Veni Vidi Vicious (studio album)
by The Hives
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Veni Vidi Vicious is ranked as the best album by The Hives.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11/10/2025 13:25 |  spigelwii | 570 | 85/100 |
| ! | 08/22/2025 22:36 | traistboar | 1,432 | 79/100 |
| ! | 07/28/2025 15:49 | Cyrax | 1,752 | 61/100 |
| ! | 07/25/2025 14:42 | daCritic | 4,363 | 73/100 |
| ! | 06/25/2025 01:25 | Herdandhokies | 289 | 56/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.7/100, a mean average of 72.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.
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spigelwii 11/10/2025 13:26 | #311631
A lot of people seem to think they're too good for this ferocious record because it's too of its time or derivative of previous punk acts. Au contraire, The Hives caught lightning in a bottle with VVV (and its spectacular sequel Tyrannosaurus Hives) and almost nothing else compares to the frenetic, rollicking, bombastic, explosive cuts on this album. Must-hear.
28 minutes that flew by. Fast-paced garage rock. Kind of like listening to the Rolling Stones on 3x speed. Enjoyed it. The main singles, Hate To Say I Told You So and Main Offender, are the highlights, but there a few other decent little ditties in there too. No real weak tracks, although Find Another Girl sticks out like a sore thumb.
Hi tempo garage surf rock. The faster paced songs are the better ones. Haven't quite got the slower numbers sorted. Good length album. Any longer would start to venture into the sounding all to similiar territory
LedZep 05/14/2020 19:37 | #251433
A very fun and energetic album with several excellent songs. But having seen them live, everything sounds much more tame on record. I have a similar opinion of other Hives albums. Hate to bring their rating down cause I really like them as a band, but the albums always lack something. That being said, there's nothing better than playing Veni Vidi Vicious and Tyrannosaurus Hives back to back when you're feeling down.
Brad1770 12/17/2017 01:07 | #203316
Short sharp and good. You know the Hives and you know what you’re getting here. Rocking goodness!
nitomano 08/18/2016 04:26 | #173027
Favoritas: Find Another Girl, Hate To Say I Told You So, Main Offender, Die All Right
A solid rock album. The highlight is the 1-2-3 punch of "Main Offender", "Outsmarted", and "Hate To Say I Told You So".
We listened to this album in 2001 and it was so great. 12 songs, 30 minutes, no boring minute
junodog4 02/20/2014 02:51 | #103693
Hives overachieve on their smirking attitude. Their charm gives them extra points in my book.
drakonium 12/31/2013 00:20 | #99252
Hysterical modern punk, absolutely marvelous. It's brutal, catchy, quick, and in the end a lot of fun. As far as 21st century's punk go, this is the best I know.
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