Veni Vidi Vicious
Studio album by
The Hives
Released10 April 2000
RecordedLate 1999[1]
Studio
  • Pelle's Studio (Sweden)
  • Kuling (Örebro)
Genre
Length27:55
Label
ProducerPelle Gunderfelt
The Hives chronology
A Killer Among Us
(1998) 		Veni Vidi Vicious
(2000) 		Your New Favourite Band
(2001)
Singles from Veni Vidi Vicious
  1. "Hate to Say I Told You So"
    Released: 4 December 2000
  2. "Main Offender"
    Released: 3 September 2001
  3. "Supply and Demand"
    Released: 24 September 2001
  4. "Die, All Right!"
    Released: 2001

Veni Vidi Vicious is the second studio album by Swedish rock band the Hives. The album was released on 10 April 2000 through Burning Heart and Epitaph. It was later re-released on 30 April 2002 through Sire and Gearhead. The Japanese release included several extra tracks and other bonus features. The album's title is a play on words which refers to the sentence written by Julius Caesar after conquering Asia Minor in 47 B.C.: "Veni, vidi, vici." (In English: "I came, I saw, I conquered.") The album received universal acclaim from music critics, earning an average critic score of 84/100 on Metacritic.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic84/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
Alternative Press8/10[6]
Blender[7]
Entertainment WeeklyB[8]
IGN8/10[9]
Pitchfork7.4/10[10]
Rolling Stone[11]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[12]
Stylus MagazineA[13]
The Village VoiceA−[14]

In 2005, Veni Vidi Vicious was ranked number 399 in Rock Hard magazine's book The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[15] The album was ranked number 91 on Rolling Stone's list of the top 100 albums of the decade. Subsequently, "Hate to Say I Told You So" was ranked number 244 on Pitchfork's list of the top 500 songs of 2000–2009.

Commercial performance

As of 2006 the album has sold 416,000 copies in United States.[16] In Europe it has sold over 250,000 copies.[17]

Track listing

All songs written by Randy Fitzsimmons, except "Find Another Girl", written by Jerry Butler and Curtis Mayfield.

Veni Vidi Vicious track listing
No.TitleLength
1."The Hives – Declare Guerre Nucleaire"1:35
2."Die, All Right!"2:46
3."A Get Together to Tear It Apart"1:52
4."Main Offender"2:33
5."Outsmarted"2:22
6."Hate to Say I Told You So"3:22
7."The Hives – Introduce the Metric System in Time"2:06
8."Find Another Girl"3:12
9."Statecontrol"1:54
10."Inspection Wise 1999"1:37
11."Knock Knock"2:10
12."Supply and Demand"2:26

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Veni Vidi Vicious
Chart (2000–2002) Peak
position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[18] 50
US Billboard 200[19] 63

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for Veni Vidi Vicious
Chart (2002) Position
Canadian Alternative Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[20] 73
Canadian Metal Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[21] 34

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for Veni Vidi Vicious
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Sweden (GLF)[22] Gold 40,000^
United States — 416,000[16]
Summaries
Europe — 250,000[17]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Veni Vidi Vicious (album liner notes). The Hives. Burning Heart Records; Epitaph Records. 2000.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ Jackson, Josh; et al. (28 January 2018). "The 50 Best Garage Rock Albums of All Time". Paste. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b Daniels, Craig (1 October 2000). "The Hives | Veni Vidi Vicious". Exclaim!. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Reviews for Veni Vidi Vicious by The Hives". Metacritic. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  5. ^ Salmon, Jeremy. "Veni Vidi Vicious – The Hives". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  6. ^ "The Hives: Veni Vidi Vicious". Alternative Press (168): 82. July 2002.
  7. ^ Doyle, Tom (August 2002). "The Hives: Veni Vidi Vicious". Blender (8): 117. Archived from the original on 5 April 2004. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  8. ^ Raftery, Brian M. (10 May 2002). "Veni Vidi Vicious". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  9. ^ Blevins, Tal (17 October 2002). "The Hives – Veni Vidi Vicious (Enhanced) Review". IGN. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  10. ^ Dahlen, Chris (24 April 2002). "The Hives: Veni Vidi Vicious". Pitchfork. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  11. ^ Eliscu, Jenny (20 June 2002). "The Hives: Veni Vidi Vicious". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 7 June 2002. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  12. ^ Frere-Jones, Sasha (2004). "The Hives". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 381. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  13. ^ Martin, Tyler (1 September 2003). "The Hives – Veni Vidi Vicious – Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 4 July 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  14. ^ Christgau, Robert (16 July 2002). "Consumer Guide: Spreading the Net". The Village Voice. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  15. ^ Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten (in German). Rock Hard. 2005. p. 50. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.
  16. ^ a b "Ask Billboard". Billboard. 12 October 2006. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  17. ^ a b "Impala Sales Award Winner June 2005 - January 2008" (PDF). Impala. 3 December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  18. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – The Hives – Veni Vidi Vicious". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  19. ^ "The Hives Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  20. ^ "Canada's Top 200 Alternative albums of 2002". Jam!. Archived from the original on 4 December 2003. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  21. ^ "Top 100 Metal Albums of 2002". Jam!. Archived from the original on 12 August 2004. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  22. ^ "Sverigetopplistan – The Hives" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 9 July 2019.

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