Reviews (page 6 of 9)
Horrible!!
A great rocker w 'tude for when you're in the mood.
They instantly got a guaranteed 3-star rating for keeping a 2001 album to a tidy 28 minutes runtime (after all, how bad could it be if they're only taking up a half-hour of your life?). And while I hate to break it to them that they're *not* my new favourite band, I also found them fine. I was struck by how similar in some ways they were to The Vines sound-wise (especially their retro garage/punk vibe), but without the disturbing out-of-control-lead-singer. I'm not really sure their early-Beatles-in-tennis-shoes look is the best fit for them (maybe ironic?), but to each their own. It's a little hard to distinguish many of their songs from each other, but I enjoyed "I hate to say I told you so" and "Untutored youth" (which I could only hear as ah-till-yoh) more than the others. The Wikipedia entry is absurdly brief, but it does note that this is actually a compilation from earlier albums and EPs and singles, which seems like a party foul by the "1001 Albums" project (at the very least). I *will* say that if I hadn't read up on them, I would *never* have guessed they were Swedish, although I'm not sure that's a useful bit of trivia or not. And both Wikipedia and the "1001 Albums" entry note that their real appeal is/was in their live shows, which might help excuse the somewhat less-than-awesome album?
I see this album is now on the "ex" list having been removed from the later editions of 1001 albums, which makes sense because I looked it up on wikipedia and saw it's a compilation. Regardless, if this is the best of the band, then, well, you go, Hives! Well done if not memorable punk / garage rock. The only song that stood out to me was Die All Right.
Eh. I never got into the garage rock thing. This is fine I guess but there's nothing here for me to feel.
Just a lot of senseless screaming and not very complex music
I liked this more than I thought I would 3.5 stars
Highlights: Hate To Say I Told You So, Supply and Demand, Die All Right, Outsmarted. In a nutshell: suit up, let's rock. Note: This is one of two compilation albums in the generator and therefore ineligible for retaining its place. It will receive a review from me as the album featured in the first edition. Ahhhh. I miss the heady days of rock and indie music ruling the airwaves. The rhythm and length of most Hives songs are textbook punk rock. Short, loud, energetic, catchy. Despite the repetition, the songs are never boring. You can't help but cut loose. It packs a lot into a 28 minutes album. It's a decent compilation, but we need to swap it with a studio or live LP. Give "Veni Vidi Vicious" a burl. Overall: 7/10
3,5
I think this is an excellent album. It veers between mainstream pop punk to some harder punk. Its tight, with plenty of hooks and lots of energy. It may not try to be as cool as the strokes which is an obvious point of reference, but im not basing this on how cool it is. At worst its top level green day. At best it has a colour of black flag.
A compilation album is a weird choice for 1001 albums, it kind of defeates the purpose of the whole concept of this list. This is a great collection of songs, the albums they are on are worth listening too.
Fun!
The first four tracks are mostly indie garage rock and sound totally fine. But starting with Untutored Youth, they are followed by absolutely painful punk rock. That said, it's not the absolute worst punk rock, but I just hate punk rock in general. 3 stars for the garage rock tracks, 1 star for the punk tracks (wasn't able to stand to any of them in full - apart from the final instrumental track, which was totally fine again).
proprio non è il mio genere, neanche se mi sforzo. mi sono rotta le balle dopo due canzoni
3 stars
If you were going to break your own rules and include a compilation, the least you could have done is make it a good one.
I didn’t want to like this because I thought of them as a one-hit wonder, but it won me over. Better than the Strokes, but not as good as the Black Keys or White Stripes
Pretty good, upbeat punk, kinda sound like a Tony Hawk Pro Skater soundtrack
I mean, I'm a sucker for this kind of music especially since I've never listened to them. I remember them being a big buzzy band in the press at the time but I never liked punk. It's not bad. I think I'm just excited to hear something new because I feel like this list has mostly just given me stuff I know.
Wasn't anything but loud and aggro then and hasn't grown into any additional merits in the years since. Plus, one must object quite strenuously against the inclusion in this list of compilations, which should not qualify for obvious reasons. Rounding up because they are not altogether contrived and, as the review quoted in the now ex-ed recap suggests, maybe the marketing (including the obnoxious title) wasn't their fault entire.
Best so far!
A greatest hits album? 'Veni Vidi Vicious' should have been picked instead. I like the Hives. It doesn't pretend to be anything it isn't. I don't think they won many song writing awards and I don't think they give a fuck.
Swedish garage-rock-punk revival band - some tracks reminded me of the Stranglers. Nothing special.
Woo-hoo! No wait. While song 1 from my new favorite band might be legally distinct from...it does have a certain overlap in chord structure and pace as a certain Blur track, and yet it is only attitudinally adjacent and positioned within The Hives overall garage-land that I can almost forgive the trespass. Speaking of garage rock as a genre more generally for a hot minute or take, it is a small 'c' conservative genre that tends to look back more than forward and where derivative is not necessarily derogative. In fact, some ears might call it one of the greatest advantages and gifts of the genre overall. It's a promise of the genre that I will hear something that is both new and familiar with the latest release of Garage Rock X band. And so, here I am with this album from the Hives, a group I largely missed while listening to many artists that are in their cohort or that at minimum a streaming algorithm is going to feed me as similar / like content. Overall, this is a tight record that doesn't waste my time. If you like light-weight, fast-break punk but don't want to ride on that emo or pop-punk side then you probably want it in that Hives garage-style. And, if that's the case then they might just be Your New Favorite Band.
