The Last Broadcast
by Doves (UK)

The Last Broadcast by Doves (UK)
Year: 2002
Release date: 2002-04-29
Overall rank: 1,345th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 227 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2002 (21st)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (201st)
Award Best albums of all time (1,345th)

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Doves (UK) bestography

The Last Broadcast is ranked as the best album by Doves (UK).

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This album (1,345th)
The Last Broadcast
Lower ranked (1,509th) »
Lost Souls

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The Last Broadcast track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 1,345th | 2000s rank: 201st | 2002 rank: 21st
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YearSourceChartRankRank Score
2026 paladisiacTop 100 Music Albums of 200283/1001
2026 RomanelliTop 59 Music Albums of 200254/591
2026 covecoveTop 100 Music Albums of 20027/1005
2026 BachTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s49/10010
2026 videoheadcleanervideoheadcleaner's 101-20011/100 -
2026 hoyquarlowTop 50 Music Albums of the 2000s41/504
2026 neilgeeTop 25 Music Albums of 20023/255
2026TastyandTemptinTop 100 Greatest Music Albums40/10061
2026wizardalienGreatest Albums 101-20075/100 -
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s35/10013
2026 PasticheTop 97 Music Albums of the 2000s28/9714
2026wizardalienTop 100 Greatest Albums (Outside of BEA Top 1,000)80/100 -
2026LittleM1971Top 88 Music Albums of 200241/883
2026wizardalienTop 100 Greatest Music Albums (One Album per Artist)99/100 -
2026wizardalienTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s65/1007
2026wizardalienTop 23 Music Albums of 200212/233
2026 covecoveOverall Chart 101-2003/100 -
2026 imacgillTop Greatest Music Albums 101-20035/100 -
2026blueandthemoonTop 61 Music Albums of 200213/614
2026 RomanelliMy Overall Chart: 2501-260033/100 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 211
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 1,265
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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 227 votes)
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95/100
 
03/02/2026 10:37 videoheadcleaner  Ratings distribution  12,24985/100
 
80/100
 
03/01/2026 14:56 TastyandTemptin  Ratings distribution  3,08172/100
 
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02/27/2026 19:12 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,25368/100
 
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01/26/2026 05:45 mattmaster  Ratings distribution  44779/100
 
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01/23/2026 20:04 haz215  Ratings distribution  11473/100

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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 75.5/100, a mean average of 74.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.

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75/100
From 03/12/2023 12:21 | #294934
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
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55/100
From 11/12/2022 14:18 | #291237
Great album. No bad tracks. My favourite tracks are Pounding, Words and There Goes The Fear.
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80/100
From 09/09/2020 21:20 | #257971
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.
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Rating:  
90/100
From 07/08/2016 16:43 | #170889
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.
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Rating:  
90/100
From 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.
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50/100
From 06/30/2014 19:03 | #115668
They've made a good ending with Caught By The River.
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Rating:  
70/100
From 05/25/2013 13:30 | #77138
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'.
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Rating:  
95/100
From 12/14/2012 00:36 | #57829
Pounding is so good. And of course There Goes The Fear!
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Rating:  
70/100
From 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?
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Rating:  
60/100
From 08/11/2012 16:05 | #48274
Good but somewhere around the middle the album loses direction and becomes unengaging.
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