The Best of The Vines explained

The Best of The Vines
Type:	greatest
Artist:	The Vines
Cover:	thebestofthevines.jpg
Released:	11 March 2008 (U.S.)
Recorded:	Jul 2001–Feb 2002 The Sound Factory (Hollywood, California), 2003 Bearsville Studios (New York), 2005 BJB studios (Sydney)
Genre:	Alternative rock, garage rock, post-grunge, neo-psychedelia
Length:	54:37
Label:	Capitol
Producer:	Rob Schnapf, Wayne Connolly, The Vines
Prev Title:	Vision Valley
Prev Year:	2006
Next Title:	Melodia
Next Year:	2008

The Best of The Vines is a compilation album by The Vines and contains a selection of singles and album tracks from their first three albums released under Capitol Records. The band did not have a say in the release having been dropped by Capitol Records in 2007, however they picked the songs.^[1]

Personnel

Craig Nicholls – vocals, guitars, keys, moog
Ryan Griffiths – guitars, keys, percussion, backing vocals
Hamish Rosser – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Dave Oliffe – drums on "Highly Evolved", "Autumn Shade", "Outtathaway", "Homesick" (outro only)
Joey Waronker – drums on "Get Free"
Pete Thomas – drums on "Factory", "Homesick" (excerpt)
Patrick Matthews – bass
Andy Kent – bass
Amanda Brown – violin
Rowan Smith – violin
Sophie Glasson – cello
Roger Joseph Manning Jr. - Keyboards

Other Credits

Rob Schnapf – Additional Guitars ("Homesick" and "Factory"), Producer, Mixing
Doug Boehm – Engineering, Mixing
Ted Jensen – Mastering
Ethan Johns – Additional Percussion ("Get Free", "Autumn Shade", "Factory")
Andrew Slater – Executive Producer
Andy Wallace – Mixing ("Get Free")
Doug Boehm – Engineer
Steven Rhodes – Additional Percussion ("Get Free", "Autumn Shade", "Factory"), Additional Engineering
Wayne Connolly – producer, recorder, mixing
Dan Clinch – additional engineering
Anthony The – additional engineering
Veit Mahler – additional engineering

Release history

Country	Release date
United States	11 March 2008
Australia	5 April 2008
United Kingdom	5 May 2008

External links

Notes and References

Web site: The Best of The Vines. The Vines' Top Hits and Album Tracks Gathered for New Capitol/EMI Collection. 4 March 2008 . PR Newswire. 14 April 2008.