Yeah, this is fun. I don't know about it being a compilation album, but whatever, I won't hold that against it. It's good, I like punk, and this is pretty punky. Nothing to write home about, I suppose.
They do one thing and do it very well.
Dicke Hose Rock
Putting a compilation album in here is such a strange decision by Dimery, particularly when it's such a great band with great individual projects. Tom fucking Waits can get his entire discography in here, but The Hives can only get a promotional cut? Barry Adamson gets two fake soundtracks that each suck shit from a straw, but The Hives have to settle for their studio's attempt at growing their UK brand? Give me a break man
I try to listen to these bands Iv never heard before with open ears, but rarely do I find anything that I say"Oooh! This is new!" Here's another indistinguishable band..
Tight, fast enough and with more (sadly) distorted guitar tone than 70% of the music on this list. Which is saying something, because these guys are basically a Buzzcocks knockoff. Not a bad album, but curious who is citing this album specifically as being formative for their sound today.
Absolutely fine garage rock, but this is definitely one of the albums which could be dropped from the list in favour of something else. An album I MUST listen to? I don't feel this enriched me or broadened my horizons. Also the pomposity of the band's stage names contrasts laughably with the tone and quality of their music.
Not my new favorite band, unfortunately.
I still sing 'hate to say I told you so' when I'm right (glad to say, pretty often). Slept on the rest of this album - enjoyed it quite a bit. Made my middle school heart happy. 4/5
A greatest hits album feels like cheating. Nonetheless, it's short so I can't really complain.
The awfully presumptuous title aside—I'unno, a lot of this sounds to me like it could've been in the SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD movie soundtrack. Y'know, put it next to the Sex Bomb-Omb songs... They're garage rock, The Hives are garage punk... Makes sense. And I really love that movie, and I really like those songs, so on that basis alone... They're not my new favourite band, but yeah, I'm happy with a 4. (Also, a fact: my favorite Hives song is "Tick Tick Boom". Thanks, LEGO ROCK BAND, for that one.)
The garage rock revival should've lasted longer, cause with acts like these guys, you can't go wrong. 4.5 down to 4.
I’m at a 3.5 that I think I’m gonna just barely bump up to a 4. I really wish I could keep it at that 3.5, but what’s here, in terms of energy and atmosphere and tempo is all honestly pretty good. The biggest knock I have on this album is its pacing and some of its production; I think there are too many tracks in a row that rely entirely on the energy of the soundscape, going at blazing fast speeds that are sure to perk up a listener, but at the expense of not being able to comprehend the lyrics, which are a bit incomprehensible throughout chunks of the back half of the album. It would be fine if it were one or two tracks in a row, but it feels like it’s around 3 or 4, and that’s simply too much. However, I thought too many of the soundscapes during that stretch were fucking rad as hell to ignore them like that. It’s a really entertaining 28 minutes, and that short length stops any one track from truly overstaying its welcome and becoming annoying. These are great individually, but as an album, they’re a little weirdly clumped together. With that said, the energy is still entirely infectious, and this album stays at a consistent enough quality that I think it can get that bump up to a 4, but it really is hanging on by a thread. I imagine if I come back to this album, those little lingering issues about lyrical comprehension and the overall pacing of the 12 tracks (seriously, who decided to have that many fast tracks in a row in the middle there?) are gonna bite at me more and more to a point where I might drop it down to a 3… but it’s no less than a 3. It’s pretty fun, and pretty good, and I think it should be on the list.
I like the Hives a lot, but there shouldn't be compilation albums on this list.
I didn't feel anything while listening to this. It just sounds like generic rock music you would hear in a bar, blending into the background and quickly forgotten as people go about their day. Nobody will Shazam this, and no one will remember it once they get home. It will simply fade away, a relic of another time, with no one to recall it, forever overshadowed by bands that did the same thing but better. 1.5
twenty eight minutes of some okay sounding guys screaming at me
it is loud and fast and slightly awful, therefore it's awesome even though its a collection, somehow the quality manages to fall off as it progresses, mad man is just a terrible song though hate to say i told you so and main offender are spectacular and wrapping up the collection with the hives are law, you are crime is an epic move personality shines through in this collection which i think is a product of it having borderline shitty production and being kind of messy ITS SICK!!!! THIS ALBUM. ASKS THE QUESTION: WHAT IF THE STROKES SUCKED AND WERE MORE ANNOYING??? I LOVE IT 3/5 or maybe a 2.5/5 after the recency bias wears off hahahahahhaghhhhasdgadsfikughrewfiuhrefjkuherfiukehrvjkugkj
Ah, so this is where the Arctic Monkeys get it from. Can't give a greatest hits album 5 stars, but rest assured that each of the works that make this up are on the vinyl list
This was a fun album and at just 28 minutes didn’t outstay its welcome. I think the key to this bands success is its ability to license its music to just about any sporting or car advertising campaign!
I really enjoy The Hives - they’re lots of fun! There’s some great tracks on this album but I think it devalues one of the key components of the challenge by listening to a complication rather than an album as the artists intended the tracks to be heard. I think I’d rather hear an album like Veni Vidi Vicious or tyrannosaurus hives! Hopefully there’s more Hives to come - it’s music I love to play loud!!
I liked this a lot more than I expected. Fun, upbeat, well played, nicely produced. Somehow not too loud. Normally I despise modern bands attempting the old punk style. But this kind of works. Should hate. Can’t.
didn't expect to enjoy it as much as i did. "die, alright!", " here we go again", "hail nail spit n' drool". no skips fr. my new favorite band kinda.
heavy punk rock, can’t go wrong
This band has one speed and that's full-on balls to the wall. I was on board at first but song after song the relentless pace becomes exhausting and everything starts sounding the same. Change it up a bit boys!
