Highly Evolved

3.5/5 (round down)

3/5 sounded like a mix of bands

Not horrible. Not great. Not original.

God some of these albums are so forgettable

# Album Name: Highly Evolved # Artist: The Vines # Rating: 3/5 # Comments: Started off well with a few decent tracks. Get free obviously the highlight. No idea where the nirvana comparison comes from if im honest. Typical early 00's music though. These guys rode the wave. # Top Tunes: Highly evolved / outthaway / homesick / get free # Would I listen to it again? Parts

You can tell just from the sound that this album is from the early 2000s. If you're looking for that kind of vibe, this is a good place.

Just because you love Nirvana doesn't mean that you should start a band.

So, how's your Nirvana cover band doing?

I can't believe I had to listen to this.

They were once hailed as the next Nirvana. But frankly, I think that says less about The Vines and more about how desperate people were about wanting more Nirvana, a decade after Cobain's death. No offence to The Vines. They've made a good album that's very representative of the era. But it certainly didn't meet those lofty expectations, did it? I'd happily listen to this album again but if I'm honest, I'm unlikely to.

One of those ones that’s just so middle-of-the-road to me I can’t even understand why it’s been included. Forgotten it already. (1.5 stars)

Good, a bit of throwback sound vs. when it was released.

Yeeaaaaah

What is this doing here? It’s not in the Dimery book? They probably didn't deserve all the scorn for coming along when the record business decided Rock Was Back and slotted this alongside the Strokes, White Stripes, and all the LES bands. But I mean...cmon.

The album your mom likes and thinks it will make her hip with the current generation. ⭐⭐1/2

Good, straight up rock and roll. It’s a little too loud and angry for me, but i might get used to that on a re-listen. It’s a 3, for now.

I feel like The Vines were riding on the US garage rock revival that greeted us with The Strokes and The White Stripes, sonically those two bands had different sounds but got lumped together. I had dismissed The Vines as hangers on as I did as well with bands like The Hives. I stand by that assessment. I can't put my finger on why but they seem to try to hard. I don't hate it but I don't love it either. I can get my fix of the music of that era elsewhere.

One good song does not make an essential album. I remember all the hype at the time of release and 20 something years later I still don’t get it

Favorite songs: Get Free, Highly Evolved, Outtathaway, Factory, In the Jungle, Ain't No Room, 1969 Least favorite songs: Mary Jane 3/5

Similar to the Hives, nearly to punk but also near to indie.

Wish this album was more consistantly good rather than consistantly in the background, but it had enough songs that grabbed by attention to narrowly avoid the dreaded 2 rating Plus memories of Rock Band 3 when I hear "Get Free". Simpler times

Maybe if I had glommed onto this in the early 00s but I did not. I *have* had "Get Free" screaming in my head for a few days but that doesn't make an album.

i once heard the vines described as one of the most "rock is back" bands of the aughts and it's very true, but also it worked really well. excellent guitar work, often detracting vocals, a lot more here besides the hit than i expected

meeeeh

it's fun at the start, but it gets really dragged on with the last few songs, had it been shorter i would have given a higher rating 3+/5 🍃

Second coming of Nirvana my arse. It's all right, though, a few standouts (Highly Evolved, Outathaway, Factory). The rest will do. Have a middle-of-the-road 3 stars

Meh

I wasn't expecting much. But this wasn't bad.

This was pretty good, passively listened to it, reminded me of Oasis. 4 stars

Didn’t really care for this, too shouty for my taste. A high 2/low 3.

Nothing really special, tbh. Not bad but not for me.

Brash and clashy, with growling lyrics and the guitar sounds of grunge on cocaine. It feels altogether empty, although I might just be hungry for meaning today.

I feel like I should like this a lot more than I do.. influenced by a lot of bands I like, good production, experimentation.. but to be honest I felt nothing for most of this album.

Good album. Fun. Indie rock, basically. Evidently, some critics called them “the next Nirvana,” but I won’t hold that against the band.

Blind album and artist. This is pretty good! The heavy songs hit hard and I love it, and I want to give this album a 5 so bad, but the filler songs aren't that strong, the slower songs. I will keep this band in mind moving forward for sure and will check out their other albums

The Vines mix a lot of genres on this album. The first track is grunge, the second is britpop and the third is garage rock. Later on The Beatles come for a visit, bringing their indie cousin. I don’t mind a bit of variety/stealing, but the songs really aren’t that good. And in the end that’s what it’s all about. 5/10

Garage rock indie landfill, in the UK both a charity shop staple and an ever-present in Poundland's £1 CD racks. Competent but spectacularly unmemorable or distinctive. 1.5 stars really but rounding up as it's not difficult to listen to.

Fun little time capsule of the early 2000s. All decent songs. I hear a lot of STP on there along with early punk

I really enjoyed this album. I liked the song Mary Jane.

It’s fine. STP without the songwriting

Haven’t heard this album in years. Still holds up!

Not a winner for me…

Sold riff rock - much needed palette cleanser 🤟

So so. Love Outtathaway but the rest of the album left me feeling empty.

Nice instrumental Vibes- energetic Fav song- in the jungle 3/5

Heavy inspiration from Nirvana for sure, but I wouldn't classify them as the "second coming". I saw someone mention Oasis, and now I hear it. This is a great album, I really enjoyed it. Going to delve through their discography and see what else is out there.

Listenable but not essential. Heavily influenced by Nirvana in places, although never reaching those heights, reminiscent of the likes of Feeder in others. I have heard this before and little stuck other than "Highly Evolved", which I like, and "Factory", which I don't.

Get Free was actually an attempt to get free tickets to a Houmous & Chutney tour. We knew what they were doing. Didn’t work. Nothing comes free in Len’s world! 3.9

Great fun. Bouncy, grungy nonsense

Heard of the Vines, but couldn't name one of their songs prior to this. Decent album of post grunge/indie with a couple interesting songs. Above average but nothing really great.

It's giving Stone Temple Pilots

Can't hate the Vines. Get Free is an incredible Australian track. Brilliant energy live.

Maybe had I got into this when I was 20 it would’ve spoke to me. Mostly this came off as generic. 2.5/5

Surprisingly good. I expected something a lot less polished based on my memory of this band from when they came out

This came out when I was in high school and I think I avoided listening to it because of how over played Get Free was on the radio. In fact, I might have to take a star off just because that song is stuck in my head already after only reading the track list. Favourite track(s): Highly Evolved, Country Yard, Factory

Obviously trying to emulate Nirvana, not pulling it off.

