Highly Evolved is the debut album by Australia

Australia

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n alternative rock

Alternative rock

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 band The Vines

The Vines

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, released in July 2002. Produced by Rob Schnapf

Rob Schnapf

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, Highly Evolved was an immensely popular debut, part of a trend towards garage rock

Garage rock

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 revival bands known as much for the relentless hype from the UK music press as for their music; The Vines were frequently compared to Nirvana

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. The debut single, "Highly Evolved

Highly Evolved (song)

"Highly Evolved" is the opening track and first single from The Vines' debut album of the same name . The song was written by Craig Nicholls.- Song :...

", was chosen as Single of the Week by influential British music magazine New Musical Express. They also voted it the 2nd best album of the year in 2002. The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

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. In October 2010, it was listed in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums

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Recording and mastering

Highly Evolved was recorded and mixed at Sound Factory and Sunset Sound Recorders in Hollywood, California. It was recorded between the time July 2001 and February 2002. It was assisted by Craig Conrad, Kevin Dean and Nathan Burden.

Get Free was mixed at Enterprise 1, Burbank, California and it was assisted by Brian Douglass.

In The Jungle was recorded at Sunset Sound Recorders Sound Factory and it was assisted by Kevin Dean and Craig Conrad respectively.

Highly Evolved was mastered at Sterling Sound, New York City

New York City

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 by Ted Jensen

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Track listing

All songs by Craig Nicholls except for "1969" by Craig Nicholls and Dave Olliffe.

B-sides and bonus tracks

Song	Length	Source
Sun Child (Demo)	4:06	Highly Evolved (Single) / Japanese Promotional Album
Don't Go	2:52	Outtathaway! (Single CD 2 Single)

Performance

• Craig Nicholls - Vocals, Guitar, Percussion, Piano ("Homesick"), Cover Painting
• Patrick Matthews - Organ ("Autumn Shade", "In The Jungle"), Bass, Piano ("Mary Jane", "Autumn Shade", "Factory")
• Dave Oliffe - Drums on "Highly Evolved", "Autumn Shade", "Outtathaway", "Sunshinin'", "Homesick" (outro only), "Country Yard", "Mary Jane" and "1969"
• Victor Indrizzo - Drums on "In the Jungle"
• Joey Waronker
  Joey Waronker
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  - Drums on "Get Free"
• Pete Thomas - Drums on "Factory", "Ain't No Room" and "Homesick" (excerpt)
• Roger Joseph Manning Jr.
  Roger Joseph Manning Jr.
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  - Keyboards ("Highly Evolved", "Outtathaway", "Sunshinin'" and "Autumn Shade")

Production

• Kevin Dean - Assistant
• Ted Jensen - Mastering
• Ethan Johns
  Ethan Johns
  Ethan Johns is a record producer, engineer, mixer, musician, and songwriter who has worked with such artists such as Ryan Adams, Kings of Leon, Ray LaMontagne, Kevin Prosch, Rufus Wainwright, Howard Eliott Payne, Emmylou Harris, Crowded House, Laura Marling, Luthea Salom, and Crosby, Stills and...
  
  - Additional percussion ("Get Free", "Autumn Shade", "Factory" and "Sunshinin'")
• Rob Schnapf
  Rob Schnapf
  Rob Schnapf is an American record producer and musician. He was the co-producer of Elliott Smith's albums Either/Or, XO , Figure 8 and From a Basement on the Hill, for which he was recruited by Smith's family to complete after Smith's death.Schnapf, along with Rothrock and partner...
  
  - Additional guitars ("County Yard", "Homesick", "Ain't No Room" and "Factory"), Producer, Mixing
• Andrew Slater - Executive producer
• Justin Stanley - Producer ("In the Jungle")
• Andy Wallace - Mixing ("Get Free")
• Doug Boehm
  Doug Boehm
  Doug Boehm is an American record producer and sound engineer who specializes predominantly in the rock music genre and has worked in collaboration with Rob Schnapf on a number of occasions. He produced the releases of the American group French Kicks and served as the recording engineer for Dr...
  
  - Engineer
• Steven Rhodes - Additional percussion ("Get Free", "Autumn Shade", "Factory" and "Sunshinin'"), Additional engineering
• Tony Rambo - Engineer ("In the Jungle")
• Craig Conrad - Assistant

Charts

Charts (2002)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	5
Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	11
Top Internet Albums	11
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	3