Reviews (page 7 of 7)
a tad forgetable
Good indie.
loved - rockin
Known album?
It’s not as bad as some of my other 2s, it’s just kind of whatever. Sounds like all the other samey alt rock of its era. It has a couple cool things going for it (Schnapf’s very Elliott Smith production on Country Yard, ska-like upstrokes on Factory, modern psych rock sound on the fittingly-titled 1969) but they’re too few and far-between to save the rest of it. Honestly might make a 3 in isolation but on a list with limited spots, I’m getting real tired of all the 2000s Britpop (sorry Oz, that includes you too)
Pretty good Australian Alt. Rock band.
Not for me.
Australian early 2000s garage rock revival, similar to Jet & NZ’s Datsuns. It’s a good album with some good songs but wouldn’t really say it’s an influential or important album. Feel like there’s better Australian rock from that time
Solid. Several tracks are a good imitation of late era Beatles
Not my favorite album. The melodies are great and have a distinctive late 90s/early 2000s sound. There's an awful screamo vocalist in this band. I don't know why he's included...to add angst? Anyway, I hate him.
90 secs and 1 track into their debut, comparisons with Nirvana were not far off the mark, but The Hives added elements of acoustic psychedelia to the punk howl to take them beyond fellow Aus-Rock contemporaries such as the Datsuns and Wolfmother who emerged at the same time. Similarities to nirvana were further shared with the singer having mental health issues (being undiagnosed ADHD )which destroyed the band following a series of chaotic gigs and media interviews following the first album. A great album but not sure why you ‘must’ listen to it before you die when you could slip in utero on?
Meh not really impressed - just seemed like generic pop-punk
Oh, the patented faux urgent edginess of the early aughts, of which era this is generic and no better than replacement level. Not that it's terrible but still ... One only likes the ballads, though "Sunshinin'" isn't terrible.
Not bad, but I wasn't expecting to be yelled at this morning! There are some good songs on here, but I don't think I'd run out to buy it.
Never listened to them before,. Enjoyed the album.
Short songs, pretty cool. This was 'Get Free' where they had that surge in the early 2000s.
Kinda sorta reminds me of nirvana, lead singer doesn’t sound like him, but the tempo and ‘feel’ of a lot of the songs remind me of them. 3.6
Þetta er betra en mig minnti. Ágætis noughties rokk.
Sound a little messy.
Britpop band tries Nirvana. Nothing mind-blowing; Get Free is still a great track though.
Album radio was Black keys, that was great! This isn’t
Mostly OK with a few highlights
Very meh
Surprised this album's singles have never come up before for me. I've heard them on the radio at some point. Enjoyed the two listens. Get a lot of an STP vibe circa 2001. 4/5!
Not awful but didn't overly grab me. Felt a bit like opening credits movie for a movie at times. Won't revisit but I've heard worse.
This is fine. It's not doing anything that catches my attention or pops. Probably won't revisit.
TBH it started off like i was gonna like it. its cool they are aussies and i def remember them all over mtv and commercials back in the day. I do love the album art. But there are some songs that really sound like they are on autopilot.
Pretty good balance of energy and quality. A little intense but easy enough to handle
2.5
forglemmeligt 00'er indie 🤷 not for me
The Vines er virkelig ikke et af de garagerock bands der hedder The <...>s fra 00erne som jeg har hørt et mest. Var overrasket over hvor psykedelisk det var! Altså cool nok, men jeg har allerede glemt alle sangene
Der er nogle virkelig fede bangers på den her plade. Jeg kan huske at høre Outtathaway & Get Free tilbage i gymnasiet - de holder sgu stadig! Resten af pladen er lidt mere grungy, der er lidt Kurt C. over vokalen i "In The Jungle"
Sounds like the early 2000s. Every band from that era. Not terrible. Just not original.
Close to being something I’d be crazy over, but just fall a little short. I’m not getting enough of something be it catchiness, a vibe, a state of mind, purpose, sound. Something just falls a little short, or maybe a few things combined
Cool sounding at the start,quickly gets boring.
General thoughts: To be honest, this is not the kind of alternative rock I like. The sound is very 2000's, the worst decade for rock, at least for me. Loud guitars can be nice, but they feel empty somehow. I Apreaciate the singer's enthusiasm, but he tires me a lot. Feels rushed, with a lot of throwaway songs or songs that feel really simillar between each other. When they tried to think outside of the box in 'Homesick' they simply couldn't. Lyrics are kinda emo too, not cool emo, cringy emo. *Outstanding songs: Country yard Cover: Kinda tematic, nice art, doesn't stick in the head though. Real rating: 2.0 *This album had me change my template from 'Favorite songs' to 'Outstanding songs'. I was putting 4 to 5 stars ranked songs in that section and this album has none of those. Don't want to make it sound like they're whooah great songs so I had to rename the section. Instead I'll put selected songs ranked above the album average.
A great garage rock, sort of grunge album. The Vines are musically more interesting than Nirvana to whom they often get compared. The album starts a bit low effort wise but gets better later.
It's OK.
2/5. The short punk Nirvana-esque songs are really the standouts. The slower, long-winded songs lose me, just not the vibe or the strength of this album. Like it's not terrible but just boring, like a bunch of B-sides from Oasis. I'm also not a huge Nirvana fan in the first place so even the good songs weren't great, just okay.
Good
en classic 2000er vibe, aber nid im musig stil woni lose wür
hell yeah, I liked that one 🤘🏼
While The Vines have more personality than other early 2000’s indie bands, their songwriting is still lackluster.
Didn't enjoy it. Sort of guitar-based indie rock, but I don't like the vocals, arrangements or melodies.
