Kingdom Of Rust is Doves' defining work, an album of bold adventure.
Whatever way you look at ‘Kingdom Of Rust’ it’s a magnificent rock record, one which will delight the faithful and also surely see them pick up new devotees.
For my money their best album. Consistent and compelling throughout. Fantastic LP.
Essential track - Kingdom of Rust
This is a good album, but not great in my estimation. The first five songs had some memorable melodies, but the songs fell apart a bit for me on the backend, with the exception of the closer, "Lifelines." Also, the sliding into notes that one of the Williams brothers does throughout the album gets tiresome on the ears after awhile. His sliding into the word "sun" on Lifelines almost makes me not like the song, but it has a nice melody and build.
1 | Jetstream 5:30 | 80 |
2 | Kingdom of Rust 5:11 | 94 |
3 | The Outsiders 3:28 | 86 |
4 | Winter Hill 5:19 | 80 |
5 | 10:03 4:04 | 87 |
6 | The Greatest Denier 3:59 | 77 |
7 | Birds Flew Backwards 2:51 | 84 |
8 | Spellbound 5:39 | 85 |
9 | Compulsion 5:14 | 90 |
10 | House of Mirrors 4:20 | 80 |
11 | Lifelines 4:26 | 80 |
#11 | / | Q Magazine |
#17 | / | Uncut |
#23 | / | NME |
#28 | / | Beats Per Minute |
#76 | / | Consequence of Sound |