A Dove Explained

A Dove
Type:Album
Artist:The Roches
Cover:The Roches - adove.gif
Released:1992
Genre:Folk-pop
Length:43:58
Label:MCA
Producer:Stewart Lerman
Prev Title:We Three Kings
Prev Year:1990
Next Title:Will You Be My Friend?
Next Year:1994

A Dove is an album by the American vocal trio the Roches, released in 1992 on MCA Records.[1] The trio supported the album with a North American tour.[2]

Production

The album was produced by Stewart Lerman.[3] The sisters wrote the songs, which they allowed Lerman and the backing musicians to arrange.[4] "You're the Two" is about a ménage à trois.[5]

Critical reception

Newsday wrote that the album "walks an oxymoronic line between the maudlin and the flip."[6] The Calgary Herald determined that the songs are "like confessions to an analyst, raw sensations and intelligent impressions spilling out on rivulets of guilt."

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." The New York Times opined that "even the more whimsical numbers ... carry undertones of loss, loneliness and unease."[7]

Track listing

  1. "Ing"
  2. "Troubled Love"
  3. "A Dove"
  4. "Somebody's Gonna Have to Be Me"
  5. "Expecting Your Love"
  6. "Answered Prayers"
  7. "Too Tough Hide"
  8. "Beautiful Love of God"
  9. "You're the One"
  10. "You're the Two"
  11. "Maid of the Seas"

Notes and References

  1. News: Heim . Chris . Also back this week... . Chicago Tribune . 29 May 1992 . Friday . O.
  2. News: Boehm . Mike . Roches Brandish Arsenal of Skill . Los Angeles Times . 21 July 1992 . F1.
  3. A Dove by the Roches . Billboard . Jun 20, 1992 . 104 . 25 . 61.
  4. News: Erskine . Evelyn . The Roches The Dove . Ottawa Citizen . 20 June 1992 . H3.
  5. News: McLeese . Don . The Roches. A Dove . Austin American-Statesman . 7 July 1992 . D5.
  6. News: Flaim . Denise . Harmonies with a Touch of Mischief . Newsday . 29 May 1992 . Weekend . 76.
  7. News: Holden . Stephen . For Adult Pop Music, A Quiet Sonic Boom . The New York Times . 11 Sep 1992 . C1.