Very different sound than what I thought it would be, other than the few tracks with 90% screaming. The rest surprised me and I quite enjoyed.
forgettable
Lidl nirvana
I enjoyed this a lot more than I expected based on others’ reviews.
The Vines was quite hyped when this album was released. Retrospectively it is not really standing out. Solid ok, but not exceptional
Had never heard of The Vines before. Sounds like a toned-down Nirvana with some other elements added in. Not very compelling music, almost certainly will not listen again. If you want Australian rock-and-roll, please consider Wolfmother for all of your needs and interests. I’m pretty sure The Vines’ drummer left that band to join Wolfmother. Two stars.
This was alright. Decent music but I think I tire of the rowdy alt/punk rock music. for that genre I prefer to stick to stuff I listen to as a kid.
One of my favorite albums of all time. Every song on here is just an absolute banger, and there’s an exceptional amount of variety too. Such an underrated band.
Good, almost 4, didn't listen to them before but good rock/punk album
This one grew on me with each listen and I liked the lyrics but the strong British accent they sing with really annoyed me when I found out they’re actually Australian. I decided to forgive them eventually. Listens: 2 Fave Track: Highly Evolved Rating: 4
2.5
Na
It was ok I guess. Not sure how they stand out from any other indie band of the time.
Very 2002.
I didn’t hate it.
Not in the mood
Not as bad as the worst grunge bandwagon jumpers, not as good as anyone who actually tried. When this was current I disliked so many "The" bands that seem to answer the question "what if garage rock happened in expensive recording studios with all the instruments in isolation booths?". Come up with half a hook & then throw some chromatic chord shift instead of finishing it so you don't have to commit. It made music seem so stuck that when Canadian 'indie' hit the scene it seemed like everyone had been given permission to try again. It seemed as though rigid compartmentalizations had been broken through & you could try to synthesize your experiences into something you just thought was good. ha ha. The Vines try one song with a verse aping the Clash and a chorus aping Nirvana. ha ha. music: hated. (⌐■_■)
Whenever an album comes up and it’s Of My Time, I tense up and expect it won’t hold up that well. Pleasant surprise on this one. These guys seem to have sort of faded behind the other *The* bands that came out, but I think this is a decent record. Was especially tickled by Factory.
It feels older than 2002. I remember it being one of the hot shit „The“ bands. But the content did not stick. It‘s quite colorful but as well quite nothing specific. 2.6
I sure did love this time in music with bands like The Vines, The Strokes, The Hives playing smart catchy riff-rock.
Better than I was expecting. They sorts sound like late 90s STP.
Average rock album. Nothing great, nothing bad.
Mostly not terrible
A touch better than good. Really liked "Factory" - sounds like they're trying to be the Beatles.
J'ai tellement écouté Break Free sans vraiment connaître le groupe! J'aurais dû m'y mettre avant. J'aime leur rock assez classique, mais exécuté avec énergie.
Never managed to grip me
Listened Before? No Album opens energetically with poppy production, but there is much more of an edge here than I anticipated. Vocals borrow from a grunge tradition and there is a spunkiness about this. Really enjoy Outtathaway... I knew I recognized the band name; Get Free is a jam that I had forgotten about. Country Yard is a psych trip of an instrumental with a distant guitar that feels like it is shimmering in the breeze. Factory reminds me of some Offspring songs that I wasn't particularly fond of. Has a sort of polka plong about it that occasionally grows teeth. In The Jungle is a standout. Minor progression that makes for an uncomfortable, but cool atmosphere. Reminds me of Alice in Chains for a number of reasons. Could have done without the lugubrious ode to Mary Jane. Like its a fine song and all, but felt unnecessary even if the "Echoes" reminiscent guitar towards the closing was nice. 1969 is a drawn out jam of a song. I like it as a closer. Strong 4 / 5 for me. Great production and depth and I enjoyed all the way through. Added to Library? Yes Songs Added to Playlists: - Get Free (Driving, Skate Mix, Sunny-vibes)
I feel like I had heard of this band but don't recall ever listening to them. I like them. Has a grungy rock feel to it. I'll have to give some of there other music a listen
Really like the album cover right off the bat. Really hate this guy's voice right off the bat. There ended up being a couple of OK songs, but this album was fighting an uphill battle the entire way and lost. Punk bad.
Definitely a teenage James band. Get Free is in a video game I used to play I think it was one of the Burnouts so that was really random to hear That album didn't really do much for me it got pretty boring at the end
Like most albums the highs were high lows were low. Liked really random parts of songs and disliked parts of the same song. Get Free was the only one I knew before and definitely have always thought it was the Offspring
9/10 crazy good rock album absolutely adored the diversity
pretty boring but dosent hurt to listen to.
good band, not my taste.
Good garage rock album. A few duds but mostly solid.
I hadn't heard of The Vines before listening to this, and that's a shame
Solid rock album
Album started off strong, I was a little sleepy so it took me a min to get into it but I dig it
Meh
HL: "GET FREE", "Sunshinin", "In the Jungle", "1969" 🎶I’m sure, I’ve heard it all before, but I don’t really give a shit
Get Free is a banger but really it’s a pretty derivative record. Doesn’t offer that much at all and the other songs are pretty forgettable too
So, this Australian band is “ frequently compared to Nirvana” (per Wikipedia). I guess that’s the current day equivalent of being the “next Beatles” we used to hear 40 years ago. Listening to this, I can tell they were inspired by Nirvana, maybe even trying to copy Nirvana. Not especially original. But the result is, at best, a pale imitation. It’s not bad, but it certainly isn’t memorable. 3/5
I liked it , needed some aughts rock yesterday. Alternates between garage rock and beatlesque soft rock, quite fun although I typically don’t go for Australian music
Definitely enjoyable. I’ll have to listen again. I’d probably give it a 7 on the 10 scale, so I’m rounding up to 4/5 here.
