Kingdom of Rust

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All tracks are written by Jez Williams, Jimi Goodwin, and Andy Williams.

Kingdom of Rust
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Studio album by
Released6 April 2009 (2009-04-06)
Recorded2006–2009
Studio
Genre Indie rock
Length50:00
Label Heavenly
Producer Doves, Dan Austin, John Leckie
Doves chronology
Some Cities
(2005)
Kingdom of Rust
(2009)
The Places Between: The Best of Doves
(2010)
Doves studio album chronology
Some Cities
(2005)
Kingdom of Rust
(2009)
The Universal Want
(2020)
No.TitleLead vocalsLength
1."Jetstream"J. Williams5:30
2."Kingdom of Rust"Goodwin5:11
3."The Outsiders"Goodwin3:28
4."Winter Hill"Goodwin5:18
5."10:03"Goodwin4:04
6."The Greatest Denier"Goodwin3:59
7."Birds Flew Backwards"Goodwin2:51
8."Spellbound"Goodwin5:39
9."Compulsion"J. Williams5:14
10."House of Mirrors"Goodwin4:20
11."Lifelines"Goodwin4:26
iTunes-only bonus tracks
No.TitleLead vocalsLength
12."Ship of Fools"Goodwin4:29
13."The Last Son"Goodwin4:49
Japan bonus track
No.TitleLead vocalsLength
12."Push Me On"Goodwin3:55

Release history

CountryDateLabelFormatCatalogue #
Germany3 April 2009 EMI CD5099969313424
United Kingdom6 April 2009 Heavenly Recordings/Virgin Records CDHVNLP67CD
Double LP (heavyweight vinyl; gatefold sleeve)HVNLP67
Digital download (two bonus tracks)iTunes exclusive
United States7 April 2009 Astralwerks CD5099969313424 (ASW 93134)
Digital download (two bonus tracks)iTunes exclusive
21 April 2009Heavenly/VirginDouble LP (heavyweight vinyl; gatefold sleeve)HVNLP67/ASW 96959 (same as UK pressing)
Japan22 April 2009 Toshiba-EMI CD (one bonus track)TOCP-66879

Instrumentals of Rust

On 15 June 2009, instrumental versions of all 11 tracks on the album were released as Instrumentals of Rust, exclusively to digital download outlets worldwide.

Track listing

  1. "Jetstream" (Instrumental) – 5:32
  2. "Kingdom of Rust" (Instrumental) – 5:13
  3. "The Outsiders" (Instrumental) – 3:29
  4. "Winter Hill" (Instrumental) – 5:20
  5. "10:03" (Instrumental) – 4:05
  6. "The Greatest Denier" (Instrumental) – 3:59
  7. "Birds Flew Backwards" (Instrumental) – 2:54
  8. "Spellbound" (Instrumental) – 5:42
  9. "Compulsion" (Instrumental) – 5:16
  10. "House of Mirrors" (Instrumental) – 4:18
  11. "Lifelines" (Instrumental) – 4:25

Release history

CountryDateLabelFormat
Europe15 June 2009Heavenly RecordsDigital download
North America16 June 2009EMI

Credits

Doves

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

Chart (2009)Peak
position
UK Albums Chart [9] 2
Irish Albums Chart [25] 8
Australian Albums Chart [26] 34
Belgian Albums Chart [27] 72
Canadian Albums Chart [28] 79
US Billboard 200 [29] 89

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