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Four years after retreating to the English countryside to record 2005's Some Cities, Doves return to a more urban state of mind with Kingdom of Rust. "My god," Jimi Goodwin sings during the title track, "it takes an ocean of trust in the kingdom of rust." Guitars chime throughout the chorus, where Goodwin's baritone searches of a lost love amidst a town's landscape. A string section makes an appearance toward the song's conclusion, bringing with it the same sweeping, Brit-pop uplift that fueled the band's debut album. Doves are still indebted to that scene -- the same one that spawned dozens of guitar-fueled, new-millennial rock bands -- but their songs have become broader in scope, often reaching an elated, emotional peak before spending a good amount of time on that emotion's melancholic comedown. As the album title suggests, Kingdom of Rust gives time to both sides of the band's personality, from the sweeping, cathedral-esque anthems ("The Outsiders," "Winter Hill") to dark, tarnished brooders ("Jetstream") that help level the spectrum. Songs like "10:03" and "Birds Flew Backwards" strike a balance between those two camps, with the latter track featuring a stately cello and some dazzling moments of atmospheric, reverb-heavy harmonies. This is still a bright record, though, one that finds catharsis in the gloomier songs and strength in the tracks that resemble Lost Souls' anthems.
© Andrew Leahey /TiVo
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Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ANDY WILLIAMS, Composer, Drums, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Will Hensley, Engineer, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Michael H. Brauer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jimi Goodwin, Composer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Jez Williams, Composer, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Doves, Producer, MainArtist - Dan Austin, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2009 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2009 Virgin Records Limited
Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ANDY WILLIAMS, Composer, Drums, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Will Hensley, Engineer, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Michael H. Brauer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jimi Goodwin, Composer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Jez Williams, Composer, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Doves, Producer, MainArtist - Dan Austin, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Roman Rebelski, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Alexandra Fletcher, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Elinor Gow, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Belinda Hammond, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Oliver Morris, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2009 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2009 Virgin Records Limited
Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ANDY WILLIAMS, Drums, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Will Hensley, Engineer, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Michael H. Brauer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jimi Goodwin, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Jez Williams, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Doves, Producer, MainArtist - Dan Austin, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2009 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2009 Virgin Records Limited
Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ANDY WILLIAMS, Drums, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jimi Goodwin, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Jez Williams, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Doves, Producer, Mixer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Dan Austin, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Roman Rebelski, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Zac Froud, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2009 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2010 Virgin Records Limited
Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHN LECKIE, Producer - ANDY WILLIAMS, Composer, Drums, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jimi Goodwin, Composer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Jez Williams, Composer, Mixer, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Doves, Producer, MainArtist - Dan Austin, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Roman Rebelski, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Whitaker, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2009 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2009 Virgin Records Limited
Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ANDY WILLIAMS, Drums, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Will Hensley, Engineer, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Michael H. Brauer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jimi Goodwin, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Jez Williams, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Doves, Producer, MainArtist - Dan Austin, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2009 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2009 Virgin Records Limited
Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ANDY WILLIAMS, Drums, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jimi Goodwin, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Jez Williams, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Doves, Producer, Mixer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Dan Austin, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexandra Fletcher, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Elinor Gow, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Belinda Hammond, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Oliver Morris, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Baluji Shrivastav, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Zac Froud, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2009 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2009 Virgin Records Limited
Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ANDY WILLIAMS, Drums, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Will Hensley, Engineer, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Michael H. Brauer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jimi Goodwin, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Jez Williams, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Doves, Producer, MainArtist - Dan Austin, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2009 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2009 Virgin Records Limited
Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ANDY WILLIAMS, Drums, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jimi Goodwin, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Jez Williams, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Doves, Producer, Mixer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Dan Austin, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Roman Rebelski, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Zac Froud, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2009 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2009 Virgin Records Limited
Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ANDY WILLIAMS, Drums, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jimi Goodwin, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Jez Williams, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Doves, Producer, Mixer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Dan Austin, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Roman Rebelski, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Zac Froud, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2009 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2009 Virgin Records Limited
Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ANDY WILLIAMS, Drums, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Will Hensley, Engineer, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Michael H. Brauer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jimi Goodwin, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Jez Williams, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Doves, Producer, MainArtist - Dan Austin, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Roman Rebelski, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2009 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2009 Virgin Records Limited
Album review
Four years after retreating to the English countryside to record 2005's Some Cities, Doves return to a more urban state of mind with Kingdom of Rust. "My god," Jimi Goodwin sings during the title track, "it takes an ocean of trust in the kingdom of rust." Guitars chime throughout the chorus, where Goodwin's baritone searches of a lost love amidst a town's landscape. A string section makes an appearance toward the song's conclusion, bringing with it the same sweeping, Brit-pop uplift that fueled the band's debut album. Doves are still indebted to that scene -- the same one that spawned dozens of guitar-fueled, new-millennial rock bands -- but their songs have become broader in scope, often reaching an elated, emotional peak before spending a good amount of time on that emotion's melancholic comedown. As the album title suggests, Kingdom of Rust gives time to both sides of the band's personality, from the sweeping, cathedral-esque anthems ("The Outsiders," "Winter Hill") to dark, tarnished brooders ("Jetstream") that help level the spectrum. Songs like "10:03" and "Birds Flew Backwards" strike a balance between those two camps, with the latter track featuring a stately cello and some dazzling moments of atmospheric, reverb-heavy harmonies. This is still a bright record, though, one that finds catharsis in the gloomier songs and strength in the tracks that resemble Lost Souls' anthems.
© Andrew Leahey /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:50:01
- Main artists: Doves
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Heavenly
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 2009 EMI Records Ltd
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