Doves es un grupo de rock alternativo británico formado en Manchester, Inglaterra.

Doves tuvo sus orígenes en Wimslow, Inglaterra, cuando los hermanos Williams y Goodwin se conocieron en el colegio a los 15 años. Jimi Goodwin estaba en ese momento formando parte de un grupo llamado The Risk donde tocaba la guitarra principal junto a Joe Roberts, Steve Green, Dermot Ahern, el primo de Jimi, Pat Goodwin y eran representados por Tim Mulryan. The Risk solía practicar en el Handforth Youth Club y experimentaron un éxito moderado, tocando principalmente en pubs de Manchester y en The Gallery, The Boardwalk y The International. También tocaron en el Tunnel Club, Greenwich y en SoapAid. Una demo de 5 cortes titulada "Take Five" se grabó en los estudios Spirit en Manchester.

En 1991, los hermanos Williams y Jimi Goodwin formaron una banda dance influenciada por el sonido de Manchester llamada Sub Sub, que tuvo un éxito moderado a principios de los años 1990, principalmente gracias al single "Ain't No Love " que alcanzó el puesto 3 en el UK Singles Chart. Sin embargo, el éxito de Sub Sub fue breve, su incapacidad para producir un segundo éxito los llevó a la oscuridad. En 1995, el estudio del grupo en Ancoats se incendió, provocando que abandonaran su anterior estilo dance y empezasen de nuevo como el grupo de rock alternativo Doves en 1998. El nombre Doves deriva de la frase "Como palomas que surgen de sus cenizas", una referencia a la quema de su estudio anterior mientras trabajaban bajo el nombre de Sub Sub.

El grupo sacó tres EPs en 1998 y 1999 que establecieron el nuevo sonido de la banda y experimentaron una cálida acogida de la crítica.

Su álbum debut Lost Souls (2000), fue recibido con entusiasmo por aclamación de la crítica. Fue nominado al premio Mercury de música que perdió frente al mancuniano y cantante Badly Drawn Boy. De éste disco salieron tres singles: "The Cedar Room" en marzo de 2000, "Catch the Sun" en mayo, y "The Man Who Told Everything" en octubre.

2000, abril 3

Lost souls (álbum debut)

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

La edición estadounidense incluye tres canciones adicionales: "Darker," "Valley," y "Zither" (que anteriormente habián sido lanzados en formato single o en EP's en el Reino Unido). "Darker" se escuchó en el segundo episodio de la serie de la cadena FOX, 24.

13. "Darker" – 5:51

14. "Valley" – 4:26

15. "Zither" – 2:36

Canciones adicionales en la edición japonesa

16. "Valley" – 4:26

17. "Crunch" – 4:00

18. "Your Shadow Lay Across My Life" – 3:45

In November 2000, the original issue of Lost Sides was released as a promo-only CD. The original artwork featured the boxer from Doves' Lost Souls album, and included only the b-sides from the first album and early EPs.

"Crunch" and "Lost in Watts" are two tracks from Doves' previous incarnation as Sub Sub, but the versions of the songs found on this collection differ slightly from those found on Sub Sub's album Delta Tapes. "Crunch" is an edit, and "Lost in Watts" is an alternate mix omitting some background vocals (which are prominent on the Delta Tapes album version).

2000, noviembre 20

* * Lost sides (album recopilatorio)

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

1. "Zither" – 2:34

2. "Break Me Gently" (Incidental) – 1:33

3. "Darker" – 5:52

4. "Meet Me at the Pier" – 3:10

5. "Acoustic No. 1" – 2:39

6. "Karen" – 3:22

7. "Valley" – 4:25

8. "Down to Sea" – 4:36

9. "Crunch" – 4:04

10. "Lost in Watts" – 4:56

11. "Your Shadow Lay Across My Life" – 3:45

12. "Suitenoise" – 4:13

El segundo álbum de estudio de Doves, The Last Broadcast, salió dos años después, alcanzando el puesto 1 en el UK Album Chart y fue nominado otra vez al premio Mercury de música. Este disco contenía el corte "There Goes the Fear", que alcanzó el puesto 3 en el UK Singles Chart a pesar de salir a la venta durante un único día antes de ser retirado.

