Tyrannosaurus Hives

Tyrannosaurus Hives
Studio album by The Hives
Released	19 July 2004
Recorded	Varispeed Studio Gröndahl 2003–2004
Genre	Post-punk revival Garage punk
Length	29:58
Label	No Fun Interscope Polydor Stockholm UMG Operations
Producer	The Hives, Pelle Gunnerfeldt
The Hives chronology
Your New Favourite Band (2001) Tyrannosaurus Hives (2004) The Black and White Album (2007)
Singles from Tyrannosaurus Hives
"Walk Idiot Walk" Released: June 2004 "Two-Timing Touch and Broken Bones" Released: October 2004 "Abra Cadaver" Released: December 2004 "A Little More for Little You" Released: October 2005

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Robert Christgau	[1]
NME	(8/10) link
Pitchfork Media	(7.5/10) 2004
Rolling Stone	2004
Scene Point Blank	(8.0/10) link
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Tyrannosaurus Hives is the third full-length album by The Hives, released on 20 July 2004. It is their first album since Veni Vidi Vicious from 2000.

If the front cover of the album is removed from the case and lined up with the back, one can see that there is an extra pair of legs, hinting at Fitzsimmons' existence. "Diabolic Scheme" was featured in the Swedish vampire movie Frostbiten.

Track listing

All songs by Randy Fitzsimmons

1. "Abra Cadaver" – 1:33
2. "Two-Timing Touch and Broken Bones" – 2:00
3. "Walk Idiot Walk" – 3:31
4. "No Pun Intended" – 2:20
5. "A Little More For Little You" – 2:58
6. "B is for Brutus" – 2:36
7. "See Through Head" – 2:21
8. "Diabolic Scheme" – 3:00
9. "Missing Link" – 1:56
10. "Love in Plaster" – 3:11
11. "Dead Quote Olympics" – 1:59
12. "Antidote" – 2:30
13. "Uptight" (UK bonus track) – 2:25
14. "The Hives Meet the Norm" (UK bonus track) – 2:06
15. "Genepool Convulsions" (Bonus track) - 2:16

Personnel

• Vigilante Carlstroem – guitar
• Nicholaus Arson – guitar
• Howlin' Pelle Almqvist – vocals
• Chris Dangerous – drums
• Dr. Matt Destruction – bass guitar
• Björn Yttling – string arrangement
• Andreas Forsman, Johan Moren, Rebecca Karlsson, Christoffer Öhman, Henrik Söderqvist – string performance
• Pelle Gunnerfeldt – producer, audio mixing
• Michael Ilbert – audio mixing
• George Marino – audio mastering

References

1. ^ Christgau, Robert. "The Hives". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=4828&name=The+Hives.