Highly Evolved

This was a pretty decent album. I really enjoy that rock sound from the early 2000's. Not my favorite band in the genre, the Hives were a much better band. Either way pretty decent.

У нас в гаражах группы не рождаются

This album caught me by surprise. It has a little bit of everything. This is overly generous, but it felt like a combination of Nirvana and the Beatles at times. There was even a song that reminded me of Blue Oyster Cult. I initially thought the album was too full of itself, but upon a repeat listen, I thought otherwise and fully enjoyed the it.

obnoxious

Never heard of the Vines but this made my morning walk much more tolerable. I'd listen again.

This was flavour of the month in July 2002. The Geese of its day. I’ve probably not heard it since August 2002. It’s vaguely Beatlesy, mildly Nirvanay, slightly Costelloy, a bit Becky and all given the Strokes / Kings of Leon production treatment. Quite enjoyable but I can wait another 24 years before I hear it again.

This is definitely one of the albums of all time.

Very Nirvana like. Highlights: Highly Evolved, Autumn Shade, Outtathaway and Get Free. 3.65

When I was a teenager in the early 2000s there was a time when you couldn't turn in Triple J or Channel V without hearing Get Free. This made me hate the Vines even though I love all the bands they are influence by and many of their contemporaries. Because of this I never have this album a chance. Luckily I've become less bitter towards them in my old age and can admit this is a pretty great album. 3.75* rounded up to 4*

I really wanted to like this. Some of their songs had variety and the length of the album was just about right. Most of their songs though, degenerated into guitar squiggles and their lyrics were very repetitive. Should’ve been a good album but it was mediocre at best.

Another, oh crap, I promised the publisher 1001 when it should be 200 at the most More filler. Bad filler. 1.0

Fine. Nothing really stood out to me. 2.75

Nice enough, but nothing crazy. Kind of unmemorable for this list.

Is this what the kids call "landfill indie"? McLusky's "McLusky Do Dallas" was released in the same year, give that a spin instead!

Ótima banda de rock, tudo o que eu ouvi me caiu super bem, nada é inovador mas é muito bem executado

Another luminary in the constellation of early 00’s garage rock revivalists, alongside the likes of The Hives, The Strokes, The Fratellis, and The Von Bondies. The Vines are one of the groups that I never listened to at the time (those days I had to depend on what I could find at used CD shops). Maybe it’s a lack of nostalgia for this group, but I don’t find them to be the most interesting of the bunch. Also, the decision to double track vocals with a screaming track is a nice novelty for one song, but didn’t need to be extended across the whole album. Unless you’re QOTSA, you’re not going to pull that off.

This was a strange album. I found myself enjoying it at the same time as I wished for it to be finished. Some rockers and interesting tracks. "Factory" came out of left field, I did enjoy that one. Most of it was trite. Mary Jane was stupid. 2.5

3/5 its good, doesn't do anything super exceptional

About as average of an alt rock band as it gets

There was not one song on this album that caught my attention. Normally with these tedious albums, there is at least a song or two that I find interesting, but not this one. This is one of the most boring albums on this list. And I can't give it a single star - those are reserved for the most despised albums/bands, and I don't hate this album, I just don't care.

Some alt rock from a band I heard of but never checked out. Liked the energy, reminded me of other bands at the time though. Could easily picture a hype sticker saying "for fans of..."

em 2012 ou 2013 eu tentei me forçar a gostar de the vines por uns 2 dias a verdade é que é indie medíocre (um clássico dos anos 00) feito pra surfar na onda de coisa boa da época, mas sem sal, sem qualidade e sem vontade

rock australiano, hein melhorzinho que o ROCK anterior daqui. não reinventou a roda, mas eh decente. ainda assim, eh pífio. fazer o quê

Energetic, but nothing special on this. Some awful tracks.

Sick of it before I skimmed through the third track. I felt like I already heard this album 10 times, because they sound like the generic template of any pop alternative band from the 00s.

This rocked! I especially loved the sequence of the album, which is rare for an album on this list to be interesting to me as an “album.” I originally had it at a four, but upon a second listen I don’t think it’s got any skips. Looooove when someone I think of as a “one hit wonder” (& I didn’t even see this one coming) has a fantastic album

I’m glad this rock existed for a couple years in the early 2000’s but it never really appealed to me. If I think of all of the “The” bands in that time, The Hives were the best of them but Get Free is probably the best song to come out from any of them. Weird Al recognized it so who am I to deny it.

Very Grunge-y. It's a really good album! I've heard of it, but I don't think I would've listened to it until this thing brought me that gem of an album! The influence from Kurt Cobain is definitely heard on this album! Amazing album!

This was fun. Sounded like a garage band who caught lightning in a bottle and ended up with a bunch of good songs. Jr High School me would have fallen head over heels for this album but mature listener me can appreciate it but its almost too primitive and a little undercooked.

The Vines were always in the "oh, is this trendy right now?" Category for me. At the time I was going to a LOT of local gigs in Melbourne. The scene was huge at the time with plenty of rock, hard rock, and stoner rock/metal bands. And some were great. But the radio was playing Jet (ugh) and The Vines (less ugh). The Vines were a little more sincere than Jet, but they both still felt manufactured. Still, they're not bad. For my tastes they're a low-3 stars but I'll bump them up to a high-3 stars because I like table-drumming to Get Free.

Quite quite boring.

Boring at its best; annoying at its worst. But hey, even though this sucked, I'd still rather have listened to a one-off album like this than ANOTHER album by the dozens of over-represented artists on this list. So, good on Robert for at least trying something different. Unfortunately, no bonus stars to be given here for originality, though - it really did suck.

Mediocre but tolerable

Perfectly fine but not especially memorable

Solid throughout. Highlight with Get Free.

A bit of fun, although was hoping that there'd be a bit more beyond the big hits

is it sonically cohesive or just repetitive?

It was good, not great, but I don't regret giving it a listen. Don't think I'll revisit it either though. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Medium good indie rock. Not great, but far from terrible. Favourite: Get Free

Nää

Completely and totally meh. Not so much an indie rock guy.

This is very down the middle alt-rock. It's not special, it's not innovative. It also, in fits and starts, whips. I recall distinctly playing an illegally downloaded mp3 of "Get Free" so much my roommate complained. Your mileage may vary, but I personally like the throat-shredding/screamo-but-fun vocals and the straightforward riff-fill-riff approach of most of the songs. I don't *hate* the mellow ones ("Homesick" "Country Yard"), they just strike me like deep tracks from any number of forgettable alt-rock bands. This is about the most 1996 album you'll ever hear, which for me is a mild complement.

