''Highly Evolved'' is the debut

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band The Vines. It was released on 14 July 2002 on

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. Produced by Rob Schnapf, known for his collaboration with Tom Rothrock on

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's albums '' Either/Or'', '' XO'', and '' Figure 8'', ''Highly Evolved'' was an immensely popular debut, part of a trend towards

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revival bands known as much for the relentless hype from the UK music press as for their music; The Vines were frequently compared to

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. The debut single, " Highly Evolved", was chosen as Single of the Week by influential British music magazine '' NME''. The magazine also voted it the 2nd best album of the year in 2002. The album was also included in the book ''

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''. In October 2010, it was listed in the book ''

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Recording and mastering

''Highly Evolved'' was recorded and mixed at The Sound Factory and

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, California. It was recorded between July 2001 and February 2002.

Track listing

Personnel

; Performance * Craig Nicholls – vocals, guitar,

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, piano ("Homesick") and cover painting * Patrick Matthews – organ ("Autumn Shade" and "In the Jungle"), bass guitar, piano ("Mary Jane", "Autumn Shade" and "Factory") * Dave Olliffe – drums on "Highly Evolved", "Autumn Shade", "Outtathaway", "Sunshinin'", "Homesick" (outro only), "Country Yard", "Mary Jane" and "1969" * Victor Indrizzo – drums on "In the Jungle" *

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– drums on "Get Free" * Pete Thomas – drums on "Factory", "Ain't No Room" and "Homesick" (excerpt) *

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– keyboards ("Highly Evolved", "Outtathaway", "Sunshinin'" and "Autumn Shade") ; Production * Kevin Dean – production assistant * Ted Jensen – mastering *

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– additional percussion ("Get Free", "Autumn Shade", "Factory" and "Sunshinin'") * Rob Schnapf – additional guitars ("County Yard", "Homesick", "Ain't No Room" and "Factory"), production and mixing * Andrew Slater – executive production * Justin Stanley – production ("In the Jungle") * Andy Wallace – mixing ("Get Free") *

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* Steven Rhodes – additional percussion ("Get Free", "Autumn Shade", "Factory" and "Sunshinin'") and additional engineering * Tony Rambo – engineering ("In the Jungle") * Craig Conard – production assistant

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

{{Authority control 2002 debut albums Albums produced by Rob Schnapf Capitol Records albums The Vines (band) albums