The Universal Want
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Universal acclaim- based on 8 Ratings
- Summary: The first full-length studio release for the British alternative rock band in over 10 years was produced with Dan Austin.
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- Record Label: Virgin EMI
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Positive: 16 out of 17
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Mixed: 1 out of 17
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UncutSep 8, 2020Their 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]
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MojoSep 8, 2020Regular 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]
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Sep 8, 2020With 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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Sep 10, 2020For 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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Sep 11, 2020Familiarity 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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Sep 11, 2020Doves 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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Rolling StoneSep 8, 2020Doves amble as they surge, swirling in a middle distance between Radiohead and Coldplay. [Sep 2020, p.68]
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Positive: 4 out of 4
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Sep 11, 2020Absolutely brilliant listen. Been far too long a wait but such a welcome return.
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Sep 15, 2020An absolute blinder of an album! Been waiting for this, it didn't disappoint, they never do!
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