de qualité, Sean O'Hagan des High Llamas se charge des arrangements de cordes tandis que les trois larrons se jouent des ambiances : la samba tout en percussions de "There Goes The Fear", morceau de bravoure de plus de 6 minutes, laisse la place à la guitare solo de "M 62", adaptée du "Moonchild" de King Crimson ; la longue intro atmosphériquement pianotée de "Satellites" fait face à l'énergique cavalcade métronomique de "Pounding". Probablement l'album de l'année pour les gazettes anglaises qui n'hésitent pas à prendre à Coldplay pour donner à The Doves les lauriers de Radiohead. --Sabrina Silamo

Album Description
Japanese edition of 2002 album with 2 bonus tracks, 'Far From Grace' & 'Northenden'. 14 tracks in all including the first single, 'There Goes The Fear'.