Wow, have not heard of this group before. Ahh yes, 2002 is when it came out and I wasn't really listening to new music or even getting into music that much. I liked a set of bands and that was it. At least this project is helping me get my groove back and discover new music (to me at least). yeah, this album rocks! It's raw and power and some slower jams as well. Just good hard rock, maybe in the classic 70's Aerosmith realm. Less blues-influenced. More garage band type music. I dig it. 4.25/5, almost a 4.5, just was lacking a couple of songs to get it there. Great album though!

Meh

Descent album that sometimes has some Oasis vibes mixed with some harder rock. I'd probably listen to it again. 3/5

Kept waiting for something, anything, remotely worth hearing. Still waiting.

"Must hear" LOL 40 days in, first record I haven't finished. I was losing brain cells with every track.

4.2 Severely regret never giving these the time of day when I was younger, presumed they were another The Hives/White Stripes/Strokes without even giving them a listen for some reason. Like if Nirvana decided to infuse a bit of 60s psychadelica with a teaspoon of britpop in there. What surprised me most it really seems to work. Looking forward to exploring more over the coming months

Auww, you did such an amazing job picking out your 90s alt rock coloring book and you're so good at staying inside the lines and picking the right color crayons for every area!

It's one of those albums that listening to it itself wasn't that bad but it's just a boring, forgettable early 00s alternative rock album without any innovation and it doesn't belong on this list imho.

Lot of energy, lot of variety. Lot of screaming. Pretty good guitar and drum work. Ain’t No Room is the best song, some filler (Mary Jane) make for an about average debut. (2.6*s)

Not very familiar with The Vines but I recognized the track "Get Free" or at least it sounded like something I think I've heard before. This also sums up the album overall, it's not very memorable but sounds like a bunch of other mediocre things. It's alright I guess but a little too screechy at times. I don't hate it but I don't think it should be likened to Nirvana either. It lacks emotion, authenticity, and rawness. I actually liked the slower, softer songs like "Homesick" and "Country Yard" so there's a very meh three-fer in there if you try really hard. "Factory" is too carnival for me but there's some good strumming on "Mary Jane" so this album has me flipping back and forth between good and bad a lot. This puts it squarely in the middle at 2.5 so I didn't need to hear this before I die and won't revisit.

I like this grittier indy-rock, grunge. I knew a few songs from this band but never paid much attention to the Vines. They kind of blended in with all other similar acts of the early 2000s. "Highly Evolved" is pretty kick ass debut though and I wish I had paid more attention. I shall dig deeper into their catalogue...3.42.

Nice album from The Vines from down under. They bring a good rock sound that sounds great pretty much all the way through the 40 minute album. A couple quick hits, a couple slower songs, some varied vocals, good solos, solid drumwork. Highly Evolved has a little bit of everything and nearly all of it works. This is one of the better finds off this list for a band I was unfamiliar with previously. I'll have to check out some of their other hits to see if they were able to keep it going. 3.72 stars

Decent listening

Very of its time which isn’t saying much. Pretty forgettable.

It's a bit Jet, it's a bit Oasis, it's even a bit Stones. I was worried it was going to be copy/paste of Get Free - and it mostly is - but then we hit Sunshinin and Country Yard which are welcome lower-energy jams. Later on there's Mary Jane, which is a sleepy Travis or a little-bit-happier Radiohead style wander. And -then- there's Factory, which might as well be the Ska/punk collab Elvis Costello and John Lennon never had. It's so much fun.

Don't really hear anything in this band that I have not heard already. It's not bad, just should not be on this list.

Picks up where Stone Temple Pilots left off. So, not bad if you like them.

Paved the way for The TikToks. I wish this bland album was as short as a proper vine

This was good, solid rock music. A bit grungy and a bit different in places, enjoyed it.

Quite nice. Better than 3 but not a 4 (for me), so it'll be a 3 :-)

Day445 - i’m not much of a fan of early 2000”s rock but get free saved this from a one star

Pretty good

5/10

It was ok.

due canzoni mi son piaciute.. ma direi che una media del 3 ci sta bene

This has been a week of my favourite early 2000s albums. I loved this album when it came out. Before today, I don't think I'd listened to it all the way through since probably 2003. I like every song on this album and wouldn't cut any of them. I think as a teen, my favourite song was "Country Yard" but these days, I think it's "Factory." Fun nostalgia trip today.

I was waffling on giving this two stars. It's not that I particularly dislike the album and band, I remember when this came out it was my middle-school/high-school time when I started getting into rock music generally. But my initial thoughts were "really? was this album that influential to warrant inclusion on this list?" Reading a bit more on Wikipedia, for both this album and the band, I guess it makes sense. They were a key part of the "Garage-rock revival" of the early 2000s, one of the many "the" bands, but are also mentioned as a key influence on the Arctic Monkeys and Tame Impala. So overall, 3 stars, makes sense to include.

Canción destacada: Highly Evolved

Interesting

fine but not in 1001

it's ok. Insert evolution joke here.

Un album de rock des années 2000 comme il en existe des millions.

The first time I listened to The Vines' Highly Evolved, I took an unintentional nap in the middle of it and awoke to hear the album's end. To do justice to my listening I gave it a second go-around, only to be caught up in miscellaneous endeavors that included washing dishes. Is my acquaintance with Highly Evolved indicative of how I feel about it musically? No, I feel as though there are solid moments throughout. But I do feel that not every hyped up early millennium garage rock revivalist band needs to be propped up to the point of reaching such lists as this. If this is how highly evolved indie rock could be, might as well place it in the background while better things are going on. Favorites: Highly Evolved, Autumn Shade, Outtathaway, Sunshinin, Country Yard, Mary Jane.

Nope. I didn’t need to hear this before I die.

Having heard it I’m not going to listen to it again. Nothing special or interesting here.

Was ready to write this off as another generic 2000's indie band after the first few songs, but there are a handful decent songs in here. It's too bad there tucked in between some real dirge. For the patient amongst you.

It’s….ok

I didnt not like it, felt a bit samey but Get Free is a great tune. Maybe not the best album to run to

Much of this album just sounds like generic rock to me. Maybe that's because this is around the era I was growing up, so I've heard a lot that sounds like this early 2000s rock, so it's not unexpected for me, which can be boring. This album definitely pick up in the middle with Get Free and my favorite, Factory. Nothing on this pulled my attention to know I was listening to something special, however, and that's a bummer.

