Highly Evolved

The short title track is catchy and the production is slick enough for this to grab me. Autumn Shade drops the tempo down immediately but there's a grandeur to the riffing that I like. Clean transition into Outtathaway which leans more into the garage rock sound - but I don't dislike it. Good full sound, especially the low end. Get Free is the most energetic stuff so far. Overall we are alternating between heavier uptempo songs and sadboy 90s style rock. Factory is the most retro, surf rock inspired maybe? and the intro riff to In The Jungle sounds like some sort of weird dub cover of Don't Fear The Reaper. Maybe the latter part dragged a bit but it's all a fairly compelling - if jarring at times - combination.

Fun enough. ★★★

I liked the first track, but the rest of the album was just another early 2000’s forgettable rock album.

Album review 001 Highly Evolved by The Vines (2002) Rating 2/5. I remember being underwhelmed by this album back when it was first released, especially so with all the UK music press hype that was surrounding the band. Still not impressed 20+ years later; a couple of the slower tracks are ok but there’s very little on this album that makes me think I’ll be listening again in the coming 20 years.

It is fine. A little average for the times imo. 2.5/5

I remember this album being everywhere when it came out, has some great songs on it, shame they kept making the cobain comparison.

Solid alt rock album. I did laugh at reading that this band was compared to Nirvana, when they just sounded like every other alt rock band from the late ‘90s to early ‘00s. Still found it enjoyable enough. 3.25 / 5

Decent opening track. Mary Jane is too long, has a sort of Beatles sound to it (maybe it's just the subject). Some good hype video tracks. Slow stuff is meh.

Of all the "The" 2000s indie bands, this one does stand out slightly. It's nowhere near mind blowing, but I still enjoyed this a great deal more than a lot of the other generic indie rock that was coming out around the same time.

more alternative rock music today. this debut album comes out with... yeah, definitely a bang, but also a wail and a screech. i wanna say it's like.... psychedelic grunge. ideally this is a good example of the kind of alternative, yet accessible and mainstream rock music that blasted through your older brother's stereo in his room while he chugged some soda and played some halo. it's very moody and almost... adolescent in sound. many listeners, me included can easily hear the musical inspirations that these guys have, and to me it hinders the album a little bit. the songs are great, but sometimes the way that they perform it makes me thing... is this their sound, or is this the kind of sound they crafted just to get popular? regardless of what's right, the album has a cool, swaggering rock sound.

First time hearing this. I read this was a 60s garage rock inspired band, but I hardly heard anything like that. It was more like a generic late 90s/early 2000s alternative band. The music never really caught me. The singing was whiny. I'm not gonna be checking this out again.

The title song and "Get Free" are two of the best early 2000's jams! Great grooves with high energy. "Get Free" has over 100M listens, legit hit. I was jazzed when it popped up. Never would have thought of them for a T1001 album nominee. I didn't think a lot of folks appreciated their sound so it's nice to see. "Autumn Shade" has some stellar guitar work and bit of Radiohead influence. "Outtathaway" is the second most listened to track on the album and has some original vocal layers, and yells. "Homesick" has some 80's hair metal ballad guitar chops built in. "Factory" is a fun track, has a Beatles flair to it. "Mary Jane" is a nice sing-a-long. "Ain't No Room" is another bonafide groove! "1969" rocks hard! Top 1001? Not sure about that but I thoroughly enjoyed it. 3.5 stars!

I wouldn’t call this Highly Evolved but Decently Executed or Perfectly Enjoyable. I don’t think I could pick them out of a lineup because they sound like a lot of other things. However, they were absolutely fine.

I really like this band. I get them mixed up with a lot of other bands though. I think if I listen to this a few times, it would get a four stars. Right now I’ll give it a robust three.

I really enjoyed this record. Didn't rise to the level of Supergrass (in my book), but the songs and riffs were great, as were the vocals. Solid pop/rock. I read a review that kept making Nirvana inferences, which I totally did not get at all.

I really don't understand why this was included on this list. Paint-by-numbers rock. Had this come out this year, I would have accused it of being AI. I always got these guys and the Hives confused whenever I cared enough to even give them any thought.

Album is alright. Another included on the list because of 1 hit song. 3/5 Probably won’t listen again

This feels like the early 2000s. Enjoyed it.

Get Free is the only real hit from the album. It wasn't bad overall, just didn't stand out for its genre imo.

Fuck this haha Homesick wasn't good but get free is such an annoying song right from the start, it's trash I can't believe it's supposedly one of their best, god! Outtathaway might have been the best one. When the singer screams it gives it at least some kind of energy. There's some classic british pop music influences in this. But every good idea they had came out sounding like dollar store the offspring or some shit. It sounds corny (not that the offspring dosent sound fucking corny haha.) I'd get why someone would like this, it sounds like good songs by other band by moments. In the background it's probably fine, but a whole album is alot! Mary jane is trash sounds like oasis Aint no room was ok

Loved it, great times, thx!

Going with 4 stars because I like the energy, that it reminds me of college, and they're Aussies.

it's ok, but a bit too derivative

Diet Strokes.

I remember when this came out, it didn’t grab me then, and it still doesn’t now. The sound itself is solid, but the scream-yelling vocals just kill it for me. It’s got potential buried in there, but it never fully clicks for me.

nah

Adequate.

It's brit-popish but rough around the edges. It's fine, I like it, not love it though

The screaming vets obnoxious after a while

Whoever called this Garage Rock for Britpop fans was onto something. I mean, it's literally Oasis but a little more Garage-y. That being said, I like Britpop, so it's fine. It's not a massively groundbreaking album (again, basically Oasis), but for what it's worth it's a pretty enjoyable album.

