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THE DOVES "kingdom of rust" cd,2009. #2 UK

fourth album by this Manchester(uk) trio...
always played second fiddle to Oasis(also from that city) and thus, largely bypassed by the record buying public and always compared to Oasis back in the day...
this is not by any means their greatest album according to Tem and Corey, but was the only on in stock when i spent my b'day voucher....
these guys have more in common with fellow Manchurian's The Smiths than they do with Oasis, same sort of melodies,lyrical content and vibe as Smiths, but probably not as good IMO.
nothing brilliant on this one, and a couple that i simply do not like at all, but overall, not a bad piece of work, also love the way they have used orchestrations on some of the tracks to compliment their alt rock/pop sounds....similar to The Verve in that respect, these guys have played at Gladstonbury, and in the UK that generally means 'you have made it' when you play there.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: jetstream
best track: lifelines

tracks:

1. jetstream *
2. kingdom of rust ** #28 UK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFM0pUn4dcA vevo video
3. the outsiders **
4. winter hill **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qipxRcTZmj4 live(on jools holland)
5. 10:03 **
6. the greatest denier **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3yqKlEPCwg live
7. birds flew backwards *
8. spellbound *
9. compulsion **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1hIUNUSz8c audio
10.house of mirrors **
11.lifelines **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCg6PRhqVBs audio

hear the full album here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSAvxXiuOcc audio

3s=0
2s=8
1s=3

rating: 1.7