I don't like that this is a compilation album. There's not really any other "best of"s or comp albums post 1950s on this list. I do like this music, though. So I'm in this difficult spot of trying to rate an album that I don't think should be on the list, but am thoroughly enjoying. Musically, it's not complicated at all, but it doesn't need to be. They want to blow your face off with distorted guitar riffs, muted screaming vocals, fast tempos, and drums that sounds like a train that lost its breaks. They do all of those things well. On principle of it being a compilation album: 1 star Rating it as if it were any other album: 3.5 star (ish) So we'll split the difference and call it a 2 star. Favorite Song(s): A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T, Main Offender
Short album, very emblematic of rock at the time it was made. Nothing stood out from this album, but not bad.
i really like the amount of appreciation there is to the bass
Exactly what I needed to hear. Goated
Big talk from the Hives here. I will say for the record they are not my new favorite band.
ÁLbum bem legal, rapidão, pegada diferente....como se todos tivessem bem altos de cocaína ou meth...super agitados. O som é bem legal, direto, pancada.... coisa que falta no rock.
Good listen.
On the one hand, it's a compilation album, which i feel like should be a no-no for this kind of list. On the other hand, it fucking rocks.
Antes de tudo, tenho sentimentos mistos se uma complicação deveria entrar para a lista. Me parece errado. Se as músicas dos dois primeiros álbuns merecem entrar na lista, por que não colocar um ou até os dois álbuns na lista? Vou entender como algo similar aos álbuns ao vivo, que não são se tratam de músicas inéditas e na maior parte das vezes não são apresentações de um álbum só. O fato de reordenar, retirar e adicionar músicas em uma nova ordem torna o trabalho conjunto inédito, ainda que costurado a partir de peças de outros conjuntos. Dito isso, é um ótimo álbum. É um tipo de som que gosto muito e me pega demais. É rápido e abrasivo. Pelo que senti são os maiores hits da banda até então, então são as mais "pop" também. Eu fui atrás de ouvir os dois primeiros álbuns antes de finalizar a avaliação e cheguei a seguinte conclusão: Tudo o que da a cara do som do The Hives é maior, mais rápido e mais abrasivo no primeiro álbum. O The Hives são (ou eram) o primeiro álbum. No segundo eles deram uma diluída nas características em favor de um som mais palatável, o que não é ruim em si, mas é mais "comum". Your New Favourite Band é um bom álbum, mas eu facilmente o trocaria pelo primeiro nessa lista (ou o incluiria também pelo menos)
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1. told you zo - 2 2. offender - 1.5 3. demand - 1 4. die - 1.5 5. youth - 1 6. outzmarted - 1 7. mad man - 1 8. again - 1 9. idiot - 1 10. zhmuck - 1.5 11. drool - 1.5 12. hivez - 2
CD revisiting! I loved Hate To Say I Told You So and in those days buying the album was how to get the song (was it? What happened to taping off the radio). Short and frantic. I remember they were fun at Leeds Festival 2002. Bumped from the book.
Not trying to reinvent the wheel with this one, just a fun straight forward garage rock album. I’ve been aware of The Hives for a long time, but I’ve never really listened to them. I had a lot of fun listening to this album and may go back and check out more of their stuff.
30/100 Why is a Compilation album on this list??? Was actually positively surprised but this is still a Compilation album and feels like it.
Twenty-eight minutes An ideal length for rowdy Porcelain porch songs
the title would be funny if the band was provocative in any way. "The decision to release such a compilation was made with the intention of achieving mainstream success in the UK and other territories." and it sure sounds like that, from 2001. as mentioned in the Vines review, I hated this era of uninspired 'The' band radio rock, and it's aged badly. I can't believe I still have to hear Franz Ferdinand out in the world. music: hated. (⌐■_■)
A photocopy of a photocopy of something I like a lot.
Never heard this before. Simple catchy songs played with energy. Odd that they included a compilation album on this list. I found the first half of the songs pretty unlikable. But the second half, which are taken from the Barely Legal album, are a lot better. I was prepared to rate 2 stars but going to give it 3 stars. "Outsmarted, I'm selling you for scrap"
Nothing that I'd listen to again
Actually, not. I was relieved when this album was over. The lyrics, although difficult to make out when listening, were interesting to read in Spotify. "Would you like lemon or lime with that piece of advice mister?" Didn't realize they were Swedish, maybe that's why they were added to this list?
Lots of frenetic playing and yelling into the mic. Some of their later stuff is better and more melodic.
False advertising...they are NOT my new favorite band. I did enjoy the album though...lots of youthful energy.
Hated the singer’s voice. I’m not a big fan of garage rock so unsurprising result.
3.6
Fine but completely forgettable.
One of the most important punk-rock and alternative bands nowadays
short and loud and fun!
unoriginal. feel like ive heard it 5000 times from the first listen
Fast and melodious tunes on this album! I always like songs from The Hives, this being the greatest hits albums contains some of the best tracks.
I wish there was a 3.5 star option. This album is great, and a lot of fun, but it just keeps going at the same speed the whole time. Which is totally punk rock, but I need a little variety in my old age.
Full tilt rocking band! Intense with a sense of humour. Not necessarily my new favourite band but I know a little more of their music and I like it!