Exactly the kind of album I love to be surprised with on here. Surprised I've never heard of these guys before! They lost me at 'The Factory' - they really didn't need to try reggae - but that was a blip on an otherwise v fun and enjoyable album

Just some Australian dudes making loud alt-rock. Unfortunately, though it has the loud guitars, it lacks the special sauce that characterizes the genre's best bands. As a matter of fact, I found it aggressively boring. I could do just as well to forget about this album as listen to it.

nothing special but ok

1. Highly Evolved - 5 There are things I like and don't like on the track. Lyrics are good, bass is great, drums are superb, guitar sound is excellent. Background screaming is awful and the lead vocals waning out isn't a great sound. 2. Autumn Shade - 5 Instrumentally it's good but lyrically it's pretty poor. The instruments are given an brilliant amount of space on the end of the track to play out a lovely sound. 3. Outtathaway - 6 Vocally it's horrible, lyrically it's good, insturmentally it's absolutely brilliant. The screaming signing type is a style of music I absolutely have no care for, which is exactly what's preventing this track from going from a 6 to a 10. 4. Sunshinin - 3 Instrumentally it doesn't sound as good as there's a lot of noise at the end of the track. Vocally and lyrically it's pretty unimpressive. 5. Homesick - 3 It's just not a very well written track. Instrumentally it's good and the guitar solo in the bridge is awesome, but everything else about the track is either annoying or just unpleasant. 6. Get Free - 8 Great sound. Vocally it's unpleasant in small bursts but it's not bad overall and it's an amazing rock sound. Drums and riffs are defintiely the highlight. 7. Country Yard - 2 It builds well but the opening two and a half minutes are horribly painful vocals to listen to. Really unpleasant track overall. 8. Factory - 2 The guitar solo in the bridge is the only enjoyable part of this track. 9. In The Jungle - 1 It's just very vocally unpleasant. Instrumentally it gets a lot better as the track goes on but you suffer through so much just to get to that point it doesn't feel worth it. 10. Mary Jane - 9 The best thing on the album not because it's vocally enjoyable but because it's a superb collection of instruments and sound. The screaming horror of previous tracks and non-existent here and you're left with this 60s/70s rock sound that's superbly pleasant. Lyrically it's a bit repetitive but it's still a good track overall. The bridge into the outro is absolutely excellent. 11. Ain't No Room - 4 Instrumentally it's very good, especially between the verses and choruses with the guitars and the pace of the drums. Lyrically it's okay. Vocally it sounds horrendous, especially in the choruses and even more so in the absolute car crash sounding outro. 12. 1969 - 2 Instrumentally it's good but that's the only enjoyable part of the track. The vocals, which descend into screaming at times, are some of the worst on the entire album. Awful sound. Average Rating: 4.17 Adjusted to 5-Point Scale: 2.08 Rounded Down: 2 Stars

Not bad. Get Free is a banger, the rest was a little forgettable.

Like that Guitar sounds

If Weezer & Silverchair tried to make a psychedelic Nirvana album but forgot to listen to Nirvana & listened to surfer punk instead. It's not that it's bad, it's damn good in fact. I just fear that it's forgettable.

A decent representation of the reemerging of the 'garage rock sound' I just think that some of the Seattle bands were doing it better.

Favorite Track: 1969

Hey, they're Australian, that's an interesting characteristic There aren't enough interesting characteristics about the music so all I can do is make surface-level observations Apparently everyone compares them to Nirvana, which I didn't expect, it's not something I really intuitively pick up on, it feels like there's something naturally exciting about Nirvana's sound that isn't here If this were the original Nirvana there wouldn't be a second coming. Or maybe there would I've been confused by the hype around things before

Meh, it was ok like

Decent..

Best Track - "Outtathaway"

Its like a mix of screaming and Oasis without much else.

I was expecting to like the whole thing more. Get Free, Outtatheway and 1969 were all solid, but the rest didn't do much for me. Hopefully this means The Hives got in.

So very 2000's. Good but it doesn't stir anything in me.

This album was really good, but ultimately not that memorable. It’s and interesting mix between indie and dare I say, the remnants of grunge. With a bunch of other styles and influences mixed in as well for good measure. I enjoyed it, but it just didn’t have any staying power for me.

Glad I gave it another chance

Patchy, some really good interesting tracks others not so. I liked Highly Evolved Factory 1969

The singles are still bangers, the rest... i think age has caught up. I'd love to say 3.5, but i'm going 3 for now...

Decent album. Maybe a bit much screaming at times. My favourite was Mary Jane.

Oasis of they were punk oriented (not as good as it sounds in my opinion) but still alright.

An old staple. I dug listening to this again today.

An enjoyable but not groundbreaking 00s alt rock example.

cabilla

I liked it, it was rockin. Pretty enjoyable to play at work.

it's fine, but the inclusion on the list is unjustified.

Pretty good, kind of average start, builds up to the classic “get free” then falls away for me

Not. For. Me.

A good garage rock album; nothing crazy.

Loved this! Pure rock energy.

Get Free is very good, but otherwise - well, we all have our albums we love not because they are great, but because they came out when we were 16. Alas I was grown when this came out. It's a 2 from me.

Sounds very uninspired. Didn't like it.

I bought this cd back in the day. I don't remember any of these songs except Get Free. Not bad but obviously has not stood the test of time.

The cover looks like AI to me for some reason. Maybe it's the font. I didn't enjoy this one, everything was too loud and didn't sound great. The start of Aint No Room reminded me a lot of One Hundred Years by the Cure.

It was fine

Was a big fan of this back in the day, still pretty good.

They DO sound a lot like Nirvana, but, you know .... about 12 years after Nirvana.

There was some good stuff here. I didn't stand out as unique to me but I enjoyed it.

Best Song: Get Free When I started this project, it was discover albums like this. I had not heard of The Vines and loved this. It has some 90s grunge vibes, with strong Stone Temple Pilots influence. 5/5.

