Your New Favourite Band

Simple, thrashy, and fun to listen to. Doesn't need to be more than that. Although whether this classifies as an 'album' I'll leave to the more pedantic reviewers.

2.5

This is a difficult one to score. I really like The Hives. I like every song on this album. Problem is I don’t think a compilation album should be on here.

If Veni Vidi Vicious had been on here I would be giving it a 4 minimum.

Top Track - Automatic Schmuck

It was pretty good and had some fun moments. It didn’t really grab me, though.

Too metal too shouty for me

Not quite my new favourite band but still pretty good.

(I had heard many of these songs before as well).

yeah cool but didnt know best of albums were "allowed"

My first thought when I saw it come up was why was this compilation included in the 1001 Albums book. Then I read some more and found that this was the album that broke The Hives into the UK market. It certainly bears repeating that Robert Dimery and his team are predominantly British, so for a lot of them, Your New Favourite Band was their introduction to the Swedish garage rock revival group. It wasn’t like over here in the States, where our introduction to The Hives was with the re-release of Veni Vidi Vicious.

As far as a greatest hits record for this early in the band’s career, it’s a solid outing. Obviously, the most refined-sounding tracks are the ones from Veni Vidi Vicious placed towards the front, particularly with the one-two punch of “Hate to Say I Told You So” and “Main Offender”. I certainly got a kick out of the sampling of tracks from Barely Legal and the A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T EP, with how much more frenetic and straightforward punk the band used to be in their humble beginnings. If anything, between hearing these tracks and later output like “Tick Tick Boom”, The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons, and The Hives Forever Forever The Hives, it is evident that the band has continued to evolve their sound while staying true to the theatricality and raw intensity in their performance. It kind of makes me wish we got a more updated compilation from them. Though the feeling is probably moot, as Your New Favourite Band is no longer included in subsequent editions of the book.

Still, it was a fun romp through The Hives’ early hits. Their music is certainly worth checking out.

This is pretty good. High energy music. I like it. This is not really and album but a compilation. The songs I enjoyed the most are probably "Untutored youth" and the instrumental one: "The Hives are law, You're crime". In any case, the more I listened to it, the more I like it. And, by the way, this stuff must be great in concert.

a compilation album? fuck this list. this is a lot more energy than I thought it would be. not my taste, but better than I imagined.

Didn't realise The Hives were on here, a nice surprise!

Hate To Say I Told You So - what a throwback!! This song was everywhere when I was a kid and its still a banger

Not my favourite band of the time, but a very upbeat and catchy album. The nostalgia tips it over to full marks

5 ⭐️

Nostalgia intensifies! 'Hate to Say I Told You So' was on the mtv2 rock countdown for a long time. A sub-30min album with 12 songs on it is something to treasure. And I like the lyrics. But their sound is too "shouty guitar" for me. I never woulda guessed they're Swedish.

Highlight: 'The Hives Are Law, You Are Crime'

You surely meant "Pretty far from your new favourite band", right? Right...?

Fun but front loaded. The first 3 are the best 3, and very good they are too. I once danced naked to them with two other guys. Fun times. After that, they run out of steam. The band AND the naked dancing men.

I like The Hives. They are a fun band. These are fun songs. This loses points because it is a compilation and that goes against the spirit of 1001 ALBUMS you must hear before you die. Favorite songs are Hate To Say I Told You So, Supply and Demand, and The Hives Are Law, You Are Crime.

Nuh uh

Pretty alright but the standout is definitely Hate To Say I Told You So.

low 3/5

Very presumptuous title! It's fine. A bit boring towards the end which is not great as it's only 28 mins.

Not terrible but nothing stood out to me. Loses a star for being a compilation/greatest hits album, which feels lazy to include in this list.

Raucous garage punk.