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2001 compilation album by The Hives

Your New Favourite Band
Compilation album by The Hives
Released 22 October 2001
Recorded 1997–2000
Genre Garage punkgarage rockpunk rock
Length 28:08
Label PoptonesBurning HeartEpitaphSireReprise
Producer Pelle GunderfeltFreddy Flame
The Hives chronology
Veni Vidi Vicious(2000) Your New Favourite Band(2001) Tyrannosaurus Hives(2004)
Singles from Your New Favourite Band
"Hate to Say I Told You So"Released: 2002 "Main Offender"Released: 2002 "Die, All Right!/Supply and Demand"Released: 2002

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [1]
NME 6/10[2]
Pitchfork 7.7/10[3]
Rock Sound [4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide [5]

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. It was released by Alan McGee's Poptones record label, which was licensed the band's songs by Burning Heart Records. The decision to release such a compilation was made with the intention of achieving mainstream success in the UK and other territories.

All tracks are written by Randy Fitzsimmons

No. Title Length
1. "Hate to Say I Told You So" 3:22
2. "Main Offender" 2:33
3. "Supply and Demand" 2:26
4. "Die, All Right!" 2:45
5. "Untutored Youth" 1:34
6. "Outsmarted" 2:21
7. "Mad Man" 2:29
8. "Here We Go Again" 2:12
9. "A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T" 2:11
10. "Automatic Schmuck" 2:17
11. "Hail Hail Spit N' Drool" 1:26
12. "The Hives Are Law, You Are Crime" 2:31
Total length: 28:08
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  2. ^ Fox, Jason (8 January 2002). "Hives : Your New Favourite Band". NME. Archived from the original on 24 March 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  3. ^ Deusner, Stephen M. (12 July 2004). "The Hives: Your New Favourite Band". Pitchfork. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  4. ^ Wright, Stuart (November 2001). "Reviews: Punk/Hardcore". Rock Sound. No. 30. UK: IXO Publishing Ltd. p. 93.
  5. ^ Frere-Jones, Sasha (2004). "The Hives". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 381. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
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  9. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
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