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this fucks! good headbanger!
Ganz nett
Just good fun, not earth shattering or pushing the boundaries but great rock.
Great but should a greatest hits be on here?
I am happy I discovered them later in life, because I have something to look forward to. I'm not old or anything but hey nobody makes music like this anymore. Great record!
Bit of an unfair advantage for The Hives with the compilation album Your New Favorite Band which skims the best songs off their first two albums. The top track is Hate To Say I Told You So off their second album. The Hives do a great job capturing that 70s garage rock sound 25 years later. High energy speed guitar and drums with scratchy lead vocals and lots of screaming bring you back in time… (3.3*s) Like their sound in small doses.
Not my new favorite band. First and last songs are good, middle is a bunch of noisy alt-rock. I guess I give the band a little credit for sticking to British punk roots but more annoying than original. Also, not thrilled a compilation album makes the list and that the band released it in hopes to gain popularity faster. Seems pretty anti-punk. All in all, the honey just ain't sweet enough from the Hives...1.63 stars.
That's an album that certainly has a lot of energy. I'm often impressed how punk bands can rip through songs that are essentially a 2 minute sprint. The Hives certainly appear to be skilled musicians as the songs are all tight and pretty well arranged. While I appreciate the sentiment it unfortunately sounds like just another punk album to me. It's not that it's bad, it's just that the appeal of the genre only last so long. A couple tracks for a couple minutes is fine, but surprisingly even at 28 minutes its a little too much of it and I get burned out. I applaud the short playtime and as much as I can respect a band like The Hives its just not in my wheelhouse for any kind of casual listening 99% of the time. 2.36 stars
Meg
Thought the hives was one of those bands I've always heard good things about and never listened to. Song one and turns out it's one of those bands I don't realize I am familiar with. Great punk energy, makes me want to listen to more. That being said, I still only remember that first song
Did not like 2
Euh vraiment pas
Nöd schlecht. Guet isch‘s nur 28min lang gsi
Relativ langwiilig eifach
Good album, well written musically. For a newer band, they have some good sound reminiscent of the Ramones, Bad Brains, etc.
Definitely not my new favorite band. Not even a band I enjoyed. Very abrasive in a bad way.
A pretty good punk rock album. I enjoyed this, it had a bit of a 2000s vibe to it. No compilation albums eh??
So a 28min promotional album capturing the first 3 years of the band makes the cut? I’ve never got The Hives hype. On paper I should enjoy this, but it just feels like the empty soul of something it’s trying to emulate.
New Favourite Band is a bit of a stretch Fave track: Hate to say I told you so
Short, sharp, noisy. 3.5/5
Favorite Song: Hate To Say I Told You So
It probably deserves a 4, but to put a Greatest Hits album against 1,000 other single album deserve some kind of handicap
dope
This is good stuff, and there should be more compilation albums in the book. Imagine how good a Monkees compilation album could be rather than the weird choice that actually made it in. All the songs are the same , but they're short and punchy and the album is here and gone before it gets annoying.
Lots of energy and rocking arrangements. In the vein of The Strokes, etc.
Poop from the butt
Fun punk, I way prefer this to the strokes. As a compilation album this doesn't quite make sense for the 1001 albums list, but as a collection of their musical oevre it's a good showcase. Ripping lines, a sense of fun, punky energy, garage energy in a good way. Not blowing anything out of the water, but decent
I did enjoy this but I hate greatest hits albums as a concept + thinks it's bogus they'd include one here
2.5
Short, sweet, and rockin. Love the Hives, and never sat down to just listen to an album so this was fun. They really get the idea of putting out fun quick riffs that rock. Easy peasy. Digging in you can definitely sense a little bit of Queens of the Stone Age, so not sure if they inspired the Hives or vice versa. In any event, cool stuff
This is a difficult one to score. I really like The Hives. I like every song on this album. Problem is I don’t think a compilation album should be on here. If Veni Vidi Vicious had been on here I would be giving it a 4 minimum. Top Track - Automatic Schmuck
super cool like the new age punk feel.
I bought this on CD back at the time but it's not something I've listened to a lot over the years. I wasn't a Strokes fan, quite liked the White Stripes but when I first heard Hate To Say I Told You So I loved it, although I wouldn't go as far as to say they were my new favourite band, but the favourite of that garage rock revival crop certainly. It's good but a little one-dimensional and nothing matches the opening track's energy.
so nostalgic
I enjoyed the album, short fast and punchy. Have always found lead vocalist Howling Pelle's voice interesting, particularly on opening track.
Liked: Hate To Say I Told You So, Main Offender, Die, All Right!, Outsmarted, Here We Go Again, A.K.A I-D-I-O-T Added: Hate To Say I Told You So, Outsmarted, Here We Go Again
This was fun but didn't make any lasting impact
Typically it’s meh if a band puts their band’s name in a song title, but for some reason it works great with The Hives. Fun. Despite this being released in the 21st century it made me want to listen to this album on cassette driving around in a beat up car.
The Hives are a fun band. This was a fun listen. A little weird to choose a compilation album, but still a fun time.
It was pretty good and had some fun moments. It didn’t really grab me, though.
Some good stuff here that feels disjointed in how it sounds and flows due to the nature of it being a compilation album.
Short and sweet, enjoyable listen
I had Deep Purple yesterday, so I was grateful for some punk rock today.
This is good rock and roll, uh, music, as Adam Scott would say. The sheer power and loudness of their style keeps me coming back to the Hives. They’re still delivering - their 2025 album rips hard. Sure, the songs sound much the same, but then I’ve been listening to AC/DC for nearly 50 years, so who cares?
Too metal too shouty for me
Way better than The Vines
Not quite my new favourite band but still pretty good. (I had heard many of these songs before as well).
in the early 2000s your options as a rock band were to either whinny and moan, be as meatheaded and angsty as possible, or shamelessly ape 70s Real Rawk. the last category may have been the most respectable at the time, but nowadays has aged rather dully. these songs are alright, but they really suffer from almost every trope of garage rock revival that i dislike. better when it skews on the punk end (Untutored Youth). deserves to be one of the 1001? i can only assume this compilation was put in because this was in the first edition, which came out before streaming and digital downloads became prominent. i'm pretty sure this is a UK release meant to debut The Hives since their first few albums weren't released over there. at least i hope that's the case, because if we open the door to compilations being on here, boy oh boy does that make this list significantly worse than what i give it credit for. i don't really care about The Hives but i suppose you could slap an album of theirs on here without causing any problems. not a compilation like this, though. that's just foolish. maybe on that merit this gets the honor of being the least deserving entry on the list
Really fun but a little samey
yeah cool but didnt know best of albums were "allowed"
Boom! (but not Tick Tick Boom) Some Swedish party rock for you guys now, this hits like a train and keeps on rolling. Excellent stuff, my only complaint is it's only 28 minutes long. Who are you, the Ramones??