I don’t get what’s special about it. It has a few good songs but nothing that jumped out at me

Suenan muy grunge casi siempre, me gustan más de psicodélicos. No están mal

Not in my edition of the book! 2002. 3 stars. Rather good Aussie garage rock. Starts off shouty and then reveals some decent vocals and tunes. Missing standout songs though.

Not bad

Genres will naturally expand, evolve, and become something different from the original creation, a phenomenon witnessed across the entire spectrum of music. A progression that is sometimes natural, but often derivative, cashing in on the trend. Take a look at genres that blew up over the years, and you find this phenomenon occurring across the board. Whether it's hard bop, rebel country, death metal, black metal, or grunge, you can find derivative music that is mostly parts of something else, something worse, the perpetuation of a trend, or bands breaking out with truly unique sounds that capture the entire world. Vine, I am certain that much to their own satisfaction, was called the next Nirvana, or perhaps a resurrected Nirvana, laughable at best. How does one consider a band like the Vines as being out of the ashes of Nirvana? Vines: Highly Evolved is just that —a highly evolved distillation of first-wave American Grunge with Britpop added to the mix, featuring an abundance of "yeah, yeah, yeah" and "oh, oh, oh," along with highly repetitive guitar work and one track that sounds like a smooth brain version of the Clash. Highly Evolved is, if anything, highly manufactured music with pristine production and influence from every song they liked as a child, shoehorned into 43 minutes of unmemorable distillation from far more creative minds. 2002 held some incredible releases, but Highly Derivative is not one of them. A record where the correct music journalists wrote down the correct things to help establish a band that had zero business at that level, demonstrating quite clearly that when the correct keyboard and pen say the correct things, you will find success because you are being arbitrarily pushed to the top. You get the most Nirvana-sounding track on the radio, and the rest is history, obviously. Here we are, twenty-three years later, discussing an album that belongs in Walmart bargain bins. I suggest two records off the top of my head that would be fine substitutes for the Vines album, or a cleansing of the ears through listening to something that holds your interest and is unique. Sonic Youth - Murray St.: Seems sensible to listen to a brilliant return to form and a progenitor of grunge itself. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights: Completely original and unique, and also imitated to no end.

I’ve had a terrible run of albums. This album is good. Is it 4 stars good? Maybe, maybe not, but I’m so glad that it has broken up the bullshit run I’ve had.

I can easily see how this would be a critic's darling type record. It's very reminiscent of the '90's grunge explosion with less originality. I think they locked the band into a room and told them they couldn't come out until they came up with Son-Of-Nevermind". They did an ok job of it. The biggest problem for me is... I don't LOVE Nevermind the way many do.

Flashbacks to 2001 or whatever. I forgot I used to listen to that Factory song all of the time. I’m so old now.

Reminds me of STP. Definitely worth another spin, if you like 90s grunge give this album a listen.

**An ok album, too much screaming vocals and banging instruments

An interesting blend of britpop and some garage punk music. I liked it.

Strong start but became pretty mid by the end

The UK: We have Nirvana at home It's fine though

Ok ish but not a great album, certainly wouldn’t put it into the top 1000

Very listenable album difficult to place without research. No problem listening right through. Nice arrangement and production. Good variety of songs and yet hangs together well. Not sure if it's a high 2 or a low 3 as there are few real highlights. My kind of stuff and good contributions from whole band so edges a 3.

Fine. I remember this album from back when it first released. It was nothing special then. Kind of a meh shrug why it’s on this list. Worth listening to if you want to do a deep dive into early ‘00s rock, but otherwise unimpressive.

Eh. Pretty decent example of that garage rock revival, but nothing special really. Fine.

I remember The Vines! I dug this.

Not bad lads, but if you want better osier stuff, get Jet.

In the USA, we're not so much anymore.

highly evolved- 5 autumn shade- 5 outtatheway- 5 sunshinin- 5 homesick- 5 get free- 5 country yard- 4 or 5 factory- 5 enough hardly registered music was playing

I remember it well - or so I thought. Actually remember the radio play for the singles and the hype around this being nu-grunge or whatever - the spirit of Nirvana - but not having the substance to really back that up. Doesn't feel like an album that has a thread, more the exciting promise of a style that came and went so quickly like many bands and genres during the early noughties

I’ve long loved this record and was excited to see it on the list. What a ride to listen to it again after so much time!

Cool, nothing special. I like this genre but this album seems like it does more copying than creating. Still sonically sound so 7/10

Good record, Had a few moments here and there that perked my ear a bit. Idk if I will revisit this or not, because it doesn't really fill my taste for the kind of alt rock I enjoy.

It clicks all the boxes for a well made alt rock album. However, it doesn’t do anything emotionally for me. It’s the equivalent of a white rice and unbreaded chicken dinner. It will feed you but it’s very bland.

Australian Stone Temple Pilots. Just not as good as STP.

Aged without grace.

Nirvana is what I thought. A 3. Some are really good though.

Very bread and butter 2000’s indie

This wasn't bad, but nothing stood out to me as being particularly special.

Solid piece of rock. Pretty much right up my alley.

Simply dreadful. Why is there an afrobeat reggae song in here?

kinda fun

extremely mediocre indie rock. irritated me

Fascinating

The Vines hit it big in the momentary zeitgeist that fortuitously swung their direction. Aside from that, there's not much here.

Fun, varied but ultimately fairly derivative

Unremarkable but not a 2 on my scale ———————————— My non-musician scoring system. 5 - Love it. Would play anytime, buy, see live… 4 - Good music. 3 - Average playlist. Depends on time and setting. 2 - I can’t listen to songs…skipped all of them 1 - No.

I was a big fan of Highly Evolved, Get Free and Factory. Are they a little generic garage band indie alt rock? Sure, but I enjoyed them and would go back and listen. Are they life altering or did they change music forever, no probably not. But they are good to listen to and I will listen to them again.

