The Hives "Tyrannosaurus Hives" Polyvinyl Records " "Burning of the Midnight

" "Burning of the Midnight Lamp

Lament is their masterstroke

Outside Lands

Originally released in June 1988

produced by David Trumfio (Built To Spill

The Hives "Tyrannosaurus Hives" Polyvinyl Records " "Burning of the MidnightTyrannosaurus Hives is half an hour of highly compressed, high contrast rock that is far and away the band's best album. As usual, the band's motto seems to be "get in, rock hard, get out," and the album's opening tracks, "Abra Cadaver" and "Two Timing Touch and Broken Bones" which boasts a chord sequence that sounds like a sped up version of Paul Revere & the Raiders classic antidrug rant "Kicks" cut right to the chase. But, as with the rest of