This feels like one of those albums that gets added because it has a strong single with that single being "Hate To Say I Told You So". The rest of the album is pretty mid. Angsty punk rock with fast progressions.
This is so 2001, which isn’t bad. It’s not good either. Hey why is there a compilation on here? That’s…dumb. This doesn’t really stand out from most of the garage music that came out at the time. The Dirtbombs are pretty good. Listen to them instead. God the second half is good. Feels like the underground skate punk that was happening around the time, which is good stuff. Kind of a bummer because that half is better and it’s from their EP…hmmmmmmm now I get why this comp is on here
It’s the Swedish Strokes! Great to see The Hives on this list, even if a compilation is a bit of an odd choice. An incredibly energetic and catchy set of songs that clocks in at just under half an hour, nothing too groundbreaking but just a fun little record
very fast british rockpunk. stopped it at outsmarted. not my cuppa!
I dont know what to say. It is good but not great. Short songs, sounds kinda samey. I enjoyed it.
An other rock band with always the same songs...
This was so much more punk than I was expecting. I thought everything would be like Hate To Say I Told You so. Loved it. Very strong 2.
Inaccurate Album Title
It’s a solid 3.5, but I’m rounding up to spite Luke and Kevin.
Came out about the time I drifted away from terrestrial radio Heard the first song, never did much for me Yeah that low fi throwback sound, lumped in with the darkness, jet, white stripes etc. Another overrated Brit punk album. Not surprising for this list. 2 star blah
When I was in high school, I was in a band that covered Bloodhound Gand, Blink 182, etc. I remember playing a gig where bands from all the local schools came together to perform, and one of them was called Amplex. They were all around 12 years old and covered Hate To Say I Told You So and outperformed everybody in my eyes. They rocked! Anyway, memories aside, I love this album. It’s the perfect blend of raw passion, yet still with plenty of melodies to avoid getting messy. Damn, The Hives are good.
High energy rock songs on this one. Good stuff.
Love the Hives. I do find the production a bit thin sounding though.
Could it be that this album is on the list just for the challenge of the title? Leaving aside the squashing of two albums to get this one does the music hold up. There is nothing groundbreaking here. A more controlled version of the genre fitting into its time frame. It is raucous, somewhat unrelenting but OK.
Very good, prefer the older/punkier second half of the album (AKA IDIOT, Outsmarted).
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Empty calories - musical junk food. You kind of enjoy it and tap your foot along in the moment, but it’s a shallow kind of pleasure. It’s basically music for advertisements. Also, this is a compilation album, which feels like cheating.
could i write poetry to this? y
I'm not sure why, but I just don't like The Hives as much as I think I should. They are just not my new (or old) favorite band.
I thought it was weird that they put what is basically a greatest hits album on here until I read that the intent was to introduce The Hives to the UK
Nothing memorable here at all.
2.5 it’s ok. The second half was better when it leaned into more punk sounds but something about them seems off. It’s like arctic monkeys tried making a punk album
haha, I used to play music with a guy that was into The Hives, but I never much listened to them. I am digging this album though. Very high energy.
Solid set of tracks, but I feel that including a compilation album here is sort of cheating.
The kind of punk rock that just fades into the background without impact. There's a lot of it out there so the only reason I can imagine it being on the list is because it was on TV or commercials or whatever.
It’s fine
It was a bit strange to have this compilation instead of a proper album. It was fun, but not particularly special.
Would have just been a 2 but lost one star for being a compilation album. Shouldn't be on this list.
I was about ready to trashjthis entirely forgettable one-hit wonder track album for taking up a spot on this list, but I actually settled into it well enough. Is it still entirely forgettable, dated piece of music from the garage rock revival scene? Yeah, but it's decent enough to keep you tuned in over its brief 28 minute runtime.
Quite the presumptuous title coming from everyone’s, like, fifth- or sixth-favourite garage rock revival band.
I seem to remember there being a song by The Hives in a Rock Band or Guitar Hero video game, but other than that, I can't say I'm familiar with them. As it turns out, I've heard "Hate To Say I Told You So" and "Main Offender" (maybe that was on Rock Band?) before, but the rest of this album was new to me. Anyway, I guess I'll start with the things I liked about this album. The guitar riffs were pretty infectious, and fun to tap along with, especially the first three tracks. I liked that these songs came fast, hit hard, and then moved along. It's a minor note, but I also enjoyed "The Hives Are Law, You Are Crime." There was some distortion that I really liked, and there was a part towards the end of the song where the main guitar riff faded really low, but everything else stayed the same. That guitar riff was so low that it was barely detectable, but it created a really cool effect. As for the things that I didn't like about this album, there was a lot of shine, but no substance. The guitar riffs were fun and infectious for the first three songs, but after that, the album sounded really repetitive. The Hives aren't really doing anything on this album that hadn't been done before, and this album certainly doesn't break any new ground in my opinion. I got pretty bored with it after "Supply and Demand," and the last track pulled me back in a little bit, but it was too late by that point. There are a couple of catchy tunes on this album, but that's pretty much the only thing it has going for it.
Conpilation to gain success.
Garage punkgarage rockpunk rock, indie. Estuvieron en Valladolid.
pretty heavy...
I was a little surprised to find I knew more of their songs than I thought I did. But the fact that I never connected their name to those songs indicates they have fallen well short of this albums stated goal. An underwhelming level of ordinaryness.
Quite late in the game for punk, but enjoyable.
I like that they were reviving punk in the 00s and like but don't love this album. I'm a little grumpy that this is a compilation with songs from previous albums. Maybe a 3.5 but rounded down.