I feel like this is how you do garage rock effectively (take notes foo fighters). Theres some awesome tracks in here and a much more effective delivery of rage for me than other things that try to do the same thing
Ow wat stevigere gitaren, fijn!
Dit vond ik echt heel vet!
er zitten gitaren in, en het rockt, maar toch vond ik het niet heel interessant.
I didn't think I ever heard of these guys before, so when Get Free came around, I first thought it was a cover version. While I don't see the justification in adding this one to the list, I did enjoy it as pretty high quality garage rock. Definitely very impressive for a debut. A bit of a weird disconnect between the first and second half of the album, which started to sound quite Beatlesque from Factory on. But both halves are very solid.
I enjoyed this.
Really enjoyed this, a generous 4 as I reckon repeat listens would make it grow on me more as well
Fun, high-energy rock that plays with a variety of sounds and does them all well. Really enjoyed this!
Excellent live album. Not only could Nirvana make great original songs, but they could make covers better than the originals, while live.
Interesting band and an interesting album. I had never really given much attention to The Vines. Parts of this are very enjoyable. I noticed in the blurb about them that they had been compared to Nirvana. That seemed apt at some of their best moments.
This is the night that you went out with your buddies to celebrate something but you can't remember what. You rallied the troops, hit some dive bar, did shots with random people, wound up at a strip club and woke up in an unfamiliar house feeling like shit the next morning. Fun and forgettable, you're not sure what happened, but you know you had a blast.
The Strokes auto-played when “Highly Evolved” was done. It was instantly clear they are so much better than The Vines. And I think that bears true for much of the garage rock revival of the early 2000s. The Vines just don’t stand out. I was not a fan of “Homesick,” “Factory,” or “In The Jungle,” and “Mary Jane’s” repetitive and juvenile five minutes was hard to bear. But it was followed by the decent “Ain’t No Room” - the album is an up and down roller coaster. “Outtathaway” and “Get Free” were hits for a reason though. They’ve been called “‘the second coming of Nirvana’ by the British press,” but they are largely unwarranted bar a couple of thrashy moments and vocal screams that never seem quite as genuine as Kurt Cobain. I did get some strong Stone Temple Pilots vibes a few times though. Ultimately The Vines stay on the 1001 was short lived. “Highly Evolved” is no longer on the list. And while too many 21st century albums have been pulled prematurely, this isn’t one of them. However, more deserving from 2002 and not on the list are: Interpol - “Turn on the Bright Lights” Queens of the Stone Age - “Songs for the Deaf” Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - “BRMC” All ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I forgot I like the Vines. They were a welcome return to a more grungy sound amidst the rock played on the radio in 2002 (3 doors down, Nickleback, etc.). Does anyone else think the intro to In the Jungle is screaming out for more cowbell?
I can never keep straight the vines or the hives or the strokes but it’s all my jam.
Gritty. Distorted. Energetic. Engaging. A great debut album from The Vines. I need to explore more of their catalogue.
Good clean aussie rock show
Not as good in retrospect as some of the other return to rock of the early 2000s. Not the Strokes or White Stripes, but akin to maybe Jet?
More like vineyard vines - 2 stars
Just some good clean distortion and upbeat rock. Nothing genius but solid.
I liked Homesick, Outtatheway, 1969, and Mary Jane. Good hard rock band.
felt like classic 00's rock which is funny because we got some better rock earlier this week. This felt like if Smashing Pumpkins lost their creativity. It was fine, but fine doesn't belong on this list.
Well, the good news is its not a British band: these guys are Australian. But the Ozzies are catching a stray today because this is yet another album in the parade of generic-sounding rock stuff. As usual, it's not bad, but what sets this apart? I could start scrolling through all my ratings so far and name off a handful of similarly generic, "why are they on here" bands. Too lazy to do it now, but this one would get the axe. A couple tracks I'll keep, but it's just not interesting. Favorite tracks: Outtathaway, Homesick. Album art: Maybe the best part about this one, I really like this cover. Great illustration, great use of color here, the green pops. And come on, it's depicting vines....for a band called The Vines. We love to see that. 2.5/5
How did they make this list.
This is another easy listen. Slightly dated sound, but pleasant. Overall a pleasurably average album. Favorite track: Factory
Better than expected.
Am I losing it, or does this kind of sound like a hair metal record in a bunch of spots?
pretty good 3.5 star album, but since I am feeling generous, 4 stars.
Really enjoyed this one. Loved the energy of Highly Evolved and the harmonies in Sunshinin. There's a nice mix of fun/energetic and some tamer songs. Added to my main playlist.
Nr. 31/1001 Highly Evolved 3/5 Autumn Shade 4/5 Outtathaway 3/5 Sunshinin 3/5 Homesick 5/5 Get Free 3/5 Country Yard 4/5 Factory 3/5 In The Jungle 3/5 Mary Jane 4/5 Ain't No Room 3/5 1969 4/5 Aberage: 3,5 The influence of Nirvana on this Album could easily be heard. All around enjoyable
3.4
Never heard of this band and then I heard that one song and was like "oh yeah that song". I should have liked this more than I did since it was fine. Shame they compared them to Nirvana. Unfair to the band.
My favorite discovery so far!! They are like psychicadelic Beatles meet Nirvana and I am here for it!
