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  • Artist: Doves
  • Rating: StarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: April 04, 2000
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Hailing from the scene that brought the defining sounds of the Smiths, the Stone Roses, Oasis, James, and the Charlatans UK, Doves is another Brit-pop band playing around with depressing lyrical imagery and embryonic soundscapes that made the Mancunian circuit so popular throughout the '80s and '90s. Gloriously basking in the ethereal ones before them, their debut Lost Souls is a shoegazing twist of emotional bliss. Music hasn't sounded so heavenly since Radiohead and The Verve.

The dozen-track look into streaming psychedelia taps into melodic waves of love lorn and sadness, especially on songs like "Rise" and "Lost Souls." The mood rouses and the positive clamor of "The Cedar Room" becomes the album's brassy anthem, very Oasis-like. Frontman/bassist Jimi Goodwin drools like a swooning Damon Albarn during "Here It Comes" and whooshing guitar licks from Jez Williams recall the sounds of Noel Gallagher. NME boldly claims it as the best debut album since Definitely Maybe. They're onto something good. If only Liam and Noel could calm down a bit and find that mesmerizing nature once again. [In October 2000, Lost Souls was issued in America on Astralwerks with three added bonus tracks not included on the original version]. ~ MacKenzie Wilson, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Firesuite Jez Williams, Andy Williams, Jimi Goodwin Doves (4:36)
Here It Comes (Lyrics) Jimi Goodwin, Andy Williams, Jez Williams Doves (4:50)
Break Me Gently (Lyrics) Andy Williams, Jez Williams, Jimi Goodwin Doves (4:38)
Sea Song (Lyrics) Jimi Goodwin, Jez Williams, Andy Williams Doves (6:12)
Rise (Lyrics) Jimi Goodwin, Jez Williams, Andy Williams Doves (5:38)
Lost Souls (Lyrics) Andy Williams, Jez Williams, Jimi Goodwin Doves (6:09)
Melody Calls (Lyrics) Jez Williams, Andy Williams, Jimi Goodwin Doves (3:27)
Catch the Sun (Lyrics) Jimi Goodwin, Jez Williams, Andy Williams Doves (4:49)
The Man Who Told Everything Jez Williams, Jimi Goodwin, Andy Williams Doves (5:47)
The Cedar Room Jez Williams, Jimi Goodwin, Andy Williams Doves (7:38)
Reprise Jez Williams, Jimi Goodwin, Andy Williams Doves (1:45)
A House Andy Williams, Jimi Goodwin, Jez Williams Doves (3:40)

Credits

Jimi Goodwin (Vocals), Jez Williams (Guitar (Electric)), Andy Williams (Vocals), Richard Wheatley (Fender Rhodes), Andy Williams (Sampling), Jimi Goodwin (Guitar (Acoustic)), Barbara Grunthal (Strings), Jane Coyle (Strings), Richard Wheatley (Piano), Bruno Ellingham (Mixing), Doves (Producer), Rick Myers (Design), Kate Evans (Strings), Steve Osborne (Mixing), Mary Scanlon (Photography), Jez Williams (Programming), Rich Mulhearn (Photography), Jimi Goodwin (Sampling), Martin Rebelski (Piano), Steve Osborne (Producer), Stuart Warburton (Harmonica), Jimi Goodwin (Bass), Rick Myers (Art Direction), Jez Williams (Vocals (Background)), Jez Williams (Guitar (Acoustic)), Andy Williams (Harmonica), Bruno Ellingham (Assistant Producer), Wendy Edison (Strings), Andy Williams (Drums)
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Artist: The Lost Souls
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Denny Carleton
  • Formed: 1965, Cleveland, OH
  • Disbanded: 1968
  • Genres: Rock
  • Representative Albums: "The Lost Souls

