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“Highly Evolved” by The Vines
From the album Highly Evolved (2002)
“Highly Evolved” by The Vines appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2002. It was first released in 2002 on the album Highly Evolved. Its best result is #19 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #239 alternative song of 2002.
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"Highly Evolved" kicks the door in at the top of the Vines' debut album of the same name, and it was the band's first Australian single, out on Capitol in April 2002, ahead of the album in August. Craig Nicholls, the band's singer and lead guitarist, wrote it alone, and Rob Schnapf produced and mixed it, with David Olliffe on drums and Roger Joseph Manning Jr. on keyboards.
Critics went for it hard. NME made it single of the week in March 2002, and James Oldham heard Bleach-era Nirvana with Kurt Cobain's whole career squeezed into a minute and a half. Pitchfork's Chris Dahlen called it fine grunge that lurches from bare strumming into jagged, infectious riffing, and AllMusic's Heather Phares heard the '60s garage punk that fed Nirvana and Mudhoney in its sludgy swagger.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 19 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2002 | 100 |
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