First thought it was the hives, from which I already had an album which I very much disliked. But the Vines are at least better. I can hear the nirvana comparison with the shouting. But the songs without shouting are actually the better songs I found. Also became a bit long, was waiting for it to end. Not the worst not the best album

На початку сторіччя, такий рух, як garage rock ревайвл, стрімко набирав обертів. Його лідерами, безумовно, були The White Stripes та The Strokes, що майстерно поєднували емоційність інді року із бурхливою енергією гаражного року 60-х. Натомість, австралійський гурт The Vines також намагалися додати частинку себе у цю хвилю та "зайняти своє місце під сонцем". Чи вийшло у них? Насправді важко сказати. На своєму дебютному альбомі Highly Evolved, окрім звичного "класичного року" 60-х були присутні, як психоделічні елементи, так і помітний вплив гранжу. І саме гранжева естетика робить цю роботу найбільш примітною серед інших в цьому жанрі. Хоча від гранжу, тут нажаль, присутня лише "форма", бо у сутності - це доволі простенькі пост-гранж/поп пісні в яких, на мою думку, не вистачає глибини та "чутливості" - усе якось "пласмасово" та скупо. При чому, сказати так про всі треки я не можу - ті самі Get Free та Homesick доволі потужні, коротше кажучи, альбому бракує консистентності. Тим не менш, це все ж, визначна робота. Що як на мене, може і не дуже успішно в плані якості, але рухала жанр вперед. Комерційно, альбом здобув великий успіх та дуже непогано допоміг австралійській "гаражній" сцені.

A few decent, punky tracks and a few that feel a bit dirge-y

Very nice!

Music for Zach Braff

HIGHLY EVOLVED = Excellent Opener But suddenly drops in quality on #2, #3... Either I'm just not in the mood for this or it's really boring. Although, HOMESICK seems really good (lead vocals, answering vocals, guitar), but at 4:53, a tad too long. I guess if you were stoned, though... Somehow, GET FREE has generated 101,466,521 plays on Spotify. Perhaps a glitch in the counting program. In sun, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. 🥱🥱 ________________________________ 🎧 LPs reviewed: 75 🎧 LPs left to review: 924 🎧 LPs I found great/relevant enough to be mandatory listens (5): 17 🎧 LPs I *might* include in my own list (4): 19 🎧 LPs I will certainly *not* include in mine (1-2): 20

Another album I liked well enough musically but just could not vibe with the vocals, especially when they floated over into more “screaming” than singing.

The Vines suck. Friend of mine had a bad experience at a Vines convert, and I've disliked them since. There are many better Australian pub rock bands more deserving of a spot in the list. Even from roughly the same era, the list is missing Wolfmother's self titled debit, Jet's excellent Get Born, Silverchair's Frogstomp, Neon Ballroom or Diorama, and Powderfinger's Odyssey Number Five . Grinspoon released an album the same year, which was a better album, even Bodyjar, the Living End, Killing Heidi, Waikiki... and yet this tripe makes it.

Fine enough, but likely won’t listen to again. 2.5

Standard rock revival with bits of brit pop thrown in. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

These guys just don't know on which side their bread is buttered. I had heard three songs from them previously - "Get Free", the title track, and "Ride" - all of which are banging rockers. The first two are really the only rockers and the only bangers on this CD - in contrast to my expectations based on those three songs, this CD is loaded with boring slow ballads. It's especially strange because (a) the singer seems like a real screamer and (b) my stereotype of Australian rock bands is they don't know how to play anything slower than 140 bpm. Aside from those two singles, the only other track I really like is "Ain't No Room", which is less inspired but at least it's fun and fast. If they'd written just a CD's worth of material like that, this would be a fair bit better. I do kind of like the 60s psychedelic feel, it's drone-y in the style of "Rain" - but just can't get over the slow pace. Their producer really dropped the ball on this one - all he'd have to say was "Lads" (I assume he would address them as "lads"), "your rockers are great, let's do away with some of the ballads now, roight?"

Better than I expected. Wide range of styles. Well played

Homesick //

A perfectly adequate rock album. It's nothing special and certainly has some filler, but it doesn't have any tracks I would call bad, and overall it's pretty decent. 7/10

A few good tracks but most are just ok. In no rush for a second listen but made it to the end without wanting to hit the stop button.

being angry is not enough i have to physically punch the person who said they are the second coming of Nirvana. Inspired (heavvviily!!!!!) BY Nirvana? yeah ofc, it's clear as day, bUT SECOND COMING?? get real... now that im done yelling, i actually enjoyed the album 🤭 tho they sound more like an australian radiohead a bit, especially the second half of the album🧐. 3.5/5

Hmm, yeah I don't know if this is all that highly evolved for me. In a way it's basically the opposite of evolution - building on what's gone before but for no obvious benefit to the species. It's not bad, especially, and a couple of songs have that early noughties nostalgia factor, but it's pretty unremarkable. Factory scores highly for being a pretty decent mid- to late-era Beatles pastiche with very good harmonies.

Get free is cool. The rest meh

Yeahhhh very much not my thing. They feel like a cheap parody of a rock band.

This album is a chameleon and honestly....it's good? I enjoyed it? But I think it's trying to be all the things and listens more like a love letter to the 90s more than anything else. The soaring guitars in some of the songs sound so British and reminiscent of Wonderwall. Homesick sounds like it could be in Smashing Pumpkin's Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. Mary Jane sounds like it could be on any random 90s alt rock album. Factory is super bubbly and bouncy and feels like their ode to the ska movement that become popular during that time. And all the screaming parts sound like a Nirvana sound attempt. I don't hate this but it also does not feel original enough to be on the 1001 list.

Meh.

A mediocre disc by a band that completely passed me by. Not terrible, just not very interesting. Apparently I wasn't missing much.

Had high hopes for this on the first track but the rest didn’t do much for me. Sort of an interesting blend of genres at times - punky and then pretty mellow. I feel like they were influenced by the stone roses. High 3.

I know this band's name but not their music. I thought this was pretty good. I hear a blend of Stone Temple Pilots, Nirvana and the Beatles. I also hear Jet, also Aussies. I imagine the Hives had some influence on them.

Maybe this is too harsh but sounded like pretty interchangeable 2000s garage rock to me. We've heard enough music similar to this on the list already.

Wow this is just awful, really awful. This is even worse than I remember it being. It's musically a dribble of piss.

They’re trying really hard and one can hear them trying really hard.

