
- Summary: The fifth album for the Swedish garage rock band was self-produced.
- Record Label: The Hives
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Garage Punk, Punk Revival
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Top Track
Take Back the Toys | |
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Take back the toys that you gave to me I never knew what to do with them anyway I never knew how to break up the box I'll stick to pebbles and... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 15 out of 28
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Mixed: 12 out of 28
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Negative: 1 out of 28
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Jun 1, 2012If there was ever a worry of the Hives maturing- or simply becoming less like the Hives - there isn't anymore.
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Jun 6, 2012Let it be said that Lex Hives is amazing.
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Q MagazineOct 12, 2012Lex Hives fizzes with the energy of a debut album, the quintet emphatically back to doing what they do best. [Jul 2012, p.103]
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Jun 5, 2012Much like the band's catalog, this record apes everyone from AC/DC to The Stooges with exuberant aplomb.
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Jun 7, 2012Ultimately, Lex Hives sadly conforms to the patchy-at-best trajectory of the band's major label releases, but at least does so while taking a decisive step back in the direction of being the ferocious rock band which The Hives unvaryingly claim to still be, and indeed unquestionably once were.
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UncutJun 1, 2012Album number five is the sound of the law of diminishing returns finally kicking in. [Jul 2012, p.73]
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Jun 1, 2012You'll only get a kick out of this record if you think all music made since 1976 is terrible and have absolutely no desire to hear anything new whatsoever.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 5 out of 6
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Mixed: 1 out of 6
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Negative: 0 out of 6
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Jun 5, 2012
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Jun 9, 2012
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Jun 6, 2012
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Jun 13, 2012
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Jun 8, 2012
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Jun 17, 2012
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