Morning Dove White
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| Studio album by One Dove | |
| Released | 19 October 1993 |
| Genre | Trip hop, electronica, alternative dance |
| Length | 69:57 |
| Label | FFRR Records |
| Producer | Andrew Weatherall, Stephen Hague |
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| Allmusic |
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| Robert Christgau |  |
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Morning Dove White is the only album from club-oriented Scottish alternative dance act One Dove. The album was released in 1993. The songs "Breakdown", "Fallen", "(The Transient) Truth", "White Love", and "Why Don't You Take Me" were released as singles or 12" singles before the album came out and were very popular, building anticipation for the album which was delayed because of label politics.
Although the album was received very well, NME felt that the pull of influence between the more commercial orientated producer Stephen Hague and the indie Weatherall created a somewhat confused sound, that if the band had gone more with Weatherall's sound and not let London records man Hague have such influence then the album might have had a more clear direction in terms of sound. NME made specific comparisons of the early single releases with their much more clubby sound and the sometimes muddy pace of the album; ultimately though it was well received.
The album was originally to have been titled Sound, but this was changed shortly before release. "Morning White Dove" was the Native American name of Elvis Presley's maternal great-great-great-grandmother.
Their second album was practically complete by 1996 but due to internal conflicts and persistent label conflict the band disbanded. As of 2017 it remains to be released.
The last two tracks do not appear on the vinyl version. The "Radio Mix" of "Breakdown" is an extended version compared to that issued on the "Breakdown" single.
The US version includes a longer 9:00 version of "My Friend", lists "Transient Truth" as "(The Transient) Truth", and swaps the order of the two tracks.
The album made several "End of Year" lists, including:
Some of the singles from the album made the same yearly lists for 1993 under the single category also. The album was also retrospectively accoladed with places in such lists as:
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