Highly Evolved

This article is about the Vines album. For the title track, see Highly Evolved (song).

All tracks are written by Craig Nicholls, except where noted.

Highly Evolved
Studio album by the Vines
Released	14 July 2002
Recorded	July 2001–February 2002
Studio	The Sound Factory, Hollywood, California
Genre	Alternative rock garage punk post-punk revival post-grunge neo-psychedelia
Length	43:35
Label	Capitol Heavenly Recordings Wicked Nature Music
Producer	Rob Schnapf
The Vines chronology
College EP (2002) Highly Evolved (2002) Winning Days (2004)
Singles from Highly Evolved
"Highly Evolved" Released: 22 April 2002 "Get Free" Released: 17 June 2002 "Outtathaway!" Released: 18 November 2002 "Homesick" Released: 12 May 2003

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Highly Evolved"		1:35
2.	"Autumn Shade"		2:17
3.	"Outtathaway"		3:02
4.	"Sunshinin"		2:43
5.	"Homesick"		4:53
6.	"Get Free"		1:59
7.	"Country Yard"		3:46
8.	"Factory"		3:12
9.	"In the Jungle"		4:15
10.	"Mary Jane"		5:52
11.	"Ain't No Room"		3:28
12.	"1969"	Nicholls Dave Olliffe	6:27

Personnel

Performance

• Craig Nicholls – vocals, guitar, percussion, piano ("Homesick") and cover painting
• Patrick Matthews – organ ("Autumn Shade" and "In the Jungle"), bass guitar, piano ("Mary Jane", "Autumn Shade" and "Factory")
• Dave Olliffe – drums on "Highly Evolved", "Autumn Shade", "Outtathaway", "Sunshinin'", "Homesick" (outro only), "Country Yard", "Mary Jane" and "1969"
• Victor Indrizzo – drums on "In the Jungle"
• Joey Waronker – drums on "Get Free"
• Pete Thomas – drums on "Factory", "Ain't No Room" and "Homesick" (excerpt)
• Roger Joseph Manning Jr. – keyboards ("Highly Evolved", "Outtathaway", "Sunshinin'" and "Autumn Shade")

Production

• Kevin Dean – production assistant
• Ted Jensen – mastering
• Ethan Johns – additional percussion ("Get Free", "Autumn Shade", "Factory" and "Sunshinin'")
• Rob Schnapf – additional guitars ("County Yard", "Homesick", "Ain't No Room" and "Factory"), production and mixing
• Andrew Slater – executive production
• Justin Stanley – production ("In the Jungle")
• Andy Wallace – mixing ("Get Free")
• Doug Boehm – engineering
• Steven Rhodes – additional percussion ("Get Free", "Autumn Shade", "Factory" and "Sunshinin'") and additional engineering
• Tony Rambo – engineering ("In the Jungle")
• Craig Conard – production assistant

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Highly Evolved Chart (2002) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA) [13] 5 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [14] 28 Canadian Albums ( Nielsen SoundScan ) [15] 56 French Albums (SNEP) [16] 56 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [17] 33 Irish Albums (IRMA) [18] 13 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [19] 48 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [20] 22 Scottish Albums (OCC) [21] 3 UK Albums (OCC) [22] 3 US Billboard 200 [23] 11

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Highly Evolved Chart (2002) Position Australian Albums (ARIA) [24] 51 Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) [25] 151 Canadian Alternative Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) [26] 49 UK Albums (OCC) [27] 171 US Billboard 200 [28] 156

Certifications

Certifications for Highly Evolved

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [29]	Platinum	70,000^
Canada (Music Canada) [30]	Gold	50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [31]	Gold	150,000 [32]
United States (RIAA) [33]	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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