Highly Evolved

Infobox Album |
Name = Highly Evolved
Type = Album
Artist = The Vines


Released = flagicon|Australia 14 July 2002 flagicon|UK 15 July 2002 flagicon|US 16 July 2002
Recorded = Jul 2001-Feb 2002 The Sound Factory (Hollywood, California)
Genre = Garage rock Grunge Alternative rock
Length = 43:35
Label = Capitol
Producer = Rob Schnapf
Reviews =
* Allmusic rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:uku06jo27190 link]
*Pitchfork Media (4.1/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/22977-highly-evolved link]
* Rock & Folkrating|4|5 [http://www.rocknfolk.com/site/disquedumois.php?dumo_id=15 link] n°420
*"Rolling Stone" rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thevines/albums/album/287885/review/5943612/highly_evolved link]
*NME rating|9|10 (2002)
Last album = "College EP (2002)
This album = "Highly Evolved" (2002)
Next album = "Winning Days" (2004)
Misc = Singles
Name = Highly Evolved
Type = studio
single 1 = Highly Evolved
single 1 date = April 22, 2002
single 2 = Get Free
single 2 date = June 17, 2002
single 3 = Outtathaway!
single 3 date = November 18, 2002
single 4 = Homesick
single 4 date = May 12, 2003Extra album cover 2
Upper caption =
Type = studio


Lower caption = The original cover artwork for the American version of the album.

"Highly Evolved" is the debut album by Australian garage rockers The Vines, released in July 2002 (see 2002 in music). Produced by Rob Schnapf, "Highly Evolved" was an immensely popular debut, part of a trend towards post punk-inspired garage bands known as much for the relentless hype from the UK music press as for their music; The Vines were frequently compared to Nirvana. The debut single, "Highly Evolved", was chosen as Single of the Week by influential British music magazine "New Musical Express". They also voted it the 2nd best album of the year in 2002.The album cover is a painting by lead singer, Craig Nicholls, painted in the tenth grade for his Visual Arts major work at Marist College PenshurstFact|date=June 2007 . The single "Factory" was re-recorded for its inclusion on Highly Evolved.

Track listing

tracklist
all_writing = C. Nicholls except 12, C. Nicholls & D. Oliffe
title1 = Highly Evolved
length1 = 1:35
title2 = Autumn Shade
length2 = 2:17
title3 = Outtathaway!
length3 = 3:02
title4 = Sunshinin
length4 = 2:43
title5 = Homesick
length5 = 4:53
title6 = Get Free
length6 = 2:06
title7 = Country Yard
length7 = 3:46
title8 = Factory
length8 = 3:12
title9 = In The Jungle
length9 = 4:15
title10 = Mary Jane
length10 = 5:52
title11 = Ain't No Room
length11 = 3:28
title12 = 1969
length12 = 6:27

B-Sides and Bonus Tracks

Personnel

Performance

*Craig Nicholls - Vocals, Guitar, Percussion, Piano ("Homesick"), Cover Painting
*Patrick Matthews - Organ ("Autumn Shade", "In The Jungle"), Bass, Piano ("Mary Jane", "Autumn Shade", "Factory")
*Dave Oliffe - Drums on "Highly Evolved", "Autumn Shade", "Outtathaway", "Sunshinin'", "Homesick" (outro only), "Country Yard", "Mary Jane" and "1969"
*Victor Indrizzo - Drums on "In the Jungle"
*Joey Waronker - Drums on "Get Free"
*Pete Thomas - Drums on "Factory", "Ain't No Room" and "Homesick" (excerpt)
*Roger Joseph Manning Jr. - Keyboards ("Highly Evolved", "Outtathaway", "Sunshinin'" and "Autumn Shade")

Production

*Kevin Dean - Assistant
*Ted Jensen - Mastering
*Ethan Johns - Additional Percussion ("Get Free", "Autumn Shade", "Factory" and "Sunshinin'")
*Rob Schnapf - Additional Guitars ("County Yard", "Homesick", "Ain't No Room" and "Factory"), Producer, Mixing
*Andrew Slater - Executive Producer
*Justin Stanley - Producer ("In the Jungle")
*Andy Wallace - Mixing ("Get Free")
*Doug Boehm - Engineer
*Steven Rhodes - Additional Percussion ("Get Free", "Autumn Shade", "Factory" and "Sunshinin'"), Additional Engineering
*Tony Rambo - Engineer ("In the Jungle")
*Craig Conrad - Assistant

Charts

Recording and Mastering

Highly Evolved was recorded and mixed at Sound Factory and Sunset Sound Recorders in Hollywood, California. It was recorded between the time July 2001 and February 2002. It was assisted by Craig Conrad, Kevin Dean and Nathan Burden.

Get Free was mixed at Enterprise 1, Burbank, California and it was assisted by Brian Douglass.

In The Jungle was recorded at Sunset Sound Recorders Sound Factory and it was assisted by Kevin Dean and Craig Conrad respectively.

Highly Evolved was mastered at Sterling Sound, New York City.