This came out when a lot of bands sounded like the Strokes. Still sounds like the Strokes. It was fine but there's better bands with this sound.

Nothing here hasn't been done better by other people. But it's fine.

Þetta er bara afskaplega gott en hefðbundið rokk. Ég hef ekkert út á þessa plötu að setja annað en að mér fannst hún ekki gera neitt sérstaklega nýtt. Hún mun því falla í gleymskuholuna mjög fljótt

Brought to you by the era of "The <noun>s" bands. First exposure to the vines outside "get free", actually really enjoyed the album overall, had to give it another listen. Just up my street, but nothing super noteworthy, 4* Comparing to Nirvana is bit much. Highlights: get free, outtathaway, country yard

Enjoyed this, a mix of indie, grunge, britpop and psychadelica. It comes together nicely with some good variety between the heavier tracks and ballads. Probably not a 5* album because The Vines wear their influences very heavily on their sleeves. Factory sounds like The Beatles, In The Jungle sounds like Don't Fear The Reaper, etc. Could easily go on but those were the last two tracks as I write this. Still an enjoyable album though

6/10 That was the Vines....now on to something else 2-13-2025

Not terrible, but also not near top 1,000.

Hard rock. Pass.

Pretty obnoxious rock posturing. There’s some good energy and a decent sound, but for the most part it just doesn’t hit. There are better avenues for this kind of thing.

3.1 3x

Quite blaah, lukewarm.

100% background buzz to me. Wikipedia says "The Vines were frequently compared to Nirvana". I totally disagree.

Everything about this screams The Hives to me, they're just not as good. I think I've gotten these two bands mixed up many times before, which has led to strange discussions. The Vines have a whiff of garage about them, but not enough for my taste, so they're just another pop group with a touch of flavour to them. Some of the tracks feel off, like it's pop, but producer told them to add some scream in there and more distortion to the guitars. Or the band wanted to do full blast garage, but the producer came in and smoothed things down just a touch... nah, this is not it. It feels out of whack and lopsided. Forced even.

Good not great. Like not love. 3.5

This album is very much a time and place for me as I listened to it often during my senior year of high school. It doesn’t hit as hard as I remember and given distance and more musical awareness, it’s a bit of an oasis ripoff in places, but still great.

when i started this album, something strange happened. i couldn’t explain it, but even though i had never even heard of this band, the music sounded very familiar. a few songs in i realized why i felt this way… they sound like ANY GENERIC OPENING BAND FOR ANY ROCK SHOW I HAVE EVER BEEN TO.

Not bad, not good. Just there.

sounds like every other album coming from this time

I feel like the British press may have hyped this one up a bit too much. It's fine. I wouldn't particularly say that it deserves a spot on this list purely based on the music. I can't really recall many tunes from it and I've literally just finished listening. It just didn't excite me like good albums do. It didn't grab me by the neck and make me sit up and listen. I found it to be pretty generic in all honesty. Feel like I want to say more but can't really think of anything else to comment on. If you like this kind of music, you'll probably love it. I found it alright. Just another 2000's alternative rock album.

Australia's answer to the garage rock revival scene that was taking the world by storm. A pretty good album and definitely worth a listen if ur into that kinda music, which I am. However, unfortunately it didn't fully live up to my high expectations. rating: ⭐⭐⭐ [65/100]

Fun listen, classic garage rock.

Up and down for me as far as the songs went, usually somewhere between "I wouldn't kick this song out of bed" to "I would definitely kick this song out of bed, I drank too much tequila last night, and that led to a really bad decision."

Fun rock and roll. Could get a little over the top noisy and screamish, but never to the point where it was annoying. I'd throw this one on again in the future.

Of the 2000s era garage rock, this wouldn’t be the band I’d say you need to listen to.

It’s ok. Not sure why it is on the list.

Interesting and not previously known.

First track in and it's already sitting at a 2. But for the most part - this is just a lot of noise. Would've used a track from this in a 00's movie with some wild chase scene of a kid stealing a camcorder from Circuit City and outrunning the security on foot before he stole somebody's skateboard, promising to give it back later(he never does). Final verdict - 3. Wish i could do half stars because it really is a 2.5 I'm being generous because i listened to Oasis after. Comparing them to Nirvana is a stretch...like i get it? But still a stretch especially on their first album. Also, i really want to listen to Oasis after this... is that a compliment? I agree with the masses - not really sure why this is on this list. But whatever!

Really just doesn't do much for me. The songs are super generic and repetitive. Maybe one or two songs worth coming back for but certainly not enough to justify the placement on this list. 4/10

Not sure why this is on the list. Not exactly bad but it sounds like generic grunge, but 10 years too late. 2.5 stars

kinda bland

This album is all over the place. Raw rock riffs, ska-like beats, and some high treble early oughts sounds mixed in, though not enough of the latter to make this a complete write off for me. The album definitely stands above its era, though that isn't saying much. They certainly have energy. I may go back to this album.

more medium ass rock that has me asking once again, why do I need to hear this before I die?

What an Earth is this doing in this list? It’s not offensive but it’s very mediocre. I remember the name “The Vines” and the album artwork from the time but had a soliton compunction to investigate further. Listening to it, every track sounds like a blander version of someone else: Nirvana then Radiohead, then the Stooges, The Beatles… etc. I’ve said this about another 2000s band I think, but I imagine his sounds amazing (or at least slightly better than average) if you’ve never heard any other music before.

Struggled through this one….

I don't buy the Nirvana comparisons, This is all too slick and the songs lack a sort of authentic grit that you need for a good first album with this genre. If the whole album were like Get Free, those comparisons would make more sense to me. Oh boy, Factory is where this thing starts to take an unpleasant path for me.

The Vines - Highly Evolved Album Review The Vines’ 2002 debut, Highly Evolved, is a raw, energetic blend of garage rock, grunge, and Britpop swagger. Bursting with aggressive guitars, pounding drums, and snarling vocals, tracks like “Get Free” and “Outtathaway!” deliver catchy anthems that embody early 2000s rock revival. The band’s frenetic energy and unpolished charm make these highlights impossible to ignore. What sets the album apart is its versatility. While fast-paced, hard-hitting tracks dominate, songs like “Autumn Shade” show The Vines’ ability to slow things down and embrace melody. However, this variety also exposes the album’s inconsistency, with standout moments frequently interrupted by less compelling filler, preventing it from achieving a cohesive flow. Despite its unevenness, Highly Evolved captures the rebellious spirit of its era and helped bring guitar-driven rock back into the mainstream. It’s a thrilling, if flawed, debut that showcases a band full of potential and leaves a lasting impression with its best tracks.

