Lex Hives
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Lex Hives is the sixth studio album of the Swedish alternative rock - band The Hives . It was released in Germany on June 1, 2012 on the band's own label No Fun AB .
Creation and publication
For the first time in the band's history, Lex Hives was produced in-house and distributed via the band's own label. The recordings took place in various studios in Sweden, Germany and the USA. As with the album Veni Vidi Vicious , the band chose a partly Latin name, the title roughly translating to "Das Hivesche Gesetz" or "The Law of the Hives" . The album itself was released in Germany and Sweden on June 1, 2012.
Track list
- Come on! - 1:08
- Go Right Ahead - 3:05
- 1000 Answers - 2:07
- I Want More - 2:52
- Wait A Minute - 3:01
- Patrolling Days - 4:00
- Take Back The Toys - 2:54
- Without The Money - 1:53
- These Spectacles Reveal The Nostalgics - 1:56
- My Time Is Coming - 2:34
- If I Had A Cent - 2:01
- Midnight Shifter - 3:36
Chart placements
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In Sweden , the album reached number seven and was among the top 10. In Switzerland , the album came to number 20, in Germany to number 25 and in Austria and Australia to number 38. Further placements in the charts were achieved in France (number 47 ) and both parts of Belgium (126th place in Flanders , 135th place in Wallonia ).
reception
By critics , the album was perceived differently, but most reviews were positive. Metascore calculated an average of 69% based on 28 reviews and awards the title "generally favorable" (dt. "Generally positive" ). This makes Lex Hives the band's worst rated album to date.
Marcel Anders from 1 Live praises the album and believes that they have taken a good step back and Lex Hives is the band's best album so far. Anders describes the songs as "energetic, fresh, direct, vital and hymnal."
Radio Fritz awards a rating of four out of five possible stars and says that the album is still fun, but the band has lost the aggression that they have given songs like Walk Idiot Walk .
Mark Read from Plattentests.de gives the album seven out of ten points and writes that Lex Hives reminds of the album Veni Vidi Vicious , but you can still hear experiments. Only the single Go Right Ahead is convincing in his opinion.
The Rolling Stone , however, this losing of the opinion that although the album have energy at some points. As a rating, critic Chuck Eddy gives three out of five stars.
Sven Kabelitz from laut.de rates the album rather negatively and only awards two out of five stars. In his opinion, the songs are reminiscent of old times, but do not come close to them.
Participating musicians
- Howlin 'Pelle Almqvist : vocals
- Nicholaus Arson : guitar , vocals
- Vigilante Carlstroem: guitar, vocals
- Dr. Matt Destruction: Bass
- Chris Dangerous: drums
- Gustav Bendt: saxophone
- Per Johansson: saxophone
- Jonas Kullhammar: Saxophone
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c The Hives in the Swedish charts
- ↑ a b c d Sven Kabelitz: Warmed up doesn't always taste better. On: laut.de. Retrieved January 28, 2013
- ↑ Band information ( Memento of the original from October 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on thehivesbroadcastingservice.com (English). Retrieved January 28, 2013
- ↑ Go Right Ahead at Songfacts.com (English), accessed August 24, 2019.
- ↑ Hall of Fame of the Atlantis Studios. On: atlantisstudion.se (English). Retrieved January 28, 2013
- ↑ Biography ( Memento of the original from October 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on sonymusic.de. Retrieved January 28, 2013
- ↑ a b c d Lex Hives on discogs.com (English). Retrieved January 28, 2013
- ↑ a b Marcel Anders: Maximum Rock'n'Roll. On: einslive.de, May 31, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2013
- ↑ Lex Hives at Allmusic (English). Retrieved January 29, 2013.
- ↑ a b Between glam and hard rock. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. From: fritz.de, June 1, 2012. Accessed January 29, 2013
- ↑ a b The Hives in the German album charts ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b The Hives in the Austrian charts
- ↑ a b The Hives in the Swiss charts
- ↑ The Hives in the UK charts
- ↑ The Hives in the Australian charts
- ↑ The Hives in the French charts
- ↑ The Hives in the Flemish Charts
- ↑ The Hives in the Walloon charts
- ↑ Lex Hives on metacritic.com (English). Retrieved January 29, 2013
- ↑ The Hives on metacritic.com (English). Retrieved January 29, 2013
- ↑ Mark Read: Law is Law. On: plattentests.de. Retrieved January 29, 2013
- ↑ Chuck Eddy: Review on rollingstone.com (English), June 5, 2012. Retrieved January 29, 2013
