Doves - The Last Broadcast CD

Rolling Stone (12/26/02, p.104) - Included in Rolling Stone's "50 Best Albums of 2002" Q (12/02, p.65) - Included in Q Magazine's "50 Best Albums of 2002" Uncut (1/03, p.95) - Ranked #27 in Uncut's "100 Best Albums of the Year" - "...Sonically confident and considered..." Rolling Stone (6/20/02, p.83) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...They make tremendously consoling music, in an autumnal sort of way. LAST BROADCAST is nearly as comforting as the return of cool weather after the summer..." Q (May 2002, p.109) - 3 out of 5 stars - "...Echoing, acoustic folk-pop....melodic yet substantial, uplifting, and acceptable to football fan and student alike..." Vibe (8/02, p.165) - 3 1/2 out of 5 - "...Fueled by rigorous guitars, rugged bass lines, precise percussion, and soulful loops....THE LAST BROADCAST shows the Doves in full flight..." Mojo (5/02, p.108) - "...Visceral, pulsing, uplifting, widescreen but with none of the bluster that would tip its forbears into self-parody. Songs burst with ideas..." Magnet (6-7/02, p.86) - "...Damn good...' NME (4/27/02, p.28) - 9 out of 10 - "...The most uplifting miserable album you'll hear..." Alternative Press (8/02, p.75) - 9 out of 10 - "...The second album from Doves, energizes the droning psychedelic landscapes found on their debut, LOST SOULS. Exhibiting far more stylistic cohesion, [it] boasts shimmering pop that meshes well with its harmony-drenched synth-and-guitar sprawl....This is a dazzling and haunting disc; one hopes this album is a misnomer." CMJ (5/13/02, p.5) - "...Not only does the ambient rock channel luminaries like the Stone Roses and the Charlatans, it also innovates...on its own terms....the group's epic, fuzzy rock smacks of having been created by a former dance act..."