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Your New Favourite Band is one cocky album: a greatest hits of album tracks and B-sides five years into The Hives' career and a title that demands your adulation. The music's no less cocky, with these five Swedes playing bubble-gum metal with the self-assured swagger that only the truly narcissistic rock & roll stars can muster. This batch of glorious guitar romps displays an allegiance to the punk snarl of the New York Dolls, the power pop immediacy of Cheap Trick and the riotous rock of Metallica. There's absolutely nothing new about The Hives, then, but that's the point. Joyously, they reach back to the roots of rock excess with a pop sensibility that every aspiring band in the world craves. This band has that rare alchemy that takes the basic ingredients of rock & roll and makes them sound vital all over again. Your New Favourite Band closes with "The Hives Are Law, You Are Crime": cocky, but deservedly so. --Ben Clancy
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32 of 37 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Sweden rocks, and if it weren't for their winters, I'd probably investigate moving there.
This album, a compilation of the The Hives best from previous releases, is B*L*I*S*T*E*R*I*N*G!. 110% full-on, buzz-saw, post-punk adrenaline. And every song sounds like the perfectly crafted tune as well. This is an album that will test your stereo max levels - there's no way you can play this softly.
Think Husker Du, Strokes, White Stripes, Ramones, the Velvets, Minutemen and the Pistols (without the politik) - they're all in there somewhere. But The Hives have managed to carve out their own sound as well. And it's beautiful.
Anyone else catch the Pixies-like guitar dives in the breaks of "Main Offender"?
At the price, this is a steal. I probably would have paid double for this. This is an essential record for the year!
Beg, borrow, steal. But get your new favourite band, The Hives.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The first few listens of this gem will probably confuse the bejazus out of you. You simply cant figure out what the hell is coming out of your speakers its so damned chaotic and demented, but you quickly learn to love it. If like me your interested in guitar based music has been put to sleep by American post-grunge slop and the even more insidious yawnings of Travis et all., this is a f'ing godsend. The antics of the band kinda detract from what an ferociously talented group these are. Ram this stick of dynamite in your cd player and take cover...
18 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
In today's world every growing gentle and mellow bands it's great to hear a band who have balls. The suit wearing 5 piece from Sweden mix punk, garage, hardcore and new wave into this great album. If you like bands like the Strokes and White Stripes but are looking for something faster, louder, heavier and better the Hives are the band for you. Tracks such as the amazing 'Supply And Demand' and 'Main Offender' will blow you away and you'll soon be wondering who are the Strokes?
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GREAT FUN - DEEPLY SILLY
Sweden gave us Abba, but now they have given us the fabulous Hives! It is hysterical that this wonderful Swedish group have taken punk rock, repackaged it and sold it back to us! Read more
Published 12 months ago by J. McCarraher
HUGE FUN AND DEEPLY SILLY
Sweden gave us Abba, but now they have given us the fabulous Hives! It is hysterical that this wonderful Swedish group have taken punk rock, repackaged it and sold it back to us! Read more
Published 12 months ago by J. McCarraher
Quickfire Punk'N'Roll Mayhem!
Sometimes all you need is fast and furious guitar riffs, drums and vocals- The Hives provide all these with plenty of attitude and eccentricity to spare! Read more
Published on 29 April 2006 by Ren Lee
Best of
Let it be said that when "Your New Favorite Band" was first released, it was far too early for the Hives to have a "best of" album -- they only had EPs and two albums in the bag. Read more
Published on 22 July 2005 by E. A Solinas
Not Quite Your New Favourite Band
Sharp suited sweden homeboys The Hive's compilation is a cocky affair, none of this material is serious whatsoever, but thats the best bit, where we have The Strokes singing about... Read more
Published on 19 Oct 2003
Half an Hour of REAL Punk Power
Since folding Creation and setting up Poptones, Alan McGhee has made some pretty flawed signings, the gay Mexican Communist Elvis impressionist coming to mind as an especially daft... Read more
Published on 12 Feb 2003 by Martin
Vital to the modern music scene's makeup.
The absurdly brief 'best of' from The Hives, is reminiscent of all kinds of bands - most notably The Jam and The Undertones, and their music is a mix of all areas of punk, with a... Read more
Published on 9 Sep 2002 by Chris McGuirk
Great Effort
This is a good album and will appeal to anyone who likes rock, Die All Right probably being the best song on the album but there are plenty of contenders. Read more
Published on 11 July 2002 by Adam Cousins
Good......but
Ok this is cd is a little overrated, It starts of amazing the first two song being realy great songs, but after that there is the odd good song and a few not so good ones! Read more
Published on 4 Jun 2002 by Thom
It made me throw my hi-fi out of the window...
I got hold of this album purely based on the reviews on this site. For starters we'll forgive the album title - is it supposed to be ironic or what? Read more
Published on 30 May 2002
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