Album · The Vines
Highly Evolved by The Vines
Highly Evolved is an album by The Vines, released in 2002. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 45 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Get Free”, on 31 lists with a best position of #5.
Highly Evolved, the Vines' debut, came out on Capitol in 2002 with Rob Schnapf producing, and it caught the garage-rock revival at full crest. The Sydney band, built around singer and guitarist Craig Nicholls, crossbreeds vintage garage snarl with 1990s alternative crunch, and the songs swing from throat-shredding howls to woozy, half-asleep daydreams.
"Get Free" was the battering ram, winning the band an ARIA Award for Breakthrough Artist – Single, and the album picked up five more ARIA nominations and went platinum at home in 2003. NME named it the second-best album of 2002, and it has since made both the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die book and a list of the 100 best Australian albums.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Highly Evolved on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get Free | 31 | #5 | – | 2002–2022 | |
| 2 | Outtathaway | 13 | #21 | – | 2002–2003 | |
| 3 | Highly Evolved | 1 | #19 | – | 2002 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.