I feel like I should like it more. Maybe I’ll rate it higher than 3 after more listens

Ég er hrifinn, þetta er mjög hresst, bæði þyngri lögin og léttari. Er búinn að hlusta miklu oftar en ég ætlaði mér.

Meh… there are some good tunes on here, but I really don’t think there is anything extraordinary which makes it one of the most important albums in history

I believe The Mighty Boosh once said, "Elements of the past and the future combining to make something not quite as good as either." This applies to Highly Evolved. Lots of influences are laid bare but nothing of interest has been added.

Aussie band - garage rock. Their songs can be very hard and screamy, but there are also some ballads. Nice range of different songs.

Overall decent album. Top tier tune … Outtathaway. 3.5/5

Banger

Apart from two tracks it’s not much of a record to remember - it’s a kind of noughties take on Nirvana and it sounds quite tired nowadays. It’s not bad - just unimpressive.

Enjoyable alternative album that feels familiar but I didn't recognize anything on it. Was I in love? No. But it was a good album.

6/10. Extremely inconsistent for me, but with 3 songs I added to the playlist it made its way to a 6.

Rating: 3.5/10 Why is this on the list?

Very cool transitions between “Autumn Shade” and “Outtathaway”. I really like how they slow it down a bit on “Homesick”. Some of their songs sound a lot like Smashing Pumpkins who I really like so this was definitely a good listen. The singers ability to go from the screams in one song to a much softer tone the next song is impressive range. I didn’t know what to expect when I saw that this was the album of the day but I was pleasantly surprised, the album flowed together nicely and mixed different sounds very well.

A fun, solid indie rock album. Nothing strikes me as very special about it, though. 3?

Very nostalgic for me and a very good album front to back, not trailblazing or outstanding in any way for me though. It was very similar to a lot that was coming out at the time and kind of lost in the shuffle with all of the "The" bands.

I was wondering why I was listening to this until “get free”

The year is 2002, I just graduated high school. I'm in San Francisco at a small music club called Slim's. The Vines are the headliner but I'm not familiar with them, not yet at least. I'm there for the 2 opening acts that make this one of the more interesting lineups I've seen live and I'm still not sure what the connecting through line is over 20 years later. Opening the night is SoCal pop rock of Rooney, then it's the bouncy power pop of OK Go on tour for their debut album. And then, the wild, seemingly drunk and/or high punch in the face of The Vines on their first North American tour riding the high of Rolling Stone's claim that they're "the next Nirvana". Of course they didn't survive the hype, mostly due to self-destruction and it's impossible to live up to the expectations of being a new Nirvana. This was an interesting era in modern rock where every band was supposed to be "the next ____", and so many albums were released in the same year that that became so legendary that it was all too easy to be forgotten to the sands of time (You Forget It In People, Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, Songs For The Deaf, and Yankee Hotel Foxtrot to name a few). In the end, this is a great album with some great rock songs (don't know what they were thinking with "Factory"), and it takes me right back to probably one of my favorite years in music. 4/5

I love this album; I owned it when it came out. Just a peak of the Aughts garage rock. When The Arctic Monkeys, The Killers, and Tame Impala all indicate your band was a reason that they sound like they do, then you know you’re doing something correct. So sad that they only managed a small amount of music at the peak of their powers.

I had this on CD back in '02. That's 1802, because I was born in 1780 and I have discovered the secrets of both immortality and sending CDs back in time. I cannot review this album because it is part of my secret formula.

Definitely too loud for me, but unlike many (many!) other albums I’ve listened to the past year, I could hear the musicality. I can understand why someone might like it.

ok

I am a massive fan of this album.

Still great fun to listen to.

two albums in a row where i’m like. yeah this is music. not much more.

⭐⭐⭐⭐ 8/10 Did not expect an album I grew up with on this list. I was actually surprised that this album made the list. If I wouldve made a book with influential bands from the 00s garage rock/postpunk revival this wouldnt be on the list. Don't get me wrong, I love this album. I would say the band is just a bit too niche for this album. I know the Strokes and Arctic Monkeys made the list, which I totally agree. But including the vines? Nahh. If the listmakers really wanted to include an influential niche 00s garage band the Hives shouldve been chosen. (This could be foreshadowing). Not gonna lie, I love this band especially Ride, which is not on this album. Would definitely listen to this album again. But would not call it legendary. Ps: its an Australian band, not British 🇦🇺 Favourite tracks: Outtatheway Get Free 1969 Country yard Least favourite: Factory Mary Jane 8/10

1/5

I've never heard of this band, which is a bit surprising because this album was released in 2002, when I was still paying attention to music. Also, it seems they had some amount of success - the song Get Free has 100M plays on Spotify (and oddly it's maybe my least favorite song on the album). Seems like an OK generic alt rock album.

A little better than some of the other random British bands on this list, maybe because I can see throughlines to other things I like (Beatles, Blur, garage rock)... but still nothing to warrent them being on the list instead of other better bands from that era.

Day 0011/1001 of One Album a Day / Listened to whilst: on the tube I enjoyed this more than I was expecting too as a) I've never been a huge fan of the genre (hopefully this changes as I listen to more albums from it) and b) the mediocre scores on here. Fav tracks: Sunshinin / Homesick / Get Free Worst tracks: Country Yard / Factory

Fav: Homesick Least Fav: Factory Is this just the Australian child of Nirvana and Oasis? Yes. Do I love it in spite of that? Also yes

Solid album. Good garage feel.

Gets better on 2nd and 3rd listens. Get Free is a nostalgic mtv2 banger but none of the other tracks quite hit that level.

Favourite tracks: factory; highly evolved; get free

Inoffensive, but a little bland. It's like Oasis met Nirvana and the Beatles and they came up with an album together, but it didn't quite feel right. Most of it was just background music, with a couple of bits that were more interesting. I'm going with a very generous 3 stars.

A very good album. Maybe even great. A few songs did stand out but ultimately it didn't blow me away as something fresh in its genre. Often felt like an evolved Nirvana record, which is a compliment. But rarely did it feel like something that was pushing us forward. I'll think of it fondly and probably return to some of these songs, but when we're talking about the greatest albums ever made it's tough for me to count this super high.

