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The Black and White Album by The Hives
The Black and White Album is an album by The Hives, released in 2007. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 10 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Tick Tick Boom”, on 10 lists with a best position of #54.
The Black and White Album, the fourth record from Fagersta's garage rock dandies the Hives, arrived in October 2007, and the title fits a band famous for never being seen out of matching black-and-white tuxedos. Howlin' Pelle Almqvist still yelps like a carnival barker, and Nicholaus Arson, Vigilante Carlstroem, Dr. Matt Destruction and Chris Dangerous still play like the building is on fire.
What changed was the ambition. They cut somewhere between 20 and 30 songs and kept only the best, with seven tracks recorded alongside the Neptunes and others produced by Jacknife Lee and Dennis Herring. They even got into a studio with Timbaland, though those sessions came too late to make the record. "Tick Tick Boom" is the one that detonates: a countdown of a riff and a chorus built for shouting back. It's also the Hives' longest album, and the only one to run past 32 minutes, which for this band counts as a rock opera.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Black and White Album on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tick Tick Boom | 10 | #54 | – | 2007–2025 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.