''Your New Favourite Band'' is a collection by

The Hives The Hives are a Swedish rock band that rose to prominence in the early 2000s during the garage rock revival. Their mainstream success came with the release of the album ''Veni Vidi Vicious'', containing the single "Hate to Say I Told You So". T ...

released in 2001, featuring tracks from their first two albums and the ''

A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T ''A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T'' is an EP by Swedish band The Hives, released in 1998. The song "A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T" was first released as the second track on The Hives' first album, '' Barely Legal''. It was released again on the compilation ''Your New Favou ...

'' EP. It was released by

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Poptones Poptones was a record label launched by Alan McGee after the demise of Creation Records in 1999. Its roster included The Hives, January, Arnold, Cherrystones, King Biscuit Time, Thee Unstrung, The Boxer Rebellion, Beachbuggy, Pure Reason Rev ...

record label, which was licensed the band's songs by

Burning Heart Records Burning Heart Records is an independent record label formed in 1993 in Fagersta, Sweden, and currently based in Örebro. It has a close affiliation with Californian label Epitaph Records, who own the rights to distribute Burning Heart's output i ...

. The decision to release such a compilation was made with the intention of achieving mainstream success in the UK and other territories. The album was featured in the book ''

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''.

Track listing

Hate to Say I Told You So "Hate to Say I Told You So" is the first single from Swedish rock band the Hives' second studio album, '' Veni Vidi Vicious''. It was first released as a single on 4 December 2000 and was later re-released in several countries in 2002. It is i ...

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" – 2:33 #"Supply and Demand" – 2:26 #"Die, All Right!" – 2:45 #"Untutored Youth" – 1:34 #"Outsmarted" – 2:21 #"Mad Man" – 2:29 #"Here We Go Again" – 2:12 #"

" – 2:11 #"Automatic Schmuck" – 2:17 #"Hail Hail Spit N' Drool" – 1:26 #"The Hives Are Law, You Are Crime" – 2:31 Some pressings of the album also contained videos for "

", "

", "Die, All Right!" and previously-unreleased video "A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T".

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References

The Hives albums 2001 compilation albums Burning Heart Records compilation albums Reprise Records compilation albums Sire Records compilation albums {{2000s-punk-album-stub