Your New Favourite Band

NOT my favorite band

New punk...it was good. Short sweet to the point

Always appreciate a shorty short album, and the aspiration in their titling is commendable. They're not personally MY new favorite band after listening, but this delivered some fun punk rock flavors.

I have no reason to feel so annoyed about this album. For something that has some elements I usually enjoy from these energetic and fast styles of music, those being frantic rhythms, a lot of distortion, attitude and a short runtime, listening to this has never being a good experience. I heard this several times because I'm always thinking that my negatives feelings are wrong, that I should like this due to the aforementioned aspects. But it seems at this point that I should give up and accept how I feel. When wondering about what bothers me the most, there are two main reasons that come to my mind: On one hand, how absurdly monotone and one-noted this is. It may contain 12 songs, but it basically feels like I'm listening to several takes on two different songs, one being the mid-tempo Garage Rock and the other the faster Garage Punk, with the singer contributing a lot to the sentiment thanks to his incredibly limited vocal delivery. On the other hand, is that nothing really sticks. The chord progressions are bland, some riffs are super repetitive and standard (specially Hate to Say I Told You So" and "Main Offender") and there is basically no melody to help remember anything. Really bold to have a compilation named "Your New Favourite Band" with material so unimpressive and derivative, and it is even bolder to add a compilation album to this list.

Abran ese pogo que me mando Si con tremendos riffs no te dan ganas de mover la cabeza y romper todo, tenés que preguntarte algunas cositas. Esto es mas punk que el punk 4 estrellas putas

Definitivamente no es mi nueva banda favorita. Un album cortito y al pie. Enérgico. Es divertido, suena bien, pero no me resulta un album que tenga que escuchar antes de morirme, hay obras mucho más importantes. No sé cómo se les ocurre meter un album recopilatorio en esta lista, dejense de joder. Personalmente, me gustan más The Hives cuando son quilomberos y hacen canciones como "Untutored Youth", "Outsmarted" o "Mad Man". En cuanto a su sonido, no creo que aporten nada nuevo, es otra banda de punk que no suena mal, sumado a que los temas no se diferencian mucho uno de otro. Automáticamente me transporta a un juego de Tony Hawk.

It's alright, maybe a bit too much for me.

I mean it's solid 4 chord rock, but other than a could of tracks it kind of just blends together. These guys must have really liked The Kinks early work.

Favourite Songs: Hate To Say I Told You So Main Offender

My New Favorite Band? NOT. A painful 26 minutes of what? Noise that’s it.

Nope. Ci ho provato, l'ho ascoltato pur non essendo esattamente il mio genere. Non ho trovato davvero nulla in quest'album. Di Alternative Rock non ha veramente nulla, e lato Garage Rock... Nope.

Some good tunes but overall it's a bit one dimensional.

Grande compilation di sano garage rock

Even for a Punk album made during the loudness war, this one is really loud. Didn't know them besides the first single but I liked what they did. Just simple and noisy blend of 2000's alternative and Punk. Very short listen as well, helps the Punk vibe. It's a bit edgeless I guess, but it does what it sets out to do pretty well.

Bien mais pas incroyable non plus. Très redondant à la fin, on a l'impression que c'est les mêmes morceaux qui se rejoue encore et encore.

Added to my rotation. This one surprised me. Good stuff

Short, thankfully.

Nice and compact album. Band has a clear message and it is able to deliver it nicely in this album. 4/5

I miss when rock was more common in the mainstream.

Even for a band in this space, this album blend into one long 30 min track. The Hives are great at naming albums too. Veni Vidi Vicious

Every once in awhile, people will declare that rock is dead. They are right. Nobody is doing rock music like this anymore or at least not in a way that breaks through at all.

Cool album, but definitely not my new favourite band

73

I was afraid of the early 2000s album cover threatening to suck me back into a room with furry wallpaper and inflatable furniture and honestly this is what the album does. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? You decide

Good modern punk

Love it!

Really annoying. At one time I loved "Hate to Say I Told You So" but I really can't stand this whole album now. 1.8/5

High energy fun. I would give it four, but originality of course an issue for this retro band. I also preferred the tracks with cleaner production and vocals. When they got punkier, less melodic the groove got lost. Vocals were just screams rather than signs of emotion. Always a fun group to play. Not quite a throwaway group as songs have some craftsmanship.

no es el rock que mas me gusta, pero siempre toca bancar el rock. pero es mas rapido y gritado de lo que disfruto, asiqe 2.5

Fantastic punk band, love this.

Some of the best energy I’ve heard on an album. They’re playing and screaming right on the edge of control. Great blend of punk speed with poppy guitar licks and interesting song structure.

Fun little emo punk album. Tight. Sharp. Good stuff.

This list is a goddamned joke.

Not too original but very energetic - just the way I like it.

