The Golden Dove Explained

The Golden Dove
Type:studio
Artist:Mary Timony
Cover:The Golden Dove.album.jpg
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Released:May 21, 2002
Label:Matador
Producer:Mary Timony, Mark Linkous[1]
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The Golden Dove is the second solo album by Mary Timony.[2] [3] It was released on May 21, 2002, on Matador Records.[4]

Critical reception

AllMusic thought that "The Golden Dove puts the 'independent' back in indie-rock: It's beautiful, weird, and difficult to love." The Washington Post wrote that "the songs jump from poetic fantasies accompanied by British-folk arpeggios to earthy resentments over choppy punk chords."[1] The Chicago Tribune praised the "beguiling instrumental color and gentle lyricism."[5]

In a 2017 Pitchfork feature, musician Sadie Dupuis dubbed Dove "one of the most influential records to me" and called its songs "creepy and sad and surprising." She singled Dove out in particular for exemplifying Timony's "adventurous talent for arrangement".[6]

Track listing

  1. "Look a Ghost in the Eye"
  2. "The Mirror"
  3. "Blood Tree"
  4. "Dr. Cat"
  5. "The Owl's Escape"
  6. "Musik and Charming Melodee"
  7. "14 Horses"
  8. "Magic Power"
  9. "The White Room"
  10. "Ant's Dance"
  11. "Dryad and the Mule"
  12. "Ash and Alice"

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MARY TIMONY. www.washingtonpost.com.
  2. Web site: Peacock Rock | The Village Voice. www.villagevoice.com.
  3. Web site: Mary Timony The Golden Dove. exclaim.ca.
  4. Web site: Mary Timony: The Golden Dove. May 28, 2002. PopMatters.
  5. Web site: Mary TimonyThe Golden Dove (Matador)After spending her.... Rick. Reger. chicagotribune.com.
  6. Web site: What Makes Mary Timony a Guitar God, According to Sleater-Kinney, Sadie Dupuis, and More. Pelly. Liz. May 10, 2017. Pitchfork. June 13, 2024.