Some Cities
by Doves (UK)

Album
Some Cities by Doves (UK)
Year: 2005
Release date: 2005-02-21
Overall rank: 2,937th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 145 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2005 (57th)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (486th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,937th)

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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 1389 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,237.

Doves (UK) album bestography « Higher ranked (1,536th)
Lost Souls This album (2,937th)
Some Cities Lower ranked (3,622nd) »
Kingdom Of Rust

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Some Cities track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Some Cities
Average Rating: 79 (27 votes)Comments: View 0
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Black And White Town
Average Rating: 86 (50 votes)Comments: View 0
3.
Almost Forgot Myself
Average Rating: 81 (32 votes)Comments: View 0
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Snowden
Average Rating: 83 (38 votes)Comments: View 1
5.
The Storm
Average Rating: 77 (25 votes)Comments: View 0
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Walk In Fire
Average Rating: 78 (28 votes)Comments: View 0
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One Of These Days
Average Rating: 78 (27 votes)Comments: View 0
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Someday Soon
Average Rating: 76 (24 votes)Comments: View 0
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Shadows Of Salford
Average Rating: 74 (24 votes)Comments: View 0
10.
Sky Starts Falling
Average Rating: 81 (33 votes)Comments: View 0
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Ambition
Average Rating: 76 (24 votes)Comments: View 0

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Some Cities rankings

Some Cities rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,937th | 2000s rank: 486th | 2005 rank: 57th  Overall chart history
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Some Cities ratings

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.2/100, a mean average of 72.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.


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Some Cities forum mentions

This album has been referenced 13 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.
From pedro1976 08/14/2026 16:41 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
“1730”
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From BestEverAlbums 08/03/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5393): By videoheadcleaner
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“Four crackers there mrmcrook”
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Some Cities comments

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From 08/18/2026 14:02 | #315729
Another good album by Doves, Goodwin's vocals are incredible. Very consistent album with the highlight being Black and White Town, but look out for Sky Starts Falling, Walk In Fire and Snowden too. Shame about a couple of duds in Ambition and Shadows of Salford which mean it's not rated as highly as their first two albums.
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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. (Edited)
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From 07/09/2016 11:08 | #170934 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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
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From 01/29/2015 04:28 | #132906 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This has been my biggest album surprise for 2015 so far...1st time heard..
What an album !!!
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