Some Cities
by Doves (UK)

Some Cities by Doves (UK)
Year: 2005
Release date: 2005-02-21
Overall rank: 2,928th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 144 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2005 (57th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (493rd)
Award Best albums of all time (2,928th)

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Doves (UK) bestography

Some Cities is ranked 3rd best out of 12 albums by Doves (UK) on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Doves (UK) is The Last Broadcast which is ranked number 1380 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,249.

Doves (UK) album bestography « Higher ranked (1,520th)
Lost Souls
This album (2,928th)
Some Cities
Lower ranked (3,574th) »
Kingdom Of Rust

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Some Cities track list

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

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Some Cities rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,928th | 2000s rank: 493rd | 2005 rank: 57th
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2026 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Greatest Music Albums42/10058
2026 PasticheTop 98 Music Albums of the 2000s34/9813
2026 MauceTop 100 Greatest Music Albums69/10032
2026blueandthemoonTop 86 Music Albums of 200544/863
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s14/10017
2026 covecoveTop 100 Music Albums of 200520/1004
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of 20051/1005
2026pjpaulTop 50 Greatest Music Albums23/5054
2026 dihansseTop 86 Music Albums of 200556/862
2026mrmcrookTop 55 Music Albums of 200531/552
2026cicadelicTop 100 Music Albums of 200557/1002
2026cicadelicGaffa (DK) Bedste udenlandske album 200516/40 -
2026LittleM1971Top 93 Music Albums of 200583/931
2026juanr1096Top 100 Music Albums of 200573/1001
2026stangetzawayTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s90/1002
2026 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 200525/1004
2026MoondanceTop 100 Music Albums of 200510/1005
2026cicadelicGlide’s Best Albums of 200529/40 -
2025jonny5244Top 52 Music Albums of 200521/523
2025 paladisiactop 65r albums (62), #0001-0100*85/98 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 102
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 528
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Some Cities ratings

Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 144 votes)
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06/06/2026 16:32 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  11,38870/100
 
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04/07/2026 09:44 jl45  Ratings distribution  1771/100
 
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12/07/2025 16:06 Araldo  Ratings distribution  1,47280/100
 
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11/14/2025 18:23 covecove  Ratings distribution  6,64074/100
 
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08/27/2025 23:42 mrmcrook  Ratings distribution  1,09277/100

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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.4/100, a mean average of 72.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.7.

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75/100
From 08/27/2025 23:47 | #310725
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 | #170934
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 08/02/2015 00:28 | #146904
7.5/10
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90/100
From 01/29/2015 04:28 | #132906
This has been my biggest album surprise for 2015 so far...1st time heard..
What an album !!!
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90/100
From 01/06/2014 19:12 | #100016
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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90/100
From 12/14/2012 00:40 | #57830
This is every bit as good as "The Last Broadcast" imo
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From 07/17/2009 22:06 | #5266
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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