The Best of The Vines

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The Best of The Vines
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Greatest hits album by
Released11 March 2008 (U.S.)
RecordedJul 2001-Feb 2002 The Sound Factory (Hollywood, California), 2003 Bearsville Studios (New York), 2005 BJB studios (Sydney)
Genre Alternative rock, garage rock, post-grunge, neo-psychedelia
Length54:37
Label Capitol
Producer Rob Schnapf, Wayne Connolly, The Vines
The Vines chronology
Vision Valley
(2006)
The Best of The Vines
(2008)
Melodia
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Best of The Vines is a compilation album by The Vines and contains a selection of singles and album tracks from their first three albums released under Capitol Records. The band did not have a say in the release having been dropped by Capitol Records in 2007, however they picked the songs. [3]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleFromLength
1."Get Free" Highly Evolved 2:06
2."Ride" Winning Days 2:36
3."Highly Evolved"Highly Evolved1:35
4."Winning Days"Winning Days3:33
5."Outtathaway"Highly Evolved3:02
6."Autumn Shade"Highly Evolved2:18
7."Autumn Shade II"Winning Days3:14
8."Factory"Highly Evolved3:12
9."Animal Machine"Winning Days3:28
10."Don't Listen to the Radio" Vision Valley 2:12
11."Vision Valley"Vision Valley2:42
12."Homesick"Highly Evolved4:53
13."Fuck the World"Winning Days3:41
14."Spaceship"Vision Valley6:07
15."Anysound"Vision Valley1:55
16."Sun Child"Winning Days4:33

Personnel

Other Credits

Release history

CountryRelease date
United States11 March 2008
Australia5 April 2008
United Kingdom5 May 2008

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References

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  2. Q . May 2008. ISSN   0955-4955.{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. "The Best of The Vines". The Vines' Top Hits and Album Tracks Gathered for New Capitol/EMI Collection. PR Newswire. 4 March 2008. Retrieved 14 April 2008.