Kingdom Of Rust
by Doves (UK)

Kingdom Of Rust by Doves (UK)
Year: 2009
Release date: 2009-04-06
Overall rank: 3,601st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 95 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2009 (52nd)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (615th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,601st)

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Doves (UK) bestography

Kingdom Of Rust is ranked 4th 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 1304 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,310.

Doves (UK) album bestography « Higher ranked (2,945th)
Some Cities
This album (3,601st)
Kingdom Of Rust
Lower ranked (6,914th) »
The Universal Want

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Kingdom Of Rust rankings

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Overall rank: 3,601st | 2000s rank: 615th | 2009 rank: 52nd

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 95 votes)
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02/24/2026 00:29 TastyandTemptin  Ratings distribution  3,04172/100
 
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12/07/2025 16:06 Araldo  Ratings distribution  1,47180/100
 
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11/14/2025 18:44 covecove  Ratings distribution  6,54273/100
 
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09/11/2025 05:36 Proto  Ratings distribution  4,10733/100

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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 75.4/100, a mean average of 75.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.0.

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70/100
From 01/25/2021 16:45 | #265067
I very much enjoy the title track
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From 07/09/2016 11:11 | #170935
About two thirds of it is excellent, but the other third, with one song in particular is really disappointing. Still, it's alright on the whole. Is this the last Doves album?
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90/100
From 08/01/2014 15:20 | #118295
I remember I was disappointed when I listened to it for the first time - although (or because) I liked the earlier albums very much. This one grew on me almost everytime I listened to it, and pretty soon it became my favourite Doves album.
It is a pity that it still is the last record they released.
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From 07/04/2013 02:40 | #80414
I respectfully disagree with jamessmith77... I say this is Doves best work.
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From 02/14/2013 15:32 | #65065
Their weakest album but still got some quality songs on there, don't know about the slap bass on Compulsion though!
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