So far this year, there’s no album out there that will make you rock as harder as The Hives’ Black and White Album.  It leaves all the production trickery behind, keeping it simple, which helps them deliver a no b.s. in your face rock and roll album.  You’ll find your self bobbing your head while driving, or rocking on your tighty whities at home.  From the opening track til the last one, you’ll have this album on replay and on heavy rotation on your iPod.   There are some amazing unexpected surprises like the haunting instrumental track A Stroll Through Hive Manor Corridors or the piano heavy Puppet On A String.  For the most part it’s a solid album filled with twin guitars slamming attitude that may just overwhelm you with their energy and with frontman “Howling” Pete’s undeniable force of rock. Turn up the volume and rock on!
 
Must [legally] download songs: Tick Tick Boom,  You Got It All… Wrong,  Well All Right!, A Stroll Through Hive Manor Corridors,  Puppet On A String