Lost Souls

'Lost Souls' is the debut album from Mancunian band, Doves. Soulful vocals are fused with lush guitars and sombre pianos. More melancholy and less upbeat than their follow up 'The Last Broadcast'. Includes the singles 'The Cedar Room', 'Catch The Sun' and 'Man Who Told It All'.

Q (1/01, p.90)
- Included in Q's "50 Best Albums of 2000" - "...Heavy, sombre and lugubrious, it makes for seriously claustrophobic listening, until it takes a great gulp of euphoria..."

NME (12/30/00, p.77)
- Ranked #8 in NME's "Top 50 Albums Of The Year".

NME (4/1/00, p.34)
- 9 out of 10 - "...A serious and intense record....the first great album to come from Manchester since DEFINITELY MAYBE....they make being sad after drugs sound great."

Magnet (1-2/01, p.87)
- "...The group tries outdated post-disco...flange-smothered art pop...piano-key-mashing Britpop blues, Bragg-ish Labour folk and Ecstasy-riddled comedown drone with high-drama production..."

CMJ (12/00, p.54)
- "...The earthy instrumental elements and complex, layered arrangements in aching epics...provide the winning shots....balancing the heady, psychedelic leanings with a couple sublime and somewhat stripped-down guitar-driven numbers..."