The Last Broadcast (album)

The Last Broadcast
Studio album by
Released29 April 2002 (2002-04-29)
RecordedJanuary 2001–January 2002
Studio
GenreIndie rock, post-Britpop, dream pop, neo-psychedelia
Length53:55
LabelHeavenly
ProducerDoves; Steve Osborne, Max Heyes
Doves chronology
Lost Sides
(2001)
The Last Broadcast
(2002)
Lost Sides (reissue)
(2003)
Doves studio album chronology
Lost Souls
(2000)
The Last Broadcast
(2002)
Some Cities
(2005)
Singles from The Last Broadcast
  1. "There Goes the Fear"
    Released: 15 April 2002
  2. "Pounding"
    Released: 22 July 2002
  3. "Caught by the River"
    Released: 14 October 2002

The Last Broadcast is the second studio album by British indie rock band Doves. The album was released by Heavenly Recordings on 29 April 2002, and went straight to number 1 on the UK Albums Chart. The album's first single "There Goes the Fear" entered the UK Singles Chart at number 3, the band's highest-charting single to date, despite being released and deleted on the same day. Two further singles, "Pounding" and "Caught by the River", were also successful, charting in the Top 30. The Last Broadcast garnered critical acclaim upon its release, and was a shortlist nominee for the Mercury Prize in 2002.