It's pure garage punk energy - short, catchy, and makes you wanna mosh.
I love it. The bass breakdowns, cheap guitars, the vocals with too much gain, and the urgency. The last track is a good one but feels out of place
OK, then started to get mildly irritating as I kept listening to the rest of the album. 2.5* is about right.
3.5 maybe, patchy given it's compilation status but the good stuff is barnstorming still. Saw them live around this time and it was mayhem
I feel like I heard all of these songs playing sports video games on the PS2. 3/5
not a bad album overall. fun listen 6/10
I would have loved them when I was 20. Now i think they are OK, but can't see myself going back to the Hives. Best track (and cool title) Hives are Law, You are Crime
Today's album is like garage rock, or garage punk. The fact that these guys are Swedish blows my mind. Sounds so American.... If that makes sense. And in typical punk style, the album consists of 12 songs, and is done in 28 minutes. I remember the song Main Offender from the video game Rock Band. Favourite songs: Hate to Say I Told You So, A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T, Outsmarted, Main Offender, "Die, All Right!", Untutored Youth, Here We Go Again, Hail Hail Spit N' Drool Least favourite songs: Supply and Demand 5/5
yeah babyyyyy 5/5
some pretty alright punk
3.5
Punk high energy, kinda bummed it’s a greatest hits album.
Decent garage rock sound was energetic and generally good
Excellent album. Very short.
Songs lacking in direction and execution.
Following along in the Punk vein, The Hives bring a more modern sound to the genre on this album. I almost feel some metal mixed into this. TBH, I like it more than any of the other punk albums I’ve heard so far.
Straightforward, good, loud and I enjoyed it. Though not enough to listen more. This falls in the category of, I would not turn it off, but nothing grabs me enough to actively seek it out.
I love this band, idk if it’s just the mood I’m in or what, but these guys kinda just hit that pop/rage funk vibe for me
Very much my bag - Hives are classic
Really really likes it, already like the hives so
A mixed bag. Some of it is fun, some of it sounds like someone is trying to sell me a car. Also, including comps and greatest hits collections in album lists is kinda lame.
Powerful Fav songs: Hate to say i told you. Main offender (￣ー￣)
I'm really confused why this album exists and why it's on the list instead of Veni Vidi Vicious. Anyway, I digress. I was in high school at this time, absolutely loving the garage rock revival. Someone told me, "Hey, you'd probably like The Hives!" so I went out and bought VVV, having never listened to them before. I instantly loved it and it was the soundtrack to my summer in 2002. I remember putting this CD in my Walkman and riding my bike listening to it, hoping it wouldn't skip. Kids these days will never understand our struggle, man. I'm not sure why I stopped listening to The Hives because this was such a great trip down memory lane.
Not bad. Some very "The Hives" sounding songs. Some screeching. A few good tracks to pick off it, but not a complete album.
nice punk rock, not very imaginative in the long run, though
Rock is more than just screaming and having your voice crack
Think im coming down with a case of the hives
Good
At best a perfectly serviceable collection of garage punk songs and at worst fairly average. Aside from a few highlights its not anything to write home about.
Could barely get through it.
with an album name like that you are just asking to be ridiculed. doesnt help that it sounds like the most generic garage rock there ever was! painfully mediocre. its like if ai made some punk rock lol NNN
eh
Ready for slightly polished garage punk
Like the white stripes slammyjam but pretty catchy.
Oh my god, these guys are my new favorite band! Because they told me they are! Even though I think their music is derivative and stale! And monotonous! And repetitive! And redundant! And it all sounds the same! With every passing song my enthusiasm is waning! Please make it stop!
Not everyday listening but good for getting pumped up
Sounds fine but nothing prominent. I could listen to it if I had to. "The Hives Are Law, You Are Crime" (4/5 for that song) is my favorite one on here.
Well, a cheat code unlocked by including a compilation album, albeit one early in their career. Fast paced, entirely derivative but still a lot of fun. Opens with the best song (Hate to say I told you so), and gradually diminishes in quality. Good driving songs, no-could hate this* but also can't see how anyone makes the Hives their favourite band. Mostly harmless. *OK, it's the internet, of course some will hate this.
A decent album, I liked Die, All Right! But no other songs really stood out.
reheated and disposable. if art decorates space and music decorates time, this is auditory motel art
I enjoyed album's frenetic energy and pace. It's a very good punk album but I don't see anything in particular that elevates it above other efforts in the genre.
Garage rock/punk. Pretty cool compilation of songs from the swedish band The Hives. I had never heard of this band but was pleasantly surprised by the quality of their music. All of the songs sounded good on a technical level, loved the energy and vocals. But the big problem with the genre is that it's very easy for all of them to kind of blend together. Many of the songs were unique but there were also several that just sounded too similar. I think if they played with the styles a little bit more they could have had something really special. That being said it was just a compilation so there's not much that can be done about the songs at that point. Overall a collection of a bunch of pretty good songs, I had a good time even if it was a tad bit on the short side. Might revisit some songs, it's short enough to revisit all if I want. 3.5/5
I mean they're just a cool band aren't they? Not my new favourite band by any means, but definitely shifted up in my ratings
Wow, The Hives bottled a special energy on these songs. They sound just tight and punchy enough to showcase the songwriting and just rough and sloppy enough to capture the spirit of a live punk show. They’re punk bordering on hardcore but they also sound like they love The Rolling Stones. Really fun sound. Kicks like a double shot of espresso.
