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- Summary: The Swedish band worked with Pharrell Williams, Jacknife Lee, and Dennis Herring for their fourth album.
- Record Label: Interscope
- Genre(s): Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 17 out of 27
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Mixed: 10 out of 27
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Negative: 0 out of 27
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Sonically they've tweaked their punk-pop vibe, even employing the hip-hop-flavored Pharrell Williams for one cut. Happily, that gambit--the danceable ''T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S.''--pays off.
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And desperate single aside, it all works pretty damn well.
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Still, 'Tick Tock Boom' and 'Try It Again' put them all together as effectively as anything they have done since the big smash 'Hate to Say I Told You So' and suggest these revivalists are themselves due a revival.
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Under The RadarThe Black and White Album is an extraordinarily (perhaps inordinately) confident album. [Winter 2007]
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The Black and White Album can feel, at times, thematically spastic, spinning more like a mixtape than a proper LP.
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MojoThe rethink has paid dividends. [Nov 2007, p.90]
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UncutHere they often come across as Hard-Fi playing the songs of The New York Dolls--infinitely more irritating. [Nov 2007, p.104]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 10 out of 14
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Mixed: 2 out of 14
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Negative: 2 out of 14
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DenisNov 15, 2007
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DavidÅ.Nov 20, 2007Best album out of Hives so far!
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JonatanDec 14, 2007The best rock album of the year. Excellent songs, like You Got It All Wrong, Hey Little World and Bigger Hole to Fill.
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JakeG.Nov 13, 2007
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MichaelL.Nov 20, 2007
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MislavFNov 15, 2007
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PsyNov 13, 2007Omg, I used to like these boys.
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