Biography

The Lost Souls never released any records, yet the meager recorded evidence that survives indicates that they were one of the finest unknown American groups of the mid-'60s, able to write both catchy British Invasion-type rockers and, in their latter days, experimental psychedelic pieces with unusual tempo changes and song structures. The band were also unusual in their occasional embellishment of the typical period guitar-bass-drums lineup with flute, sax, and mandolin. Although popular in their Cleveland hometown, they broke up in 1968 to attend college. Rhythm guitarist Dennis Carleton, who wrote and sang some of their best material, went on to briefly join the Choir, their chief (and more successful) rivals. He also played in several odd local bands in the '70s (including Moses, Milk, and the Pagans), as well as releasing solo material on his own label in the '80s that ranged from straight pop to nearly experimental. A cassette-only compilation of unreleased Lost Souls tapes appeared on Carleton's Green Light label in 1983. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide
Wikipedia: Lost Souls (album)
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Lost Souls
Studio album by Doves
Released April 3, 2000
(see release history)
Recorded 1996-2000
Genre Indie rock
Length 59:09
Label Heavenly Records
Astralwerks Records
Producer Doves, Steve Osborne
Professional reviews
Doves chronology
Lost Souls
(2000)		 The Last Broadcast
(2002)
Singles from Lost Souls
  1. "The Cedar Room"
    Released: March 20, 2000
  2. "Catch the Sun"
    Released: May 29, 2000
  3. "The Man Who Told Everything"
    Released: October 30, 2000

Lost Souls is the debut album by the band Doves, and was released on April 3, 2000. The album was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 2000, but lost out to Badly Drawn Boy's The Hour of Bewilderbeast. The band had previously played as Badly Drawn Boy's backing band, having played on the Badly Drawn Boy songs "Pissing in the Wind" and "Disillusion,"[1] as well as Badly Drawn Boy's 1999 non-album single "Road Movie."[2]

Doves were originally known as Sub Sub, making disco/techno music. An electrical fire in their recording studio destroyed three years of their material. It was shortly after this point that they decided to change direction and reform themselves as Doves. This album followed soon after Doves released three preceding EPs: Cedar EP, Sea EP, and Here It Comes.[3]

The US release contains three additional bonus tracks: "Darker," "Valley," and "Zither" (all of which were previously released on singles and EPs in the UK). "Darker" was featured in the second episode of the FOX drama series 24 and also in the movie Dandelion.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Jez Williams, Jimi Goodwin, and Andy Williams.

  1. "Firesuite" – 4:36
  2. "Here It Comes" – 4:50
  3. "Break Me Gently" – 4:38
  4. "Sea Song" – 6:12
  5. "Rise" – 5:38
  6. "Lost Souls" – 6:09
  7. "Melody Calls" – 3:27
  8. "Catch the Sun" – 4:49
  9. "The Man Who Told Everything" – 5:47
  10. "The Cedar Room" – 7:38
  11. "Reprise" – 1:45
  12. "A House" – 3:40
US bonus tracks
  1. "Darker" – 5:51
  2. "Valley" – 4:26
  3. "Zither" – 2:36
Japan bonus tracks
  1. "Valley" – 4:26
  2. "Crunch" – 4:00
  3. "Your Shadow Lay Across My Life" – 3:45

Release history

Country Date Label Format Catalogue #
United Kingdom April 3, 2000 Heavenly Records CD HVNLP26CD
Double LP (heavyweight vinyl; gatefold sleeve) HVNLP26
United States October 17, 2000 Astralwerks Records CD (3 bonus tracks) ASW 50248 (724385024825)
Double LP (numbered edition; gatefold sleeve) ASW 50248 (724385024818)
Japan March 7, 2001 Toshiba-EMI CD (3 bonus tracks) TOCP-65682

Credits

  • Produced by Doves, except "Catch the Sun" produced and mixed by Steve Osborne at Real World for 140dB; assisted by Bruno Ellingham.
  • Doves are:
    • Jez Williams – electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals, programming
    • Jimi Goodwin – vocals, bass, acoustic guitar, samples
    • Andy Williams – drums, vocals, harmonica, samples
  • Martin Rebelski – piano on "Here It Comes"
  • Stuart Warburton – harmonica on "Rise"
  • Richard Wheatley – piano and Rhodes on "Firesuite," "Sea Song," and "Break Me Gently"
  • Strings on "The Man Who Told Everything" – Kate Evans, Jane Coyle, Barbara Grunthal, Wendy Edison
  • Art direction and design by Rick Myers.
  • Photography by Richard Mulhearn.
  • Band shots – Mary Scanlon, Matthew Norman, and Roger Sargent.
  • Sleeve features Sean McHale at Ardwick Lads Boxing Club.
  • Lost Souls is dedicated to Robert Leo Gretton.

External links

References

  1. ^ Liner notes to Badly Drawn Boy's "The Hour of Bewilderbeast" album
  2. ^ Badly Drawn Boy and Doves - Road Movie (7") at Discogs.com
  3. ^ NOW On / Music / Music / Mar 1 - 7, 2001 - UK's Doves on fire
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