This has aged the worst out of the 2000s garage/post-punk revival scene. Liked it a bit more when they slowed it down towards the end and stopped focussing on being rock stars.

Highly evolved

This album is ok. It sits firmly in that early 2000s rock era, but if you compare it to any other band from the same era, like the Strokes, White Stripes, or Black Keys; it just doesn’t stand up

High 3, just not quite a 4

I confused this band with the hives so I wasn't expecting a good time. This was ok, very much Indie Alt Rock by numbers. I didn't hate it, I didn't have to skip anything but it was not very inspiring and I didn't feel any high points on it. Fairly polished recording, I quite like the first track with the vocals and guitar note bending mix, sounded like a nice nod to Nirvana.

Good. 3+

Another one of those not-terrible-but-does-nothing-for-me albums. Meh.

This is pretty much a carbon copy of everything that came ten years before. But I will give them extra credit since they are Australian.

It was honestly less enjoyable than I expected. I knew Get Free and absolutely love the Hives so I expected to like this album a similar amount. However, I found a lot of it to be pretty nonmemorable. Might be worth a revisit at some point but I might just stick to The Hives in the future… Favorite song: Get Free

Enjoyed it but found myself going back to listen to the songs I already knew

Decent enough.

Generic punk pop. And okay listen.

I liked it! I was liking it a lot more at the start of it but then I did start to get a little bit bored of it by the end. Highlights: Highly Evolved Autumn Shade Homesick (fav)

Very 2000s coming of age I liked it! Favorite was country yard

A decent alternative rock album, very grungy but also some classic rock influences. Not terrible but nothing too special other than some fun screaming which I always enjoy

I like it. I like it a lot. I have no desire to intellectualize it. I just enjoyed it.

This was fine. Just mostly another one of 'those' albums from the early 2000s with that garage rock revival sound, though it's not just power chord central; there's nuance. I can see a little bit why they got compared to Nirvana, but I think it's more that some of those reviewers were pushing the connection a bit too far, and maybe wanted another Nirvana they could latch onto (probably because they didn't realise they were living in their golden years until it was too late) The last handful of songs were a bit tiring and I felt a bit fatigued. The first few songs were pretty good though. I reckon it's not a must hear album. Highlight Song/s: "Highly Evolved" and "Sunshinin"

Listened to this back in high school during my garage rock revival phase. I didn't think anything of it back then so I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it this time. It's nothing special or anything but it's a quality rock album. Favorite track: Outtathaway 3.5/5

Listened while running - served as decent background noise but nothing stood out

Podsjetilo me na 100 bendova koji su došli prije njih bez da donese išta novo, ne razumijem zašto se nalazi na listi stvarno.

This one is a pretty regular NME-core album. Probably hailed as the saviors of Rock back when this was released, The Vines were like the 50th band to receive such accolade in the early-2000's. Not terrible, but it's clear the band of this era that stood the test of time were indeed the best ones. Key tracks: Outtathaway Get Free

Somehow this band passed me by, but this is a gem … one for the “listen again” list 😀

Fine

i need to dig into this more. i loved this on a first listen, but i did not get everything.

Soort edgy Beatles

Yeea 4

some genuinely infectious alt rock. love it, they're like an edgier oasis highlights: highly evolved outtathaway homesick mary jane

Ok 3/5

The Vines belong on this list; but, despite what the (sometimes desperate) British press say, they are just not the second coming of Nirvana. Once I put aside the hyperbole, I heard a pretty darn good band.

Not bad, not great, pretty easy 3... Sometimes the scream works, sometimes it doesn't.

Solid body of work here....good early 2000's garage rock.

Some good stuff on here but there's a lot of filler. From that period where new bands kept being asked to make 45 minute debuts even though they really had 30 minutes worth of good material.

3.5

It’s great for what it is. I’m feeling a 4.5 but I’m feeling generous and give it a 5/5! I Would buy this album Changed mind 4 It’s got some great ballads (Homesick), garage rock with screaming vocals , and even some Psychedelic moments (Mary Jane). The music is part of that Garage rock revival of the 2000’s , but it’s got enough added production and stylistic choices that keeps it from being stale

Demented band. Demented music. Not a fan.

nah

music is love

#427/1001. According to an ai review, "Media Hype — The British music press, especially NME, heavily promoted The Vines, comparing them to Nirvana and labeling them as the 'saviors of rock', which contributed to their initial popularity This week I also get the Strokes first album, which according to the same review "Media Influence — The New Musical Express (NME) played a crucial role in promoting The Strokes, creating a buzz that positioned them as the saviors of rock music." Artic Monkeys, Libertines, White stripes, Franz Ferdinand, Pulp, Blur, Oasis, Hives, Suede, the LA's... There is a long list who saved rock. I have a few questions: how do new bands save rock, since most just repeat what others have already done? And more importantly: does rock need saving? Just a claimer, that yes, I've given high scores to some of these 'rock saviors', it is more the hype I am criticizing, at least when it is far from reality, such as the case with this one.

Not my fav but i did like the first 2 songs

Another that I have no idea about. What an adventure… So these are beginning to get truly tricky for me. I just had White Denim’s D. Similarly unfamiliar. Or Klaxons Myths of the Near Future, which admittedly was awhile ago. I really LIKED all these. I got all effusive and beside myself with the Klaxons, actually, because I was new to the project and a few things hadn’t become clear to me, yet. The thing is, if a friend told me to check any one of these albums out, I’d be happy about it, tell them I thought the band was good, or really good even, and move on. If someone told me “hey, you need to hear this before you die INSTEAD of say, Modest Mouse, or Microphones, or idk even King Gizzard from the more recent period, honestly- I’d say: “no. You’re INSANE.” So… while I vote high on this one: 4 I must say Boolean: FALSE

This album clearly takes inspiration from britpop and american bands like the strokes. I generally like the aussies, but this album doesn't seem to do anything that hasn't been done before. That said, it was a chill listen.

I'm surprised that the loud yelly songs are the popular ones because the mellower ones were actually really good

Only really knew these guys from their Big Hit, but damn, if this album isn't a pleasant surprise. 4.5 bumped up to 5.