I'm really glad this band is making a comeback and is touring, even if they look a few years older and might not have the footwork from their younger days. When "Hate To Say I Told You So" came out, everyone wanted to be a rock and roller. I mean, "Is This It" by The Strokes came out 3 months before this record. This kind of music was HOT. I definitely have not heard most of these songs, which is a pleasant surprise. It's great! There's a lot of solid tracks on it, and even though they are kind of a little too popular for a true punk band, hearing some of their songs brings me back to playing shows with punk bands and sharing some of that raw energy. This happens the most with "Untutored Youth", "Mad Man", and "Here We Go Again". In fact, a lot of my "real punk" punk friends would have probably loved this album if I played it for them blind and told them it's from some band that no ones heard of yet.
This is Need for Speed music.
Decently fun punk-like music
Another album where songs are good individually but too much to listen to for an entire album.
This was pretty decent punk/post punk. First two tracks are the best. But why not just include Veni Vidi Vicious on the list rather than a compilation? Strong 3.
urla urla pure... a me non piacerà mai.
8/10
Fun and upbeat. I enjoyed this album!
Rock, Punk, 2001 -> 2
A perfect punk/pop/rock banger to open the album - I love that track - regularly crops up on one of my playlist shuffles. But the rest gets nowhere near that level for me. A high 2.
Great album by Swedish people who know how to rock! I'm surprised they have allowed a compilation album on this list (All Our Yesterday's is a banger of a comp. I look forward to its inclusion). Its got their most famous tracks on it m, so what's not to like? A low 4.
-1 star for being a compilation album
Eh, it’s just kinda loud and noisy. 4/10
Pretending this is veni vidi viciosus
Some decent songs, a lot of it sounds the same. 3/5 Probably won’t listen again
Quintessential punk band for the millennials. Confused as to why they would choose a compilation album though.
Interesting example of early 2000s garage rock reboot. I'd only previously heard "Hate to Say I Told You So". Many of the other tracks sounded similar, raw, unpolished, heavily distorted guitars, yelling lyrics. Overall it was ok
As long as you scream hard enough your music becomes better right? This is just loud. Gave me active annoyance 2/10
Not too bad an album, not great but not bad either. Short sharp songs with a lot of energy
This is some let's get up and kick ass from start to finish. After all that, there's only one song that really stands up above all, but still a good time over all.
It was fun to listen to the album.
short and sweet. listened 2x back to back. 3.4/5
Zeker niet mijn nieuwe favoriete band. Eerste nummer is de moeite nog waard, daarna veel geschreeuw en (toegegeven: aardige) gitaar.
2.5 maybe? Doesnt hold up
Heard *of* them but never *heard* them. Strong Stooges vibes at times, but overall this sounds like a dime-a-dozen post-punk band.
hate to say i told you so main offender supply and demand outsmarted here we go again automatic schmuck the hives are the law, you are crime
The not very good vocals and simplistic music and high energy are winning in small doses and absolutely exhausting at album length.
Super interesting riffs and an amazing drummer! Liked every song of the album. If you like this try listening to "equal idiots" it's a Belgian band with the same energy.
Short album, I enjoyed it a lot 4/5
Pretty fun and some crassness
High energy garage rock - love it. Really fun album.
meh
I never got into the Hives as much as I thought I should. They do a few very good songs, but a lot of them are very samey to me.
Pretty decent but don't think i'm ever going to choose to put it on
So much better than I remembered. My dad hates the hives which makes me like them even more. Also full of gold so, that's awesome.
I’ve always liked this album but I forgot how good it is as a whole. For me, this was the best of the early 00s garage revival.
Meh
Too screamy for me. Stand-out: A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T
Saw the Hives with a buddy and we were sitting in the loge seats. Lead singer Howlin Pelle Almqvist decides to scale the wall and as soon as he reached us, he wasn't sure how to get down. It was one of the cooler moments I've experienced at a rock show. That all said, Veni, Vidi, Vicious should have been in the book.
Unusual to see a compilation LP. Ultimately the sound production is quite competent, as is the playing of the band; my primary point of contention is the homogeneity of the sound, where the coarse garage punk aesthetic blends together from track to track which when taken in concert with the muddy vocals leads the individual tracks to not stand out much from one another. Still, a decent enough time for some energetic listening.
This album was really good, I enjoyed it Top tracks: Hate To Say I Told You So
Maybe not new favorite, but pretty decent, no standout songs, but dig the overall vibes. 3 enthusiastic foot taps out of 5 🦶🦶🦶
This was pretty fucking good, they border on hardcore punk in places, wasn't expecting that.
Nice to have a punk rock album once in a while. Although a best of compilation feels a little bit like cheating in this list.. would have preferred one of their original albums. So “only” 3 stars for this one.
Short, sharp and rocking!
Music good, just didn’t grab me by the balls.
hammer
Love The Hives, but their previous albums are so much better than this compilation.
these types all sound the same, and some others are much better than this and more bearable. this is most deff not my new favourite band, and it's far from being something I had to ever listen to. it's annoying as fuck.. bonus points for being so short
Svenska hjältar!
Just okay?
Boring repetitive rock
I got a different Hives album (Tyrannosaurus Hives) in a separate album project I'm currently doing. These are the first two Hives albums I've heard but I like them. Their sound reminds me of Anti-Flag. 4 star
not bad- better than I expected it to be
A couple decent songs despite being pretty damn samey. Feels like a solid 3.
Another band I missed from that time period. Enjoyed this.
all the songs sound the same and it’s under 30 minutes…the perfect album
This is not my new favorite band.
