A Dove

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title: "A Dove" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["the-roches-albums", "1992-albums", "mca-records-albums"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Dove" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	A Dove
type	Album
artist	the Roches
cover	The Roches - adove.gif
released	1992
genre	Folk-pop
length	43:58
label	MCA
producer	Stewart Lerman
prev_title	We Three Kings
prev_year	1990
next_title	Will You Be My Friend?
next_year	1994
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| name = A Dove | type = Album | artist = the Roches | cover = The Roches - adove.gif | alt = | released = 1992 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Folk-pop | length = 43:58 | label = MCA | producer = Stewart Lerman | prev_title = We Three Kings | prev_year = 1990 | next_title = Will You Be My Friend? | next_year = 1994 A Dove is an album by the American vocal trio the Roches, released in 1992 on MCA Records. The trio supported the album with a North American tour.

Production

The album was produced by Stewart Lerman. The sisters wrote the songs, which they allowed Lerman and the backing musicians to arrange. "You're the Two" is about a ménage à trois.

Critical reception

| rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = |rev2 = Calgary Herald |rev2score = B− | rev3 = Robert Christgau | rev3Score = A | rev4 = Rolling Stone | rev4Score = |rev5 = Windsor Star |rev5score = C Newsday wrote that the album "walks an oxymoronic line between the maudlin and the flip." The Calgary Herald determined that the songs are "like confessions to an analyst, raw sensations and intelligent impressions spilling out on rivulets of guilt."

The Windsor Star concluded that "there's no denying the power the Roches command as a group but individually as writers they have too many misses and not enough hits this time out."

Track listing

1. "Ing" – 3:03
2. "Troubled Love" – 3:24
3. "A Dove" – 5:31
4. "Somebody's Gonna Have to Be Me" – 3:53
5. "Expecting Your Love" – 4:45
6. "Answered Prayers" – 3:27
7. "Too Tough Hide" – 4:50
8. "Beautiful Love of God" – 4:27
9. "You're the One" – 3:18
10. "You're the Two" – 3:18
11. "Maid of the Seas" – 4:19

References

References

1. (29 May 1992). "Also back this week...". Chicago Tribune.
2. (21 July 1992). "Roches Brandish Arsenal of Skill". Los Angeles Times.
3. (Jun 20, 1992). "A Dove by the Roches".
4. (20 June 1992). "The Roches The Dove". Ottawa Citizen.
5. (7 July 1992). "The Roches. A Dove". Austin American-Statesman.
6. {{AllMusic
7. (14 June 1992). "Recent Releases". Calgary Herald.
8. Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: The Roches". The Roches: Consumer Guide Review.
9. (Sep 3, 1992). "Noise from Underground — A Dove by the Roches".
10. (22 Aug 1992). "Record Review". Windsor Star.
11. (29 May 1992). "Harmonies with a Touch of Mischief". Newsday.
12. (11 Sep 1992). "For Adult Pop Music, A Quiet Sonic Boom". The New York Times.

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