One Dove recorded a follow-up album which was never released and split up shortly afterwards, which while being pretty tragic does at least mean that their mystique as a lost treasure remains intact. But even 'Morning Dove White' is flawed - at the insistence of the record company it ends weakly with the single remixes of 'Breakdown' and 'White Love', which while being fine pop songs are elsewhere on the album in better forms. 'My Friend' is an instrumental and feels half-baked in comparison to the rest of the album. Now if they'd lost those tracks and put 'Jolene' and 'Skanga' from the single release of 'Why Don't You Take Me' (if you find a copy, buy it) on, they would have had an almost perfect album. But who wants perfection?

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Shamefully overlooked and underrated...  Aug 22, 1999 By D. Mok
With Dot Allison finally release solo work, it's time to take notice of this Scottish band which she fronted before launching herself into her own glory.

Allison's trademark multi-tracked choir vocals are already here, backed by instrumentalists Jim McKinven and Ian Carmichael. The result is a stunning, beautiful, sometimes wrenching dance/pop hybrid with much more flair in the arrangements than nine out of ten techno acts out there. Check out the keyboard work on the two versions of "White Love", or the acoustic guitar that gives "Breakdown" its extra rhythmic punch.

"Breakdown" was the single that should have made this band a superstar act. Instead, the album made a few ripples quietly among record hounds (those who bother to look for albums, instead of just grabbing them off the shelves closest to the exit) and then faded. It's now very hard to find if not for internet resources. And it's a shame, for One Dove was a hidden gem.

Let's hope Dot Allison, set to release her own Afterglow album, won't be overlooked a second time with her solo career. Hers is a subtle, powerful, and rare vocal ability, and when she sings with herself (here on this album or on the "Colour Me" single), it's harmonic magic.

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Can this be Dot Allison's White album, morning dove that is.  Oct 25, 2001 By Daniel J. Hamlow
Preparations for One Dove's Morning Dove White: Make sure it's your day off. Turn on the answering machine or better yet, unplug the phone. Wear something comfortable, lie back on the bed or sofa of your choice, plug CD in your stereo system at a volume that will have the full effect, and prepare to enter free float.

A constant backbeat of synthesizer opens "Fallen". Dot's spoken word dialogue comes in around the first minute. All the while, the music builds up, new instruments start coming in, and by the second minute, the ambient atmosphere, "I'm falling" and we're in full swing, or is it full float? Dot's whispery voices, sighs, funky beats, breathy synthesizers.

You'll be taken away by the psychedelic guitar that begins the Guitar Paradise Mix of "White Love". It's trippy enough but doesn't rival that of Jimi Hendrix. It clocks in at ten minutes long and one will be ensconced with "I want to keep hold of this for you." whispered or spoken more audibly, soaring and swooping synths, guitar samples, and voices sped up.

"There Goes The Cure" is probably my favorite long song here, beginning with space age sounds, compressed high-hat, The piano is haunting, wistful, and melodic. Dot's voice has been altered so it sounds like there are many of her, during which we mostly hear the gauze-like lament of "he's gone." In the middle, we hear male cries of agony interspersed, as if he's falling, while a string-like synthesizer rises to a crescendo, before stopping and going on with the piano melody.

"The Transient Truth" contains a burst of a buzzing guitar that's not unlike a bumblebee in water, an ambient funk beat, and softly spoken words. "My Friend" is nine plus minutes of the same melody played over ad nauseum, psychedelic sounds, a snare drum, long-drawn out sighs, ambient siren-like vocals, and might be best listened to while on pot or acid.

"Why Don't You Take Me" while a reggaeish synthesizer plays. The piano reprise of "White Love" is a perfect prelude to the radio mix of the same song. This song could be used in any movie's love scene, with sensual sounds.

Upon opening of the eyes, the listener's surroundings may be glowing a morning dove white!

Dot Allison would go on to make a solo album, Afterglow. Fans of ambient would be well advised to take a trip on this album as a prerequisite.

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Musical Seduction  Dec 13, 2000 By Stephen L Lester
The highlight of the movie "The Chase" was the song Breakdown and yes the scene that accompanied it. Excellent overall composition , this will definately get inside you and stir a part of the soul you thought never existed.

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A Dreamy SynthDance-Pop Bridge  Mar 20, 2001 By old_hyperbolic_squiggly
I don't own this CD anymore, I salvaged "White Love" and "Fallen" and put them on my own mixes and sold the disc - but now I wish I still owned this. This is solid quality electropop that seems to, in retrospect, have bridged the gap from the old dance grooves of bands like New Order to the "trip-hop" scene to have emerged later. I recommend this CD for those two songs I mentioned - very expansive, spacey yet personal. Dot Allison has a beautiful and dreamy voice -- my favorite vocal artists all tend to share common elements of crystal clarity and sincerity. I give it only three stars because the rest of the songs - while not irritating - still didn't do anything for me. Who knows, maybe you'll find more fav's than I did. I am interested in hearing Dot's solo work (now that I know it exists) ... I am amazed at how little attention overall this music this received/s. I accidentally fell upon One Dove from an old "Volumen" Indie compilation ...

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