They're not my new favourite band, but I can see they were for some. I reckon they had fun time recording that album, had a good energy.
It was ok. Personally it was a bit too angsty, I could feel myself getting more wound up as the album went on. To fully enjoy it I would have to be in a suitable mood and location e.g. in a car on a road with no other traffic, and when I've been slightly inconvenienced by someone or something. I could then thrash about safe in the knowledge I'm not going to kick the cat, or throw a bottle through the TV screen.
Punk rock. Hate to Say I Told You was popular. iTunes commercial or something?
My first thought when I saw it come up was why was this compilation included in the 1001 Albums book. Then I read some more and found that this was the album that broke The Hives into the UK market. It certainly bears repeating that Robert Dimery and his team are predominantly British, so for a lot of them, Your New Favourite Band was their introduction to the Swedish garage rock revival group. It wasn’t like over here in the States, where our introduction to The Hives was with the re-release of Veni Vidi Vicious. As far as a greatest hits record for this early in the band’s career, it’s a solid outing. Obviously, the most refined-sounding tracks are the ones from Veni Vidi Vicious placed towards the front, particularly with the one-two punch of “Hate to Say I Told You So” and “Main Offender”. I certainly got a kick out of the sampling of tracks from Barely Legal and the A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T EP, with how much more frenetic and straightforward punk the band used to be in their humble beginnings. If anything, between hearing these tracks and later output like “Tick Tick Boom”, The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons, and The Hives Forever Forever The Hives, it is evident that the band has continued to evolve their sound while staying true to the theatricality and raw intensity in their performance. It kind of makes me wish we got a more updated compilation from them. Though the feeling is probably moot, as Your New Favourite Band is no longer included in subsequent editions of the book. Still, it was a fun romp through The Hives’ early hits. Their music is certainly worth checking out.
Album 122. Your New Favourite Band (https://open.spotify.com/album/1jJiFQfBwu3Ifz8RuPdk0A?si=69UziKjNRXKOAdfrYX9YOg)— The Hives (2001) It was super fun to listen to this album today 'cause it was a perfect fit. But objectively, it's forgettable and the complete opposite of uniqueness. I heard dozens of garage rock albums like this. Yeah, these guys were early makers of garage rock and so what 2/5 No liked songs
Punky but clean set of songs, decent fun all the way through, not my favorite band but if I were a sentient advertising agency then maybe? Also classed as a compilation so it's a weird presence on this list, just accepting it for what it is since it's here
obsessed w the guitar
Eh, they are fine I guess? The kind of music horrid henry listens to I saw that this is a best of album and none of the songs really stood out for me. They would be fun to see live Unfortunately they're not my new favourite band, but I respect the effort.
Nein, das wird nicht meine Lieblingsband!
Very surprised at how much I enjoyed this
Who cares if it’s a blend of their first few albums if they are just trying to grow their presence. Fact is that this is a true blend of power pop and punk. It’s aggressive, catchy and fun.
Now that's rock n' roll
Not bad
Lots of fun but cacophonous
It was pretty solid
Rating: 7.5/10 Love the energy!
Meh, sounds like generic indie rock to me
A good quick rock record
Pretty standard punk rock there. It was okay but nothing to write home about
Bit strange to include a compilation album, why bother including several albums from any given band on this list when you can just do a best of?! Nonetheless, The Hives are not a band I’ve listened to beyond the singles I know, which I quite like to be fair and this was a decent enough listen. I can only imagine they have albums worthy of the list but if they don’t then this inclusion is all the more strange, given the list is about albums, not artists. If I was to explore further then I guess I’d put an album on rather than listen to this again.
This kind of garage punk is right up my alley. It's loud, punchy, noisy, punctuated by feedback, rockin' blah blah blah. But why listen to this instead of Mudhoney, or Ty Segall, or Obits/Hot Snakes, or one of several incarnations of The Oh Sees that does this just as loudly, just as noisily, but with *real abandon*? It's good, really well done stuff, but I couldn't pick out any of the songs as distinctive. It feels like punk energy as a product. Maybe because it's a compilation? Anyhow, no real high points, no low points. I'd be willing to give another album a go and hope it's got more going on than this, but I couldn't convince myself that another listen would give me more. 2.5 rounding down.
Bit samey throughout. I bought it when it came out and I haven't listened to it for 20+ years.
One track was ok
Punk is a bit to hard for me Song I like: the hive are law you are crime
I wasn't in a spot to get to know new music this year, 2001, so kind of missed it. Really like this
8 / 10
riddle me this, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You DIe (if that's even your real name): first, you tell me that compilation albums aren't included in your list of offerings, but then you turn around and give me this, a compilation CD. that's curious! as it turns out, this is yet another symptom of the book's (unfortunate) British-ness. you see, the first two albums by these Swedish garage rock revivalists (Barely Legal and Veni Vidi Vicious) were issued in their home country, the US, and a couple other markets here and there, but not the UK. so, for most people in the British Isles (as well as Canada, Australia, and parts of the EU), this 2001 compilation was the first Hives album they ever saw in record shops. it showcases tracks from those first two albums, plus their a.k.a. I-D-I-O-T EP, in a compact 28-minute package. we begin with "Hate to Say I Told You So" from VVV, arguably the Hives' signature song, and continue from there with guns ablaze. in comparison to the sleek precision of their American garage revival compatriots, the Strokes, the Hives are far more unruly and messy, but no less catchy! Howlin' Pelle Almqvist is one of my favorite lead singers in this era of rock music; he shout, shrieks and wails his way through every track here in a way that's reminiscent of Iggy Pop with the Stooges. I also appreciated the chemistry between guitarists Nicholaus Arson and Vigilante Carlstroem: the stop-start riffs, the alternating use of sticky leads and just straight-up noise barrages! bassist Dr. Matt Destruction and drummer Chris Dangerous make for a formidable rhythm section, although half the reason I'm even bringing them up is because this band has some of the funniest stage names I've ever heard. you can definitely tell this was cobbled together from multiple preexisting albums; from song to song, you can detect little changes in engineering techniques, microphone placement, mixing, all that. even still, it's pretty hard for me to dislike the sound the Hives crafted across this era of their career. their combination of high-octane, messy punk energy with insanely memorable riffing and song structures is certainly something to behold. light 8/10.