It's a cool sound, but I'm not sure I remember any of the lyrics. A punk/grunge vibe, definitely not the next coming of Nirvana. I would listen to some of the songs again, but nothing is an absolute must listen. 3.5
Gets better as it goes on! Loved it
Good album!
Somewhere between a 4-4.5. Really liked it. I wish it did a little bit less genre hopping between songs and tried to infuse elements from all the genres they were interested in across the whole album.
Quite enjoyed this
Scream rock
Felt like a stereotypical early 2000's alternative album. Nothing bad to really call out, but also nothing that really stood out. Not an album I'd re-visit. Outtathaway and Homesick were my favorites.
More gritty than I expected actually
Kind of like The Hives but not as good? A garage revival band, but I'm not sure exactly what they're adding. I found this album at best super boring ("Mary Jane") and at worst really grating ("Factory"). Their big hit "Get Free" was a middling angsty yelly song that would be a throwaway track on a Sonics or Stooges record.
decent, nothing special
A really cool album. I wasn’t expecting to know one of their songs, but “get free” must have been a major hit of theirs. I’ll definitely be coming back to this album and band.
Grungy garage rock fused with angry punk. Awesome album.
Solid! Enjoyed it but probably won’t revisit. Grungey sounds are always gonna go well for me
Aight boom
I never checked them out. They were always bracketed together with the Strokes. I didn't like the Strokes very much. I like the Vines better. If Nirvana were a brit pop band from Australia, they would have sounded like this. 3.5 stars. Favorite song: Outtathaway
Pretty good hard rock album. Vocals get a little shout-at-you at times which I am not a fan of but still an enjoyable listen for me. 3.5 stars
3.7 Album. Enjoyed a few songs but not something I’d seek out on my own.
It was my first time hearing this album and I really liked it. I definitely get the Nirvana/Beatles comparisons, you can hear the references throughout the entire thing. Were those critics exaggerating? Maybe, but it’s still a very enjoyable album throughout. There’s hardly any filler. And I thought the entire “green” stylistic was pretty cool. 3.5/5 with the potential to grow on me further
It starts like any other indie rock from the 2000s; it gets some personality in the middle, and then it finishes like any other band from their time. It's not bad, but forgettable.
It's ok i guess. I can see where the Nirvana comparisons came from, not from the songwriting obviously, but the singer's voice and the way it drags out sometimes is similar to Cobain. The mix is really way too clean for something like this though, I need a bit more edge. Some of the harder rocking songs like Get Free are fun, but there's not enough of them.
bleh 3*
This was an overall great listen. There was a solid amount of diversity in sound throughout the tracklist. Furthermore, I felt that the album started and finished pretty strong.
The song selection is schizophrenic. The album has too many moods.
Det här är ju bra trist.
Eyeroll
Toffe garage-rock die wat aan Nirvana doet denken
Tan normal que ni me he enterado de qué va.
Solid alternative sound. Not my favorite but I did enjoy this album.
Muy buenos recuerdos y muy buenas canciones en este disco. Empezando por "Higly evolved", "Outtathaway", "Homesick", "Country yard", la famosa "Get free" y una de mis favoritas "Factory" con un tono muy Beatle y Ska.
скучновато цепляли крики посреди песен + довольно неплохой звук
Группа из Австралии, которая играет приятную такую индюшатину. С инди-музыкой вообще сложно: она может понравиться или не понравиться совсем случайно. У этих ребят есть что-то... тянущее, иногда буйное, всё такое разное. Есть противный вокал местами, который вдруг начинает нравиться после нескольких повторений одной и той же мелодической линии. Есть и какие-то "дурацкие" вайбы от этой музыки. Короче прикольно, что кроме Ацдц и Ника Кейва кто-то ещё музычку там играл, на другой стороне планеты.
preety good
"Highly Evolved" but not particularly involving.
What if The Strokes became a BritPop band?
old wine in new bottles. very old wine, not very new bottles
Not bad, Get Free is a radio hit from the high school years. Other than that though nothing too noteworthy I’d come back too. Not a bad album by any stretch, but not my type of rock I vibe with. Good for a sunny day and some safe rock.
Just making up the numbers in 90s indie. Sound like 6 other bands but doesn't improve on any
I remember this being pushed by the NME at the time and 'Get Free' being all over Kerrang TV. I suspect the British music press were looking to create a new music movement as a last-ditch to maintain some form of relevance in a rapidly changing media world. Unfortunately, in garage rock, they picked a fairly boring genre without a lot of variety and with little to say. The big singles from this album push the nirvana-esque sound. A style of music I find particularly dull. Going yeaaaah, ooooooh, heeeeey, over a loud minor chord says nothing other than you have nothing to actually say. Fortunately there are a handful of quieter, more subtle tracks on this record, which break up and balance the standard neo-grunge fairly well and make it a much more enjoyable listen. Rating: 2.5/5 Playlist track: Homesick Date listened: 17/09/23
A great mix of grunge and punk. Yes
Fine but forgettable mid-2000s rock.
Highly dull.
It sounds like the sound track to Gran Turismo. I hate the soundtrack to Gran Turismo. Factory was a pleasant diversion though.
They are probably a 3, but I'm giving them 4 because they are Australian, and Get Free is awesome
Has some nice parts, an hour after listening can't recall much though
Rock
I remember at the time thinking the Vines were really amazing. They're ok
Not bad, we have just been getting a lot of no name bands. I dont see what impact this has had on the music community.