A greatest hits album from a band that had no hits and released only two albums prior. Compilation albums should not be on this list. A title that may have seemed clever at the time but they were not “new” or anyone’s “favorite” band. Songs one at a time can be fun but one after the next becomes very tiresome. Give the listener a pause, change things up just a little. This album I’m really surprised is on this list.
I like the track list of Veni Vedi Vicious more. Still awesome.
I knew one song. Overall the album was alright. It was relatively short and none of the songs drug on. I would listen to it again.
Decent album with some nice bangers. Won't be listening to it on repeat, but enjoyed it quite a bit!
This is what AI would come up with if you asked for a pop punk album. It's as inoffensive as you can get, plus a little fun along the way. The killer bass lines stand out. You've herd the rest of the album after the first three tracks
What a banger of a first tune. Great garage rock/punk. 4 stars
OK, so straightforward garage band stuff. Now, it's good garage band stuff if you're into the screamy. There's the one big hit that leads it off that's been in car commercial after car commercial. After that, it just gets repetitive to my ears. Same three chords, same tempo, same blarg blarg. Unexpected bangers: Untutored Youth, Here We Go Again.
This list is really making me hate British music
This punk album was much easier to listen to. If I wanted to get drunk and break stuff, this is what I would choose. Solid 3.5. I feel itchy though.
Such an obnoxious album, yet I enjoyed it. It’s very well produced and probably would be in my regular rotation if the vocals didn’t suck so much. The lead singer lacks charisma and ruins the incredible vibe the rest of the band brings. Too much yelling, not enough singing.
A nostalgic pleasure that I should return to more often.
A fun, high-energy rock joyride.
The Hives have a great sound, although it's pretty monotonous. This album is only 28 minutes, and honestly it's hard to listen to all the way through, since it's almost nonstop thrashing and belting.
Solid garage punk. This sound was very popular in the early 2000s. Nothing particularly stands out. Good production and the songs hover around the same tempo/feel.
My new favourite band? - If only ... 2/5
Great!
Too overproduced and polished to be punk. There's a reason that one song is the only one anybody knows.
like a slightly more modern punk band. not my cup of tea.
Started out with a great head-banger but went downhill from there.
First couple songs are alright, but it soon gets a bit too repetitive for my taste. At least it's short.
Great fun and it's either this or more limp.bizlit
Pretty good
Music was good but became repetitive
This whole album sounds like the Dollar Tree version of Blitzkrieg Bop.
Эту музыку писали в гараже, и слушать еë надо только в гараже. Чинить карбюратор под эту стену звука. Ахуенчик. НО: почему сюда попал сборник? Не по правилам, ставлю 1 балл + 1 по ОВ
Upbeat good solid album. Stand out was “hate to say I told you so” for me.
Nothing special but enjoyed it enough. Fav track: Die, Alright!
Really enjoyed this, and a vibe we haven't seen a ton of on the list - red-hot garagey punk rock. It's not reinventing the wheel but it gets ya going and there's a lot of fun to be had in the lyrics. Strong three and a half. Fave track: Supply and Demand
A perfectly fine album with a distinct and punchy sound I’ll probably never put on again. Enjoyable but all kind of blended together a bit for me. Two and a half. Fave track: Mad Man
Enjoyed, good for open driving
opening track starts strong! but oh my the rest is bleh
too strong for my current mood
Bad sign when a band you've bever actually listened to have several songs that are already played to death. Not their fault, and tbf they are bangers.
I liked this group for a long while but I never stopped to listen to their albums. It was very good !
Honestly this felt like a pretty standard garage rock album. It wasn't bad at all but nothing really stood out to me. I enjoyed it but it didn't blow me away at all.
It's kind of a bonkers album, but even with how wild and brash it is, it somehow doesn't feel very unique and actually feels quite conventional. Maybe it's because this music got ripped off a lot in the early 2000s or if it's just the kind of music that was in every iPod commercial. Or maybe this music itself is already a ripoff of earlier forms garage and proto-punk. However, I do remember even at the time that this album came out, it felt like The Hives were a a band we were all supposed to like, but no one really did. I don't know of anyone that was actually a big fan of the The Hives then or now, but this music was being sprayed all over the place. The sound is good and fast. Its garage rock. They're having fun, they're making noise. Its not quite punk, but it also is punk. I like how fast and punchy it is. Though, most songs sound very similar and they don't seem to break it up with sing along choruses or oi chants that you find in most punk music. On the flip side, they also don't have many bridges or guitar solos or really anything to break up the quick progression of distorted power chords to align closer with rock music. I hate to say it, but I'm kind of bored with this record even with it being a wild ride.
There was a time in my life I would’ve really loved this. It was more punky than I expected, but it was still just okay. I don’t think this deserves the same score as Bjork, but I don’t think it deserves a 3. 2.5 stars.
Compilation album?? 2/5
Trash
Forgettable
This..this is satirical, right? This is some meta commentary about punk music? A cynical ploy to see how many idiots will buy this garbage? Because if not, holy shit. Generic music, generic (bad) lyrics. The first track is a blatant rip-off of Blur. This is like rich kids doing a book report on what they think punk music is. I stand corrected—Slayer was not the longest 28 minutes of my life. This was. At least Slayer puts effort into their lyrics. Good god. I cannot begin to understand why this band is on this list, especially for a compilation album that seems to have been a blatant cash grab—they weren’t famous enough after releasing multiple albums, so they repackaged the best (!) songs off of them and released that. I’d give this negative stars if I could.