An all time favorite.

randy fitzsimmons

Hay energía y dura lo justo. Lástima que no aporte nada nuevo a un veterano musiquero como yo.

I enjoyed the first song, probably partly because I already knew it. The rest of the album was enjoyable to listen to and had a lot of energy, but there was very little variation and a lot of the songs ended up sounding the same to me. Fun to listen to, but probably not something I will come back to. Fav song: Hate To Say I Told You So Least fav: Untutored Youth

Opens up with a nice punchy rock song but then just spits out 10 of the exact same. Repetitive but not mind numbing. Specific rating - 4.0 Fav song - hats to say I told you so Least fav - untutored youth

One of my OLD favourite bands

a compilation album from swedish garage rock band the hives, compiling past album and ep recordings into one big collection. the album was created to introduce the brits (and to an extent everyone else on the planet) to their music, which was arguably the perfect time to do so, with bands like franz ferdinand and the arctic monkeys also getting success around this time. this glorified sampler performed very well on british music charts. it's understandable why this album got big after hearing it for only about a few minutes. big poppy punky rocky anthems with a lot of fast songs, aggressive vocals and constant guitar riffing... pop rock albums are always good when i'm nodding my head with a lot of tracks. it's not something i consciously think about, it just kinda happens. i'm honestly surprised that a lot of people, not just on the 1001 site but on other websites too giving this album a three-star rating, but i found it pretty enjoyable, enough where it deserves a four. it's good! gets me pumped.

Quick Review on The Hives “You New Favourite Band” This album could be a soundtrack for cocaine use (I demand autonomy! :P). No but seriously, if any of you are going to start street racing, you should buy this album. If any of you need a song to play while you’re running from the cops, this is the album to play. If any of you are making a movie about Charlie Sheen’s exploits and need music for it,‘this is the album to play. Definitely not my new favourite band. But absolutely a band I would have wanted a T-shirt of when I was younger. High energy all throughout the album and very simple lyrics to make the instrumentals the highlight. While I enjoyed it at times, there were definitely times I wanted to go find something else to listen to instead. Not the worst, but far from a favourite. Rating: 4/10 Stars: 2/5

I don't love it as much as I wanted to. Its a great album, and its in my wheel house... but it feels like they are trying to be a hard core punk band while keeping their indie vibe. It just feels off.

I liked it a lot, good punk revival band. Almost a 5 but a solid high 4

I can see why the first song was a big hit but didn’t do nowt for me. Actually quite annoying that it’s a compilation and still ain’t no good.

Its enjoyable in short periods. A fun live band but youd never just fancy banging em on would ya

Wrong side of indie for me! And its a compilation so it shouldn't even be on here!

One of 1st albums I ever bought, got it from Woolworths, god rest its' soul 'Main Offender' and 'Die Allright' in particular, Great stuff Maybe gets a bit samey the longer it goes on, but still gets a 3.5

- points for a compilation. That's cheating

4/5 because it is a compliation. Would it be a regular album, 5/5. Don't know if it makes sense to have compliations on this list in the first place.

It’s like if the sex pistols were 20 years late to the game and had nothing unique about them

A breakneck pop garage album, with some punk moments. Pretty solid from a Swedish band. Short and to the point!

Win wenig Zurich rockig

Yup. Had to look this band up because the lead singer reminded me of someone else, I will not say, as per my critique tradition, as I do not bring other musicians in typically to avoid comparisons. However the style, which I would call post-punk is called garage. Okay. Sure. This is spectacularly up my ally and it is mmm... I loved this. Funny name for the album as it DOES make me put them pretty high on my list! Anyhow, yeah, this is just fantastic and cool and lets go!

Not my new favourite band, but Ok

I love the hives … see them live if you can. I love this album too, but it is a compilation and so slightly cheating.

The title is a little bit of a fib, not only is The Hives not my new favorite band, but they're a pretty bland one at that.

Playing loud and fast is all very well but songs still need melody and that is sorely lacking here.

625/1089 - It's shitty dime-a-dozen punk music and it isn't even an album. Why is this on the list?

Not bad.

Brit pop.com

Hate to say I told you so and main offer for are great. The rest of it is consistently good toot

short album but decent listen

Great album. 4.5 stars

Garage rock, a touch of punk, noisy guitars. Very unusual for an album from 2001. Listening to it, you immediately think of Iggy and The Stooges. Not the best thing for me this morning. I don't think I'll be listening to this record again!

Pretty decent, good variety, high-energy set of songs. I think there was a lot of this kind of thing at the time. I find the sort of fourth-wall-breaking ("your new favorite band" and "the hives are the law" etc) cringey but I'm sure in 2001 I would have been going wild for it. Decent music overall, enjoyed the momentum.

WHYYY

60

Standouts Hate to Say I Told You So AKA IDIOT

Nice, energetic punk stuff. Maniacal at times.