I’m at a 5. Does this ever truly escape the shadow of the bands it’s clearly influenced by, namely Oasis & Nirvana? No, not really. Does it really matter as long as it’s good? No, not really, because it is, in fact, just that good. This is another album caught up in the garage rock revival of the early 2000s, & while some people will use that as an excuse to say it’s not worth listening to since it apparently brings nothing new or exciting to the table that those bands already don’t, it just feels like that’s a deeply flawed argument. It’s like saying I should avoid the Silk Sonic album if it’s just taking its influences from Earth, Wind & Fire, Michael Jackson & James Brown; it diminishes the quality of what IS present, and that’s unfair to the unique compositions being done here. Granted, this album did take a little bit to answer the question of “When will they do something that doesn’t feel quite so familiar?” – that answer, at least for me, was “Homesick”. That piano felt like the first step to opening their own musical doors, and from that point on, practically everything about the album felt fresh to me. I really like this album’s abstract lyrical approach to self-prophesized cynicism; it feels like each track is trying to balance one’s true disdain about a status quo while trying to maintain it & live within it, with the balance always ending up as a crashout towards that status quo. It’s continually underlined by a lot of venom in the vocals (if you pay attention, even most of the harmony tracks are a bit scream-y) & a building intensity in the instrumentals that usually lifts to a pretty nice climax. Of course, some tracks are right out of the gate with it (obviously, “Get Free”), but the tracks that slowly build up are my favorites here, especially near the back half of the album where they have more time to breathe & paint a bigger picture. Overall, I’d say it’s a pretty fulfilling 43 minutes, especially from starting with a track titled “Highly Evolved” & ending on one where he realizes he has to be the seed that sows the environment he truly wants to live in. Hence, a 5. Like I said, this album doesn’t really escape the shadow of the bands it’s influenced by, but it pulls far away enough that I don’t think it can be used as any kind of legitimate knock on the quality of the album. Sure, you could say this is sort of a flash in the pan hit of its era & its presence on the list is reflective of an impact that never truly reverberated past the garage rock revival, but… I don’t really care about THAT part of it. I care about the music, and I think this is really well-crafted music. I’m certainly glad I heard it before I died. It’s worth being here.

Es un buen album pero no es tanto de mi tipo, tiene canciones muy buenas igual. 4/10

Sounded fun, but ultimately fell into the background.

It was fine, but I have no idea what it did that earned its spot on the list.

The upbeat numbers.here were awesome. I recall a few of the hits, sadly the down-tempo tunes just don't work for me at all.

get rid of the vocalist and this would be a 4, but his screaming ruins the really cool instrumentals! so sad

[3/5] alt rock. easy listening punk music. some of the slower tracks just faded past me, but get free, outtathaway, and sunshinin were enjoyable. had to listen twice to jog my memory enough to write this review. 2.5 // benefit of the doubt for being from 2002. track notes: 1. completely contradiction of 'you can't buy me love' 2. half of the song is outro 3. road rage energy 4. mash of many ideas 5. just completely giving up on everything 6. probably the best track on the album, nice and catchy 7. peacefully sat on a swing in a gentle breeze 8. i am driving in my car ahh tune 9. oak trees in the jungle now? 10. can you guess what the most common line is? 11. mary (potentially from the last song) and joseph at the inns 12. nostalgia for 1969 rock, unfortunately not 2002 rock

An ok early 2000s rock band, with the postpunk sound that I usually like. Lots of bits of this seem borrowed from other bands, and they're good bands that were borrowed from, so that helped. Some of it feels like a toned-down version of The Bends. Like if Radiohead were less interesting, then they might have sounded like this. (Though the opening of The Jungle made me think they were going to go into Don't Fear the Reaper.) This is ok stuff, but not my new favorite band or anything. High 3 stars, hits a 4 occasionally.

I WANNA GET FREE I WANNA GET FREE I WANNA GET FREE

Early 2000’s garage rock record. Not bad, but something about it was kind of annoying. Maybe it feels like it’s all kind of rock’n roll cliche. Guitar solos are boring and feel like filler. Outtatheway was alright. Factory kinda had a punky McCartney thing. Ain’t no room was least favorite. Probably a 3 but I feel inclined to rate albums after y2k lower especially if they are kind of throwbacks to 70’s rock. There are so many better more innovative influential records.

3.5 - this was kind of well done and kind of interesting but not a chance im going to remember listening to it. Why is it on the list?

This started off as meh for me but honestly there are so many scenarios I would enjoy this (car, dive bar, etc)

Surprisingly good. For the life of me I cannot understand the Nirvana comparisons -- I feel like they sound nothing alike? Which is actually great. They use a bunch of different genres to their advantage quite well: punk, grunge, indie rock, to name a few. I'm a fan of this. It's mild and predictable enough that I can't rate it any higher, but this was a great listen.

Vaguely remember these guys. A lot of great albums released this year, will they show up on the list. Inoffensive, uninspired, insipid, derivitive. Maybe a bit harsh. 2.5 rounded down. Heard before? Some Owned: No, 96/362 (26%) Will I get: No

Not a fan of the screaming. My favorite song was Mary Jane, for... reasons.

punk

huh. didn't know these guys were australian. is that why this is on the list? cos that's like, the most interesting thing about it. this is some squarely average early-mid 00s alt rock otherwise. idk what to say about it really. there's a few moments where something interesting happens, like there's some fun bits of sustained feedback on "sunshinin" and "in the jungle", but for the most part it doesn't feel like it does kuch to distinguish itself from the rest of the huge pile of early-mid 00s alt rock acts. this is especially true of the slower tracks, which just totally faded into the background for me, and unfortunately make up at least half of the album's runtime. "get free" stands out the most to me, but that could just be because it's the one track of theirs ive definitely heard before, although i can't remember where exactly. probably an amv? it sure has that vibe. i guess it's.... fine. not bad, just, average. i'd maybe come back to it for the couple tracks i mentioned but buddy u better believe im tuning out for the rest.

Fine but inessential.

generic british garage rock of 00s

forgot how cool this record is!

Revival? I found the album hit or miss. I'll give it another listen but not part of my rotation currently.

A couple of decent singles and a variety of ideas elevate it above the status of indie landfill, but this is a hardly a classic of the genre. The idea they were ever compared to Nirvana is embarrassing.

The next Nirvana? No. But did it succeed at being pretty good alt rock? Yes.