This is pretty good. High energy music. I like it. This is not really and album but a compilation. The songs I enjoyed the most are probably "Untutored youth" and the instrumental one: "The Hives are law, You're crime". In any case, the more I listened to it, the more I like it. And, by the way, this stuff must be great in concert.
Listened Before? N Meh. So much of this early-2000s stuff didn't hold up. Too hipster for their own good. I'm good. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Main Offender
An absolute classic and proof simple can work. Best-Mad man Worst-Untutored youth
Waarom niet veni vidi viciuous?
yeha i tw as alrigth
The Hives are kind of good, but if we're being honest, there's nothing that that we haven't heard before. If you like The Sonics, you'll like The Hives. This collection in particular really demonstrates their attempts to make it big. Not an album, but a sort of mini-greatest hits from their first three releases, repackaged with a bold claim as the title. The strategy may have worked for the Clash, but it feels a little more desperate here. "Hate to Say I Told You So" is undeniably great. The rest is more or less standard punk. But it did alright and I suppose it scratches an itch. Maybe not such a significant album looking back on it, but it's good enough listen.
Not usually a great lover of compilations/best ofs but this really hit. Great raw indie/punk crossover. Very high energy throughout. Punchy collection of songs
68. almost good
No thanks
The Hive make lotta noise in the songs, but do lack melody. Perhaps the first track isn't bad, but for some 80% of the playtime I felt as though their sound consumed more of me than it gave. Isn't too cool; I'll rate this two because "Your New Favourite Band" is a decent one-time listen but just not something I should surely listen before I die.
well they've got a nice aggressive kick drum that makes me want me to nod along for 30 minutes. that counts for something, right? nothing about this feels particularly novel or original though, so it's largely forgettable, but it's got a strong energy that almost makes me think i'm appreciating something more noteworthy. i find the arrogance of a compilation release for their third album to be obnoxious though. maybe this is a hot take as i've not really thought too hard on it, but i feel like "best hits" albums are entirely commercial in a way that makes them antithetical to art. a necessary evil (this album exists to target a UK audience), but re-releasing tracks without new performances or reprises or extras or anything is just so *boring*. the creative equivalent of beige paint.
I know people hate the idea of compilation albums on here, but I'd rather have that then albums which feel included due to 2 out of 8 songs being important. Slightly more Punk Franz Ferdinand watered down by about half a liter of arena rock. It carries its energy well so its hard to hate, it ticks all the pop punk boxes and as such I am whelmed. Like if you put this on in the car I would not be annoyed, and I would probably nod along a bit if I felt good, but that's about it. It's going to be really hard to find new ways to rephrase "it's mid" another few hundred times reviewing these albums.
a compilation album? fuck this list. this is a lot more energy than I thought it would be. not my taste, but better than I imagined.
Not my style of music anyways, but this felt repetitive and not entertaining.
This Is My Main Offender 1001 Albums Generator 225 (2/11/2026) Less than 30 minutes of simple, punchy garage punk. It's very of its time and plays things pretty safe. Hate To Say I Told You So and Main Offender are both classic tunes that I really love, but there isn't much that matches their quality. It often feels like this album is just pure energy with not much else to it. Whether or not you like that will be up to personal preference. Also, having a compilation album on a list like this feels a bit unfair especially when I had to listen to mid-ass Ray Charles albums, whereas a compilation of his would have been fantastic. I don't hold that against this album tho. It's like a 3/5. Favs: Hate To Say I Told You So Main Offender Outsmarted Least Fav: Untutored Youth
It's loud, it's fast, it's punkish, and it's all the same.
Still slaps you in the face as hard as…good god this is 25 years old.
A greatest hits album (basically)? I liked the Hives at one point in time, but really just their fast songs so it makes sense that this is the “album” they chose if they needed a Hives album….but I don’t think they needed a Hives album.
2.5 Didn't really think this compilation served the band well. Everything just sorta sounded the same. I generally like the band and would love to see a live show, it looks like they put on a pretty good preformance.
This is a compilation of their first couple of albums which makes it a strong album, but i does raise a question about whether this should be included in this list. I'm not going to think about it too deeply. It is a good fun listen
Totally 60-70s punk revival ultra fast riffs
Something beautiful about 28 minutes of nonstop garage rock.
Zabavila sam se i to je s ovakvim albumima glavno. Nema veze što je kompilacija što se mene tiče. Sviđa mi se energija što je mislim realno i glavna stvar na koju su išli. Brz, kratak, zabavan. Nemam se šta žaliti.
I love this hives and this is the album that showed me the way.
Fun!
The title lies
Er jo faktisk en compilation og ikke et album? For mye mas
Didn't realise The Hives were on here, a nice surprise! Hate To Say I Told You So - what a throwback!! This song was everywhere when I was a kid and its still a banger Not my favourite band of the time, but a very upbeat and catchy album. The nostalgia tips it over to full marks 5 ⭐️
Never heard of these guys, really liked the record. I'm generally a fan of punk and post punk and this is post post punk.
Tons of punk energy. You only need to hear a couple of songs to have heard the whole album, otherwise it's just minor variations in how to achieve the soft-loud dynamics. Twelve songs in under half an hour; they don't overstay their welcome.
I saw the live in 2010, they were every bit as intense and energetic as it sounds like they should. One of the second tier bands of the whole post punk garage rock revival of the early oughts which is super over represented in this list, The Hives are cool. Leaning into punky garage rock, very energetic, high sense of humor band who don’t take themselves too seriously, The Hives are a very fun listen. This compilation is a bit uneven though and starts off stronger than it finishes. Maybe listen to their next album. Anyway three or four stars I guess.
Fun quick songs
Did not like
i hate all this british music. why is there so much
Feels a bit like an album that might play nonstop at Hot Topic. Pop/punk without any bite.
Great opening track and then it seemed like simple early 2000s garage rock, with a little bit of class
Good craic Favourite song: Main Offender
Really not my thing
Sometimes there's a reasons why songs are relegated to mid album and not released as singles... On the plus side, it was over in 28 minutes.