28 minute album that went by so fast. Just like a punk album. Singer definitely shouts like he's in a punk band too. Weird to have a compilation album on this list since that exists for so many other artists and those aren't on here.

I had a brief obsession with this record back in the day. In fact I downloaded it off Napster. 2-3 minute blasts of pure rock and roll. Great stuff

Another next big thing band that fell victim to the end of the monoculture. The Hives were supposed to be huge. This album is fun, definitely the most punk album of the time of those on this list.

Nothing special about this album. 2 stars or D+.

It has a cool garage rock revival sound, short and sweet with 12 songs at 28 minutes. It sounds very 70's punk with a Britpop flair, but not sure what makes this a must hear album. Nothing is innovative or any better than other bands doing the same thing. Also I think it is a bit lame to put a compilation album on the list. It isn't bad and will definitely listen to some of this again but I would not consider this to be a great album.

Kind of difficult to rate because I do enjoy this album but I kind of just felt like a lot of the tracks sounded similar and there wasn’t enough variety. I wouldn’t call it essential listening but nothing bad about it particularly.

I first learned about The Hives from a clip of them performing “Supply and Demand” on Later… with Jools Holland. They were like a bottle rocket, more exciting and viscerally alive than any music video I’d seen on MTV in my young life. Needless to say, they instantly became my “New Favourite Band.” I went out and found a used copy of Veni Vidi Vicious, listening on repeat, and learning the drum patterns. It’s been a while since I returned to their music, but it’s easy to tap back in to the youthful, exuberant energy injected into this record.

I listened to this while frantically searching for documents needed to process a transaction at the RMV. I did not find the documents and will need to pay an extra $25 becuase of it, but at least at had an enjoyable soundtrack for the ordeal. 3.5

só mais alguns homens brancos héteros gritando. do que eles tem tanta raiva? ouvi tudo a fim de descobrir, mas as guitarras estavam altas demais e não pude entender.

uma das várias bandas que eu tinha preconceito, mas até que é divertido, só o vocal meio cansativo.

Fav: The Hives Are Law, You Are Crime L: Supply and Demand 1.5 I thought best of albums weren't supposed to be on here. The whole thing felt monotone despite that though. Listening to a song or two was alright, but it got old fast. Cover: 2.5 Name: 1.5 Very risky title and does not pay off here Minecraft Parody: A.K.A S-T-E-V-E

Tastes a bit like aspartame. Not my new favourite band. Not terrible but not for me I think.I vibed with the second half more than the first for sure. 2/5

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i don’t like it

Like others have already commented, I don't think compilation albums should be on this list. That said, making a compilation album that's only 28 minutes long is something I, on the other hand, do admire. Swedes really did the early 2000s garage rock revival the best and this album just about proves it. Not a single wasted second here, it's all just about as good as it gets.

Starts with a classic that really helps carry the energy through a few songs in but sort of meanders after that. If this is Post Punk then its the type of Post punk that I prefer over others. Vocals have this gritty garage quality that I could see being grating but works well for me. Simple instrumentation and relies on the pure emotion of the song more often than not. I do find it odd to have a compilation album on the list when so many others could have been chosen for other bands, perhaps the Gershwin Songbook is another example but that feels different to me. Either way I rated it as I heard it.

7/10

Sounds a lot like The Vines. The album cover kind of looks like a 60's album cover. It's really good and was definitely worth the listen!

This album is... fine... I guess. Nothing here is bad, but nothing really stands out either. This is basically the same exact song over and over again. I am just glad that it is short. Mid 3.

Not _technically_ a compilation, as this was the first physical release in the UK for the band, but why not have a moan anyway. Anyway, they are The Hives! And you are not!

it was rock. most songs made no sense but it sounded aight

caught a couple of vibes

Well. By sound this should be my jam. By execution this… fell into ABBA territory. I liked it for a little while. Then I wanted to listen to something else long before the album was over. 3 Boolean: null

bunz

Overall, it's a fine album, and some songs are truly good, but they're all a bit samey and it gets stale pretty quickly. It's your run-of-the-mill post-punk album where they confuse screaming with singing, and where distortions don't really serve a purpose outside of sounding rebellious. It's high-energy, but there's no real sense of personality behind the music. I've heard better in that genre.

Musically it'd be a high 3, or maybe even a low 4, but I don't fuck with compilations.

Dienstag, 27.10.2026 Beim Schreiben meiner Hausarbeit über JP Sartre und den Blick in der Philologischen Bibliothek

Hate to Say I Told You So is an early 2000s anthem. The rest of the album just seemed to get angrier and angrier in a way that didn’t do it for me quite like that opening track.

A 28 minute album, all very frenetic. Opening track is an absolute banger. Rest is less good but still fun, but the absolute beauty of this band is their live shows.

Rockig aber für mich nichts besonderes 3/5