Fine

A nice little transition album from 90's grunge to 00's alt rock. I went into it thinking I was going to get The Hives, but they're basically the same band so it was fine. It's just good enough to get a 4. I enjoyed my time here even if I didn't love it. 2002 is early enough that I can forgive them for sounding like a million other albums I've heard in the past 24 years. 3.6

divertido, puede valer la pena para un publico especifico 3.6

Really don't know how this made it on the list. There's lots of energy here and they remind me a lot of The Hives, but the issue is that they can't think of anything memorable to pair with that energy. No hooks that get stuck in the head, incredibly generic vocals, and even when the ballad song they did just felt emotionless. I'd still take this over some of the other albums on this list for sure, but not something I'll ever go back to outside of the last song on here. 2/5

🙄😮‍💨 ne mogu. 1/5, 1/10

going into this album, i knew ahead of time only of the song 'get free' which i think is awesome, so i was really looking forward to the rest of this album. unfortunately, the rest of this album is not really like 'get free' at all, and mostly just feels like a lesser version of the band Jet. very MOR, slightly retro inspired early 00s rock, not the bold and brash vision of the band I was expecting. a little disappointed.

7/10

man, australia really was churning out the most milquetoast rock in the 2000s. the vines, jet, wolfmother, powderfinger? c'mon. it's ok australia, i still love you. you gave us - the bees gees, nick cave, early tame impala, the sleepy jackson, king gizz.

The Vines, at least on this album (haven’t heard any others) lack identity. They stray from grunge to britpop to straight power pop to more grunge. Ain’t No Room had me tapping my toes until this bit at the end where the singer copies Kurt Cobain’s signature screaming. The lyrics are dumb, the guitars are too high in the mix, it’s very manufactured. Soulless and contrived, not very memorable. There are a ton of better, more unique bands that were doing all of this ten years prior.

Loved it! Exactly my kind of music

sooo good!

Nope This was a tedious listen I guess the warning sign was the Nirvana reference in the review section Next warning was the list of other bands being compared to - none of them are to my liking Nothing memorable here at all

A solid version of all the other bands doing the same thing in the last 90’s early 00’s production is better than most and the writing was more mainstream. Almost sounds like a pre-fab group a bunch of execs threw together. Not grunge but not heavy either.

It’s gonna get 3

★½

Okeydoke

I guess the generation 10 to 15 years younger than me should have been allowed their own go at Indie Rock.

Decent Beatles/Nirvana combo derivative record, couple of pretty strong cuts.

So like the Strokes, Nirvana, and Suede had an orgy and made the Vines. Fun, but not a lot of depth here.

Pointless waste of 45 minutes

I remember it being a little better than just the single. but it's not.

Yay, another generic 2000s "punk" band.

Average alt rock but not as bad as the rest.

About as average alt rock as you can get, nothing was bad or terrible, but even just from the albums we've gotten so far there are better executions of the same style. I'd much rather listen to the strokes, the white stripes, or doves if I wanted this kind of music but better. Acceptable but not exceptional

This album seems to achieve the sound that the band and producers were targeting, which is somewhat angsty garage rock with a touch of grunge. Unfortunately, they seem to lack the talent of Nirvana and many other 90's alt-rock bands, whom they are emulating. The music isn't bad, it just doesn't offer anything novel.

Interesting, liked the variation. 3.6.

Personal enjoyment: 3/5 Relevance to this list: 2/5

Was not expecting this album to sound like this!! Not complaining though, I enjoyed it quite a bit. Highly evolved, the title track, was a great start! It was upbeat, powerful, and everything I’d hope the first track of an album to be. Following it up was Autumn Shade, a gorgeous, melodic, guitar driven track. I do love when tracks lead directly in to each other. Outtathaway was back to having some heaviness to it. I thought it was great, and the chorus was quite fun! Sunshinin had weird musical elements, but that’s what made it memorable. The start of Homesick was almost Beatles coded. I do love a good rock ballad. Get free brings back the beat in a perfect way. It’s what was needed after a track like Homesick. I liked the meandering pace of country yard. The way in the jungle played with pace was pretty good. Mary Jane was very vibey. 1969 was a very apt closer for this album, and honestly its length was so forgivable because it was great. 4/5 ⭐️ 186/1089

Bra, känns som att jag hade älskat detta när jag var typ 13. "Get Free" hade jag hört förut, men bara i ett polkamedley av Weird Al

Rätt bra men inte mer än så.

Woah! Kände inte till detta band men detta var ju kanon.

I think this is a fun album, and I give it 4! 13 year old me would have it no other way.

Not really my jam. But seems to be a well produced album

Everything sounded the same - little variety in the songs

Not great. Not bad. Just not consistently good enough to get above a 3.

Mild Super Furry Animals vibes (even the cover). Quite enjoyed it; high 3

The best song is barely mid and yet miles ahead of the others.

So I complain about it giving me a Nirvana album yesterday, and today it gives me bootleg Nirvana. Unlike Nirvana though, this actually had some songs I enjoyed.

Shit nirvana

Not a bad album but way overhyped when it came out. It doesn't really deserve a spot in the 1001, plenty of similar sounding albums at this time. Still, some catchy songs and I'd play it again.

This isn't bad, but if it's going to be compared with Nirvana I'll say they can't match them on terms of the songwriting. It just dips into heavy Nirvana riffs, but swerves back into pretty standard Beatles inspired indie for a while. The only time they really combine both sounds is Factory, with the John Lennon style chorus, which switches with a heavy riff and raspy vocals Nothing wrong with it but I doubt I'll listen again Highlights: Factory

Wish I could've gone to a house party in 2002 with this playing

Es un rock 2000ero q roza el heavy metal

Please stop giving me garbage

Jang jang jang jang jang jang jang. That’s what this album sounds like. Jang jang jang jang jang jang jang. I don’t hate it.

When I lived in Brisbane in 2011, the neighbouring flat was filled with young delinquents. As our place was also filled with young delinquents, we got on pretty well without becoming super close. The neighbour I knew best, Blood Otter, was superficially a typical Aussie - loved beers, did a skilled trade (surveying I think), and could kickflip. But if you scratched the surface, there was a lot more to him than this. He wore dresses and Doc Martens on Fridays, and he would become very moved by stories from current affairs or folk heroes. In between drunken ramblings about sport and nothing, I remember him speaking about the death of the superbike rider Marco Simoncelli with such sincerity that he transformed the room into a wake. Another time, with a similar tone, he told me about the Vines meltdown on Letterman, and how he felt so bad for them for blowing their shot at huge success. He related this to the hit single from this record being quite detached from the rest of the songs - a small tragedy in its own way of the public and press missing the wider point of the album. There’s more here than this just wanting to Get Free. Anyway, I listened to this again in 2026 and I’m glad it did. It reminded me of Blood Otter, and others like him out there: those that are possessed with a manic energy and deep empathy, but yet to find their place in the world. You’ve gotta make time for these souls when they flutter into your life like rabid butterflies. They won’t be around forever. P.S. When I left Brisbane for Vancouver, he bought me a farewell card from the supermarket and wrote in huge letters with a cheap blue biro: RIP THOSE CUNTS A NEW ASSHOLE, LOVE BLOOD OTTER. I think I still have it somewhere.

