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Barely Legal
Rock · 1997 · 14 tracks

Barely Legal

The Hives

Twenty-seven minutes of frantic Swedish garage punk. Raw, unpolished, and delivered with a primitive velocity that predates their suit-and-tie precision.

September 22, 1997 · Burning Heart Records

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Relentless, high-velocity garage punk with a primitive, unpolished edge.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks
01
Well, Well, Well
1:02
02
a.k.a. I‐D‐I‐O‐T
2:13
03
Here We Go Again
2:13
04
I’m a Wicked One
1:46
05
Automatic Schmuck
2:17
06
King of Asskissing
1:46
07
Hail Hail Spit n’ Drool
1:27
08
Black Jack
2:46
09
What’s That Spell?… Go to Hell!
1:41
10
Theme From…
2:50
11
Uptempo Venomous Poison
1:13
12
Oh Lord! When? How?
1:42
13
The Stomp
1:55
14
Closed for the Season
2:35
Moments Worth Waiting For
the frantic, repetitive guitar stab that opens a.k.a. I-D-I-O-T before the drums explode
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Barely Legal sound next to the rest of The Hives's catalogue?

Lo Fi+1.8σ

The production is pushed notably harder into lo fi than this artist usually allows.

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