I liked this album fine it didn’t blow me away but I still had an enjoyable time listening to it. I did feel like the songs and the album as a whole was very short and felt one note most of the time. There wasn’t enough range for me personally. Overall, this was a solid punk rock album that I liked and would listen to again.
Fine, not really my jam but I can vibe with some of it, specifically the first and last track. 2.75/5
I mean, it was a fun listen but I'm not sure about its significance as far as appearing on a list like this. I don't have a huge level of knowledge about garage rock, but I feel like I'd choose like a White Stripes from the same time period over this? It made me want to listen to some actual punk, specifically Rancid's And Out Come the Wolves.
Might not be my new favorite but a band I’d listen to again.
The nostalgia did not hold up on this one.
the guitars kinda sound like shit
This didn't really do anything for me.
Oh good, a whiny man but this time with *distortion*
Entretenido y enérgico
What a different time
Some stuff on here for a FIFA menu screen, but not enough to keep me interested in the full album (though I still listened through a couple times).
I’ll just pretend that this is one of their good full length studio albums and give it a 4
I enjoyed the hits
Enjoyed this super fun.
Could not find
Didn't like at all.
3.5
Punky but not punk. Poppy but not pop. On paper I should love this but in 2001 a bunch of clean kids playing garagey rock on MTV wasn’t all that interesting to me. A compilation of tracks from across a few records, and this is the best then can do? No way they could ever be my favourite band.
One of the indie sounding/garage rock revivalist bands of the early 2000s, while the Hives is not indeed now my new favourite band but they aren't bad; just carried by their hit "Hate To Say I Told You So". Otherwise, their music is normal garage rock; lyrics attempting to be cheeky, fuzzy and distorted guitars, high energy.
When I saw this was a compilation album I felt a little cheated, but garage rock, couldn't be too bad could it? My initially high expectations were shattered pretty quickly. These guys have a formula, it's simple, they use it on just about every track, and it gets boring quickly. I was amazed that a sub-thirty-minute album could drag on so long. Two stars.
Summary: The Hives belong on this list but this major-label-marketing-bs-repackaged-collection does not. (I’d pick Veni Vidi Vicious.) Astonishingly talented band: 3 stars Legit commitment to punk rock: + 1 star Sticky melodies: + 1 star Monotonous tendencies: -1 star Repackaged collection: -1 star Poorly curated and even more poorly ordered: -1 star _______ 2 stars
Jangly garage punk of the type that the early 2000s loved. Not really my thing. I was never a Strokes fan, and I don't think I'll be a Hives fan either. Vaguely reminds me of The Murder City Devils, but without the sort of dark sailor vibes that make me love that band.
i mean this was good, there was nothing wrong with it, just good fun loud garage rock. i have no problem with that. but there was nothing about it that grabbed me either, nothing particularly interesting, and i’m kind of wondering why this album is significant enough to be on this list at all.
nah
This is fine, one of the lesser bands from the garage revival of the aughts. A few catchy tunes but ultimately very repetitive. Also, this is a compilation, so against the list’s own rule
This album is from a Swedish garage rock band. The list makers seem to exclude greatest hits albums, but they made a minor exception in this case, as this album is a compilation of tracks from three previously released records. I’m impressed with the band’s English (all tracks are in English), but their music is average. I thought the last track was the best. The album title is Your New Favorite Band, but alas, tis not.
Nostalgia intensifies! 'Hate to Say I Told You So' was on the mtv2 rock countdown for a long time. A sub-30min album with 12 songs on it is something to treasure. And I like the lyrics. But their sound is too "shouty guitar" for me. I never woulda guessed they're Swedish. Highlight: 'The Hives Are Law, You Are Crime'
Could not finish this
You surely meant "Pretty far from your new favourite band", right? Right...?
The reason I loved this record so much when it first came out was that it was essentially a compilation of all their previous releases. At the time, I was longing to find a band I'd never heard of that had a rich back catalogue that I could explore, and The Hives were that band, and this was that record.
Don’t usually give reviews on albums but I thought this deserved one. I read some reviews for this album after listening genuinely confused why it was on the list. That’s when I saw that this was a greatest hits album. I actually laughed out loud when I read this. You’re telling me THIS is the best this band has to offer? What a joke. Such a nothing album.
Garage punk, garage rock, punk rock
I was 14 when this came out, and listened to a lot of Hives. Agree with others that Veni Vidi Vicious should be on this list instead. Solid 4.
predobroooo bas ima vajb garage rock dece prepuno energije malo mi se ne pise trenutno al jako dobro
Never liked this garage rock sound
Love the garage punk sound. Glad it made a comeback in the late 90s early 00s. This album had a few great tunes and the rest are not bad. Strange that a bad made a “greatest hits” album after only two albums. And stranger that it would make this list. List should all original albums.
Loved this.
From the opening chords on the very first song, I knew I would like this album. Every song is a tight little banger. These guys would have been awesome on a three-way bill with the Clash and the Who
I love garage rock. I even love garage rock revival. I even appreciate the Hives. But this "album" (it is a compilation), even though I enjoyed listening to it, is completely inessential. Not the best of the Hives, not the best garage rock release of 2001 (that would be Ultraglide in Black by the Dirtbombs), not even the best single artist garage rock compilation (that would be Matador Singles '08 by Jay Reatard or The Mummies Play Their Own Records). Just a bunch of decent-to-great songs that don't really belong together. Underwhelming and just doesn't belong on this list.
dit is oprecht wel heel leuk! zitten leuke nummers tussen
More compilation albums should be on this list, at least for the lesser-known bands. Showcase their great stuff and cut the chaff.
Someone's been listening to too much 1977's punk, but didn't understand the basic concept. Annoying.
Bueno
Strak, energiek en duidelijk invloedrijk binnen de garage-rock revival van begin jaren 2000. Het album luistert vlot weg en stoort nergens, maar bleef voor mij emotioneel vlak. Geen nummers die nieuwsgierigheid oproepen of me doen checken waar ik in het album zit. Interessant als historisch schakelpunt, maar het mist voor mij persoonlijk melodie, karakter en verhalende branie om echt te blijven hangen.
just another Stooges band from Fagersta
Love the energy and attitude. Another pretty samey sounding album but this one doesn't overstay its welcome. That said it's not going into my library. Okay songs if I hear them in the wild but nothing to go out of my way for.
Fun but front loaded. The first 3 are the best 3, and very good they are too. I once danced naked to them with two other guys. Fun times. After that, they run out of steam. The band AND the naked dancing men.
