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10.0
2431
10.0 |
Daily Telegraph
Doves refuse to give up the fight, and here come up with their punchiest album yet.
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10.0
2441
10.0 |
Scotland on Sunday
The best British rock record of the year so far, modestly epic and endlessly resourceful.
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10.0
2444
10.0 |
The Independent
Carefully worked out, plotted and planned, but without once adopting the condescending assumptions common to the stadium acts whose position Doves will surely challenge. Album of the year? Quite possibly.
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9.0
2434
9.0 |
musicOMH
As we have seen in the remarkable success of compatriots Elbow over the past year with an album of similar quality, the public seem to be able to take comeback kids into their hearts.
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8.0
2435
8.0 |
NME
There’s no way anybody will ever take Doves for granted again. Maybe there’s even better to come, no matter how long it takes.
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8.0
2437
8.0 |
Observer Music Monthly
Guitar-driven, dance-music-influenced tracks feel intimate yet epic.
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8.0
2438
8.0 |
Observer Music Monthly
Goodwin has Garvey's beard, but not his easy charm. Instead, they'll have to make it on the music alone. It's good enough.
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8.0
2445
8.0 |
The Irish Times
This is a gorgeous album packed with beguiling musical motifs, enchanting electro beats and intense moments of catharsis.
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8.0
2446
8.0 |
The Quietus
The commitment and charm here are never in doubt, and Kingdom Of Rust is a more majestic return than we had any right to expect.
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8.0
2430
8.0 |
Clash
With a knack of churning out loud yet smooth songs, you can always rely on Doves to deliver.
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8.0
2443
8.0 |
The Guardian
The album is unmistakably better than its predecessors. At first, its superiority seems weirdly indefinable, beyond a consistency in songwriting quality.
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8.0
2448
8.0 |
Uncut
They’ve made what feels like the first great British album of 2009. To hear this band at the peak of their power – as Doves indisputably are – has been worth the wait.
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8.0
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PopMatters
It’s the strongest best-of to come our way by a UK band since Pulp’s Hits, but unlike that venerable, dearly missed band, we have every reason to be optimistic about hearing more extraordinary music from Doves in the future
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7.2
2439
7.2 |
Pitchfork
They don't need high chart placements to make them feel like they're on top of the world.
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7.0
2442
7.0 |
Spin
Consistently deliver outsize rock drama, with slight diversions into New Order–ish electro and hints of garage psych
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6.0
2440
6.0 |
PopMatters
We can only hope that their fifth full-length will follow the example of this album’s superb first half instead of its somewhat tepid second.
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6.0
2432
6.0 |
Evening Standard
For all their fascinating soundscapes... there's a surfeit of stodge and a dearth of the irresistible melodies that all those who escape cultdom need. Close call, though.
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6.0
2433
6.0 |
Independent on Sunday
Jimi Goodwin is no Guy Garvey, vocally or lyrically, and if Kingdom of Rust is the record that does it, that’s purely down to timing.
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5.0
2436
5.0 |
No Ripcord
Make no mistake though, this clearly isn’t a great album. However, following the model that Elbow and several others before them have used, this will probably be a success.
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4.0
2447
4.0 |
The Sunday Times
Their defaults of heavy sound blankets and rhythmic doggedness begin to seem not only oppressive, but dull.
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