Screamy and Guitary. It's pretty rockin. Outtathaway, Get Free, and Factory are my favorites. Has it's moments but overall it didn't wow me.

This felt a little too sparse and soft to be compared to Nirvana, though I can hear it in the vocals sometimes. But it was pretty good in its own right. I liked Get Free and Factory a lot. And they really rocked it out in 1969.

Meh

5/10 Fine to middling. But what the hell were the British music press on about? If you think that this in anyway represented a new Nirvana, you don't get music as an art form. It's not something like Lego where you can follow some instructions and build your nice little rock album and expect it to have a soul. Jeez. The NME was bloomin desperate back then (anyone remember Terris!?) and anyone who wrote for it then andgot on the hype wagon for The Vines should be ashamed. Also, sorry peeps, but anyone claiming there were great other Australian rock bands at the time is also wrong. They all sucked. Problem was not many proper bands toured there, so they had some amazing tribute groups. But a tribute ain't the same and something gets lost that results in soulless band ls like athe Vines. All that said, it is guitar rock and I have some indie-club nostalgia for it. But it ain't a great album and no-one needs to hear it.

Yeah this is some goof stuff and kinda surprised never heard it.

weird mix of different rock genres from the 90s in one album, songs switch to different styles often

Fun album, not much else to say.

Was jamming to this hard, I just like how the instruments sound. Favourite Song: In the Jungle Honourable Mention: Highly Evolved, Sunshinin

i enjoyed it, a solid 3. falls short of a 4

It Waa fine. They clearly liked Oasis

Kinda grungy, but not grungy enough It’s just okay - nothing notable. I don’t like saying that for so many albums. I’d like to think I have something more to say about it, but I’ve got nothing. As I’ve said before and will say again, that’s probably more on me than the music. 2.5

Zo'n album dat je vier keer draait omdat je na afloop telkens weer denkt: euhm ja, wat vind ik hier nou van, want wat heb ik eigenlijk gehoord? Leuke indiepop, maar zo'n bandje dat je op een festival (als ik daar zou komen) een keer zou horen, en na leuk meedeinen ter plekke weer zou vergeten.

Het internet en het boek vergelijken The Vines met Nirvana. Daarmee wordt deze band wel wat overschat. Het niveau van Nevermind wordt bij lange na niet gehaald. Tegelijk is het een onderschatting. The Vines laten horen dat zij van meerdere markten thuis zijn. Niet dat Nirvana maar één soort muziek maakt. Maar de nummers naast hun meest bekende hokje zijn een stuk minder goed. In Utero ontving van mij zelfs 1 ster. The Vines zijn duidelijk meer all-round. Ergens is dat wel prettig. Een grunge nummer kan ik best pruimen, maar een heel album is vaak wel veel van het goede. De afwisseling van The Vines help mij makkelijk door het album te komen. 3,5 ster

De naam komt me ergens bekend voor, maar ik herken vooralsnog geen hitje van the Vines. Ik lees op de wiki dat ze vergeleken werden met Nirvana, en ik begrijp die vergelijking wel. Er zitten zeker een aantal Nirvana-achtige nummers bij. Aan de andere kant herken ik er ook Silverchair in, eveneens uit Australie, of de garagepunk van the Hives. De zanger luisterde veel naar the Beatles schijnbaar en ook dat horen we af en toe terug. Ik vind het makkelijk wegluisteren, er zitten wat rustigere nummers tussen en wat stevigere songs. Prima afwisseling. Uiteindelijk is dit gewoon een product van zijn tijd, de 90s en de early 00s. En die tijd kan ik over het algemeen goed hebben, mits het een beetje in de hoek van de gitaarmuziek zit. Niet alle muziekstijlen uit die periode zijn goed helaas. Ik herken er alleen dus geen hitje van en dan verbleekt het ietwat tov de tijdgenoten. Er is niks mis mee, maar er is ook niets wat me pakt. 3+

Perfectly fine !

Pretty good

Shades of Nirvana mixed with garage rock. It was pretty good.

I think Get Free was a song in one of the older NHL games so I know that song really well. This was a fun album that’s up my alley in terms of energy and vibes. I’ll probably revisit this album but at the same time it doesn’t really stand out to me. I think as a whole it’s a very well put together collection of songs, just something about it doesn’t leave it memorable.

When I think of the Vines I’m thinking, ok here we go, high octane rock. One song after another, just barely a pause. And would I like it? I’ve heard them before. Well, I’m punched in the mouth all of a sudden by Autumn Shade. What? A somewhat mellow song from their category? This sounds more like Jet and I think I like it. The next song is back up to a somewhat normal tempo for them but it’s a good, somewhat different sounding song than what I expected as well. I don’t care to spell the song out for you because it’s like 3 words jumbled together. Oh and “Home Sick” really mellows out as well. These guys are more like Jet than just pure guitar driven. If you don’t know who Jet are, think, a less polished Oasis. If you don’t know who Oasis are, think , a modern rock version of the Beatles. If you don’t know who the Beatles are, why are you even here??? I was mislead by previous run ins with these guys. And who knows, maybe it wasn’t the Vines that I was listening to. Maybe it was the Hives? Either way, this is a great album in a way that I didn’t even think I would really like it and I didn’t think they could produce enough songs that don’t sound like each other. This may be my first 5 star album that I probably won’t return to but I do what to listen to more from them out of curiosity . Bravo The Vines, Bravo Or Cheerio The Vines, cheerio as I’m assuming that they are British. Choice cut: Autumn Shade

Back to back 2000s garage rock for me but this one doesn’t hold a candle to the white stripes. There was nothing to great on this album and I could see why there was only one hit single.

Perfectly solid garage rock album. Fun cross between grunge and pop rock that has its share of ups and downs, but manages to remain engaging enjoyable enough. Top tracks: Get Free, In The Jungle, 1969

This is so generic and uninspiring. Give me duck stab over this any day of the week.

