The Black and White Album

For the album by Imani Coppola, see The Black & White Album.

The Black and White Album
Studio album by
the Hives
Released9 October 2007
Studio
GenreGarage rock revival
Length47:57
Label
Producer
The Hives chronology
Tyrannosaurus Hives
(2004) 		The Black and White Album
(2007) 		Tarred and Feathered
(2010)
Singles from The Black and White Album
  1. "Tick Tick Boom"
    Released: 14 August 2007
  2. "T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S."
    Released: February 2008
  3. "Won't Be Long"
    Released: 2008
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic72/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Collective[3]
Drowned in Sound7/10[4]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[5]
The Guardian[6]
NME8/10[7]
Pitchfork6.2/10[8]
Rolling Stone[9]
Spin[10]
The Times[11]

The Black and White Album is the fourth studio album by Swedish rock band the Hives, released on 8 October 2007 through A&M/Octone and Polydor Records. The track listing for The Black and White Album was confirmed on the band's German website[12] on 13 September 2007, and later through NME.[13] The Hives recorded 20 to 30 songs (including seven recorded with producers the Neptunes) for this album from which they finally chose the best. Other tracks were produced by Jacknife Lee and Dennis Herring. Sessions were held with Timbaland, with whom the band produced the song "Throw It On Me", but took place too late for any of the resulting tracks to be on the album. They hoped to use these songs as B-sides. It is the band's longest album and the only one over the length of 32 minutes.

  1. ^ "The Black and White Album by The Hives Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  2. ^ Phares, Heather. "The Hives – The Black and White Album". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  3. ^ Perry, Andrew (11 October 2007). "The Hives: The Black and White Album (Polydor)". BBC Collective. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  4. ^ Murdock, Captain H. M. "Howling Mad". "The Hives: The Black And White Album". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 5 November 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  5. ^ Spier, Ben (10 November 2007). "The Black and White Album". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 31 December 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  6. ^ Simpson, Dave (11 October 2007). "CD: The Hives, The Black and White Album". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  7. ^ Pattison, Louis (12 October 2007). "The Hives: 'The Black And White Album'". NME. Archived from the original on 3 February 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  8. ^ Petrusich, Amanda (16 November 2007). "The Hives: The Black and White Album [A&M; 2007]". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 13 December 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  9. ^ Sheffield, Rob (15 November 2007). "The Hives: The Black and White Album". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 21 December 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  10. ^ Walters, Barry (November 2007). "Sudden Impact". Spin. Vol. 23, no. 11. p. 113. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  11. ^ Aston, Martin (13 October 2007). "The Hives: The Black and White Album". The Times. Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  12. ^ "The Hives Broadcasting Service". Archived from the original on 12 March 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
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