Veni Vidi Vicious
| Veni Vidi Vicious | ||||
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| Studio album by The Hives | ||||
| Released | 10 April 2000 | |||
| Recorded | 1999[1] | |||
| Genre | Garage punk, garage rock, power pop, punk rock, alternative rock, indie rock | |||
| Length | 27:55 | |||
| Label | Burning Heart/Sire/Reprise | |||
| Producer | Pelle Gunderfelt | |||
| The Hives chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Veni Vidi Vicious | ||||
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Veni Vidi Vicious is the second album by Swedish garage punk band The Hives. The album was released on 10 April 2000 through Burning Heart Records and distributed through Warner Music Group. It was later re-released on 30 April 2002. The Japanese release included several extra tracks and other bonus features.
The album's title is a play on words written by Julius Caesar after conquering Asia Minor in 47 B.C.: "Veni, vidi, vici." (In English: "I came, I saw, I conquered.")
The album received particularly high reviews, earning a score of 84 on Metacritic.
Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 84/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Alternative Press | 8/10[3] |
| Blender |  [4] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [5] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B[6] |
| Pitchfork Media | 7.4/10[7] |
| Rolling Stone | [8] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [9] |
| Stylus Magazine | A[10] |
| The Village Voice | A−[11] |
In 2005, Veni Vidi Vicious was ranked number 399 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[12] The album was ranked number 91 on Rolling Stone's list of the top 100 albums of the decade. Subsequently, "Hate to Say I Told You So" was ranked number 244 on Pitchfork's list of the top 500 songs of 2000–2009.
Track listing
All songs written by Randy Fitzsimmons, except "Find Another Girl", written by Jerry Butler and Curtis Mayfield.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Hives – Declare Guerre Nucleaire" | 1:35 |
| 2. | "Die, All Right!" | 2:46 |
| 3. | "A Get Together to Tear it Apart" | 1:52 |
| 4. | "Main Offender" | 2:33 |
| 5. | "Outsmarted" | 2:22 |
| 6. | "Hate to Say I Told You So" | 3:22 |
| 7. | "The Hives – Introduce the Metric System in Time" | 2:06 |
| 8. | "Find Another Girl" | 3:12 |
| 9. | "Statecontrol" | 1:54 |
| 10. | "Inspection Wise 1999" | 1:37 |
| 11. | "Knock Knock" | 2:10 |
| 12. | "Supply and Demand" | 2:26 |
Personnel
- Howlin' Pelle Almqvist – vocals
- Nicholaus Arson – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Vigilante Carlstroem – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Dr. Matt Destruction – bass guitar
- Chris Dangerous – drums
References
- 1 2 Salmon, Jeremy. "Veni Vidi Vicious – The Hives". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
- ↑ "Reviews for Veni Vidi Vicious by The Hives". Metacritic. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
- ↑ "The Hives: Veni Vidi Vicious". Alternative Press (168): 82. July 2002.
- ↑ Doyle, Tom (August 2002). "The Hives: Veni Vidi Vicious". Blender (8): 117. Archived from the original on April 5, 2004. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
- ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.
- ↑ Raftery, Brian M. (10 May 2002). "Veni Vidi Vicious". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
- ↑ Dahlen, Chris (24 April 2002). "The Hives: Veni Vidi Vicious". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
- ↑ Eliscu, Jenny (20 June 2002). "The Hives: Veni Vidi Vicious". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 7 June 2002. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
- ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. p. 381. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ↑ Martin, Tyler (1 September 2003). "The Hives – Veni Vidi Vicious – Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 4 July 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
- ↑ Christgau, Robert (16 July 2002). "Consumer Guide: Spreading the Net". The Village Voice. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
- ↑ [...], Rock Hard (Hrsg.). [Red.: Michael Rensen. Mitarb.: Götz Kühnemund] (2005). Best of Rock & Metal die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten. Königswinter: Heel Verlag. p. 50. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.