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8.0
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Q
A little indie olive branch, Dove is as welcoming as it is welcome. Print edition only
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7.2
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7.2 |
Pitchfork
On their first album in over 20 years, Tanya Donelly and her band conjure the same potent mix of grace and force that fueled their 1990s output.
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7.0
104371
7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
With Dove, Tanya Donelly and Belly have obviously grown up and moved out of the nineties, and hopefully their devoted fanbase has as well
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7.0
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7.0 |
Rolling Stone
If anything, the group sounds 20 years better and more equipped at making Belly music, with its intricate textures, smart vocal harmonies and lyrics about grown-up concerns
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7.0
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7.0 |
Slant Magazine
Belly might take a more conventional approach to their music now, but Dove proves it can still take flight
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6.7
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6.7 |
Earbuddy
Dove could benefit from more attitude; maybe a mean streak
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6.0
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6.0 |
Spectrum Culture
It’s not breaking new ground or reinventing the wheel, but thank Belly for reviving a sound that maybe never should have disappeared in the first place
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6.0
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6.0 |
Drowned In Sound
I’m not sure how much I’m liable to come back to Dove personally, but I'm very happy for Belly that it's there – it feels like a vindication
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Music
Flits its wings in a happy middle airspace between the lightness of debut album 'Star', the heavier 'King' and Donelly's own rustic solo inclinations
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6.0
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6.0 |
musicOMH
Dove is a coherent collection that retains Belly’s essence while acknowledging the passing of nigh-on a quarter of a century
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5.8
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5.8 |
A.V. Club
Shaving a few of the middling cuts like “Heartstrings” and “Stars Align” would have helped the album overall, as Belly’s comeback songs runs together in a cranky sea of relationship angst
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