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Your New Favourite Band
Compilation album by The Hives
Released 22 October 2001
April 2, 2002 (U.S.)
Recorded 1997–2000
Genre Garage punk
Length 28:08
Label Poptones/Burning Heart/Epitaph/Sire/Reprise
Producer Pelle Gunderfelt, Freddy Flame
The Hives chronology
Veni Vidi Vicious
(2000)		 Your New Favourite Band
(2001)		 Tyrannosaurus Hives
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars [1]
Pitchfork Media (7.7/10) [2]

Your New Favourite Band is a collection by The Hives released in 2001, featuring tracks from their first two albums and the A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T EP. The decision to release such a compilation was made with the intention of achieving mainstream success in the UK and the US. The album was featured on the list 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Hate to Say I Told You So" – 3:22
  2. "Main Offender" – 2:33
  3. "Supply and Demand" – 2:26
  4. "Die, All Right!" – 2:45
  5. "Untutored Youth" – 1:34
  6. "Outsmarted" – 2:21
  7. "Mad Man" – 2:29
  8. "Here We Go Again" – 2:12
  9. "A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T" – 2:11
  10. "Automatic Schmuck" – 2:17
  11. "Hail Hail Spit N'Drool" – 1:26
  12. "The Hives Are Law, You Are Crime" – 2:31

Some pressings of the album also contained videos for "Hate to Say I Told You So", "Main Offender", "Die, All Right!" and previously-unreleased video "A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T".

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bush, John. Your New Favourite Band at Allmusic
  2. ^ Pitchfork Media review

[edit] External links

The Hives
Studio albums
Compilation/demo albums
Sounds Like Sushi • Your New Favourite Band
EPs
Videos
Singles
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