I can feel that it’s nothing special. This kinda sounds like a mixture of a bunch of big artists. But it’s still one of my favorite genres, and the exec. is pretty good solid

pues no eh

reminded me a lot of the band jet. very distinct of its time.

Not my style. Weak

how does a band with this much energy have 0 personality

4 seconds in and i already know the sort of triple j spider fucking i'm about to receive. no. fuck No. full Beatle™️ violators. circa clockstoppers (2002) capitol records 90s distillation "walkie talkie man" bogshite. the faggy warhols™️ even. if only Bruce Almighty could save me now. 0.5-2.

They had a cool sound! Not much more I can say about it.

I feel like it’s unfair for this to be right after the white stripes. It’s a solid solid rock album… but gotta go 3.4.

Pleasant enough. I like the light punk better than the hard punk. But it wasn’t memorable at all. 6/10 Pretty Good

I've heard of The Vines but am not super familiar with them so this will be almost new to me. First impression - the Nirvana comparison is off the mark, this is closer to Alice In Chains, particularly the vocals. Maybe that's just the first song though. I guess it kind of alternates between Nirvana and Alice In Chains a bit as the record goes on. It's pretty straightforward grunge. I wouldn't have guessed this came out in 2002, it sounds bang on early 90s. It's not bad, not great. Pretty derivative and unoriginal but for a first album I can see how that is sort of expected. Overall I liked this album well enough. I'd be interested to hear more and will likely look up some of the music that came after this, this record showed some promise for sure. 3.5/5 but going to round down because it's not quite up to 4 for me.

Solid early 2000s alt/garage rock. Nothing particularly original but it's a fun listen nevertheless. I'm sure I would have loved it if I had the album at the time.

Some good stuff but no identity

shouldn't be on the list but not a bad album. Craig Nicholls gave good copy to journalists so they were immensely over hyped, but there's still some standouts. I did see them around this era live and they were fine, very sloppy

If you like white men screaming, then you're in luck! And this time they're from Australia!

Not really my cup of tea. I wanted to like this album but couldn’t find anything I related to enough to enjoy. I would give it a listen at a later date.

No

This would easily have been a 3 except it felt like all the songs were so similar that it bored me by the end!

Highly Evolved was just a super fun album. Garage rock in general is a fun genre to listen to but this album brings out all the best parts of the genre. There is everything from amazing guitar riffs, fun, upbeat melodies, great vocals, you name it, its got it. The fun melodies of this album also helped it move at a good pace where it never felt like it was too long but still was more than able to give mem my fill. I was initially familiar with just this band's name and the fact this album exists but i don't remember ever listening to their songs in full before and due to the reasons listed above, I'm sure glad i did get to hear them now. This album was just nothing but a fun ride top to bottom. Best Song: Outtathaway Worst Song: Autumn Shade

A truly confusing listen! The first handful of songs made me think it would all be the kind of sanitised corpo-radio let's-sell-the-next-Nirvana get-it-kids?-we-know-you-will-like-this kind of thing. And in many ways, it is that - ten years on from the grunge 'revolution' or whatever, it became so commercial as to now be completely safe. And we're also getting the post-Oasis imitation, sort of via the Beatles but without any of the interesting production sound. I actually think many of these songs would have been way better with a different production approach and I'm shocked to learn that the producer worked on Either/OR and XO, which I think are recorded in ways that suit the material very well. Something grittier is needed here, I feel like the same songs as shitty demos on a four-track would just serve the songs way better. This mix is far too clean and sterile and sounds like some royalty-free playout at the Dr Martens wholesale outlet. It sounds like what people who still think Camden is cool listen to. And I HATE that stupid megaphone EQ thing they kept doing to vocals in this era - it just sounds corny and draws attention to how clean the rest of the production is, needlessly! That all being said - two things made me see this as not a waste of time. The first is the song 'Homesick', which is a goddamn gorgeous beautiful song - a genuine gem, a sincere detour with sweet, prophetic lyrics about phone use and isolation with the simplest of melodies that just feels sent from onhigh. What a shame that it was followed by 'Get Free', which was their lead single but I thought one of the weakest of the weak songs and a rip-off of the 'Damaged Goods' final vocal. Some of it reminds me of that YAK song, but I think YAK did something darker and almost Nick Cavey with the production that made it slightly better (but still not good, looking back). I then watched the performance they did on Jools Holland and it contextualised a lot - three thin band members, the sound is also very thin - the lead guitar tone is inexplicably thin in particular in a way that sounds kind of funny against the awkward almost ska bassline - so yea, 'skinny' sums is all up. And he's a sort of proto-Cameron Winter / black midi doing all these incomprehensible yelps and flinging himself around but in a totally non-threatening way. His freak-out at the end of 'Outtahere'(?) in the live version was sort of cute and endearing in how ridiculous it was, flailing into the drum kit and knocking it all off its podium. I was more endeared to the bassist, who was just solidly doing his thing and occasionally singing along a bit, with a nice voice. Anyway - that was all funny and JH called it 'an exquisite display of rock and roll!' which is a real insight into the early 2000s. It seems labels had piles of cash to splash around and were pushing packageable versions of previously subversive genres - in a way, I feel a bit bad for the Vines because they clearly love the Beatles and they clearly love Nirvana and they have some good songs, but it just sounds so bland and dated in its packaging. Haha I forgot about 'Factory' -- a truly incomprehensible song, a totally non-commital 'Ob-La-Di' meets 'Heroes and Villains' which somehow called to mind Corey Feldman's cover of 'Working Class Hero' (no idea why). I had to save that one just for the audacity! 'Mary Jane' is a beautiful Meddle-era Pink Floyd song and '1969' is a pretty good Nirvana song, but other than that this stank. I went through an arc with this one - the bits I hated I really hated, but then I started feeling bad for them. 'Homesick' redeemed the experience! The 2000s were an odd time.

I feel like this sound has been done better, but this is still a solid listen.