Good stuuf
Compilation and greatest hits albums shouldn't be on this list. And why this one and not Veni Vidi Vicious or Tyrannosaurus Hives which both are excellent albums? I love The Hives but this gets a 3/5 for the above reason.
Decent, but one hit seeing does not make a hit album.
First song was the only one I had heard. Every song sounds the same.
Molto interessante
Decent, but a bit one-dimensional.
Guitar jangly yumminess
Probably one of the more unique commercial sounds to come out of the strokes era. All the sounds on here are faster and louder than typical garage rock songs. It almost sounds similar to the Dead Kennedys on some tracks. The intermission broadcasting noises remind me of panic. 3.45
NO SON DE MI ESTILO.......
Amazing album. I wouldn’t call it an album, though; it’s more of a compilation. We already got a Motörhead live album as an album, so I don’t really blame Dimery for his choice. Definitely gonna listen to more of The Hives soon. 4.9/5 Fav: “Die, All Right!”, “Main Offender” Least Fav: None
I am not sure if it is really my new favorite band
Not my new favourite band. Immature, unimaginative and abrasive.
Definitely not my new favourite band but this was a solid collection of tracks. Not much else to say.
BL: I've heard of The Hives but I've never had a chance to listen to them. So will have to see how it goes. AL: Fun upbeat punk music. Nothing particularly world changing and only clocking in at around 30 minutes. This was enjoyable but I doubt I'd be running back to this to relisten any time particularly soon, compare to a lot of records on this list its incredibly forgettable and I'm not particularly sure why it was included. FT: "Main Offender", "Untutored Youth", "A.K.a. I - D - I - O - T" 2/5
Never heard of 'em but like 'em if I'm in a garage punk sort of mood!
Garage punkgarage rockpunk rock, indie. Estuvieron en Valladolid.
Def not one of the top 1001 albums, who decided this should be on the list? not unlistenable, but very unremarkable.
Not a big fan of this style of music. Simple riffs, paper-thin sound.
Maybe I'm over scoring this one based on numerous duds in a row, but good album. plenty of fun songs worth listening to.
I do agree that it's weird to put a freaking compilation album here, I thought it's not allowed. Anyway, The Hives are pretty bold to tell me that they'll be my new favorite band. But after hearing their hits here, I think it might be true. With a fun, rocking punk that is not annoying, this album is among the few punk albums that I enjoyed from start to finish. Anyway, it's a 5/5 experience. I don't really care if it's not supposed to be here, it's not the album's fault.
Energiek, zelfingenomen met een knipoog. Rauw, eenvoudig, maar niet te eenvoudig
Wat een energie! En ze klinken zeker vet. Maar net als bij de Pixies is een heel album lang deze snelheid/energie een beetje veel van het goede. Niet helemaal mijn smaak.
meh. Good rock but nothing really stuck for me.
Loud Swedish punk energy
Wow, that's a lot of energy. Actually woke me up this morning. Not sure why they included a compilation album on the list, but I'll rate it based on the merits of the music. Strong stuff, like Iggy Pop reincarnated (even though he is still alive). 4 stars.
Great punk vibes
Love the riotous punk energy with a hint of the strokes style indie rock coming through here and there. Strongest songs: Hate to say I told you so, Untutored youth, AKA I.D.I.O.T Weakest songs: Main Offender, Hives are law, you are crime
Very immediate, very exciting and very good.
It is, in fact, not my new favourite band, far from it, but it is not my least favourite band as well. They might comfortably fall into the most ambivalent category, with quite entertaining style, quickly turning into boring and monotonne throughout the album. Interesting punk rock concept, but ultimately, it fell flat, at least in my opinion. Good try though.
Zu energetisch für mich heute 😅
Not really my kind of jam
fairly good garage rock. some bangers. 7.3/10
This may not be my new favourite band, but I certainly enjoyed it more than I thought I might. This, as punk, hit the sweet spot between being edgy and aggressive, and also something you can bop your head to in your car on the way to work. The songs and the album are just the right length for the amount of energy they exude. "Hate to Say I Told You So" is a song I will always enjoy.
That was a short little high energy ride. I kind of liked it.
I had fun with this!
I started off not in the mood for this punky-rocky music from a Swedish band I never heard of. After a couple of songs it seemed that the albums wasn’t going to change my mental state. But as this went on there were several songs (Outsmarted and Here We Go Again, for two) I really enjoyed despite my mood - and I softened to this. Maybe if I wasn’t feeling run down and old this would get a higher rating - but I did end up enjoying these kids.
A lot of this sounded very familiar but confirmed not my new favorite band
It's powerful, visceral, and for me a good hit of nostalgia. But is it actually good? No, not really. Good to jump around to for a song, but not an album to sit down and listen to.
4/5. Think this is my first compilation album, which feels a little like cheating but these are some pretty cool songs. Pop punk is fun genre when done right and this is done very well. Short and sweet, solid ideas portrayed and stay just as long as needed. Will probably play these songs multiple times, great stuff.
Sehän saa b-puolella vauhtia. Hyvä siis, ettei levyllä ole liikaa pituutta. Hitillä sisään ja hyvältä kuulostaa. Sitten menee ehkä mun makuuni liian huudoksi, ei toimi ihan täydellisesti yhteen aikas tuotetun lopputuloksen kanssa.
Päätä nyökytteleviä riffejä. Plus soundi joka tietää, mitä tavoittelee, mutta ei uskalla tavoittaa sitä.