A Dove | ||||
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Released | 1992 | |||
Genre | Folk-pop[1] | |||
Length | 43:58 | |||
Label | MCA | |||
Producer | Stewart Lerman | |||
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A Dove is an album by the American vocal trio the Roches, released in 1992 on MCA Records.[2] The trio supported the album with a North American tour.[3]
The album was produced by Stewart Lerman.[4] The sisters wrote the songs, which they allowed Lerman and the backing musicians to arrange.[5] "You're the Two" is about a ménage à trois.[6]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
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Calgary Herald | B−[8] |
Robert Christgau | A[9] |
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Windsor Star | C[11] |
Newsday wrote that the album "walks an oxymoronic line between the maudlin and the flip."[12] The Calgary Herald determined that the songs are "like confessions to an analyst, raw sensations and intelligent impressions spilling out on rivulets of guilt."[8]
The Windsor Star concluded that "there's no denying the power the Roches command as a group but individually as writers they have too many misses and not enough hits this time out."[11] The New York Times opined that "even the more whimsical numbers ... carry undertones of loss, loneliness and unease."[1]