Kind of boring

If someone put out an album only influenced by Nirvana and a couple Brit-pop bands with hopes of being used in mid-2000s iPod commercials, it’d sure be this

Nothing special about this. Seems like a run of the mill alternative band.

entretenido

I'd been religiously buying the UK music press every week for over 20 years when this came out. This was still pre-internet so there were few other ways of finding out about new music (evening radio shows by the likes of John Peel and Janice Long were the only way of actually hearing interesting new music back then). Fanzines and word of mouth were the best sources for new music, but there was also the odd journalist at the NME or Melody Maker that had similar taste to me, so if they said something was decent, I would often go out and buy a record without hearing the artist first. Anyway, the British music press were all over this Aussie band in 2002. I bought this on CD from HMV, took it home, whacked it on and was severely unimpressed. It was the moment I lost all trust in the NME. A year or so later and they stopped producing the printed version. I think I listened to Highly Evolved twice, filed it away and forgot about it until today. Listening again, it's mostly bang-average shouty rock music with some Beatles-esque psychedelia mixed in. Better than Foo Fighters (not difficult!), but not as good as The Strokes or The Hives (the only two rock bands from this period that still sound worthwhile to my ears). A middling early 2000s rock album that was way overrated at the time. Really, it's just okay. Maybe I'll give it another listen in 25 years...

Somehow The Vines have slipped through my listening adventures over the years but I truly enjoyed this listen! I won't say my mind was blown but it was solid!

Nothing impressive nor offensive. Definitely not something that should be heard before you die.

I had a brief infatuation with the Vines and the Hives back in the day. Good rockin. 3.5 stars

Nothing special

highly evolved get free autumn shade

They get a bump over average for the wisdom of releasing a 90-second rock hit. I like the rest fine enough, probably fun live.

I bought this album amid the early aughts rock revival based on the song “Get Free.” Took it home, listened to it a few times, failed to be moved, traded it in for something else. It’s decent enough — I like “Country Yard” — but isn’t vital and often comes across like a second-rate Nirvana.

Decent rock, good hooks but did hot grab me.

Great high energy rock n roll

This should've been left in 2002 (and it wasn't good then either)

Good. May revisit

This is a fun album, sounds great, tunes are catchy and well composed. Really quite listenable, if not all that memorable. Several of the tracks caught my ear in that "hey, this is pretty damn good" kinda way, and in the end that's why I'm here. You can do way worse in this genre and period. If there's hate for this one it's likely driven by the hype that accompanied this in its day, which really was more of a sign of a changing industry and a press trying to navigate that change than anything that should be held against the band.

i really liked this album. the first song was not good but then it cut off and then the real album started and i really liked it. at times i felt like i was listening to beatles songs

Así si. Banco que todas las bandas que empiezan con “The”. Muy buen disco, me encantó Homesick y después el resto buenas, siguiendo un estilo, pero sin que sea monótono

Que más puedo decir, me revolvió todo! Me llego demasiado, un sonido muy familiar a mucha música, la voz del cantante parece de los hermanos gallagher, la batería es una demencia, la guitarra se lleva el show. Una delicia musical este álbum que honra su título a la sensación que te da… altamente evolucionado. Top Picks: 1) 1969 (como cambia el ritmo de menso a más locura) 2) Highly Evolved 3) sunshinin

It’s a high 4 for me - loved the sound and style. Can’t believe I’ve never heard them before!

It was an ok listen, forgot how many big songs they actually had

Ehh, an alright early 2000s rick album. Just felt like the songs went no where.

Nirvana meets the Hives, they not bad and some of the songs are pretty good I just find them so forgettable

Me gustó, variado, nada muy original igual. Parecido a muchas cosas que no sabría mencionar. Pero me gustó. Debería escucharlo de nuevo con más atención.

1. Highly Evolved (★★★★★) -Fav -Se me hizo corta... 2. Autumn Shade (★★★☆☆) 3. Outtathaway (★★★★★) -Fav 4. Sunshinin (★★★★☆) 5. Homesick (★★★★☆) 6. Get Free (★★★★★) -Fav -Nirvana? 7. Country Yard (★★★⯨☆) 8. Factory (★★★⯨☆) 9. In The Jungle (★★★★★) -Fav 10. Mary Jane (★★★⯨☆) 11. Ain't No Room (★★★★☆) 12. 1969 (★★★★☆) TOTAL = ★★★★⯨ (4,1) -Es rock, por momentos suena como Nirvana, incluso a The Beatles aunque en menor medida... no baja de 3,5 estrellas, pero para mí es un sólido 4.

pretty good!

Interesting little album. Starts out with a very new wave/power pop sound before stretching out into some slower ballads. I like them best when they are sounding their punkiest, with hoarse shouted vocals and dirty guitar. I waffled between 3 and 4 stars for this, ultimately deciding they hadn’t quite earned that fourth star.

Don't think this should be on here but wasn't totally unpleasant. Only listened to the first few songs.

Аж цікаво) але не дуже музло(

time flew when I listened to this. I like it and would listen again

Rocks. It’s like a cross between Nirvana, Tame Impala, and Green Day. Some of these songs sound like they belong on Lonerism. Love love love the middle of 1969 where the beat accelerates over the course of 30 seconds.

twilight vibes

It's rock of the time. Nothing too wild, but also not a bad listen!

Okay garage rock, definitely solid enough but not on the Strokes/White Stripes level

Some of these were quite fun!

I didn’t expect a second Vines entry but here we are. The fast loud songs are great (get free still rocks), the rest less so.

2.5 Some of the slow songs, Autumn Shade and Country yard are just painful to get through. Get Free is the only thing that stands out. Rounding down on this, felt a bit generic

I've never listened to this album before, but I strangely feel like I have? It has that sound to it, clearly it was either influential or was very influenced by albums I've listened to before. Either way, it was a nice listen. 3/5

After listening to this, it's unclear why it's on this list. It was fine, just not in anyway a standout that justified its position on this list.

Two bangers and a bunch of filler.

Pretty rocking! Feels like they listened to a lot of Radiohead. Maybe too much... 5/10

01) Highly Evolved - 8,0 02) Autumn Shade - 8,0 03) Outtathaway - 7,5 04) Sunshinin - 7,0 05) Homesick - 7,0 06) Get Free - 8,5 07) Country Yard - 7,5 08) Factory - 7,5 09) In the Jungle - 7,0 10) Mary Jane - 7,0 11) Ain't No Room - 7,0 12) 1969 - 6,5 TOTAL: 7,38 (74/100) Current ranking: 408/930

Decent music with less than stellar vocals

Took me too long to realise this is not The Hives, they have that big shouty song and the rest is just kinda fine.