I was familiar with their hit song from this album but have never actually heard the album itself. It's not bad, something I would have loved if I was in my teens when it came out. I was probably just a little too old to get into this album but the music is nice and upbeat. Plenty of energy without being exhausting. Might not be something I would listen to all the time but it's not bad maybe for background music at a get together.
Hate to Say I Told You So - 4/5 Main Offender - 3/5 Supply and Demand - 1/5 Die, All Right - 3/5 Untutored Youth - 2/5 Outsmarted - 1/5 Mad Man - 3/5 Here We Go Again - 3/5 a.k.a I-D-I-O-T - 2/5 Automatic Schmuck - 2/5 Hail Hail Spit n'Drool - 1/5 The Hives Are Law, You Are Crime - 2/5 Average score: 2.3/5 ⭐️⭐️ they have a lot of audacity to make that their album/compilation title. they're far from my "new favourite band" that's for sure this was pretty hard to sit through. one decent song and 11 others that are okay at best and headache inducing at worst. at least the runtime is pretty short
Wasnt a vibe
It's decent garage rock. For me better as a singles band. The album loses interest for me like a lot of bands of this genre do.
I had no idea they were from Sweden, which sent me down a linguistics rabbit hole about why garage rock doesn’t really function in Swedish.
Average or less.
Plenty of energy from these guys but I found the songs pretty one-dimensional apart from Hate to Say I Told You So, which is a banger.
My new favorite band, huh? That's one bold-ass claim if I've ever seen one. You know what else it is? Wrong. The Hives are not my new favorite band, as this album didn't really wow me. Let's start by addressing the elephant in the room. This isn't a real album. Your New Favorite Band is a compilation album, which means it's not technically supposed to be on this list. Huh. How did that happen? I don't know. It's not like the Hives didn't have actual albums that could've been put on the list instead. They did. They had 3 of them in 2005 when the album list first released, so they probably should've placed one of those on the list if they really had to get the Hives on here. This then raises a bigger question. Do the Hives even belong on this list to begin with? Do they need to have an album on this list? Eh. I'm not entirely against it, but I'm also not rooting for it. They're one of the more successful early 2000s garage rock revival bands, but they're definitely not at the top of that list. Like, they're obviously not as deserving of being here as the Strokes or the White Stripes, but they probably deserve an album more than the Vines, so they at least have that going for them. Is this a good collection of songs here? Sure. It's solid. It's not exactly mind-blowing, but it's alright. The energy is certainly respectable. The riffs and such are fun and I like the songs. I'm not huge on the vocals. I wouldn't call them bad, but they're not really my thing personally, you know? The album doesn't overstay its welcome in the slightest. That's always good to know. Overall, while this album hasn't made the Hive my new favorite band, it also didn't exactly disappoint. It's a good listen. Solid 3/5.
Unfortunately, not all the vibe I am going for today. Or on any typical day. Made it through 4 tracks, then sampled the rest for somewhere between 10 and 30 seconds each.
Maybe it’s pedantic, but this is a compilation drawn from the band’s first two albums plus an EP, so it doesn’t properly belong on this list at all. It sounds like a compilation too, with the music from each recording represented here sounding fairly different. If you have to choose a sort of “best of” album as a representation, maybe the band doesn’t belong on here… Anyway. In the earlier part of the 2000s I read an interview with Jim O’Rourke in aMAZEzine where he lamented the subsidies that European musicians were getting. I disagreed with him then, because if we’re paying taxes, why shouldn’t we use some of that money to support art and culture, but in my advancing years, I kind of see his point. There’s a certain way that European bands that play the festival circuits sound. They’re polished, they appeal to masses of people crowded into a field in the daytime. I’m sure it’s a good way to make a living, and when I listen to this so-called album, it sounds like festival music. It’s competent and catchy garage rock, except that it’s meant for big stages. And that doesn’t work for me. I like this stuff when it sounds like it could go off the rails at any time, that it sounds like it’s made by people with day jobs. This isn’t that. I’m not sure why of all the garage bands of the era this particular band made the list, but I’m not digging it.
This one's just alright. It's not bad by any means, in fact it was a fun introduction to a band that I only knew by name, and I liked some of the songs a lot. However it's nothing terribly special overall, especially compared to many other albums on this list. It's a fine compilation album by a good band, but not on par with the other albums I've heard so far. A solid 3/5
I like The Hives. They are a fun band. These are fun songs. This loses points because it is a compilation and that goes against the spirit of 1001 ALBUMS you must hear before you die. Favorite songs are Hate To Say I Told You So, Supply and Demand, and The Hives Are Law, You Are Crime.
Finally an album from the 2000’s!! I’m more of a fair weather enjoyer of The Hives so I’ve never listened to an entire album. It was definitely cool, probably shouldn’t have listened to it in the morning but it did take too much away from it. I definitely need to spin it again at a different time
Listened while playing Skate. and really put me in the mood! Might not listen again though
This album is the exact median of this exercise. Its solid. They have a sound. Lo-fi with hi-fi production. Its good.
Completely missed this during my childhood, although they got quite some traction. Short and sweet punk! Compositions are tasty, good musicianship. Still not my cup of tea but I can put this on now and then
I was irritable at first but some emphatic performances and solid songwriting won me over a bit. A bit of a strange pick considering this is a compilation album though. I was moody and judgy about this record until “Untutored Youth” came on. A song equivalent to giving everyone the finger! “Mad Man” is probably my pick of the bunch here. It’s wholly unoriginal, I’ve heard that guitar riff a million times, but nevertheless it’s a ball of energy that won’t be denied. Torn a bit on how to view this one. Also “Luno” by Bloc Party came on auto play after this comp ended and it was just a better song than most of the stuff on here, in every way. Ultimately, this is a 3/5 stars, but I have my hang ups about it
kind of noisy garage band vibes
i am so confused why they put a random compilation of the hives that was put together just to market the band outside of sweden. i have only heard a few hits and ‘Hate to say I told you so’ is one of them, and it’s a banger. but the rest… very much not for my ears unfortunately 😅 2/5 ⭐️⭐️
I should not like this band. They're punk, but they have enough 2000s European indie on them to make it work for me. Plus they always sound like they're having a blast. I love it. I know a bunch of singles and their 2023 album, which is awesome. Listening to this compilation just feels like anyone seeing this band is having one of the best nights of their lives.
eh, alright
Not my cup of tea. I don’t prefer singers to yell through every song.
