Doves

Doves
Doves (2009)
General information
origin	Manchester , England
Genre (s)	Alternative rock , dream pop , indie rock , britpop
founding	1998
Website	www.doves.net
Current occupation
guitar	Jez Williams
Vocals , bass , drums	Jimi Goodwin
Drums , vocals	Andy Williams

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Lost Souls   UK 16  platinum 04/15/2000 (12 weeks) The Last Broadcast   DE 93 07/08/2002 (1 week)   UK 1  platinum 05/11/2002 (23 weeks)   US 83 06/22/2002 (3 weeks) Lost Sides   UK 50 10/11/2003 (1 week) Some cities   UK 1  gold 03/05/2005 (14 weeks)   US 111 03/19/2005 (2 weeks) Kingdom of Rust   UK 2  gold 04/18/2009 (9 weeks)   US 89 04/25/2009 (2 weeks) The Places Between - The Best Of   UK 12  silver 04/17/2010 (4 weeks)

Singles

Here it comes   UK 73 08/14/1999 (1 week) The Cedar Room   UK 33 04/01/2000 (2 weeks) Catch the Sun   UK 32 06/10/2000 (2 weeks) The Man Who Told Everything   UK 32 11/11/2000 (2 weeks) There goes the fear   UK 3 04/27/2002 (3 weeks) Pounding   UK 21st 08/03/2002 (3 weeks) Caught by the River   UK 29 10/26/2002 (2 weeks) Black and White Town   UK 6th 02/19/2005 (4 weeks) Snowden   UK 17th 05/21/2005 (2 weeks) Sky starts falling   UK 45 09/24/2005 (1 week) Kingdom of Rust   UK 28 04/11/2009 (4 weeks)

The Doves are a British rock band from Manchester .

The band is known for their wide, epic sound . They are compared to both Radiohead and classic Manchester bands like The Stone Roses , New Order and The Smiths .

Band history

Doves was founded by the brothers Jez Williams ( guitar ) and Andy Williams ( drums and vocals ) together with Jimi Goodwin (vocals, bass and drums), who met at school when they were 15. They first played in the Madchester- influenced band Sub Sub with whom they also had limited success in the early 1990s, including the single Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use) . At the end of the 1990s her style changed more and more into a rock direction. The band regrouped, changed their name and released three EPs in 1998 and 1999 .

Her first album Lost Souls was received positively by critics in 2000 and was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize . Her second album The Last Broadcast was released two years later, reached first place in the UK album charts and was also nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. 2003 appeared B-sides - Compilation Lost Sides and DVD Where We're Calling From . Her next album, Some Cities , was released in early 2005 and returned to first place in the charts . On April 3rd, 2009 her fourth studio album "Kingdom of Rust" was released in Germany.

Discography

Studio albums

• 2000: Lost Souls
• 2002: The Last Broadcast
• 2005: Some Cities
• 2009: Kingdom of Rust

EPs

• 1998: Cedar EP
• 1999: Sea EP
• 1999: Here It Comes
• 2003: Last Broadcast: Japan Tour
• 2005: Live at Eden
• 2006: Some Cities Live EP

Compilations

• 2003: Lost Sides
• 2010: The Places Between: The Best of Doves

Soundtracks

• 2002: Caught by the River in Scrubs , Season 2, Episode 3
• 2003: Caught by the River in OC, California , Season 1, Episode 2
• 2005: Black and White Town in the FIFA 06 Soundtrack
• 2009: There Goes the Fear in (500) Days of Summer
• 2009: Kingdom of Rust in Zombieland

Singles

• 1999: Here It Comes
• 2000: The Cedar Room
• 2000: Catch the Sun
• 2000: The Man Who Sold Everything
• 2002: There Goes the Fear
• 2002: pounding
• 2002: Caught by the River
• 2005: Eleven Miles Out
• 2005: Black and White Town
• 2005: Snowden
• 2005: Sky Starts Falling
• 2009: Kingdom of Rust
• 2009: Winter Hill
• 2010: Andalucia
• 2020: Carousels
• 2020: Prisoners

Filmography

Video albums

• 2003: Where We're Calling From

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1. ↑ ^{a b} chart sources:
   • Doves in the German charts
   • Doves in the Official UK Charts (English)
   • Doves on Billboard 's US charts
2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK

Web links

• Official website (English)