Nothing special

Bland modern alternative rock. Is it awful, nope. But it’s just predictable and indistinguishable to other artists. So many of these types of records on here, they all end up blurring together. This being in the 2000s means it was late to this party, meaning I subtract an extra star. 2/5

Its OK. Nothing stood out.

This was a strong neutral. I enjoyed listening to it but it wasn’t different enough that I’d want to go back right away.

It's too bad they couldn't really put anything together after this. Great album

i like it. 3.8 sterne

Has not dated well.

Yeah it was decent. Mad how for a brief period in the 90s all male singers had the same voice. I don’t know how much of it will stay with me, but I wouldn’t turn it off if someone else had it on? 3.0/5.0 Best Song: 1969

I remember this album blowing my trousers clean off when I was about 10, it is still pretty decent but doesn’t have the same impact. Highly Evolved is a great track

Kind of rocky one. That was alright starter strong but tapered a little bit. Good for the sunny weather.

altern. Rock, 2002 -> 3

Not The Hives. Which is a shame.

Fun garage rock of the 2000s. I like The Hives more though

Post grunge Australian rock …not my bag and wouldn’t have made my top 1001

1. evolved - 0 2. zhaved - 1 3. out - 1 4. zun - 0 5. zick - 1 6. free - 2 7. yard - 1 8. factory - 0 9. jungle - 0 10. mary - 2 11. room - 0 12. 1969 - 1

Zpev jako metal ale do klidnejsi hudby

Unmemorable

Solid! Nice to listen to something not from the 60s :)

Horrible I have no idea how this made the list

Alternative band from Australia, cool band name and a great looking album cover. This should be a homerun, right? Well, we had three great albums in a row this week... I suppose it's the law of averages that a clunker comes along. It seems like the vision here was to mimic differing styles of music then add screaming and guitar feedback. Which I guess is something different, but it just doesn't work. And it doesn't help that the mixing sounds like someone's cat walked across the mixing board and they just went with it. Why is the guitar feedback louder than everything else at times? There were a few moments that sounded okay but ultimately sounded derivative or just forgettable.

I don’t know much of this style and what it’s trying to imitate, but it lead to mixed results for me. Threw alot at the wall and some things stuck but it isn’t special enough as a complete project to come back to it. Some fun, high-energy moments though, which I usually can’t help but enjoy a bit at least for that. 1 listen Favorite Track: Title Track

Expectation: -> No idea what to expect here. After listening: -> This is fine and I'm sure many really like it. Not really my jam. Don't love it, don't hate it. Some Nirvana and STP influence is clear but this isn't those bands. Track ranking: 1969 Jungle Homesick Autumn Ain't Country Evolved Sun Factory Free Mary Out

I feel like I heard Get Free all the time on shitty VH1 and MTV shows in 2002 but I’ve felt the desire to dig deeper. It was way more britpop than I expected so overall I thought it was pretty meh.

Pretty apparent from the get go that this is not worth the title of an album you need to listen to before you die (but I’m beyond the illusions that title gives new users at this point). Milquetoast early 2000’s rock that swears it’s got attitude. “Outtatheway” into “Sunshinin” put me in a funk that couldn’t be fixed. Why is this? I ask the question not in disgust, but because I’m grasping to find anything unique about this record. The lead singer sounds like a much worse Julian Casablancas when he’s singing in a more mellow tone. The instrumentation is totally bland. Why? Low 2/5

Time locked, boring Brit Pop. I never got into Oasis or blur and any of those brit alt rock bands from the late '90s and I never will.

Indie landfill.

One of the long line of wannabe Nirvanas. Not bad though.

Album 38/1001. Listened 5/18/2026. Couldn't get into this one. I don't remember hearing it when it first came out, and I didn't think it aged particularly well. Won't listen again.

It's been a while since I listened to it, I honestly forgot about this website, but it was a pretty good album. I know that I saved at least three songs to my liked playlist.

This probably should be a 4 but I don't really think I'll be back for a listen. Really nothing wrong at all, in fact enjoyed it enough. Just not special or different.

why are we yelling

"we have nirvana at home"

A weird hodgepodge of early '2000s indie-isms, with a tendency to lean towards older Brit-pop and grunge sounds dating back to the early '90s. A bit of garage too, the opening title track gave me some 'The Strokes' vibes. The sounds on this album are generally pretty well executed. Still, I couldn't help but feel like many of the songs themselves were half-baked, like they were cut off way too early, or like they were just snippets of larger ideas that never manifested into anything complete. Still, some solid songs here. The noisy 'Outtathaway' was an immediate highlight, leaning towards that more early Radiohead/Nirvana grunge type sound. The biggest song off this album, 'Get Free', also brought a similar blood-pumping grunge/punk energy. 'Homesick' was also pretty great, just a slow, beautiful climb with these simple but very human harmonies, a soaring guitar solo, and gorgeous, reverby, twinkling guitar arpeggios sending the song out. 'Factory' I also liked, the jump between these bouncy basslines and these typical Britpop fuzzy guitars feels like it could've been the Beatles' take on this genre. Definitely a wide range of sounds explored here, but I do think The Vines, or this album at least, fail to do anything too interesting or unique for their time. But still, executed pretty well all things considered.

Kinda boring

It’s crazy to think this came out in the 2000s because sonically this could’ve easily passed for a 1994 or 1995 release. For a post grunge album, this thing gets about as close to the real article as you can get. The way the guitar fades out at the end of songs, the screaming vocals, the whole sound of it, parts of this felt like a sonic successor to Kurt Cobain. “Sunshinin” was really good, and that bass line was insane. A lot of this album sounds like some weird mix of Nirvana and the Beatles around Rubber Soul, which is not something I expected to say. “Mary Jane” and “1969” reminded me of Oasis too. Funny enough, I heard “Get Free” on Weird Al’s “Angry White Boy Polka” before I ever heard the actual song. I hadn’t listened to much of their stuff outside of that before now, but after this I’ll definitely be checking out more. Favorite song: "Sunshinin"

Album 195. Highly Evolved (https://open.spotify.com/album/14rRGdr4K5UoaEFVw9jqBG?si=S1VA_hlURqyBHmJZW1wjiw) — The Vines (2002) It's a fine rock album. Didn't change my life, don't wanna relisten anything. It's just a rock album, like thousands of other rock albums. 2/5 No liked songs

It’s fine - just nothing special

Couple of good songs on this one…but meh

Fairly milquetoast rock album

eee spis ne bro

Oasis but somehow even more unoriginal and hit with a fat dose of corny 00s production.

