- rock, garage punk, garage rock
- 32 min
- 12 tracks
- Disques Hives
The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons is the sixth studio album by Swedish rock band The Hives, released on 11 August 2023 through the band's Disques Hives label. The album marks the first studio release in over 11 years, since 2012's Lex Hives, marking the longest gap between two Hives albums.
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Spare, classical in form, unpretentious and raw.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- rawmeticulous
- gravecomic
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Metacritic 77/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 7.7/10
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- American Songwriter4/5 ★
- DIY4/5 ★
- Exclaim!8/10
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- The Line of Best Fit7/10
- Mojo3/5 ★
- NME4/5 ★
- Pitchfork6.9/10
- The Skinny5/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Bogus Operandi3:44
- 2Trapdoor Solution1:03
- 3Countdown to Shutdown3:14
- 4Rigor Mortis Radio2:29
- 5Stick Up2:19
- 6Smoke & Mirrors3:01
- 7Crash Into the Weekend2:59
- 8Two Kinds of Trouble2:44
- 9The Way the Story Goes2:57
- 10The Bomb2:14
- 11What Did I Ever Do to You?3:10
- 12Step Out of the Way1:39
12 tracks, 32 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Hives
- Label
- Disques Hives
- Released
- August 11, 2023
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XW
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