Some Cities (studio album) by Doves (UK)

Some Cities by Doves (UK)
Year: 2005
Release date: 2005-02-21
Overall rank: 3,157th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 142 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2005 (61st)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (536th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,157th)
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Doves (UK) bestography

Some Cities is ranked 3rd best out of 11 albums by Doves (UK) on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Doves (UK) is The Last Broadcast which is ranked number 1350 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,276.

Doves (UK) album bestography « Higher ranked (1,514th) This album (3,157th) Lower ranked (3,678th) »
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Some Cities track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 142 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.5/100, a mean average of 72.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.7.

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75/100
From 08/27/2025 23:47
Take one part Coldplay, add a dash of The Killers, a smidgeon of slowed down Strokes and a good chunk of Elbow and this is what you get. One which felt familiar from the get go.
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From 07/09/2016 11:08
Not as good as, lost souls, or, the last broadcast, but still a good album. It's slightly darker and more intimate than the first two records. Good but not great.
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From 01/29/2015 04:28
This has been my biggest album surprise for 2015 so far...1st time heard..
What an album !!!
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From 01/06/2014 19:12
My first exposure to Doves was this album. I had heard about The Last Broadcast, but my local record store only had this one in stock. The experience was pretty predictable. Mind-blown. Totally floored. Went online and ordered their discography. I'm always impressed by how many layers they can cake on even as a three-piece.
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From 12/14/2012 00:40
This is every bit as good as "The Last Broadcast" imo
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From 07/17/2009 22:06
Doves' third offering that shows they have as much substance as Coldplay or Keane; if not more. 'The Storm' is one track that will forever stay with me and is in my top five favourite songs.
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