2002, abril 29

The last broadcast (álbum de estudio)

Todas las canciones compuestas por Jez Williams, Jimi Goodwin, y Andy Williams.

1. "Intro" – 1:18

2. "Words" – 5:42

3. "There Goes the Fear" – 6:54

4. "M62 Song" (Williams, Goodwin, Williams, Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) – 3:48

5. "Where We're Calling From" – 1:24

6. "N.Y." – 5:46

7. "Satellites" – 6:50

8. "Friday's Dust" – 3:35

9. "Pounding" – 4:45

10. "Last Broadcast" – 3:22

11. "The Sulphur Man" – 4:37

12. "Caught by the River" – 5:55

Canciones adicionales en la edición japonesa

13. "Far from Grace" – 4:24

14. "Northenden" – 4:03

Los primeros discos vendidos de la edición americana traían consigo un CD adicional que contenía:

15. "Hit the Ground Running" – 2:54

16. "Far from Grace" – 4:24

17. "Northenden" – 4:03

18. "Willow Song" (versión larga) – 4:20

En 2003 el grupo lanzó una recopilación de caras b, Lost Sides. The commercial edition was released in September in two formats, with the second disc and without the second disc . The first disc contains b-sides from Doves' first two albums, whilst the second disc features remixed material. The 2003 issue coincided with the band's first DVD release Where We're Calling From, grabado en directo en un concierto en el Eden Project en Cornwall.

2003, septiembre 29

** Lost sides (album de recopilación)

CD1

1. "Break Me Gently" (Incidental) – 1:24

2. "Darker" – 5:51

3. "Your Shadow Lay Across My Life" – 3:45

4. "Meet Me at the Pier" – 3:02

5. "Down to Sea" – 4:22

6. "Crunch" – 4:00

7. "Zither" – 2:32

8. "Valley" – 4:23

9. "Northenden" – 4:02

10. "Hit the Ground Running" – 2:54

11. "Willow's Song" – 3:58

12. "Far from Grace" – 4:26

CD2

13. "Words" (Echoboy Remix) – 7:25

14. "N.Y." (Chris Coco Remix) – 4:27

15. "M62 Song" (Four Tet Mix) – 6:26

16. "The Sulphur Man" (Rebelski Remix) – 4:56

17. "The Last Broadcast" (Magnet Remix) – 5:24

18. "Where We're Calling From" (Hebden Bridge Remix) – 6:43

19. "Satellites" (Soulsavers Remix) – 5:04

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

21. "Hit the Ground Running" adapted from "Werewolves of London", written by Warren Zevon, Leroy Marinell, and Robert "Waddy" Wachtel

22. "Willow's Song" written by Paul Giovanni (credited as traditional)

23. "M62 Song" written by Williams, Goodwin, Williams, Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake, Ian McDonald, and Peter Sinfield

Doves grabaron su tercer disco lejos de influencias urbanas en casas de campo escondidas en los campos de Snowdonia en Gales, Darlington, y cerca del Lago Ness, en Escocia. El primer single fue "Black and White Town" y fue lanzado el 7 de febrero de 2005, dos semanas antes que el disco. En el Reino Unido Some Cities también apareció una edición que contenía un DVD adicional. "Ambition" fue grabada en un monasterio vacío.

2005, febrero 21

Some cities (album de estudio)

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Todas las canciones compuestas por Jez Williams, Jimi Goodwin, y Andy Williams.

1. "Some Cities" – 3:22

2. "Black and White Town" – 4:15

3. "Almost Forgot Myself" – 4:42

4. "Snowden" – 4:12

5. "The Storm" (Williams, Goodwin, Williams, Sakamoto) – 4:52

6. "Walk in Fire" – 5:34

7. "One of These Days" – 4:50

8. "Someday Soon" – 4:08

9. "Shadows of Salford" – 2:44

10. "Sky Starts Falling" – 4:11

11. "Ambition" – 4:00

Canciones adicionales en la edición japonesa

12. "Eleven Miles Out" – 4:32

13. "At the Tower" (Williams, Goodwin, Williams, Hazlewood) – 4:37

Contenido del DVD adicional

14. Cities Under Construction – documental

15. Photo gallery (versión instrumental de "Ambition")

16. "Black and White Town" vídeo (dirigido por Lynne Ramsay)