I thought I would like this, but I appalled it. I thought it would be a fun early 2000s rock album, which it sort of is, but my ears didn't agree with it. Too much mumble yelling.
Much closer to my least favourite band.
Not my new favorite band, but one I'm glad to have given a listen to. By the time "Die, All Right!" kicked in, I was all-in. Sloppy club rock with a punk edge. Some tracks reminded me of The Damned, others were more like 7 Seconds.
Sat with this one for a couple days and kept it going in the background. Not mad at it. Stand out tracks - Supply and Demand; Mad Men!
My favorite music genre is ordinarily the type of alt rock that serves as the soundtrack of craft breweries. For an album with such an audacious title, this was incredibly mid and the vocals were grating.
Short and punchy songs, some great memories but the second half drops off a lot
Meh
It's a very quickly paced album. The songs have a fast bpm but I liked what was happening. The lyrics were lost on me this first time around. 6/10
Very odd, a compilation is on this list. At this point, maybe the greatest hits from the Hives. I do only know this first track, it was a classic in the early-00s
4.5/5. I don't wanna do 5/5 cuz i don't think its perfect but I enjoyed it enough to listen to immediately over again which is a terribly small list.
pretty generic 2000s alt rock. not sure what makes this so amazing to include it on this list, and it a greatest hits too. it gets a star off for that. This was incredibly underwhelming. I had had enough after about 3 songs. 2 stars
Not too bad
Eh. Very same-y (yes I know that was the point.)
Basic, but fun in short doses. Of its time, rather than timeless.
felt like a whole album of the same song. the sound is alright but i want a bigger standard deviation
I was trying to find if I liked them before. I like the lead vocal and for some reason the album really suits my mood recently. Good punk rock. It’s like the Greek aubergine lasagna, it’s different and special and very good too. But it’s also very close to your daily life, you can have it every day and then get sick of if, and you stop having for a year or two and then you realise you might still like it. That’s what this album gives me.
i think this is my favorite type of punk rock. its quick, its fun, and there is a lot more variety than some other mainstream punk bands. these guys rock pretty hard.
Sounds like punk rock to me. Not really anything I have to complain about, other than the songs sounding very similar. I thought it was alright, but I’ll still with the earlier punk groups.
I love this style! Quick, fast, and loud. 2-minute long songs where you get in, fuck shit up, and get out. In a world of 3 hour long movies and deluxe extended edition records, I will always appreciate a 90 minute movie or 30 minute album.
The vocals severely limit this album. 2.4.
The first three albums are GREAT. Why is there a compilation album of theirs on this list? I'm really struggling with how to rate this because of that... Personal enjoyment: 5/5 Relevance to this list: 1/5, because they should include the actual albums, especially with how many Blur and Elvis Costello albums are on here.
Never really took to these guys. For me, as the 90s rolled around into the 2000s, I feel like the indie/alternative bubble had burst to a degree. I never really got the gimmick with The Hives, or the sense of humour, or the music for that matter. It all seems too insincere. What was exciting about 1994 had become forced and predictable by the end of the decade - too many bands were trying too hard to surf the alternative wave after Britpop, and I've always viewed The Hives of a symptom of that.
Not my favorite anyway. Must not be for me I guess.
Mid
7.5/10. They're not my new favourite band. They're not better than TOOL. This is still pretty good, though.
Like the genre, found the album a little samey. Not sure I'd remember this. 2.5/5
I quite like The Hives music, but I find it very hard to love. I’m not a fan of the early-2000s garage-rock revival generally, and the fact that they misunderstood the dictionary definition of “hives” and thought they were naming themselves after a highly infectious and lethal disease hints at their inauthenticity. All their commercialism and fame-seeking is a turn off to me. Some of the songs on this compilation are just slightly heavier versions of all that generic garage-rock that was around at the time, but some of the songs from their first album that appear on this compilation (Untutored Youth, A.K.A I.D.I.O.T) sound like 90s so-cal punk bands like Offspring. Apparently their live shows are great, but I saw them at Witnness in 2002 and don’t remember being blown away.
I keep forgetting how good Hate to Say I Told You So is. The garage rock revival was a good time. I should listen to the rest of their discography. I've heard it's more of this, but that's not bad.
Hmm, a compilation. Seems against the rules. Lol. I remember these guys. Fun. 3 Heard before? A couple Owned: No: 32/124 (25%) Will I get? No
I haven't listened to this band in like 20 years. I know someone who was obsessed with this band back then, and they said this was their last good album before they had a hit and keep trying to find that sweet sweet money . Still catchy and fun
Great fun! It benefits from being a very short album
Helt okej! Honestly, ju mer jag lyssnar på det, desto mer känner jag "varför är det här albumet här?" What's it doing? Det är ett samlingsalbum. Det är väldigt garagerock för sin tid, men honestly, lite för mycket punk/garage. Jag tänkte ge en trea, fuck it, tvåa it is
Love this. Yes, it's enormously derivative. Yes, it's wilfully stupid. But to criticise it for those things is to miss the point - it's also awesome. If you can't enjoy this I feel bad for you.
Sounds like the ramones
Overblown, overhyped. Nothing original.
Too shouty to be my favourite band. Long half hour.
Rock, Pop, Krafvoll gesungen, Etwas von zu Hardrock und Gittarenriff.
At least it was short and I now know how older Hives sound.
If I had listened to it at the time I think I would have liked it more. Doesn’t really age well. Having said that was enjoyable or maybe a much needed pick up from what we have had.
Enjoyed it a lot, good vibes and recognised a few of the songs from my FIFA days.
Can't find a lead singer for your band? No problem, get some guy to shout instead.
Day 97 An absolute staple of music festivals in the Uk over the past 2 decades or so, I’ve seen The Hives several times and always had an absolute blast. One of the most charismatic live bands I’ve ever seen, yet somehow the studio albums just don’t do it it for me anywhere near as much. 6/10 Highlights Hate to say I told you so Main offender
Kick ass rock'n'roll and I understand the appeal, but just noise to me.
I want to scream and smash things. I guess I like it.
legal
Pretty decent punk
Maybe not my new favorite, but enjoyable, hard rocking, punk/alternative sound. But boo! for putting a greatest hits type album on the list. 3-
A banger of a garage rock album from my youth! They were everywhere off the back of this and their following record for a while, and seem to have taken off again recently. They clearly dont take themselves seriously and sound like band of mates enjoying themselves.
