Lost Souls
by Doves (UK)

Album
Lost Souls by Doves
Year: 2000
Release date: 2000-04-03
Overall rank: 1,548th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 261 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2000 (29th)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (244th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,548th)

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Doves bestography

Lost Souls is ranked 2nd best out of 12 albums by Doves on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Doves is The Last Broadcast which is ranked number 1401 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,230.

Doves album bestography « Higher ranked (1,401st)
The Last Broadcast This album (1,548th)
Lost Souls Lower ranked (2,956th) »
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Lost Souls rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,548th | 2000s rank: 244th | 2000 rank: 29th  Overall chart history
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Lost Souls ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 261 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.2/100, a mean average of 75.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.


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Lost Souls forum mentions

This album has been referenced 52 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.
From BestEverAlbums 08/17/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5407): By Charade
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Charade () 1. by (1980) 2. by (2005) 4. (1977) 5. (1981) 6. by by (1972) 8. by (2000) 9. by (2024) 10. by (1962) 11. by (1975) 12. by (2003) 13. by (1976) 14. (1999) 15. by (2016) 16. (1974) 17. by (1997) 18. by (1973) 19. by (1968) 20. by…”
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From dihansse 03/02/2025 21:37 in My discoveries per year
“Only an album I already own/know (there aren't any more on my wishlist from this year): There are a few albums that are really good from this band. Their latest album of 2025 was a bit of a mixed bag. And tbh this album is one of their minor efforts. It just misses focus in my opinion. There's only…”
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From 08/04/2012 21:42 | #47799 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
First great lp of the 2000's, pity the band were later eclipsed by Elbow who (imho) aren't as good. Standout tracks: Rise, Lost Souls, and The Cedar Room.
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From 07/08/2016 16:45 | #170890 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Debut album from the Doves. Like it's successor, it's full of big pop songs, a kind of darker and more working class version of Coldplay. Atmospheric and ambitious, but it never fails to live up to what it promises. A solid start.
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From 12/13/2015 04:11 | #154462 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
A very underrated album. Doves' strongest release with plenty of memorable songs. The bonus track Valley is even better...one of my favorite Doves songs ever

Best songs: Here It Comes, The Cedar Room, Catch the Sun, Rise, Melody Calls
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From 05/20/2024 04:09 | #303620 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This is the perfect winter album. The three-song stretch of "Catch the Sun", "The Man Who Told Everything", and "The Cedar Room" is perhaps my favorite twenty-minute sequence off of any album ever. (Edited)
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From 02/05/2022 07:35 | #280769 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
A decent album with songs that last forever, I do not like the habit of extending songs beyond their useful life. Thank you. In the 1960s a songwriter could make a classic song that lasts only 2,5 minutes
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