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Label:
Virgin EMI
Album
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The first full-length studio release for the British alternative rock band in over 10 years was
The first full-length studio release for the British alternative rock band in over 10 years was produced with Dan Austin.
Label:
Virgin EMI
Genre(s):
Pop/Rock
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"Their fifth album comes with a cathartic feel. Densely layered - four of the 11 tracks are over five minutes - it's also as complex as a Rubik's cube, the elaborate arrangements owing more to progressive rock than contemporary pop. [Oct 2020, p.38]"
"Regular producer Dan Austin teases atmosphere, buries mysterious sampled speech and navigates the piano-led title track bank into Hacienda territory. What kept them? [Oct 2020, p.90]"
"With fluidity and ease aplenty, the ten songs on ‘The Universal Want’ render a soulful, elevated journey visiting outer and inner locations, providing the listener with a sense of fulfilment."
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"For the most part The Universal Want lives up to that triumphant return presaged in Carousels. Calling back to various touch points from Doves’ career to date, it’s a fitting summation even if not a culmination or a career peak."
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"Familiarity isn’t a bad thing when it’s done well, if we refer back to the four cycles of reformation, Doves land firmly in the bands who have their fire relit by a break category, The Universal Want is Doves in essential form."
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"Doves has stayed true to their sound and as the result they have made an album that fans will want to listen to over and over."
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"Doves amble as they surge, swirling in a middle distance between Radiohead and Coldplay. [Sep 2020, p.68]"
Sep 11, 2020
Absolutely brilliant listen. Been far too long a wait but such a welcome return.
Sep 11, 2020
Sep 11, 2020
Sep 15, 2020
An absolute blinder of an album! Been waiting for this, it didn't disappoint, they never do!
