Vision Valley

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Vision Valley
Studio album by The Vines
Released 1 April 2006
Recorded July–November 2005 BJB studios, Sydney
Genre Alternative rock[1][2]
Garage rock
Neo-psychedelia
Length 31:29
Label EMI, Capitol
Producer Wayne Connolly, The Vines
The Vines chronology
Winning Days
(2004)		 Vision Valley
(2006)		 The Best of The Vines
(2008)
Singles from Vision Valley
  1. "Gross Out (radio promo)"
    Released: March 2006
  2. "Don't Listen to the Radio"
    Released: April 10, 2006
  3. "Anysound"
    Released: August 19, 2006
  4. "Dope Train (video promo)"
    Released: April, 2007

Vision Valley is the third studio album by Australian alternative rock band The Vines. It was released on 1 April 2006 in Australia and on 3 April 2006 everywhere else except in the USA, where it was released on 4 April 2006. There are no contributions made to the record by bassist Patrick Matthews due to his involvement with the band Youth Group, and the band's video podcast proves this.

In the United States, the album debuting at #136 on the Billboard charts, selling 7,839 units. By week 2, the album completely slid off the Billboard 200. Both "Anysound" and "Spaceship" appeared in season 3 of The O.C. in episodes 21 and 24 respectively.

This album has been released with the Copy Control protection system in some regions.

Contents

[edit] Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 64/100 [3]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[4]
Billboard 3/5 stars[5]
Blender 3/5 stars[6]
Entertainment Weekly (B+)[7]
The Guardian 4/5 stars[8]
NME 7/10 stars[9]
Pitchfork Media (3.4/10)[10]
Rolling Stone 2.5/5 stars[11]
Slant Magazine 1/5 stars[12]
Uncut 4/5 stars[13]

The album received mixed reviews from many critics. However there were mostly positive reviews from the United Kingdom in particular, with music publications such as Q and NME giving the album 4/5 stars and 7/10 respectively. Q had Vision Valley at #69 in their Albums of 2006 Poll, dubbing the songs "superior grunge anthems".

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Craig Nicholls.

No. Title Length
1. "Anysound"   1:55
2. "Nothin's Comin'"   2:00
3. "Candy Daze"   1:40
4. "Vision Valley"   2:42
5. "Don't Listen to the Radio"   2:10
6. "Gross Out"   1:18
7. "Take Me Back"   2:42
8. "Going Gone"   2:44
9. "Fuk Yeh"   1:58
10. "Futuretarded"   1:47
11. "Dope Train"   2:36
12. "Atmos"   1:50
13. "Spaceship"   6:07

[edit] Limited Edition DVD

  1. "Highly Evolved"
  2. "Get Free"
  3. "Outtathaway"
  4. "Homesick"
  5. "Ride"
  6. "Winning Days"
  7. "Gross Out"
  8. "Studio Walkthrough with Wayne Connolly"

[edit] Personnel

  • Craig Nicholls – vocals, guitars, keys, bass on "Futuretarded"
  • Ryan Griffiths – guitars, keys, percussion, backing vocals
  • Hamish Rosser – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Andy Kent (You Am I) – bass
  • Tim Kevin (La Huva) – special arrangements, piano, organ
  • Nic Dalton – electric mandolin
  • Amanda Brown – violin
  • Rowan Smith – violin
  • Sophie Glasson – cello

[edit] Production

  • Wayne Connolly – producer, recorder, mixing
  • Dan Clinch – additional engineering
  • Anthony The – additional engineering
  • Veit Mahler – additional engineering

[edit] Charts

Charts (2006) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart 14
UK Albums Chart 71

[edit] Recording and mixing

Vision Valley was recorded at Electric Avenue, Velvet Sound, Big Jesus Burger and NikiNali studios, Sydney, Australia. It was mixed at Velvet Sound and Electric Avenue and it was assisted by Veit Mahler, Jason Lea. At Velvet Sound, it was assisted by Dan Clinch and Anthony The and also at BJB, by Peter Farley and Jodie Wallance.

Vision Valley was mastered by Don Bartley at Studio 301 in Sydney, Australia.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Vision Valley". rateyourmusic.com. http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_vines/vision_valley/. Retrieved 6 October 2011. 
  2. ^ "Winning Days [Enhanced]". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0001DD98G. Retrieved 6 October 2011. 
  3. ^ "The Vines: Vision Valley". Metacritic. CBS Interactive Inc.. http://www.metacritic.com/music/vision-valley/critic-reviews. Retrieved 6 November 2011. 
  4. ^ Phares, Heather. "The Vines: Vision Valley > Review" at Allmusic. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  5. ^ "Vision Valley review". Billboard (Prometheus Global Media). ISSN 0006-2510. http://www.metacritic.com/music/vision-valley/critic-reviews. Retrieved 6 October 2011. 
  6. ^ "Vision Valley review". Blender (Alpha Media): 134. April 2004. http://www.metacritic.com/music/vision-valley/critic-reviews. Retrieved 6 October 2011. 
  7. ^ Hermes, Will (3 April 2006). "Vision Valley (2006): The Vines". Entertainment Weekly (Time) (#871). ISSN 1049-0434. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1178778,00.html. Retrieved 6 October 2011. 
  8. ^ Sullivan, Caroline (31 March 2006). "The Vines, Vision Valley". The Guardian (London). ISSN 0261-3077. http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2006/mar/31/shopping.vines. Retrieved 6 October 2011. 
  9. ^ Sterry, Mike (7 April 2006). "The Vines: Vision Valley". NME (IPC Media). ISSN 0028-6362. http://www.nme.com/reviews/vines/7904. Retrieved 6 October 2011. 
  10. ^ Raposa, David (2 April 2006). "The Vines: Vision Valley". Pitchfork Media. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8473-vision-valley/. Retrieved 6 October 2011. 
  11. ^ "The Vines: Vision Valley". Rolling Stone (Straight Arrow). ISSN 0035-791X. http://www.metacritic.com/music/vision-valley/critic-reviews. Retrieved 6 October 2011. 
  12. ^ Keefe, Jonathan (11 April 2006). "The Vines: Vision Valley". Slant Magazine. http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/the-vines-vision-valley/779. Retrieved 6 October 2011. 
  13. ^ "Vision Valley review". Uncut (IPC Media). ISSN 1368-0722. http://www.metacritic.com/music/vision-valley/critic-reviews. Retrieved 6 October 2011. 

[edit] External links

  • Dreamin the Insane Fan club
  • TheVines.org Fan website
  • Video podcast Podcast of the band talking about Vision Valley (with samples of "Anysound", "Nothin's Comin", "Vision Valley", "Don't Listen to the Radio", "Gross Out", "Going Gone", "Futuretarded" & "Spaceship".) Originally released on March 9, 2006. Please note that to watch the podcast you need to use a program called StuffIt to expand the file.
The Vines
Studio releases

Highly Evolved · Winning Days · Vision Valley · Melodia · Future Primitive
Other albums

Five Track Demo · Six Track Demo · Mixes · This Is Not the Vines Album · College EP · The Best of The Vines
Singles

"Hot Leather/Sunchild" · "Factory" · "Highly Evolved" · "Get Free" · "Outtathaway!" · "Homesick" · "Fuck The World" · "Ride" · "Winning Days" · "Gross Out" · "Don't Listen to the Radio" · "Anysound" · "Dope Train" (video-only promo) · "He's a Rocker" · "MerryGoRound" (Australian radio-only promo · ) "Get Out" (video-only promo) · "Gimme Love" · "Future Primitive"
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