Ok. I didnt find it special enough to be on this list. Get Free. Good song. Really liked In the Jungle

Very similar to Nirvana Very melodically focused

Meh. I liked one or two songs but the rest fell kind of flat. Too much repetition on a couple of tracks (sounded like they just needed to fill time) and an incredibly grating voice didn’t help. While I can definitely hear the Nirvana influence, calling this band “the next Nirvana” is suchhhh a reach.

I think this is on the higher three, lower four side. It’s really solid effort from an interesting group, I don’t know if it really reaches the peaks, but I was hoping for. The first half of this album is really solid, seems to drag towards the end. But I’m interested in listening to more of the popular songs and give them more of a chance.

Great album!

Kind of a high energy Brit-pop, and grungier. I've never heard it before but it was a good listen today. So far maybe 4 star?

2 stars.

I’m a basic B when it came to listening to this one. Both of the songs I grabbed for my playlist were on Spotifys most streamed list for the artist. Outside of those 2-3 songs, there was nothing special to me and I likely won’t revisit/am not interested in the rest of their discography.

Австралийский гаражик на стыке двух разных формаций рок-музыки. Больше работает, чем нет, хотя я ожидал чего-то уж совсем беззубого, так что на фоне таких ожиданий всё что угодно будет недурным.

Nothing spectacular or particularly memorable.

This sounded a lot more like Nirvana than I expected. Which put me off.

Not aged well. Struggling to remember what all the hype was about. YOu might as well listen to Nevermind.

Well, this was definitely a flashback to early 2000s mainstream alternative rock. If I had to break it down, they take the 60s garage rock sound, mix it with modern neo-psychedelia, and throw in the raw edge of 90s grunge. It definitely has some fun pop hooks, and if you were listening to music during the early 2000s, you’ll probably recognize a few tracks from the past. It’s nothing too extraordinary, and I personally wouldn’t add it to any top albums list, but if you take it at face value, it’s fun for what it is.

First listen, decent enough album.

Sounded like Alice in Chains light

Fun listen on an afternoon run

Not what I'm into.

its fine. get free is a great song. a lot of the rest is forgettable. Def not something you "have" to hear

Maybe this was a decent sound at the time. But it sounds pretty generic and dull now.

This is about the most basic early-2000's rock I have ever heard, a real dud choice for this list. However, as a reprieve from the endless US and UK bands, these guys are actually Australian, although you can't tell. Another album I could have gone to my grave without hearing while still feeling like my life had been as rich as it could be. Two stars, and that's generous as they didn't actually offend me.

Not bad, but nothing groundbreaking. Stuff one heard from a gazillion bands during that time.

Не чув раніше. По відчуттям альбом не дуже сильно постарів. Відчувається як ок суміш гранжового вокалу (щось середнє між Куртом та Лейном) з гаражним роком. В мене загальне враження "що тут цей альбом робить?", але й треба визнати, що декілька непоганих хітів тут є.

Як на мене, це приклад музики яка залишилась у нульових. І тоді мені здавалось що це не надто вдалий клон нірвани (який, втім, не дратує). А зараз це просто звучить як "ок" гурт. Не знаю, важко ставити тут щось вище 3.

Not my cup of tea at all. Had to abandon listening.

Unremarkable but solid.

Typical mid-2000s alternative, but not bad. I was really only familiar with "Get Free" before this, which I liked, and the rest of the album was alright. Nothing really stood out for me, but I didn't hate it. Just kind of average. Not sure this needs to be on the list, but it was a fine listen. Nothing really groundbreaking. Just okay.

Different. Post-grunge, but still sounds grungy. Poppy, but not poppy enough for radio play. The whole album feels like what would happen if Nirvana, The Ramones, and The Beatles got together in a music making orgy and had a little record baby together. I don't necessarily like it, but I don't hate it. It's weird. My Rating: 3/5

Highly mediocre

Here, the Vines flip-flop between outright punk and a kind of soft alt-rock, somewhat lacking the energy of their most lauded contemporaries. Get Free is great. Sort of the punk version of You Really Got Me. ("Come here, come here, come here..." Awesome hook.) The opening track also jumps into the action with zero prelude – which I'm a big fan of. My favourite album opener of all time, Good Times Bad Times, does essentially the same thing. And Autumn Shade demonstrates that the band is (in fact!) capable of slower, more balladesque tempos. Which is more than can be said of most punk artists. Outtathaway has a focused, melodic guitar part that really steals the show. It also continues this up-and-down of energy/texture that I really love to see in albums. With the exception of the weaker Sunshinin, the entirety of side 1 does this. The album loses a lot of creative steam at around the halfway point – and judging by Spotify numbers, it seems like most listeners agree with me. Still, every track is solid in its own right, each featuring at least one hook, riff, or interesting sound of interest. Ain't No Room, which is by itself pretty forgettable ("Forget it now / Forget it then" really living up to its lyrics) but the brash guitar sound – particularly the feedback-heavy break in the middle – lifts it up to "good song" status. The album closer 1969 suffers from perhaps the worst production on the album, though it could have been a live performance. Very bombastic and stadium-rock-esque, with some tempo changes. It's also essentially a repeat of the track In The Jungle. (Seriously. The two tracks may as well be identical.) 3/5 Key tracks: Highly Evolved, Outtathaway, Get Free

It's a little bit over-styled in places; sounds a bit self-consciously constructed for a balls-to-the-wall guitar band album. But all in all its a hell of a good time. Of this particular moment, the Libertines have been and remain my favorite. With this album the Vines jump the Strokes, with Jet continuing to bring up the rear.

Fun album to listen to!