2005

V festival

1. Caught by the River

2. The Last Broadcast

3. The Cedar Room

4. There Goes The Fear

2008, septiembre 12, Royal Festival Hall, London

Forever heavenly (bootleg)

01 Firesuite
02 Snowden
03 Winter Hill
04 Almost Forgot Myself
05 Pounding
06 Sea Song
07 Jetsream
08 Rise
09 Break Me Gently
10 Kingdon Of Rust
11 Ambition
12 The Outsider
13 Caught By The River
14 There Goes The Fear

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8Z8QG140
http://rapidshare.com/files/216196208/D_-_Forever_Heavenly__2008_.zip

2009, marzo 10

BBC Radio session

01 Interview
02 Kingdom of Rust
03 Interview
04 Interview
05 The Greatest Denier
06 Interview
07 Interview
08 Northenden
09 Interview

2009, marzo 16

The Forum; London

01 – Intro
02 – Jetstream
03 – Snowden
04 – Winter Hill
05 – Rise
06 – The Greatest Denier
07 – Pounding
08 – 10:03
09 – Words
10 – Almost Forgot Myself
11 – Kingdom Of Rust
12 – Black And White Town
13 – Ambition
14 – The Outsiders
15 – Caught By The River
16 – Northenden
17 – Here It Comes
18 – The Last Broadcast
19 – There Goes The Fear

2009

Kingdom of Rust (promo)

1. Kingdom Of Rust (Radio Edit)

2. Kingdom Of Rust (Album Version)

3. Kingdom Of Rust (Instrumental)

http://www.mediafire.com/?k5wjumzjmvo
http://rapidshare.com/files/213140309/D-_KoR__single___2009_.zip

2009, abril 6

Kingdom of Rust (studio album)

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Kingdom of Rust is the fourth studio album from Manchester-based indie rock band Doves. The album was released on April 6, 2009 in the UK via Heavenly Records, and April 7, 2009 in the US via Astralwerks Records. Both Heavenly and Astralwerks issued the album on double heavyweight 12" vinyl (with the US pressing following two weeks after the CD release). A CD/DVD release of Kingdom of Rust, originally announced when promotion started for the album, was pulled by the label three weeks prior to the album's release. The album follows a four-year gap between their last album Some Cities in 2005. Kingdom of Rust entered the UK Albums Chart at #2.

The album was preceded by first single "Kingdom of Rust" on March 30th. Doves also offered the album's lead track "Jetstream" as a free download on their website, starting from January 28, 2009.^[1]^[2] Regarding "Jetstream," the band mentioned being fans of the Vangelis score to Blade Runner, and wrote the song as "an imaginary song for the closing credits on Ridley Scott's classic."^[3] The German band Kraftwerk was another stated influence for "Jetstream."^[4] In an interview with the NME, the band said "House of Mirrors" is "about your past haunting you."^[4] A documentary on the making of the album (produced by Soup Collective and directed by long-time Doves collaborator Matthew Norman), as well as a track-by-track discussion with Jimi and Andy, premiered exclusively on the official NME website in mid April 2009 (link).

According to a post on the band's official blog, the band recorded the album in a converted farmhouse barn in Cheshire, England. Producer John Leckie (Radiohead, The Stone Roses, The Fall) was set to co-produce the entire album with the band, but was unable due to previous commitments. Instead, Leckie produced two tracks from the album--"Winter Hill" and "10:03"^[5] (as well as the B-side "Push Me On")--and the band worked with Dan Austin (producer of Cherry Ghost's Thirst for Romance album; programmer for Massive Attack) on the remaining nine songs.^[6] Tom Rowlands of the electronic music duo The Chemical Brothers also provided the song arrangement for "10:03."^[7]

The album is dedicated to Jimi Goodwin's father Francis James Goodwin, who passed away on 23 December 2008.^[8]

Kingdom of Rust was met with positive reviews. Both The Independent and Digital Spy awarded the album 5 out of 5 stars^[9]^[10], Gigwise gave the album 4.5 out of 5 stars and noted that the album is "the most daring album of Doves' career to date"^[11], and The Observer noted in a glowing review that "Previous albums never quite lived up to the band's facility for knockout singles, but this one holds the attention. There's a dreamy, addictive sadness to proceedings, their customary gruff melancholy now inflated to match the panoramic setting."^[12]