This certainly is rock music. Some tracks have big homages to popular rock songs of the 70's 80's and 90's. They make some pretty good music, but still somehow have a lot of the style that rock in the 2000s had. Overall not bad, A strong 3/5
No real surprise this got exed in later editions as it's pretty dated, and standard issue "arent-we-just-the-coolest" edgy guitar rock from the early 2000s. Ballads work well, but everything else is forgettable, heard elsewhere, pretty templated, etc.
that one song plus a couple others
Definitely a cut above a lot of this type of post-grunge, punk-inflected rock in both substance and style. Definitely still solidly in that pack, though. Not sure anything distinguishes it that highly above a lot of peers. Still I enjoyed it, though it's not a genre I go too all that much anymore.
It's a good album, but it's not particularly "great" at anything. I don't quite see why this is on this list, even though I enjoyed it.
Kind of interesting that this found any purchase on this list. Just fine.
A fun surprise to come across this album. I first heard it around 2008, I think it was a random selection in the CD section at the Fargo Public Library. Beyond that I had not context for it, no one I knew listened to this band. I remember really loving a couple of the songs, and really not caring for a couple as well. That's still more or less true upon re-listening now in 2023. My favorites back then were "Outtatheway" - which I actually performed a cover version of in our basement band at the time - and "Factory". I find that I still like the former, and am a little less fond of the latter now. But some of the others are sticking out now in a good way, including "Highly Evolved", "Ain't No Room", "1969". Others slow the album down, namely "Homesick." After some reading I am still not entirely convinced of its place on the list, but it was a nice surprise to come across this again, and it is inspiring me to check out the rest of their discography.
We had just gotten out of the 90s but for some reason The Vines wanted to take us straight back there.
More I listen to stuff like this, the more the alt-indie-rock sounds of the late 90s to early 00s start to sound so one dimensional and formulaic.
Listened Before? N Someone got into their older brother's Nirvana records. Good for them, but it's no Nirvana. Lots of noise and oversimplified songs. Didn't hate it but probably won't listen again. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Get Free
What a great debut. Highly Evolved really sets the tone and 1969 is a great closer. Get Free is very catchy. I think my favourite track though is In The Jungle.
Yeah, pretty solid stuff - I thought I'd heard this a bunch from a housemate in the early 2000s but it didn't seem that familiar - maybe it was a different one of their albums, or I've got them confused with someone else? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Almost tempted to remove a star for the awful ska stylings of "Factory", heh. Fave track - liked the psych leanings of "Country Yard" - "Ain't No Room" was also a banger.
Feel dumb after comparing that Sugar album to nirvana. These guys were REALY going for grunge in 02 and found it. Solid work that I'll never hear again.lol
Beter als verwacht 3,5?
They huffed and they puffed but they failed to blow the house down. A lot of noise and faux fury going nowhere.
Até achei que já tinha escutado, mas deve ter sido hives, whites ou algo similar e que soa com indie mais alegrinho.
I feel like his voice was just lazy… I was kind of impressed with “Mary Jane” I don’t know it was cool but otherwise I am not totally sure. It did get progressively better, but it’s not amazing.
Too much like Nirvana in enough spots to prevent the occasional breaches into legitimately-talented songwriting to shine through. Highlight: "Sunshinin" Not my bag. 4/10 2 stars.
Very mid.
Get free entuudesta tuttu. Tämän listauksen mittarilla selkeästi keskivertoa parempi joten helppo kolmonen.
Viihdyttävä, ei kuitenkaan sen erikoisempi. Helppo kuunneltava
Hey album, what are you doing on this list? No one, certainly not the critics (4.1 by Pitchfork), finds you remarkable. No problem you exist and that some persons like you, but to me you're just another 1.5 hours (two spins) waisted by very mediocre rock. Now I feel like a bully, but I'm just being honest.
Keskinkertainen. Ei purassut.
Kuulostaa tavanomaiselta rock-levyltä vuodelta 2002. Sanoisin 2,5/5 ja hämmennys listalle pääsystä pyöristää alas.
Ihan jees garage-tykittelyä
3.75
Basic bitchery of the early aughts.
Boring and generic. Sounded like everyone else that came out around the same time. Maybe 2.5
The only comparison to Nirvana they deserve is that I'd rather take a shotgun to the head than listen to this worse-than-Bush grunge parody'
3.5
Given what I’ve heard about them and when this album came out, I was expecting just another Strokes/Hives/White Stripes adjacent product, but I was pleased to find something more original and well executed. It’s a bit of garage rock meets Nirvana, and it works.
this album was weirdly pivotal to me in that it was one of the first albums i got really in to that was 'heavier' than my usual musical fare. That synopsis puts this album weirdly into the category of gateway music.
Suck my massive yellow dong. A mega record that smacks you round the chops and buries its dick in your cheek. My bum is twitching and it's not even time for breakfast. Fire a dog into a lamppost and watch it wee it's pants.
Ahhh 2002
Just because it’s loud indie doesn’t mean it’s good indie
More meh than fine. Mostly reminded me of all the other Brit bands who seem to love the letter V. Leans more Oasis than Nirvana. That's a bug more than a feature.
Y dis on ze list
pretty good actually Mary Jane and homesick are my fav songs but the others don't drag them down
Strong
Rock and Roll, baby! A solid, grungy romp. I was not familiar with The Vines but I enjoyed this album all the way through. Not sure what puts it on this list but I did like it.
Comme vous le savez probablement, dès lors que je ne me souviens plus du contenu d'un album, mon premier réflexe est d'aller fouiller dans la conversation que j'entretiens avec mon ennemi juré eltrapeze pour y chercher une éventuelle réflexion partagée. J'ai donc écrit "vine" dans l'outil de recherche et suis tombé sur ce message envoyé par cet inculte assumé datant du 9 octobre 2018 : "ah tiens d'ailleurs ça y est j'ai choppe la vine Frank Ocean." Vous l'aurez compris, je n'ai tiré aucune information intéressante de cette recherche mis à part qu'eltrapeze n'est pas foutu d'écrire un message correctement.