Of all the albums I've listened to, this is one of them. Not that there's anything particularly wrong with it.

uuuh de shit tönt guuuuet. mega chratzig und punchy. coole churze starter. autumn shade bitz limp bizkit ballade? ok nai viel besser. cute. outtathaway rechte banger er schreit ume aber die ander stimm isch chillig. und de refrain isch e reechti wand. spieled super mit de dynamik. cooli melodie vode giti. töned eh geil hässig. bin etz bi factory und han immerno spass au wenns sochli en komische mix us rock und ska isch. mary jane au herzig mit de leslie gitarre und denn de akustische arpeggios. cool. letste track siick passiert mega viel mit tempowechsel wunderbar verzerrte gitarre und so. love it. uuh und de bass am schluss vo 1969 wo no melodie spielt isch jo suuuuper. guets guets vieri. find ide mitti hets mi verlore aber verdammt guets album vonere rock band mit edge aber au me ohr für igängigi melodie.

ohhh highly evolved chunntmer mega bekannt vor aso d lieder sind bis jz definitiv nöd z lang, s passt aber no zude dynamische lieder han na spass, wenn au no nüt megaa blibe isch homesick chli langwilig GET FREE COOLS RIFF jöö country yard!! IN THE JUNGLE ghöri de nirvana verglich definitiv hahaha 1969 isch sehr en coole schluss zum album glaub wird es 4i, di schnellere lieder hemmer scho besser gfalle aber allgemein sind d lieder meistens spannend blibe

I bought this record when it came out, just because I loved the cover, but I ended up falling in love with The Vines. I still love it, but I don't really get why it's on the list to be honest, hah.

As a stand alone album - maybe a 3. But I question why its here, among 1000 other albums touted as the GOATs.

Very much an early 2000s alt rock feel to the whole album. Nothing wrong with it and some songs i really enjoyed. I just feel like I have heard this done better by other bands from the same era.

Fun, energetic rock with a get in, get out attitude to songwriting. The tracks are short, there isn't a lot of needless jamming, and the band's performances are tight. They dip into punk, Britpop, and Beatles 60s throwback pop. Lead singer Craig Nicholls yells and shouts with a punk snarl. I mostly heard references to other bands (including a pretty direct quote of Blue Öyster Cult’s “Don’t Fear the Reaper” on “In the Jungle”) not so much a distinct or original style, but the lads have spunk and energy. I’ll give them that.

This album is just alright to me. It's a modern hard rock slightly punky sound that grabs from other great bands of those genres, but the combination just doesn't do enough. "Get Free" is a great tune but is somehow pretty forgettable. Once it's over, I don't remember much about it... but then when I hear the song again I'm like "hell yea". 2/5

You ever notice that nobody asks what ever happened to The Vines? Because even when the garage rock revival was a big deal The Vines were mediocre and bland. This album is a great example of that. This album sounds like a sophomore slump but it’s their debut album. The ballads are dull and the “rock” songs are also dull. If this came out today people would wonder if it’s an AI band because it sounds soulless and generic.

Good. Some interesting chord progression. Very good vocal techniques? I think he can easily do 1-2 keys higher. But he chose not to. When it gets higher, he used grits and head voice. Not my favourite but it works for this genre I guess.

this was fun to listen to. i think most of all, i walked away from this album really missing that garage rock sound. it also reminded me so much of Jet, which I absolutely love their album 'Get Born'. all in all, this was fun to listen to and fairly nostalgic in terms of their sound, but something i probably wouldn't keep listening to

I’m always a sucker for that early 2000s rock sound, it has to be the nostalgia factor that wins out when I’m listening to something from that era. There were a couple standout tracks, but I was grooving the whole time. I know a couple other songs from The Vines but I’m excited to explore their deeper cuts.

I feel like I should like this album more than I do. It just feels really empty to me. Like it has no soul. It's like a corporate version of Nirvana. I'm probably being too harsh, and I'm sure these guys really put in a big effort here, but it's just not coming through for me.

This was an ok album. Reading the Wikipedia description comparing them to nirvana is crazy because I wouldn’t have made that comparison on my own. But it was solid alt rock. I didn’t mind.

The album is easy to forget. Nice when played in the background

Aika synkkä (siihen nähden ainakin että kansi näyttää muumikuvitukselta). Vähän liian meluisa, en meinaa kuulla biisejä vyöryn alta. Mut ujosti kiinnostaa. 2,5?

Liked it more than I thought I would. Good tracks.

Oh my god I hate this.

This band got lost for me among The Hives, The Thrills, The Kills, and The Chills. All bands that hit at the same time and have vaguely similar sounds. But listening to this is isolation helped me hear its distinct qualities. Really enjoyed the listen.

I enjoyed this as a one-off listen, but probably won't return to it. My favorite off this project that I might return to was "Homesick," really beautiful track.

Okay. Sounds like a mixture of other bands, not always in a terrible way.

A shit version of the Stereophonics. Plus some unnecessary shouting.

It's alright. Nothing special. A 5/10.

Decent enough to listen to but nothing write home about. Bang average I’d say

I remember liking this when it first came out but quickly forgot it. It's fine, surprised it's on here

Not the worst album so far but arguably the least deserving of a place on this list. I still really like get free but other than that it's all just completely unremarkable.

Interesting British alt rock with an alternate singer....but It's nothing special, dunno why it made the list of the best 1001.

Fun.

This was a cool Little Rock and roll record. Never heard of them, but I like me it. Good stuff.

Good punk rock band. Not enough variation for me, though.

This album fucking rocks. I don't know how I've been sleeping on this.

I really kept waiting for the "Next Nirvana" part to show up, but it wasn't even Nirvana on Temu

It wasn’t bad, just not my taste

Heavy, and angsty but happy(?) A solid album to listen to when you really need to be mad but don't want to be too overbearing. You can be mad and still relatively jolly with this albumヽ⁠(⁠*ﾟ⁠ｰﾟ⁠*⁠)⁠ﾉ

OK

little too much screamo. a couple good tracks

Sounds like Nirvana, but not as good.

