The Last Broadcast
by Doves (UK)
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The Last Broadcast is ranked as the best album by Doves (UK).
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The Last Broadcast track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/30/2026 16:39 | gmessian | 385 | 60/100 |
| ! | 03/23/2026 01:17 | ssimmonds | 79 | 80/100 |
| ! | 03/02/2026 10:37 |  videoheadcleaner | 12,361 | 85/100 |
| ! | 03/01/2026 14:56 | TastyandTemptin | 3,175 | 72/100 |
| ! | 02/27/2026 19:12 | Jakor | 5,525 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.3/100, a mean average of 74.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.
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pedro1976 03/12/2023 12:21 | #294934 | TOP COMMENT
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not a bad album.. held back by 2 or 3 tracks that just tread water, lose those and you'd have a strong 40ish minute LP
Highlights; Caught By The River, Pounding, There Goes The Fear
Great album. No bad tracks. My favourite tracks are Pounding, Words and There Goes The Fear.
teague 09/09/2020 21:20 | #257971 | TOP COMMENT
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I really like the song Words, but the rest sounds just a little bit like generic indie rock to me. Good though, I really like the atmosphere on here.
The best Doves album. Last broadcast, is even better than debut, lost souls. Some great songs here, especially, satellites, which has got to be the Doves greatest song. An excellent album.
Strangel 07/04/2016 05:50 | #170486
What makes this such a great album is the atmospherics produced. It captures a real sense of nostalgia when returning to listen to it these days.
Gooz 06/30/2014 19:03 | #115668
They've made a good ending with Caught By The River.
The first Doves album I purchased on the Day of its release having seen them support 'Travis' knew what I was getting Good album best tracks 'There Goes The Fear,Words,Caught By The River'.
Secondsoul 12/14/2012 00:36 | #57829
Pounding is so good. And of course There Goes The Fear!
junodog4 12/02/2012 04:43 | #56441
I remember all the fuss about this album... but now I can't remember what it sounds like. What does that say?
johnner 08/11/2012 16:05 | #48274 | TOP COMMENT
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Good but somewhere around the middle the album loses direction and becomes unengaging.
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