Meh. Not too bad. Just didn't care for it too much.

surprising mix of all that has gone before. will def give another listen

Perfectly fine. Grew on me a little more as it went on, felt like it had a more complete sound as I listened more. Will likely not revisit but not bad

Listened to this while walking home in a severe thunderstorm at 3am and got pissed that I might get hit by lightning while listening to this bullshit

i didnt know anyone made music like this in earnest ...

No he escuchado el resto de la discografía de The Vines, pero "Highly Evolved" se siente como una mezcla casi perfecta entre Grunge y Britpop. En ocasiones estruendosos y con voces desgarradoras, en otras, suave y melancólico como las mejoras canciones de Oasis. Tintes a The Beatles y tintes a Punk caracterizan este LP que si bien, se escucha muy bien, se siente más largo de lo que es, ya que a veces la producción se vuelve esperable y poco creativa. ¿Indispensable? Ciertamente no, hay cientos de bandas que suenan igual ¿Por qué está en la lista? No lo sé ¿Lo recomiendo, personalmente? Sí.

Could have died without hearing this like

In The Jungle? More like Enter Sandman! It's a little derivative, but they're certainly decent songwriters and musicians. This is the kind of music I would normally be into, but there's some element of The Vines (or this album) that's missing for me.

Somewhere between STP, Green Day and mid 90s Radiohead grew the Vines. I loved how the first song Highly Evolved drops you right smack in the center of the song so it feels like you missed an intro but didn’t. There’s so many great songs in this album. I’m surprised I hadn’t heard from them earlier. Craig Nichols guitar work is incendiary and his solos kind of remind me of David Gilmour while his vocals definitely have a tinge of Scott Whelan in there. Key songs for me were Sunshinin’, the poppy Factory, and the groove heavy 1969. This is this is a good listen again.

I recently found out The Vines is one of the four of the rocks-not-dead movement of the early 2000s, along with The White Stripes, The Hives, and The Strokes. However, I don’t remember this band really. It does fit in with that group and I should have been keen to this. This rocked sufficiently and I will need to listen again. Sadly, it doesn’t rise to the level of the others but is maybe just not there due to exposure and more ear time.

bílskúrsrokk, frá fyrsta áratugnum. ekkert voðalegt en óeftirminnilegt og frekar óspennandi.

1+ Stars (3/15)

Solid alt rock

maybe deserves a 3 because there was some good stuff hidden in here but overall not a fan so we’ll go high 2

Highly average garage rock from Australia. I approached this album four times, and each time I got distracted after the first song. Even giving it my undivided attention was not helping. It just wasn't too intersting, quite contrary, it was a bit off-putting. Not really a fan of this band.

Super bang average. They seem not to know what kind of music they want to make. They wear their inspiration on their sleaves but it doesn't amount to much since each track seems pretty disconnected from the rest. They can put good songs together but there doesn't seem to be a cohesive vision here. My favorite track was In the Jungle but this was just an odd project overall.

This is about as good as you were going to get for post 2001 radio rock, that weird time between the grunge bands and the indie rock re-do. Some of these songs, usually the more aggressive ones, are pretty great. "Get Free" and "1969" are good rock songs, if lyrically pretty dumb. The album kinda falls apart when they try to get introspective. "Autumn Shade" and "Country Yard" are just filler. "Factory" serves to remind you that, yes, they listened to and liked the Beatles. The rest of this is pretty generic to be honest. It's not that memorable but it's fine.

Gear: Fostex TH610 Artwork: 🌿🌹🌿 Production: 🎧🔪🩸 Music: 🎸😵‍💫🤷‍♂️ Rating: 🌿(🌿)/5

Yup it’s definitely the vines.

Was enjoying it until In the Jungle which sounds more than halfway lifted from Blue Oyster Cult's classic (Don't Fear) The Reaper.

This is OK. I think I like a couple of songs by these guys, maybe they’ll be on here. All fine… nothing very memorable. What are those songs I like? Hate to Say I Told You So and Tick Tick Boom, not on here though, not much of interest on this album. Oh. It’s The Hives that I don’t mind. Who the fuck are The Vines? Why the fuck are they on this list?

The kind of album that inspires music journalist to overuse the prefix “post-“. Post-Britpop. Post-Nirvana. Post-Globalization. Post-9/11. Post-Divorce, when you marry a box-dye blonde half your age who studied Communications. Post-Divorce, when you have to go to two Christmases, but at least you got *both* an Xbox and a PS2, so that’s pretty cool. Like most things post-, Highly Evolved is pretty cool, but not really. It’s good, but it never really comes together to make anything cohesive or memorable. And, like most things post-, it has a tendency to spiral into lunacy and goofiness, when it would’ve been better off just following the script. But, like most things post-, it’s also ephemeral, and won’t last forever, which isn’t a good thing, but it’s not a bad thing, either.

Naming a record containing 45 mins of the most run of the mill early 2000's rock music 'Highly Evolved' is either beautfiully tongue in cheek or willfully ignorant

Never heared of them before. Straight foreward but nothing special or remarkable. I personally prefer the other australian band "Jet" instead. 2,5

Decent. Nirvanaesque.

Nothing special.

Oh this rocks. Greatly enjoyed it. Never heard them before, but will be listening again for sure.

I keep getting the Vines mixed up with the Hives. Not sure why people think this is the second coming of Nirvana; there are some mild similarities, but only in a few songs. Anyway, I rather liked this.

Finished but it wasn't particularly good or memorable

too rowdy for me

These musicians have a solid grasp of their influences. The Beatles, Nirvana, Supergrass, Radiohead, among others. While the album may lack originality, it is a well-crafted and not unenjoyable collection of several energetic rock tracks and some pop ballads. Overall, it's a nice enough album but feels completely lacking in soul.

Very mid.

I feel that at a certain age and a certain time in my life I really would have liked this album. That time was just not in 2002. There's a lot here, a lot of songs remind me of... (fill in the blank) I guess that's OK, it just limits tge band from having a sound and gaining fans who say I like The Vines! It's more of I like The Vines song that sound like (fill in the blank)

Pretty obvious nirvana influence on this record. Which is nothing bad but it didn't reach near highs so it makes it feel underwhelming. Still i few songs that i pretty liked a certain amount. After that there's not much left. 2.5/5.0

Yeah goes okay, high twos

So rock critics wanted to take popular music back from whoever had the kids’ ears in 2002 and needed a band to use as an example of how “rock is back” and this was the best they could do? I bet whatever song from this band was used in an iPod commercial sounded great.

if this album had come out five years earlier and I’d heard it at 15 or 16 I think I would’ve loved it. But looking back and looking at the timeline, seven years after the Foo Fighters’ first album, it feels completely derivative and, 22 years on, completely uninteresting.