Man I thought this album was SO COOL in high school. I remember going back and getting really into them because they sounded like Nirvana but they were australian and one of their songs was in a weebl's stuff cartoon (get free I think). I still do love this album, it's a lot of fun and a clear take on trying to redo Nirvana/ sound like Oasis maybe? Highly evolved, Outtathaway and Get Free rule, everything else other than Mary Jane is great. Homesick has a week start and then turns into a great song.

There were some real highlights in this album even though they really sounded similar to many of the other bands during this time. I thought I was listening to Oasis at points. I will say this band had more versatility across the record than other bands during this time. They can go from screamy, shrieky heavy rock to more melodic softer acoustic/synthy songs really well. Homesick was a highlight of the album for me. The opening track was also a really strong starter. Least favorite song might've been Get Free. I'm giving this a light 4

I thought a couple songs were pretty good, but toward the end if felt like every song was falling into the same boring screaming and drawn out uninspired guitar pieces that tends to bother me about a lot of punk.

2.5

Good stuff. There is a hint of Nirvana and maybe Stone Temple Pilots in their sound but they have created their own sound.

I really enjoyed many of the songs on this record. In fact I own a physical copy. Get Free is a song that I still listen quite a bit today. For a 20 year plus old album, it still sounds as fresh as when it came out.

A perfectly competent rock album from a 200X band called The XXXX. Prob could be four starts, but realistically there's so many similar albums from this period that I have nostalgia for that I'll prob never put this on again.

Better than I thought, proper xfm band

the music on this record is good but its probably mostly a symbol as to just how fickle the longevity of the extremely short lived garage rock revival was. my copy of the book doesnt have this one, which makes it pretty obvious that it was in maybe one or two editions closer to when it came out and was quickly swapped out once history started setting in. ig its a bit like that libertines record i got a while ago, tho i think i might like this one better just by virtue of the fact that its tighter and more diverse which makes it a bit less exhausting...u get to hear the trendy strokes worship swirled with some mccartney-aspiring pianos right next to some punky aggressive tracks with that acid-tinged grungy lead vocal. a littleee in one ear and out the other, Is This It is an album that seems rly easy to replicate until u actually try, but its a worthy effort i think!!! totally pleasant slab of wax

3/5

Nirvana? Come on

bit of nothing, can't all be bangers!

Outside of the one big hit on there it's a really underwhelming album. I'm sure it was great in 2002 but I don't think I needed to listen to it now, it was fine.

This is just fine, doesn't seem that different from a lot of other stuff in the world. Don't get how it could be considered one of the best albums ever.

Some really great sections in songs but a lot of forgettable parts. Did like the closer 1969

Cool indie album. I like that they can play soft in a kinda alt rock style, or they can ramp up the intensity and sound punk-esque. The slowed down songs have some nice melodies while the faster ones can really rock out. Favorites: Autumn Shades, Country Yard, Factory

This is an incredibly weird one, and I think my first real instance of 'why's *this* here?' - if you want slightly schlubby pub-rock garage from this era, then do Wolfmother or Jet, both of whom have albums I would have enjoyed listening to more than this.

Very samey. Homesick best track

Uneven. Inconsistent. Peaks and valleys aplenty. "Highly Evolved" indicates a lifeform that's undergone a substantial amount of mutation, and that seems about right for this mess.

Kinda shouty and annoying for my taste.

Nirvana and Radiohead influences are undeniable. Very good album though, would listen again.

I was really into the garage revival of this period, and The Vines were not of any interest to me (and still aren't). They would show up in video game soundtracks and whatnot, but I don't know anyone who was into them, never heard them at bars, etc. So many better examples of this genre.

A lesser version of VU, pretending to be a lesser version of Nirvana, presaging being a lesser version of the White Stripes. Don’t see how this is anyone’s essential listening

There’s something about early 2000s rock that is I fulfilling. When it’s on, it’s pretty good but I’m left feeling empty and hungry after 15 mins. Reading that they have been compared to nirvana annoys me- he is defnitwy trying to channel scott weiland or Kurt but comes across as a bad impression.

Unremarkable guitar rock.

I prefer their next album. Same energy but better songs

Pretty solid early 2000’s alt-rock! Nothing totally remarkable, but very good listen!

They're alright. I was totally unfamiliar. Nirvana knockoff. Not terrible, but not required listening. Best Songs Homesick Country Yard Mary Jane

When I was younger (younger than I was when this came out), I'm sure I'd have loved it. Now, it positively reeks of stereotypical "landfill indie" to me.

Boring average

4/10

Standard early noughties garage rock album, with lead vocals from a guy that clearly only owned Nirvana albums. The singles, with the exception of Homesick, which is naff, are the best songs here. A pretty mid 3.

Мръсен топ

Good stuff. The Vines are to Nirvana what Jet is to The Vines.

The only song I knew from this project prior to listening was Get Free and that one is still good. I liked this but it seemed somewhat derivative. Like 1969 kinda just sounds like indie rock Comfortably Numb. And most of this sounds like The Hives. I like it but it’s nothing revolutionary.

Nirvana meets Strokes

Ei ihmeempää jäänyt käteen. Kitaraa ja bändimeininkiä.

Btec nirvana

Not bad, just a middle of the road, forgettable album, that doesn't really hold that much of an inpact or importance.

did not need to hear this before i die and don’t you dare compare it to nirvana…yawn

60's reincarnated...sounded a lot like (good) Beatles stuff

A relic of a garage revival longing to return.

Good singles, dull fillers.

Not bad

Nothing special and also kinda annoying.