Y avait 50 fois mieux dans le genre mais au moins on s'est pas trop fait chier ce matin, plus qu'une dizaine de mois et l'on pourra enfin s'extraire de ce générateur de malheur.
Listening a one off song by The Vines is good - an entire album of his voice whining.... is not so good
Sweet
I just don’t see the point of all this
Was not expecting much from this band. I didn't pay attention to them when they came out and just kind of lumped them in with a huge group of bands and artists that seemed to be hitting it big and riding the wave of revival of garage rock kind of spurred by The Strokes. It's probably unfair to all of those bands to be so dismissive of them but that's how it is. This album was better than I expected, a great energy and a great sound. Production value is excellent and it's catchy and just kind of rocks. Really enjoyed listening to this.
I had enough of garage so the garage revival wasn't something that I got too exited about.
Oh man this record rubs me the wrong way. Its way too shouty and quite annoying.
It was an okay listen.
Y u so mad
Always love this period in Rock music. It was very much a coming of age time for me. I had never heard of this band, nor any of their songs WITH THE EXCEPTION of "Get Free", but weirdly I had only ever heard Weird Al's cover. Either way I was a big fan of this. A good day!
Mira ah, este disco me pasó de largo en su momento, ni siquiera recordaba su single más exitoso, pero ahora que lo escucho definitivamente entra en ese grupo de discos que lamento haberme perdido.
So generic. No hits.
Alt Rock band, the Vines from Australia. Their Debut album. Singles: ----------------------------------------------- "Highly Evolved" (UK, 32) "Get Free" (#7 US Modern Rock, #24 UK) "Outtathaway!" (UK, 20; US ALT #19) "Homesick" (AUS, #50) Standouts: Get Free, Highly Evolved, Outtathaway!, Homesick, Factory. 3/5
Really love the sound that is somehow distinctively early 2000s and also evokes an earlier time. Good stuff. Best track: Get Free
Correct, genre de punk rock moyen ahah J'ai pas trop trippé ca sonne générique 2.75
2.7 - A pungent blend of runoff from various genres: grunge, neo-garage and Britpop. All masticated into a loud unappealing stew.
An absolutely nothing special alt rock/ light punk record
I really like their sound. A bit Brit-pop but not quite so pop-sounding - a bit rougher around the edges like garage rock. Sort of like Oasis with a touch of grunge. Very nice. 4 stars.
Sounds like an average attempt at keeping grunge relevant into the 2000s.
Very uneventful and run of the mill alt rock album
"The Vines were frequently compared to Nirvana". I'm not a Nirvana fan and can clearly see this is bullshit. Fuck the Brit loving music apologist that put this on the list of things to listen to before you fucking die. If you're compared to one of the greatest bands from a genre, you need to be better than them or shut the fuck up. 2.5/5.
Highly bad. Been six days since I heard this and the memory has the sensational impact of a stale eggy fart.
Wasn't as bad as I feared, mainly because it's quite short. Sounds like a high school band playing their favorite '90s tunes in the local scout hut. Fair enough, I suppose, but I've seen friends in bands with much more talent and originality have no success, so it seems a bit unfair that something so elementary and derivative can make this bunch of drongos quite rich.
3.5/5. Very difficult lead singer but as it turned out he had Asperger’s. It’s a fairly solid record but nothing groundbreaking nor innovative in its genre, somewhat forgotten record and band.
This album is completely non-offensive but definitely doesn't take any risks or pushes the genre forward. It is a mix of Britpop, garage rock, neo-psychedelia, post-punk/new wave revival, and a touch of grunge through a pop filter. Because they're trying to do so much, the Vines end up with a sort of bland sound that sits somewhere between the Beatles and Oasis. Even the vocals seem like a Liam Gallagher/John Lennon approximation. I'm honestly confused why this album is included in this list. There are much better early 2000s rock revival albums to include that are influential and genre defining.
2.5
Man, that was a delight. I didn't really know what to expect from this one. I was aware of the band but wasn't familiar with their catalog. Turns out, this was my jam. I loved the "modern garage throwback" vibe so much. It was such a groove and I was digging it already but when "Get Free" hit, I was all-in. What a freaking great track. I got nothing negative to say here. Full marks. Immediate replay.
This was pretty good. Catchy, with the right amount of acidity. Stylistically this is all over the place, and a couple of these tracks could have been dropped to make a much better album, but I enjoyed it. I get the comparisons to Nirvana, but The Vines are pretty toothless by comparison. Most insightful comment by a fellow reviewer: "Garage rock for Britpop fans." Fave Songs: Homesick, Get Free, Sunshinin, Autumn Shade, Country Yard
Australia's honest entry into the garage rock revival of the 2000's. Get Free was the hit song, and not without reason. The other songs, unfortunately, leave little impression. This is made doubly so by the back end of the album, which drags on until the very end. While it all sounds just fine, it barely registered in my brain that I listened to a full Vines album. That was just Get Free and a bunch of other noises. Whatever.
Rating: 6/10
Nice
Noisey enough to be fun.
