Veni Vidi Vicious - The Hives
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  • Summary: One of the first Next Big Things of 2002, Sweden's The Hives follow last year's media darlings The Strokes and The White Stripes in bringing the rock back to alternative rock. The only catch is that the band has been around for over a decade, with this particular album actually dating back to 2000, when it gained a limited U.S. release on a tiny Epitaph imprint. However, the Swedes were able to benefit from the rush to capitalize on the neo-garage/punk-rock movement by scoring a major label deal in early 2002 and a rerelease of this, their second full-length. (They've got The Strokes beat on length, though, managing to release an even shorter album, at just 27 minutes.)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 13 out of 13
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  1. Village Voice (Consumer Guide)
    91
    The Hives explode where a hundred other punk bands are proud to rock.
  2. Rolling Stone
    80
    Vicious is a combination of punk's snottiness, Detroit rock's raw power and the stylized blues freak-outs of bands like Pussy Galore.
  3. Alternative Press
    80
    They came, they saw, they rocked viciously. [Jul. 2002, p.82]
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  4. Blender
    80
    Their propulsive intensity busts down garage doors, stumbling only with the wrongheaded ersatz cocktail ballad. [#8, p.117]
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  1. Albertom
    10
    Simple: Best garage album of the decade.
  2. AlexJ
    10
    The Hives are possibly the greatest band playing right now. I can't say that they are better than old school greats such as The Ramones and The Sex Pistols, but I can say that they are at least equal. The pure energy of this record is amazing. Howlin' Pelle Almqvist's screaming is just plain awesome. Incredible....… Expand
  3. TeresaC.
    8
    The Hives have the kind of sheer raw energy that almost seemed to have vanished completely during the `90s. Keep at it!
  4. KeithG
    7
    This album is a fun throwback to the great garage rock bands of the sixties. It explodes with energy, especially on standout tracks like "Hate to Say I Told You So", "Main Offender", and "Outsmarted".… Expand

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