Your New Favourite Band
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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 after only two albums were 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
.
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".
The Hives
The Hives are a Swedish garage rock band that first garnered attention in the early 2000s as a prominent group of the garage rock revival. Their mainstream success came with the release of the "greatest hits" album Your New Favourite Band, featuring their most well-known song "Hate to Say I Told...
released in 2001, featuring tracks from their first two albums and the A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T
A.k.a. I-D-I-O-T
A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T is an EP by Swedish band The Hives, released in 1998.The song "A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T" was first released as the second track on The Hives' first album, Barely Legal. It was released again on the compilation Your New Favourite Band, though not in its entirety, along with "Outsmarted",...
EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
. The decision to release such a compilation after only two albums were 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
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die is a musical reference book edited by Robert Dimery, first published in 2005. The most recent edition consists of a list of albums released between 1955 and 2010, part of a series from Quintessence Editions Ltd...
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Track listing
- "Hate to Say I Told You SoHate to Say I Told You So"Hate to Say I Told You So" is the first single from Swedish garage rock band The Hives' second studio album Veni Vidi Vicious. First released on 4 December 2000, it was re-released on 11 February 2002 as the opening track on the compilation Your New Favourite Band. It is internationally known as...
" – 3:22 - "Main Offender" – 2:33
- "Supply and Demand" – 2:26
- "Die, All Right!" – 2:45
- "Untutored Youth" – 1:34
- "Outsmarted" – 2:21
- "Mad Man" – 2:29
- "Here We Go Again" – 2:12
- "A.K.A. I-D-I-O-TA.k.a. I-D-I-O-TA.K.A. I-D-I-O-T is an EP by Swedish band The Hives, released in 1998.The song "A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T" was first released as the second track on The Hives' first album, Barely Legal. It was released again on the compilation Your New Favourite Band, though not in its entirety, along with "Outsmarted",...
" – 2:11 - "Automatic Schmuck" – 2:17
- "Hail Hail Spit N'Drool" – 1:26
- "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
Hate to Say I Told You So
"Hate to Say I Told You So" is the first single from Swedish garage rock band The Hives' second studio album Veni Vidi Vicious. First released on 4 December 2000, it was re-released on 11 February 2002 as the opening track on the compilation Your New Favourite Band. It is internationally known as...
", "Main Offender", "Die, All Right!" and previously-unreleased video "A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T".
External links
- "Your Favorite New Band" by The Hives on Amazon.comAmazon.comAmazon.com, Inc. is a multinational electronic commerce company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the world's largest online retailer. Amazon has separate websites for the following countries: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, and...