Un album como estilo Scott pilgrim. Me hizo sentir las canciones así como pa ir a 200 en la Wawa. Buenos temas pero un tanto repetitivos

Auf der einen Seite Krieg ich bei dem Album Bock zu skaten auf der anderen Seite kriege ich vor allem Bock darauf andere Bands zu hören.. die.. Originell sind. Ich meine ich finde an sich man sollte bisschen chillen bevor man in der Kunst irgendwas "geklaut" nennt aber.. puh.. ich spüre starke Nirvana inspirationen.. und Beatles. Ich finds schwierig zu bewerten.. nehmen wir die mitte

I really didn't like this album.

Toto ma nezaujalo...

ABC book of a bit from here Nirvana, a bit from there Beck and so it goes on... Back to my audiobook

meh, całościowo normalnie się słucha, ale nic co wpadło do głowy

Not my thing. For me, there isn’t any remarkable song in entire album.

Great imo

Super fun album! I’ll be checking out more of their music!

An unremarkable noughties rock album

I’d loved ‘Get Free’ when it came out and it remained on my playlists for years, I always wondered why they didn’t have the same success as say, The Strokes - but that’s clear now. It started off so dully I hardly realised it had kicked off. Musically it felt it was trying to be Nirvana circa Bleach but lyrically and production wise it was truly nothing remarkable and kind of a bit cringe with ‘Mary Jane’ and ‘1969’ being almost caricatures of good music. Not for me.

Meh. This is ok but if doesn’t really have its own identity. Yes, bits of Nirvana, yes, elements of Britpop etc. Everything seems borrowed from something else leaving it underwhelming and with no clear voice of its own. 2.5

ok so pass me the list of the next saviour of rock and roll compiled by the press in the turn of the century and lemme look who is the next here… somebody from down under? and yes, they are not the saviour of rock and roll. 3/5

i actually liked it. pretty solid garage psych. they lowk biting nirvana but idgaf tbh

Squelch and scream. Nope that.

I like the cover art. Unfortunately it does not seem to go with what I'm hearing. I hit skip when it gets screamy. Then I noped out altogether.

There's nothing here that you haven't heard from any other indie rock band from the early 2000s. This album isn't bad, but there's nothing about it that makes it stick out from the crowd.

Get Free is still a banger. A couple of cool moments on here but not commenting I’ll revisit a lot. Not super exciting but not unlistenable. Homesick is a nice discovery! 2.5

Fav song: Factory

Kinda Beatles-esque by way of Oasis/Blue style brit-pop, woth a heavy amount of garage rock. Pretty solid, just not really my thing.

third rate, at best. very derivative - the Cobain screams, the Pixies LOUD/quiet arrangements, the Nirvana mixing of scratchy guitars with GREAT BIG MONSTER RIFFING GUITARS. some mild Beatle-isms, too. overall, a waste of time. not one original idea on it.

Genuinely get a rush of dopamine every time I see a familiar album I thought was underground. W band btw

Memomarably unmemorable. Well made but nothing clicked for me.

Another new to me band and album. I really thought the whole thing was solid. My only quibble would be the track order. Opening with a nice upbeat rocker and following it with a piano ballad caused a little whiplash. Otherwise it's good songs, good musicianship and good vocals. The neo psychedelic track Mary Jane was the highlight for me. Dig it.

This is... fine. Harmless. Pleasant. Not changing my life in any way whatsoever. 1969 is a nice song.

It's alright, doesn't stand out massively from any other retro, garage rock though. They were really big at the time and I remember get free being everywhere for a while, I think that's the strongest song on the album and it's also the shortest which I think says something. It's an alright listen, not super consistent and not really remarkable, not sure it deserves a spot on the list honestly

Definitely digging this album. Punky, grungy vibe with a little Beatles sprinkled in. Love it!

28/04/2026 This was kind of a disappointment. For something I expected to like, I found it to be boring and samey. Shouldn't be on this list. Spotify listeners: 579.4k

Not that bad but ultimately mid.

Mediocre at best. Widely over hyped at the time, no idea why it's on this list.

Interesting little snapshot of the time it came out. It incorporates 90’s alternative and 00’s garage rock revival. I was only vaguely aware of this band but “Get Free” sounds familiar.

Like many others in the early 2000s, I believed the hype and bought Highly Evolved. Unfortunately this album has only one great song and one pretty good one, but the other ten are harmless and forgettable. Since it's Sunday, the sun is shining and I'm in a good mood, I'll round it to three stars.

it's fine

There's too much pop in this rock for my tastes. It's giving poser. It's not over polished, but it *is* overproduced. I like those last three tracks, would make an agreeable EP that still wouldn't fit my every day tastes. They made me relisten the project, though, and when I did I only got curious with the same ending tracks. I don't hate it but I'm also not impressed. 2.6/5

This album is at its best on the fast ferocious songs. Whilst the grunge influences are clear it’s all a little too polished, so comes across more Radish than Nirvana. The album is a strong debut and should have signalled a great career, but they stayed at the same level, bubbling slightly under. Songs like homesick, Factory and (the too long) 1969 don’t really work for me and come across too much like a group determined to let you know there’s more to them than being a new era grunge band, which is a shame, on this album at least as that is where it shines

I thought I had never heard of The Vines until I listened to “Get Free” - a song I had completely forgotten about, but which is a banger. I also didn’t mind “In the Jungle”, but the rest of the tracks just didn’t do anything for me and it all just became too shouty towards the end.

Unfortunately for The Vines, I always feel slightly disappointed they aren't The Hives whenever their name crops up. This was alright, though the high point for me was absolutely one of the big singles, Get Free (I was genuinely surprised to see it's not the most successful single in the UK, as it seems to have had more long term staying power than the other singles). Everything else, apart from the, slightly out of place, ska-tinged The Factory was pretty standard "big in the early 2000s" alt rock. Which meant I enjoyed it, but it's unlikely to be something I regularly return to because it didn't particularly stand out to me. Therefore this gets a perfectly pleasant: 3/5 (Amazon autoplayed The Hives immediately after I listened to this)

The whole first half of this album I was conflicted between giving this a 3 and a 4. Some bangers on here that I really enjoyed (Get Free, Highly Evolved, Outtathaway), followed by songs that were extremely whiny and grating and I had to skip. Ultimately, annoying > banger. (3)

A mix of generic late 90’s/early 00’s rock and generic British alt rock. You do get moments of fun. I also imagine “Get Free” was overplayed in sports highlight packages of the time.