Meh, nothing you’ve not heard before.

Enjoy this the more and more updated. This is one of those albums that is really a sentiment to my growing taste throughout this jourjey … Heavy metal and grunge are strongly growing on me Home sick , country yard and the title track are strong rotation plays going forward as is the album … a very strong 3

Good, but a bit boring

Great album!

Get Free is the hit on this record, but beyond me reminiscing about it on a Big Shiny Tubes album, there isnt anything else here thats worth sticking around for. Pretty generic indie rock, thats it.

I can’t fathom how this album made the list. Talented Aussie dog c*nts for sure, but there’s absolutely nothing on here that feels original or worthwhile. “Get Free” is fine but it’s better in the “Angry White Boy Polka” by Weird Al. Is Weird Al even on this list?!?

Liked this more than I thought I would

The Mids - Highly Mid

really good early 2000s rock. never heard of this band or album

What am I missing here? It’s just meh.

Had heard "Get Free" before but wasn't familiar with them otherwise. Solid rock album.

Never heard this before. Not bad, but it doesn't seem that remarkable or memorable. Not sure why it's on the list.

No

i hate blacks

The comparison with Nirvana are obvious, but The Vines are a tad more accessible and the tracks are much shorter. The track "Sunshinin" reminded me a bit of The Teardrop Explodes. An album of contrasts - the harmonious melodic "Homesick" is followed by the heavy metal grunge "Get Free".

it was okay

They're like the modern day Beatles. Shite, if you will

reminded me of The Downward Spiral at times but idk it wasnt that interesting

It's fine but they definitely weren't the new Nirvana. Some good songs, some meh songs. Decent but give me The Hives over this.

It's pretty appropriate that I get The Vines confused with like 5 other bands from this early 2000s era, because this sounded like roughly 5 other bands from this same era. It's fine, and there are some songs that I liked on this album, but it made no impression on me whatsoever when it was over 3/5

Excellent punky poppy indie record! Couple of absolute monster tunes on it and not a bad way to spend an hour! Very enjoyable indeed!

Perfectly fine rock album that really wants to be Nirvana Not sure it belongs on this list but Outtathaway, Get Free & Homesick are great songs

Boring.

- Bin nicht sicher, woher ich die Vines kenne, aber irgendwoher kannte ich das Albumcover (was ich irgendwie mag) - Ansonsten beim ersten Hören relativ generischer Garage Rock, aber gut gemacht. - Könnte sein, dass ich Get Free schonmal gehört habe, bin mir aber auch nicht sicher. - Mir ist weder im Negativen noch im Positiven besonders groß was hängen geblieben - Country Yard fand ich cool! - Insgesamt mag ich die Mukke aber ganz gerne, daher ein Hörerlebnis, an dem ich nicht viel Auszusetzen habe, außer dass wie gesagt nicht viel hängenbleibt Rating: 3/5

didn't get on the wave with these

Good music, I wish the blog description did more to explain why it's on the list. It's pretty modern, it's by an Australian artist, and I'm always happy to hear what I think are ska influences. Solid rock album.

grungy, sludgy, samey. doesn't feel essential. sometimes okay to listen to. other times profoundly ugly. idk.

pretty good. kinda grungy, kinda garage rock-y, VERY noisy. not something i'd listen to all the way through very often but it's got its high points. i know some of these from Rock Band and of course, Get Free from Weird Al's "Angry White Boy Polka"... classic. favorites: highly evolved, outtathaway, get free, factory

The Vines are like the Australian version of Blur. Also, the last few songs drag a little. Best Songs: Autumn Shade, Get Free, Worst Songs: In The Jungle

A typical early 2000s alternative Rock feel throughout the album. I wouldn't say it's highly evolved, but it's worth listening to. Favorite Track : "1969"

Comes from that point in music history where NME and a lot of music journalists really didn't want to admit the fact that this type of rock music was getting replaced by newer and fresher sounds. "Guys, look! It's Kurt Cobain!" - They say as they drag two kids in a trenchcoat with a blonde wig from behind the curtain. Not bad or anything, but belongs on this list about as much as that one weird Silence of the Lambs sequel where they couldn't get Jodie Foster back belongs on a 1001 Movies list.

trash can

It's 2002 and unbeknownst to us at the time, print-music-media has just about peaked and will soon decline rapidly. So how is the NME spending its prime-to-twilight years? Well, these are the days before rage bait and 'engagement'. In this simpler, less cynical age, engagement = sales. You don't actually want or need your readers to feel the need to argue with you. You want them to feel excited enough to keep paying money to read your pages every week or month. So how do you excite your readers? You tell them on a regular basis that THIS IS YOUR NEW FAVOURITE BAND! This is a SCENE and you want to be part of it! Every few weeks something else was ESSENTIAL listening according to the NME. It published a COOL list and a ROCK'N'ROLL list. And so we bought the magazines and CDs and gig tickets with our precious student loan money and loved them for a few months. Then we grew up, got mortgages, had kids and put our old CDs in boxes in the loft. And so with a little trepidation I'm here, rediscovering these LPs and realising I've not listened to them for 15-20 years and I'm really not sure how they've held up. Did The Hives do anything after Your New Favourite Band? (Insane fact: they actually did loads BEFORE it and it wasn't even really a proper album. Who knew?!) Did Bloc Party simply run out of ideas after their brilliant debut? (Yes.) And whatever became of The Vines? Like many of their garage rock revival peers, it seems from memory that they rode the hype train to decent sales of their debut, made a patchy follow-up then disappeared into oblivion. So I was actually pleasantly surprised to give this a spin after two clear decades of the CD gathering dust in the loft and discover that it was... really good. They didn't cling too stubbornly to the garage rock template, veering into some fairly successful experiments with slower songs, piano numbers and acoustic flavours while still peppering you with some great 3-minute rockers (Get Free, Outtathaway, Sunshinin'...) at regular intervals. There's a decent chance I'll wait another few years before busting Highly Evolved out of the loft box again, but I'm quite satisfied that in spite of the fact I will have bought it on the strength of one article, one glowing review and a couple of solid singles, I did have some sense of what made for a good debut album. And I might even dig into the six (SIX!) Vines albums that have come out in the meantime, as it turns out. Good for them.

