Kingdom of Rust | ||||
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Released | 6 April 2009 | |||
Recorded | 2006–2009 | |||
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Genre | Indie rock | |||
Length | 50:00 | |||
Label | Heavenly | |||
Producer | Doves, Dan Austin, John Leckie | |||
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Singles from Kingdom of Rust | ||||
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Kingdom of Rust is the fourth studio album from British indie rock band Doves. The album was released on 6 April 2009 in the UK via Heavenly Recordings. Kingdom of Rust was met with generally positive critical acclaim, and entered the UK Albums Chart at number 2. Two singles were released from the album: the title track, released a week prior to the album in March 2009, which charted at number 28 on the UK Singles Chart; and "Winter Hill", released in July 2009, which became the band's first single not to chart in the top 100.
The album was born from a tumultuous time in Doves' history,[1] and followed a four-year gap between their last album Some Cities in 2005, at the time the longest period between albums from the band. Doves would tour to promote the album throughout 2009, culminating in a recording hiatus in 2010 which would subsequently last until 2020.