Some good songs some boring songs
A rebuf de la penúltima resurrecció del rock, a començaments de mil.leni, de la mà de The Strokes, i menor mesura, The White Stripes, van sorgir tota una sèrie de bandes que van acabar amb la moda del nu metal, i van donar una nova vitalitat al rock, aquest vegada influenciat sobretot pels sons de finals dels 70. Els australians The Vines van sorgir amb força, de la mateixa manera que bandes com Kings of Leon, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Jet o els suecs The Hives... quins anys! Escoltat ara amb perspectiva, el seu debut 'Highly Evolved', el seu disc més recordat, és un bon exemple del que es feia aleshores, però res extraordinari. Un bon grapat de temes per disfrutar del moment, si més no
Highly Evolved is my Sail Away. I'm going to think about this album a lot.
I was told I would absolutely love this, but I didn't. Some songs were great and I'll be coming back to them, but the rest were so forgettable. Plus the marathon songs they placed in there killed the vibe at times. They tried too hard to be like Nirvana and ended up as a sugar-free version.
C+ Highly Evolved - 2 Autumn Shade - 3 Outtathaway - 3 Sunshinin - 2 Homesick - 4 Get Free - 2 Country Yard - 4 Factory - 3 In the Jungle - 2 Mary Jane - 3 Ain’t No Room - 3 1969 - 3 I really liked this album from the get-go thanks to its cover art. The music was really good, but I wasn't the right audience. When it spoke to me, it hit hard, but mostly it felt like it was speaking to others. Definitely an album I'll return to at some point.
This was a strong contender for a 5 from the first track and it was solidified as a 5 for me as soon as I heard get free, song I’ve always heard but never really knew where it came from. I love early 2000s alternative rock like this and this was 50 pure minutes of it with 90s grunge influences galore (I don’t think this is “the second coming of nirvana” but it’s definitely heavily inspired by them). Another favorite of mine was outtathaway.
Take a slice of Nirvana, cook it in a Britpop sauce (part Blur, part Oasis), sprinkle with abundant portions of psychedelia and early 2000s garage rock (à la The Strokes), and what you get is a predictable "indie" success at the time this one came out. The thing is, none of those great ingredients gel or interact in any sort of cohesive or satisfactory manner in *Highly Evolved*. I felt it at the time, and I feel it even more now. Worse, there are quite a few embarassing moments in this LP. The verses of "Factory" sound like Paul McCartney circa 1975 playing a ska song. Should I really need to say more? I mean *really*??? Two things ruin this record overall: first the transitions between the different sorts of songs are absolutely jarring. Sometimes topsy-turvy albums have their charms. Here, unfortunately, the stylistic 180-degree turns are just awkward. Yet the *real* problem is that the songs are themselves pretty lame, even taken on their own. The chord successions are unoriginal and predictable. The compositions are boring. Long tracks have grating vocal lines that meander aimlesly, and short tracks feel half-cooked. Only the rockers "Get Free" and "Highly Evolved" are fully enjoyable--mostly through the energy that's displayed in those Nirvana and The Strokes rip-offs... Too bad those two decent cuts are not enough to save this record from disaster. On their strength, I could have been led to believe the album was somewhat even remotely interesting. Glad I didn't fall into that trap at the time. And also glad that I could listen to that thing again. Sometimes, as you get older and broaden your tastes, you end up changing your mind about some acts. But not in here, and not me. 1/5 for the purposes of this list of "essential" albums. Which translates to something between a 4/10 and a 6/10 grade for more general purposes, such as assessing the hard work made a professional band. Hey, it's still better than the 1 or 2/10 mark I would give to Limp Bizkit, at least. Next please. 😏 Number of albums left to review: 533 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 224 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 108 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more essential to me): 136 (including this one)
This was a decent album. Definitely had some post grunge style to it but also some early 2000s alternative. The comparison to nirvana is kinda comical as they are much more a standard alt rock band. Nirvana is one of the greats bands of all time. I haven’t even heard of these guys until today so that should some their cultural importance. But overall it was good. Nothing amazing. 6.5/10
Enjoyed it!
Cañero, rockero, intenso, todo un descubrimiento. Buenas voces y con estilo directo
5/10. The Vines is a pretty lame name for a band.
Garage rock for Britpop fans. 5/10
I've heard this before but not for almost 20 years. Had a housemate that was obsessed with it and thought Craig Nichols was the hottest thing since sliced bread. I remember Get Free was pretty cool but it had very obvious Nirvana knockoff vibes. Was I just picking on it for a laugh? Let's find out. Nah it's still total Nirvana worship, but to be fair there's a bit more than that going on. It has that dissonance that Nirvana had on its non-Nevermind albums, but with extra things like understanding of harmony, guitar solos, ballad-ish moments and just... overall musical knowledge, I guess. lol. I always thought they were Swedish, didn't realise they were Australian. Should've guessed with a like "Craig Nichols". Either way it was cool to hear this again. I'd be tempted to put some of it in regular play tbh. 4/5.
Really liked the vocalist(s) but overall the music was just okay for me. I wouldn’t seek out their music, but I wouldn’t hurry to change it if it were already on.
Nothing in it really caught my ear
Best Song: Outtathaway. Imagine if the whole album were played with this forward-leaning intensity? Worst Song: Mary Jane. Protracted, weepy-sounding chorus. Oh, and it's one of the longest songs on the album? Nice. Overall: Very middle of the road. It seems like the band can't decide whether they want to be a ripping cool rock band or a top 40 chart chaser. Ultimately they take the average and end up sounding kind of uninteresting. Immediately after this album finished, a Queens of the Stone Age song came on and it felt exactly like what The Vines wanted to do, but better.
I listened a few times when it debuted. Descent album for sure. Reminded me a lot of the strokes
Quite a strong take on the band's noisier influences, keeping the energy and most of the scuzz across even the slower cuts.
In Country Yard singt der Sänger: „I'm tired of feeling sick and useless” und man möchte ihm zurufen: „Dann mach’ was aus deinem Leben und bitte keine Musik mehr!“ War dann der Moment, in dem ich das Album ausgemacht habe.