A lot of 2000s angst here. 5/10

Better than just the one hit - but not sure it’s good enough for the top 1000

oh no someone dropped Oasis and left it outside for a couple days 😞

My era of music. I was there when it was all about whether or not you were a fan of the vines or the hives. Both are good :) 4/5

At times fun and energetic, at times annoying. Overall pretty good

4-

I'm a big fan of 00's indie and was happy to see the first such album pop up here... but this isn't the one. Lead singer has a good scream and the single is okay, but ultimately this feels very digital and manufactured. Starts off sounding like a commercial attempt at cashing in on a genre that was exploding at the time, and ends feeling like songs from a fictional teen movie about an indie band.

2 stars - there were so many more interesting bands out of the 2000s garage revival. This was not one. This is very generic and overall boring. I couldn't finish the thing.

Sounds like a Colin Furze video. Mary Jane was good!

In a nutshell: lightning in a bottle. Highly Evolved is likeable garage rock. I remember buying the CD when it came out and loved the droning swampiness of the guitar. It's only in the book because the UK press gushed over it just as The Strokes and The Hives were taking off. It reached platinum in Australia and won an ARIA… But speaking as an Aussie elder millennial who straddled the airwaves of youth radio and commercial radio for decades, I don’t believe this is the best example of indie rock from that era. Many Australian music aficionados wouldn't rate this in their top 10 Australian rock albums from the 2000’s. Instead of listening to Highly Evolved, I encourage you to find albums by artists that gave The Vines a leg up: You Am I (Hi Fi Way and Hourly Daily), The Living End (self titled) and Grinspoon (Guide to Better Living and New Detention). Overall: 3/10

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Mediocre Britpop. Sometimes likeable Alternative Rock parts sometimes annoying screamo vocals. Overall good guitar and drum work.

As someone who's quite a big fan of the garage rock revival sound, I was a little disappointed by this. Certainly not bad by any means but I didn't find much here which i felt stood out.

Absolute landfill swill. Music to advertise your mild spec, affordable, small, 'youthful' hatchback to. Must have been a slow day round at Robert Dimery's gaff when he decided to put this on the list 😅

++: Sunshinin +: Country Yard, Mary Jane, Ain't No Room, 1969 +-: Highly Evolved, Outtathaway, Get Free, Factory, In the Jungle -: Autumn Shade, Homesick 4,2/10

Piola, una onda medio rara mezcla de nirvana con algo mas

Catchy garage rock, and definitely better than a lot of albums on this list, but there’s something missing. It sounds like the band was trying to make music to fit the genre, rather than making something original.

not my thing. 2/5

Genau mein Geschmack!

Didn't like.

Even worse than The Strokes. The obvious intentional derivative posturing is like at like AI levels.

Solid Rock Album

3 out of 5. I remembered one song from the radio but it took a while, which kind of speaks to the rest of the albumfor me. It felt bland and the psychedelia at the end dragged on a little too long.

Fatigued

Nicht schlecht aber nicht wirklich besonders. Sehr nirvana inspiriert. Würde mich nicht beschweren es nochmal zu hören, aber würde es nicht aktiv an machen 3/5

Not great… did listen and gave it a fair shot. Not for me.

This is a 3.5er for me, and a pleasant surprise. It felt like any of these songs could have been on the OC soundtrack and generally I'm here for it

Zero interest in this shit

I thought they were gonna be a britpop ripoff but turns out they’re a grunge ripoff. Or at least heavily inspired but they sound good (low) 4/5

I may be the only person on the planet who has an opinion on this, but I actually prefer their follow-up, 2004's Winning Days. Still, a pretty damn solid album from a very important time in my life. 3.5/5

Complete crap

good

Cool. Sounds like a mix of Oasis and Jet. Very cool.

Very eclectic mix of music. I quite enjoyed this

A lot of garage rock revival from the generator lately. I liked this more than The Hives, but not too much more. Honestly, I enjoyed the Britpop-leaning tracks (well, maybe just "Homesick") more than the straightforward alt-rock ones, which were just not very interesting. I'm surprised to read that The Vines were compared to Nirvana of all bands. I can maybe hear a bit of that on “In the Jungle”, but it’s too polished and careful. Just get a load of those perfectly-mixed hand claps and that "All right! Oh yeah!" declaration.

Pretty good angsty teen stuff. Maybe one song too long.

The pinnacle of okay

00's indie rock

Not that cool imo

I'd had never heard The Vines (I think) but what a great rock album.

"Get Free" almost keeps this from being a 1/5. But not quite. Why the fuck is this even here?

Started off really quick and electric and fun but started to drag a bit later on, still quite good. 3 stars

Fine. Not very imaginative.

For about half the album they sound like a knock-off Nirvana. Most of the rest sounds like other grunge / Brit-pop bands. And a couple that sounds like the kinks.

Geschreeuw, maar niet op een nare manier, beetje early alto rock

decent album, good sounds on it but it gets a bit repetitive

Apparently they were frequently compared to Nirvana. Guess I'm not really seeing it. Although I still think The Vines and The Hives are the same band sometimes...so maybe that is a more accurate comparison. Their style is right up my alley though, and Highly Evolved is a really good debut album.

Like Mary Jane. None of the rest stood Out

2.5

I loved this when it came out but I have no idea why it belongs on this list

Ihan kivaa uudempaa rokkia, mut jotain tästä jää vähän uupumaan. Tai sit tää ei vaan toimi juuri nyt. Ehkä koukuttavat hetket jäi vähän uupumaan. Get Free oli GH kappale. Parhaat: Get Free, Ain't No Room

I'm a bit of a sucker for indie garage punk bullshit, but even I can see that while this activates my neurons to a certain degree, there is just no practically no songwriting, personality or anything at all to grab onto.

Best Song: Mary Jane Rating: 6.5/10 (Good) Stars: 3/5

stuitert beetje alle kanten op... eerst wat grungy gitaren, dan wat poppy nummers, ook wat alternatieve rock.... niet onaardig, maar ik kan gerust zonder leven

Aight