Nice enough

3 - this was so short that I didn't have anything to dislike

Never heard them before. Pretty good sound

I fuck w the vibe, didn't have time for the more thurough 2nd listen tho

naah is hem toch net niet, voel hem niet, veel skip nummers

Ahh dit klinkt al weer meteen beter Ik hou wel van dit soort rock Wel af en toe veel geschreeuw Maar ook lekker scheuren

Why do I get the impression, that most of the 'Indie'-Bands are trying to learn their instruments. I think there is a cause for their indipendence - most of the major labels don't want to take the risk. This Album gives me this impression. Beside of learning their instruments, they are seeking verry hard any direction - from pop - balads in some kind of Beatles - style to shouting punk tunes. for me it's absolute clear, that they have nothing to do with the 1001 list

apparently i listened to the whole thing in the car and didn’t pay great attention. its ok.

I remember when this album came out. They got lumped in with The Stokes, White Stripes, and The Hives. I liked Get Free for a few minutes before I got over it very quickly. The whole album is mostly fine. It never gets very good but never really gets that bad either (aside from my Get Free fatigue) This is the definition of a middle of the road album to me. I'd give it a 2.5 if it were an option. I guess it can have a 3. It definitely doesn't deserve to be on this list. They definitely didn't much or surpass the aforementioned peers they got lumped in with.

Pretty solid, didn't really jump out at me! It's understandable how these guys ended up being hyped as a part of the same scene as the Strokes and White Stripes, but this feels a bit too "generic garage-rock" to me versus having any kind of unique take on the genre, or songwriting so good that it doesn't need anything stylistically new. Feels a bit like a car commercial at times, but definitely listenable and not bad at all.

I enjoyed this more than I thought I would/remembered. I think I probably lumped it in with all the other indie albums that were around at the time when it was released but listening now it sounds a lot stronger (or I just forgot about it). Some real bangers and a bit of early 2000s nostalgia.

Not very impressed. Some good riffs but too much distortion and the vocals were too strained for me. Some parts sounded like other things but maybe they sound like them.

Why is this on this list?

I liked this. Improved by headphones. Enjoyed the grungy heavy songs. Also liked factory and Mary Jane? Probably wouldn’t listen again. The theme of this group for me is that I like songs that are the famous hits. Is that because they are better or I’m just a basic bitch?

Did not expect this to be on here. Loved listening to it in 2002/03 while I played Gran Turismo 3 and Max Payne on the PS2. And I still love Get Free and Highly Evolved. But there's a reason I've not thought about this album in 20 years.

Really nice to revisit this album!

Never heard it before, liked the pace of it, octane fuelled Outdoory pursuit type music to push you through a day in the hills.

Boring at best. This is an inconsistent mishmash of styles and it's not very well executed. Found myself getting annoyed with these guys. Even after a few listens it never really clicked. I have it on CD, but I won't bother taking it downstairs from the loft.

Not a fan. I've grown to like and appreciate a lot of their contemporaries from this era (the Hives, the Strokes as examples), but the Vines still just sound a little too much like they're reaching for an aggressive style that seems phony to me.

Eh, didn't think much of this. It was just ok. 2.5/5

This is generally my least favorite kind of rock, but it’s not terrible. Solid energy and decent performances, which I guess is enough for me. C

It's funny, this is one of those records that was in some editions of the 1001 but was dropped, and it's exactly what I'd expect... it's reasonably fun, and the musicianship is good, but there's nothing truly exceptional about it. This seems to be a theme of the 1001, they cycle newer albums, so the list doesn't seem "dated" but conversely they seem to have a much lower bar for some of these additions. A record will be on the list for one or two editions and then it's gone. Note that this only happens with newer records, because apparently dealing with redoing the entire book is too much work i.e. if they take out a Byrds album from the 1970s, basically 90% of the book has to be reorganized, so it's just easier for them to axe a newer record. The result is that some older records stay on the 1001 when they probably shouldn't, and some newer records get put on the 1001 just so there is a reason for people to want the newer edition... as it's changed... but frequently the new albums are short lived and get dropped in a future edition.

What if Nirvana tried to be The Beatles and sucked at it?

Highly Evolved Get Free

They play the right notes but where's the soul? 3.2

Australian early 200s rock. Sounds American. Garage Rock. Was compared to Nirvana. A bit noisy. A lot of older influences, especially British like the Beatles and Oasis. They’re borrowing a lot from everywhere. Enjoyable but not massively special or unique. Solid, but not memorable.

A very average rock / punk album. Nothing to write home about at all but pleasant to have on in the background and not have to concentrate on. There are some fun songs and high energy in moments making some of the tracks good. Homesick and get free for example is great. Favourite song: Homesick Least favourite: 1969 Album artwork: Cool cover though

Seattle grunge meets British rock. Great grunge song!

Completely missed this lot at the time. It’s alright but doesn’t strike me as anything special or different to many other similar bands of the time.

its been pretty annoying so far, 'homesick's alright, some of the riffs are alright, punk isnt my thing like at all so. For an abum with such good guitar tones its pretty underwhelming. i quite like 'country yard' for its harmonies but if i want harmonies i'll just go the beach boys, and even in rare moments of enjoyment you get an absolute piece of shit tune like 'factory that totally fucking obliterates the vibe and or mood. feels more like a couple good songs and tonnes of badly written upbeat funk punk or whatever the fuck the intolerable parts are (which is most of it). again 'mary jane' is okay which is then immediately followed by 'aint no room' which features a guitar line remeniscent of an air raid siren, and equally as pleasant as one.

Completely unremarkable punk music. A perfect 2.5 stars

Meh. Trying to be Nirvana and Oasis at the same time is hard. And these guys came up short. Not sure why this album is one I must hear before I die. 2⭐️

Surprised this one made the list, but I am not complaining as I love it. The singles are excellent but there is also depth to the album as a whole. I guess the sound is a bit generic and their is little identity to the band which is similar to a lot of post grunge bands.

Didn’t do much for me. Nothing specual

A kind of forgotten about old favourite, but it still stacks up

ROCK OON CAMOON!!! VITTU MIKÄ STREAKKI ATM

Generic and dated sounding alt rock. Not for me. I feel like there are 5 other albums on this list that sound exactly like this.

Oh what fun. An album that never would have gained any sort of popularity if it hadn’t been released in the early 2000s. Good energy on here. Good writing, fair lyrics. I enjoyed this very much. 4/5