Morning Dove WhiteArtist: One Dove
Community Score: 10.00
One Dove's sole album found itself between two stools in a way, partly predicting (along with Massive Attack) the quietly soulful female vocal/moody dance and funk beat combination that came to the fore in later years, but not gaining the attention the band ought to have. Andrew Weatherall handles most of the production aside from the Stephen...
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Artist: One Dove
One Dove's White Love EP includes two mixes of the song which appear on the brilliant Morning Dove White album; the epic in length and scope "Guitar Paradise Mix" and the shorter more streamlined and glossy "Radio Mix." Also on the disc are the "Guitar Paradise Edit" which lops about half the running time off the original mix, and the...
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Haunted DancehallArtist: The Sabres of Paradise
Community Score: 9.33
The Sabres' second album is a conceptual manifesto of sorts, accompanied by a loose song-by-song narrative of descriptions written by the group. According to Weatherall, they initially hired Scottish novelist Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting) to pen the notes, but, unhappy with the results, threw together their own versions minutes before the record...
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ProtectionArtist: Massive Attack
Community Score: 8.14
Massive Attack's sophomore effort could never be as stunning as Blue Lines, and a slight drop in production and songwriting quality made the comparisons easy. Still, from the first two songs Protection sounds worthy of their debut. The opening title track is pure excellence, with melancholy keyboards, throbbing acid lines, and fragmented beats...
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