Album · Doves
The Last Broadcast by Doves
The Last Broadcast is an album by Doves, released in 2002. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 23 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Caught By The River”, on 12 lists with a best position of #29.
The Last Broadcast, the second album from Doves, came out on Heavenly Recordings on 29 April 2002 and went straight to the top of the UK Albums Chart, their first number one. Steve Osborne produced, and the record makes good on everything their debut Lost Souls hinted at: huge, melancholy skies of guitar, with the rhythm section still carrying some of the dance-floor pulse the trio learned back when they were Sub Sub.
Jimi Goodwin sings and plays bass, twin brothers Jez and Andy Williams handle guitar and drums, and together they build songs that feel like dawn after a long night. "There Goes the Fear" is the big, rolling centrepiece, released and deleted on the same day yet still the band's highest-charting single; "Pounding" charges, and "Caught By The River" glows. Critics swooned, and it made the Mercury Prize shortlist in 2002.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Last Broadcast on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caught By The River | 12 | #29 | – | 2002–2014 | |
| 2 | There Goes the Fear | 11 | #3 | – | 2002–2024 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.