Not bad, but the British press might have gotten just a wee tiny bit ahead of themselves when they hailed the Vines as 'the second coming of Nirvana'.
The only Vines songs I knew before listening to this were Get Free and Outtathaway, so I was expecting an album full of slightly more "alternative" Buckcherry-ish douchiness. But, it's better than that for sure. I didn't expect such a psychedelic pop influence, sure the influences from Beatles and Floyd are really clear, but well enough done. And the singer's clean vocals aren't so bad when he's not doing...that thing he does with his voice. Honestly, not a bad record, I was expecting worse.
The singer sounds drunk. Like, _ALL_ the time. I vaguely hearing "Get Free" on the radio when it first came out. I didn't realize it was that short. "Mary Jane" was probably the worst song on the album. I haven't heard a song so repetitive in a while. Comparisons to Nirvana seem a little overblown. The vocalist is raspy, but maybe it's just the way he screams, I don't know. It's a good rocker of an album, gets the blood pumping. Pretty good debut album.
See my review for the Hives; copy and paste. That's not exactly true, because this was a true album and not a collection of singles. But it's the same garage rock revival sound. Which I do not mind. And in some ways I don't mind all the garage rock albums that made the 1,001 list - seems a bit overdone in the same way as all the electronica entries, but at least I like garage rock. Still, like the Hives, I don't really know what distinguishes some of the 2000 garage rock bands from the others. I really liked the title track for all its energy and buzzy sound (too bad it is so short, and starts and ends abruptly). Ditto to the two big singles Outtathaway and Get Free (a great rocker). But most of the rest of the album (except maybe Sunshinin) was a bit unremarkable, other than I now noted another band who I can say that Jet copied (see all the softer piano-based songs like Homesick or Country Yard). Of course, the Hives seem to have done some copying themselves - the riffs for In The Jungle feel like Day Tripper meets CCR and I can't put my finger where I've heard some of the riffs in Mary Jane or 1969 (I didn't mind these songs, but they felt a bit recycled). Long story short, I'm not rating the Vines higher than the Hives, even if it is a more complete album.
Uh
A proper year 9 staple this! Surprised it made the list but glad it did, must be about 20 years since I heard this. Doesnt quite sound as dated as I expected, and it’s easy to forget how decent the early 00s were for garage rock! Couple of tracks tht passed by without notice which detracts a little, but a nostalgic gem nonetheless
Great album, somehow I have about 3/4 of this in my library but enjoyed the whole thing. Get free in particular is timeless, amazing riff, sounds huge, always puts me in a good mood. Love this sort of garage rock and even though as the Vines' careers shows it does get a bit samey, one album's worth is spot on.
It's not quite my kind of music but I think it also hasn't aged well. A little bit too forgettable.
Haven't listened to The Vines since I was in school. Thought it was okay, the second half of the album drags a bit but there are some bangers here. Highlights: Highly Evolved Outtathaway Get Free
The Vines! Now there's a name I haven't heard for a long time. Get free was played to absolute death when it was released. Good song though. I had never listened to an album of theirs before. Was better than I expected. That opening track is very Nirvana. I thought the slower "homesick" was quite good too. Actually felt it lost its way as I got further into it and I was losing interest by the end. The opening half I enjoyed but seemed to be missing something from "get free" onwards. Overall pretty good though Highlights: Highly evolved Outtathaway Homesick Get free 3.5/5
Pretty standard sound for this era of punk, not edgy or too upbeat, but perfectly ok. 3.5
Mjeh i aint feeling it
Now The Vines, that next big thing of the early 00’s rock revival. I was whipped up enough to purchase the record on the strength of “Get Free” a typically Cobain like garage rock banger. Listening back to the whole album, some twenty years later. First impression, more varied than a care to remember. It’s not straightforward rock, Homesick and the ska-tinged Factory nuance proceedings adding a little more colour to the overall sound. But the one constant that raises this record is Craig Nicholls vocal. It’s ranges from a gentle falsetto on Mary Jane to a bludgeoning rasp on the epic “Ain’t No Room, it’s an incredible performance throughout. A very fine rock record.
"frequently compared to Nirvana" ... well that was disappointing.
Another one that is no longer in the book. 3.5 / 4
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Entertaining rock. Mixture of slow moody songs with the faster raucous. I can hear occasionally the Nirvana influence, but a good tight set of straight forward rockers.
Did not engage with this at all. Not terrible, but really bland, especially considering all the different sounds incorporated on the album.
Energetic and varied rock album with nothing particular exciting about it. It’s just kinda there.
OK but nothing too special.
17th May 2023 Listened mainly in the office but finished off the day after. Work pint after then pub to see Hannah visiting from aus. One all time classic, like that it had a mix of tones on it and not just heavy heavy. 3.5 if I could
Not too much to say on this album to be honest, I didn’t find it that interesting but there was a good handful of enjoyable songs. I particularly liked some of the slower songs such as “Homesick” and “Mary Jane” where I think the band really shined, not as much of a fan as some of the more rock style cuts such as “Get Free” despite it being their most popular song. Not sure if I need to give this album more chance to sit with me but just as an album I didn’t find it all too appealing despite liking the songs on it. I feel they should’ve either gone the more rock and roll sort of route or stuck with the lighthearted indie rock style, it feels like they’re trying to do too much sometimes, still a great sound though.
Decent album and solid production. Way more punk/grunge than I expected, vocals reminded me of early Thom Yorke. appreciate the varied tracklist and sequencing but tf was up with that ska intro strong 6, light 7