Morning Dove White

Morning Dove White
Studio album by One Dove
Released 19 October 1993
Genre
Length 69:57
Label FFRR
Producer
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
Robert Christgau[2]
NME [3]
Select [4]

Morning Dove White is the only album by club-orientated Scottish alternative dance act One Dove. It was released in 1993. The album includes three singles which reached the UK charts: "White Love" (No. 43), "Breakdown" (No. 24) and "Why Don't You Take Me" (No. 30).[5]

Background

The songs "Breakdown", "Fallen", "(The Transient) Truth", "White Love", and "Why Don't You Take Me" were released as singles or 12" singles before Morning Dove White was released, building anticipation for the album which was delayed because of label politics.[6] The album was originally to have been titled Sound, but this was changed shortly before release.

One Dove's second album was practically complete by 1996 but due to internal conflicts and persistent label conflict the band disbanded and the album was not released.

Critical reception

Although Morning Dove White was received very well, NME felt that the pull of influence between the more commercial-orientated producer Stephen Hague and the indie Andrew Weatherall created a somewhat confused sound, that if the band had gone more with Weatherall's sound and not let London Records man Hague have such influence then the album might have had a more clear direction in terms of sound. NME made specific comparisons of the early single releases with their much more clubby sound and the sometimes muddy pace of the album; ultimately though it was well received.[3]

Track listing

  1. "Fallen" – 7:18
  2. "White Love" (Guitar Paradise Mix) – 10:16
  3. "Breakdown" (Cellophane Boat Mix) – 6:39
  4. "There Goes the Cure" (featuring Jah Wobble) – 8:03
  5. "Sirens" – 6:34
  6. "My Friend" – 5:54
  7. "Transient Truth" – 7:00
  8. "Why Don't You Take Me" – 3:40
  9. "White Love" (Piano Reprise) – 1:09
  10. "Breakdown" (Radio Mix) – 5:32
  11. "White Love" (Radio Mix) – 4:40
  • The last two tracks do not appear on the vinyl version. The "Radio Mix" of "Breakdown" is an extended version compared to that issued on the "Breakdown" single.
  • The US version of the album includes a longer 9:00 version of "My Friend", lists "Transient Truth" as "(The Transient) Truth", and swaps the order of the two tracks.

Accolades

The album made several "End of Year" lists, including:

Publication Country Accolade Year Rank
Melody Maker United Kingdom "Melody Maker End of Year Critic Album List"[7] 1993 16
Face United Kingdom "The Face Recordings of the Year"[7] 1993 7
Select United Kingdom "Select End of Year Album List"[7] 1993 2
Pop Sweden "Pop – The 30 Best Albums of 1993"[7] 1993 8
Rock de Lux Spain "Albums of the Year"[7] 1993 6

Some of the singles from the album made the same yearly lists for 1993 under the single category also. The album was also retrospectively accoladed with places in such lists as:

  • "Top 25 Electronic Albums" – Slant Magazine at #26
  • "The 100 Coolest Albums in the World Right Now!" – GQ at #52
  • "The 100 Best Scottish Albums of All Time" – The Scotsman at #73

Charts

Chart Position
UK Albums Chart[8] 30

References

  1. ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r189980
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "One Dove". Robert Christgau.
  3. 1 2 "One Dove. Morning Dove Web". www.onedove.net. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "One Dove. Morning Dove Web". www.onedove.net. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "ONE DOVE - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "One Dove. Morning Dove Web". www.onedove.net. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "Acclaimed Music - Morning Dove White". www.acclaimedmusic.net. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "ONE DOVE - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
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