The Best of The Vines

The Best of The Vines
The Best of The Vines
Greatest hits album by The Vines
Released	11 March 2008 (U.S.)
Recorded	Jul 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
Length	54:37
Label	Capitol
Producer	Rob Schnapf, Wayne Connolly, The Vines
The Vines chronology

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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]

Track listing[edit]

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

Personnel[edit]

Craig Nicholls – vocals, guitars, keys, moog
Ryan Griffiths – guitars, keys, percussion, backing vocals
Hamish Rosser – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Dave Oliffe – drums on "Highly Evolved", "Autumn Shade", "Outtathaway", "Homesick" (outro only)
Joey Waronker – drums on "Get Free"
Pete Thomas – drums on "Factory", "Homesick" (excerpt)
Patrick Matthews – bass
Andy Kent – bass
Amanda Brown – violin
Rowan Smith – violin
Sophie Glasson – cello
Roger Joseph Manning Jr. - Keyboards

Other Credits[edit]

Rob Schnapf – Additional Guitars ("Homesick" and "Factory"), Producer, Mixing
Doug Boehm – Engineering, Mixing
Ted Jensen – Mastering
Ethan Johns – Additional Percussion ("Get Free", "Autumn Shade", "Factory")
Andrew Slater – Executive Producer
Andy Wallace – Mixing ("Get Free")
Doug Boehm – Engineer
Steven Rhodes – Additional Percussion ("Get Free", "Autumn Shade", "Factory"), Additional Engineering
Wayne Connolly – producer, recorder, mixing
Dan Clinch – additional engineering
Anthony The – additional engineering
Veit Mahler – additional engineering

Release history[edit]

Country	Release date
United States	11 March 2008
Australia	5 April 2008
United Kingdom	5 May 2008

References[edit]

^ "The Vines: The Best of The Vines" at AllMusic. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
^ Q. May 2008. ISSN 0955-4955. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ "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.

External links[edit]

[1] "The Vines: The Best of The Vines" at AllMusic. Retrieved 6 October 2011.

[2] Q. May 2008. ISSN 0955-4955. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[bestof-capitol-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.

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v t e The Vines
Craig Nicholls Patrick Matthews Ryan Griffiths Hamish Rosser David Olliffe Brad Heald Lachlan West Tim John
Studio albums	Highly Evolved Winning Days Vision Valley Melodia Future Primitive Wicked Nature In Miracle Land
Singles	"Highly Evolved" "Get Free" "Outtathaway!" "Homesick" "Ride" "Winning Days" "Don't Listen to the Radio" "Anysound" "He's a Rocker"
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