Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives
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Artist: HivesEdition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2004-07-20
Music Label: Interscope Records
Product features:
- The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives Brazil Import
- Abra Cadaver
- Two-Timing Touch and Broken Bones
- Walk Idiot Walk
- No Pun Intended
- A Little More for Little You
- B is for Brutus
- See Through Head
- Diabolic Scheme
- Missing Link
- Love in Plaster
- Dead Quote Olympics
- Antidote
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Free Music Review: Back in style
Hit: 5 Stars
The Hives, probably the band with the highest self esteem in the world (the frontman was qoted as saying "We love you but you love us more!", return for a fourth outing with a bang. Their three previous albums, "Barely Legal", a collection of poorly produced, sometimes painfully recorded songs that showed that the energy was certainly there. Their breakout album, "Veni Vidi Vicious" overflowed with engergy and put it in a better produced, more accessable package, naturally this was a huge hit. THen came the almost-an-EP "Your New Favorite Band" with had several cuts from Veni Vidi Vicious and not much interesting. Now comes "Tyrannysaurus Hives", upon a first listen you realize these guys are on some ungodly form of speed. This there is electricity flowing through every inch of this record, they even seem to find distortions that make you feel like if you touched your stereo, sparks would fly. Just listen to the first fifteen seconds of "B is for Brutus", this distortion is something I've never heard before, its so energetic without being painful the only comparibly "heavy distortion" guitar production ive heard is the Smashing Pumpkins "Saimese Dream". However in terms of the energy in the guitars, they are on opposite ends of the spectrum, on "Saimese Dream" is comes at you as a wall of smooth, almost beautiful, distortion; in "Tyrannosaurus Hives" the guitar is fast, choppy, agitated, and confident.
Track by track...here be go:
Abra Cadaver- this seem like its probably something written back aroudn the barely legal era, it has the same feel to it. Alquvest certainly knows how to constrcut lyrics that sound cool, even if you can't understand what he's saying.
Two Timing Touch And Broken Bones - Probably the coolest, tightest punk song ever written. The rythym in this song is pretty incredible, the only misstep is a slightly clunky chorus.
Walk Idiot Walk - Guitar sound like "Sticky Fingers" era stones. Vocals sound like like a very angry Sgt. Pepper. Clapping always makes everyone happy.
No Pun Intended - A straightforward punk song, nothing too interesting.
A Little More For You - Another song with with cool rhythym guitar work. This one has a more skaish feel towards the beginning, then turns into something more similar to AC/DC for its chorus. It works quite well, it has a nice building effect that you don't get much because Hives songs are so short usually.
B is for Brutus - this is my personal favorite. The distortion sounds like electricity. The riff is killer. The lyrics are defiant and in your face, just what a good Hives snobby punk rock song should be.
See Through Head - This is like a much better version of No Pun Intended. More stylized, has something to remember it by. A neat song.
Diabolic Scheme - You gotta give them credit for this song. Nothing in the song really works that well when you deconstruct it, but they do it with such conviction and it reminds you for a minute of why the Rolling Stones were so cool, you can't help but appreciate it for that.
Missing Link - Another rhythmic one, this time at twice the speed. Double as impressive as Two Timing, but not as original.
Love In Plaster - this one doesnt really tickle my fancy, but still adds synth to the list of experiments. Reminds one of Baba O'Riely, but it goes away just in time for you to realize that thats probably a bad thing.
Dead Quote Olympics - um, this songs great, but I really don't know why. It shouldn't be. It's just fun.
Antidote - The most straightforward rock song here. ONe guitar becomes two, add drums, then bass. Insert a cool riff, and lyrics that could be about naughty things. A nice closer, personanlly it doesn't quite wrap up the album the way "Supply and Demand" did for Veni Vidi Vicious, but hey, whatever.
A fantastic group of songs, clocking in at just over 30 minutes, you'd swear it was an hour and a half. Especially if you listen to it loud.
Tyrannosaurus Hives Poster
The Hives return to the forefront of the music scene with the blazing new album TYRANNOSAURUS HIVES. The follow up to their smash "Veni Vidi Vicious" CD which featured the worldwide hit "Hate To Say I Told You So" and was listed in Rolling Stone's Top 50 albums of the year.With TYRANNOSAURUS HIVES the band reaches new heights and reestablishes themselves as one of the world?s best rock outfits around today! "Every track on this record will be sure to make you move," said the band's Howlin? Pelle Almqvist. "It?s straight from our roots ? pure in your face punk."
TYRANNOSAURUS HIVES forces the world to break out from another work of pure unadulterated genius so infectious as to be unstoppable without a sucking serum, as this fivesome have once again kicked it out skillfully, magnificently and brilliantly. The sound that they display is like a velvet glove with brass knuckles, both brutal and sophisticated at the same time. Based on youth, energy and taste, The Hives are giving you PUNKROCK MUSIC AVEC KABOOM.
This Swedish garage-punk band that faced off against the Vines on the MTV Video Music Awards in 2002 after the release of is breakthrough Veni Vidi Vicious album still sounds like it's in battle mode on Tyrannosaurus Hives. Violent songs such as "Walk Idiot Walk" and "Abra Cadaver" jerk forward in a noisy collision of surf guitars, frantic rhythms, and front man Howlin' Pelle Almquist's preposterous barks. He's part ringleader, part instigator, and the main ingredient that keeps the Hives' Nuggets-inspired retro rock from sounding as dated as its influences. Despite a few light electronic touches, the band sticks largely to formula throughout this album but by keeping the focus on its biggest assets--simplicity and volume--it comes out triumphant nonetheless. --Aidin Vaziri
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