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Article: CD REVIEW: The Hives blindside audience 'Black and White'
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- December 7, 2007
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Ryan Raffin
University Wire
12-07-2007
(The Observer) (U-WIRE) SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The Hives are the world's biggest rock and roll band. Or so lead singer Howlin' Pelle Almqvist has claimed the past several years, his bravado backed by fired-up garage rock. Their biggest hit came five years ago with "Veni Vidi Vicious" and the impossibly catchy single "Hate To Say I Told You So," but not since then have the Hives seen anywhere near that kind of success.
2004's "Tyrannosaurus Hives" was an excellent album, but lacked the immediacy of "Veni"; album sales reflected that. So in 2007, the Hives are in an odd place: pressured by their label to make the new album a hit at the risk of fading into ...
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