Absolutely belting, must have listened to this album about 100 times between the ages of 15 and 20 and about twice since so was lovely to return. Its a compilation of their first two albums and EP released in Sweden and it sounds like a greatest hits for the most part, just one great track after the other. AKA IDIOT always my favourite. It would be a perfectly valid criticism to call them samey, which is why they tend to have a shelf life and drifted out of my rotation really. That said they are incredible live and I should really see them again.
Ah so you like indie rock do you? Definitely heard many of the tracks before. Nice and quick, listened through twice. Loads of energy but each song has a distinct feeling. Loads of reverb in Hate To Say I Told You So. Whatever happened to The Hives?
I'd pretty much completely forgotten about the Hives, wrongly so! I definitely had this album and listened to it a lot when it was released. I still recognised every track. I wasn't aware it was a compilation album though. I assume it was more of a foreign release to a wider audience? They only had 2 albums before this so would be strange if not. I remember seeing them at Leeds festival in 2003 (?) and they were refusing to carry on playing until they got more applause. Couldn't work out if they were being serious or not, but I reckon it was probably their schtick. This was really fun though, I can't really find too much wrong with it. Fast paced, short songs, frenetic. The only reason I can think to not give it a 5 is the fact it's a compilation, but I don't care. 5, reminded me of being a teenager
This is always too loud whatever volume it is on.
3/5 listened to half of it: not offensivly bad, but nothing stands out enough to be added to a playlist other than the first song
3/5 - cool punk "album" (really a compilation, not sure why it's on here), not too special though
Nuh uh
I don’t know. Kinda boring. If I were an 18 y o boy I’d really like this. If I didn’t know about punk already.
I was never really into punk rock, but man was this a good discovery!
Heard Hate To Say I Told You So before. And I'm glad it was on this album because the rest was eeeh. The vocals are too shouty, the music is nothing special. And I think you can tell it's a compilation of two different albums because something feels off about it 2/5
Great danceable album with very good bangers. Reminds me of college when they blew up and everyone was dancing to them. Get ready to be unable to avoid dancing.
It is groundbreaking, brilliant, peak artistry? No. It is big, sloppy, noisy and brash? Yes. Did I have fun listening to it? Also yes.
Very energetic, mercifully short. Wouldnt call it my new favourite band but I enjoyed it nonetheless.
Well, not quite my new favourite band, but i do really like this chaos. Not as good as The Strokes, and better than the Vines who were around at the same time. This is noisy garage rock with Scandinavian attitude and takes the best bits from their debut album and EP to create a solid sounding short album. I love the chaos and urgency in this. Great stuff!
Quick and to the point. Every single track and the album as such. It's a compilation, though, so... No 5/5 even though the tracks themselves would warrant it, but can't go awarding compilations a full score because they're basically cheating.
First band at the first music festival I attended. Seminal
OH BOY MORE PUNK YIPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE (the bias to punk and grunge on this list will be the death of me)
Not mine.
I'm very partial to this kind of punk music, for some reason. It’s very simple, but the riffs are great, the songs are energetic, and the lyrics are fun. I probably would’ve enjoyed it less if it were a bit longer. But as it is, although there’s nothing particularly impressive, this album is short and sweet and very engaging.
3.5
eh. not my thing.
Erster Song super gut, danach alle recht ähnlich, keine große Abwechslung
Grungy garagy punky riffs, repeat, rave on, right! Formulaic yes, but the supply and demand is fun along the way. Not sure you should listen to more than a couple songs at a time, lest they turn into the same song.
Not my new favourite band, not even an old favourite band. But they’re catchy and fun and fast.
Maybe not my actual new favorite, but this was great. Punchy, tight, assured. Left me wanting more.
I don't have a problem with compilations being on here per se. There are plenty that became culturally significant, and there are artists whose influence is enormous and whose music must be heard but who came up before the album era. Having said that, THIS isn't the compilation I'd put on here, nor would I include one of their studio albums. They're one of the many also-ran bands of the early 2000s. They're fine. A couple of bangers. But there's nothing here that The Stooges or one of the 60s garage rockers didn't do, except maybe crank up the speed a bit. The singer's not bad, though, and I definitely like some of these songs. So there's no hate. I just don't see it as being an album one must hear.
Putting a collection on here feels against the spirit of this list, but it's the Hives so I guess I'll let it slide. The Hives were one of the more fun groups to come out of the garage rock revival (I also only recently found out that they are from Sweden too!) The more recognizable tracks will be found in the first half of this collection, but the second half is fine enough. You won't find much depth in garage rock anyway, so it's best to just let yourself become a prisoner to the frenetic pace. Still wish one of their previous or proceeding albums would've been included instead.
It is a compilation album, which is a violation of the rules, and it's not even remotely their strongest album (that would be THE BLACK AND WHITE ALBUM). While I have always loved "Hate to Say I Told You So", this band was largely a one hit per album band, and definitely not something that needed to be heard before death in order to understand the arc of music history. Better than The Strokes, but that is not saying much. After the one hit, the pyschobilly of "Mad Man" was vaguely interesting as well as "The Hives Are Law, You Are Crime", where the band at least tried something different. On this album, The Hives didn't really add anything to the punk sub-genre we haven't heard a thousand times before and it suffers from sounding a little too similar from track to track like a punk version of beige.
I liked it. Would listen again, but also it’s not going to be in my rotations consistently. Perhaps gets a bit same-y quite quickly.
Pretty alright but the standout is definitely Hate To Say I Told You So. low 3/5
I genuinely thought I was listing to one long song... but then I realized I was track 3. Look, this rocks pretty hard, but it all kind of sounds the same to my old, curmudgeon ears. Solid rock & roll album, though.
Very presumptuous title! It's fine. A bit boring towards the end which is not great as it's only 28 mins.
Pretty good, a lot more garage than I expected. from Sweden!
Not terrible but nothing stood out to me. Loses a star for being a compilation/greatest hits album, which feels lazy to include in this list.
Raucous garage punk.
This was alright. Id describe it as punk rock without teeth, sterilized to be perfect for commercials and movie soundtracks. It's a type of music that needs to exist and certainly has a place, but I can only hope this album serves and an introduction to punk for someone learning about the genre.
British punk rock. Kinda samey throughout without a whole lot of depth. Good to jam to a bit.
This is fine. The songs, besides "Hate to Say I Told You So," blend together. Does not seem worthy of this list.
