- alternative rock, garage punk, garage rock, garage rock revival
- 45 min
- 14 tracks
- A&M/Octone Records
The Black and White Album is the fourth studio album by Swedish rock band the Hives, released on 8 October 2007 through A&M/Octone and Polydor Records. The Hives recorded 20 to 30 songs for this album from which they finally chose the best.
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Spare, classical in form, cool and grave.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
- rawmeticulous
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Metacritic 72/100
- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- Collective4.5/5 ★
- Drowned in Sound7/10
- Entertainment WeeklyA−
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- NME8/10
- Pitchfork6.2/10
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- Spin4/5 ★
- The Times4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Tick Tick Boom3:25
- 2Try It Again3:30
- 3You Got It All… Wrong2:42
- 4Well All Right!3:29
- 5Hey Little World3:23
- 6A Stroll Through Hive Manor Corridors2:39
- 7Won’t Be Long3:46
- 8T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S.3:39
- 9Return the Favour3:10
- 10Giddy Up!2:51
- 11Square One Here I Come3:10
- 12You Dress Up for Armageddon3:10
- 13Puppet on a String2:55
- 14Bigger Hole to Fill3:38
14 tracks, 45 minutes.
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