Tyrannosaurus Hives

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Tyrannosaurus Hives
Studio album by The Hives
Released	July 19, 2004
Recorded	Varispeed Studio Gröndahl 2003–2004
Genre	Garage punk, alternative rock
Length	29:58
Label	Interscope
Producer	The Hives, Pelle Gunnerfeldt
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link NME (8/10) link Pitchfork Media (7.5/10) 2004 Robert Christgau link Rolling Stone 2004 Scene Point Blank (8.0/10) link
The Hives chronology
Your New Favourite Band (2001) Tyrannosaurus Hives (2004) The Black and White Album (2007)
Singles from Tyrannosaurus Hives
"Walk Idiot Walk" Released: June 2004 "Two-Timing Touch and Broken Bones" Released: October 2004 "Abra Cadaver" Released: December 2004 "A Little More for Little You" Released: October 2005

Tyrannosaurus Hives is the third full-length album by The Hives, released on July 20, 2004. It is their first album since Veni Vidi Vicious from 2000.

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Randy Fitzsimmons

1. "Abra Cadaver" – 1:33
2. "Two-Timing Touch and Broken Bones" – 2:00
3. "Walk Idiot Walk" – 3:31
4. "No Pun Intended" – 2:20
5. "A Little More for Little You" – 2:58
6. "B Is for Brutus" – 2:36
7. "See Through Head" – 2:21
8. "Diabolic Scheme" – 3:00
9. "Missing Link" – 1:56
10. "Love in Plaster" – 3:11
11. "Dead Quote Olympics" – 1:59
12. "Antidote" – 2:30
13. "Uptight" (UK bonus track) – 2:25
14. "The Hives Meet the Norm" (UK bonus track) – 2:06

[edit] Personnel

• Vigilante Carlstroem – guitar
• Nicholaus Arson – guitar
• Howlin' Pelle Almqvist – vocals
• Chris Dangerous – drums
• Dr. Matt Destruction – bass guitar
• Björn Yttling – string arrangement
• Andreas Forsman, Johan Moren, Rebecca Karlsson, Christoffer Öhman, Henrik Söderqvist – string performance
• Pelle Gunnerfeldt – producer, audio mixing
• Michael Ilbert – audio mixing
• George Marino – audio mastering

[edit] Allusion to Randy Fitzsimmons

If the front cover of the album is removed from the case and lined up with the back, one can see that there is an extra pair of legs, hinting at Fitzsimmons' existence.

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