A.K.A. N-O-I-S-E
Don't really believe a compilation album should count. It's pretty good, 2.5
kind of reminded of the struts in a weird way
Listenable but a bit much all in one go.
Not sure what a compilation album is doing here. It's fine. A little rough around the edges.
Rocking garage rock music from the 2000s. Hate to Say I Told You So is a classic.
Not my style. But a decent listen
Fun
2001 An updated Iggy and The Stooges, which is a compliment. I seem to recall this being a compilation, released off the back of an unexpected single success. Anyway, it's decent punk rock. It's on my shelves. Heard before ✅️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ✅️ ★★★☆☆ (6/10)
Som cru, potente, divertido... Letshuoer D13.
They definitely did not become my new favorite band. But I did enjoy their energy, and the music is good. Solid album
The good: it's fast and it's got a lot of energy. The bad: it's sort of forgettable and it overstays its welcome a few songs in. It's also a "best of" album, which shouldn't count for this list.
Fantastic front to back. I like garage rock a lot more than I think I do
Ok
3/10 This is a compilation album comprising songs from two previous albums and an EP. So it doesn’t belong on this list. With that out of the way, the music here is ok. The vibe is really good in places and I bet they’re a really great live act, but unfortunately that doesn’t seem to translate into the studio. It’s all just a bit too lacking in grit and rage. It’s quite punky, but it all feels too clean and sanitised, like the singer wanted to be in a punk band, but hasn’t really got enough angst to pull it off. Apparently he was a postman and 6th grade teacher before the band took off and that kind of makes sense. It also sounds like the rest of the band would prefer to be playing more indie-rock stuff, so it often lacks the pace and intensity that is implied by the vocal. It felt like a lot of the album just rolled one song into the next and there was nothing particularly memorable about any of it. I’d often forgotten everything about the last track by half way through the following one, which was a particular achievement, given that most of the songs aren’t even three minutes long. The one memorable song on there is the big hit that was so overplayed that it’s pretty annoying to hear at this point. Perhaps it’s only memorable because it’s been burned into my brain over the years? Basically, on this evidence, The Hives seem to take elements of bands that I do like and roll them up into a package that I don’t, without ever really adding any hooks, or reasons to listen to this over any of those aforementioned bands. But I still reckon I’d enjoy them live. Hate To Say I Told You So - The big hit, straight off the bat. I mean it’s ok, but it was so overplayed at the time that I’m tired of it already. It’s the same chords round and round, the guys voice is quite annoying and it doesn’t have enough aggression to it to justify the simplicity, in my opinion. It’s sanded down punk rock. Main Offender - This is a thrashy garage rock type song, but it feels a bit too slow to me. It’s quite plodding and the singer is wrecking his voice with an intensity that doesn’t match the pace of the music. Supply And Demand - This is very stilted and doesn’t really flow for me. There are some awful noises in here that, again, don’t really match to the snaded-down punk rock of it all. It’s just so mild and lacking in grit. Die, All Right - This has got a bit more pace to it, which is good. The verse has got a decent bit of drive to it, but the chorus doesn’t follow up on that promise. Untutored Youth - This is actually a bit more punk, but it still all feels quite sanitised. Where’s the anger? Where’s the ferocity? Outsmarted - This has got a good riff to kick things off. There’s more pace, and a bit more drive and ferocity to things here and it’s pretty good. This is when the formula works. Add intensity, and I’ll start buying in a bit more. Mad Man - Again, this is ok. There are some bits of variety here and there and it’s got a bit more intensity to it. It’s not vastly interesting, but it’s not bad. Here We Go Again - This has got a decent riff with a nice cadence to the rhythm. BUt again, it’s not overly memorable or particularly engaging past that point. A.k.a. I-D-I-O-T - The vibe is good, again, the drive and attitude is better here, but I also don’t think this is very memorable. They write decent punky-energy songs, but don’t seem to be very good at writing memorable hooks. Automatic Schmuck - This is ok. Again, energy good, vibe decent. There are some nice little bits of writing here that give it a bit more range and variety, but it almost feels long at only 2 minutes long and I don’t think I’ll remember it by the time I’m half way through the next track. Hail Hail Spit N' Drool - I’m starting to sound like a broken record. If I was going to listen to music like this, I’d want something more grimy, punky and with something more to say. And I can’t remember how the previous song went, so I was correct. The Hives Are Law, You Are Crime - This is plodding and uninteresting. Half way through and nothing’s happened. And now it’s finished. More repetitive riffs, but not even any vocal. Big old pile of ‘meh’.
Ver hard to decide if I like it or not. It is punk rock but not in a way that I enjoy it.
"Die All Right" was recommended to me a long time ago by Spotify, back when I was still doing my music show with my friend. It was (and still is) in the playlist of songs I was gonna play on the show. This isnt the album that I heard it on though, I first listened to it on Veni Vidi Vicious! That album and this one share some songs, but they are both great in any case!
When I was first learning guitar at 14 I heard Hate To Say I Told You so and thought it would be a cool one to learn. I used to print out guitar tabs and keep them in my guitar case. I went to a house party with my guitar one time and I remember pulling out my guitar and some dude saw the tabs and made fun of the song. That’s my memory of this band. I never listened to this album before and I think I was hoping for more like that song but was kind of disappointed because it was a lot more yelling than I expected. 3.2
This is a 3.5 for me. I think having a compilation is a wrong move, though. It should have just been their second album, Veni Vidi Vicious. Most of the songs are good, and if I didn't know it was a compilation, I would like it more, but I just don't think this is a great way to show who The Hives are and how great they really can be.
just a comp album
They are not my new favorite band, but it was fine
It doesn’t seem like compilation albums should be included. And I feel like if you are going to pick you best songs it should be better than this. Still I mostly enjoyed it.
I’m on team no compilation albums
Ikke mitt nye favorittband, men slettes ikke dårlig heller. Innertier åpning på albumen.
Absurdly short album, especially for a compilation but the songs are so good.
Loud, and a little repetitive. While the album delivers a solid dose of punk-infused rock, it can feel a bit one-note over time.
I was perhaps a little harsh on the White Stripes when I suggested they only had three songs, given The Hives seemingly have just one.
The first album I have encountered on the list where I have questioned its existence on the list. Neither influential nor very good at what it does, I am cannot believe there isn’t something else that could have taken its place. Not much to grab your attention apart from the big single, which has a decent energy.