Winning Days

Winning Days
Studio album by The Vines
Released 23 March 2004
Recorded Summer 2003
Studio Bearsville Studios (Woodstock, New York)
Genre Alternative rock,[1][2] garage rock, post-grunge, neo-psychedelia
Length 38:28
Label Capitol
Producer Rob Schnapf
The Vines chronology
Highly Evolved
(2002)Highly Evolved2002		 Winning Days
(2004)		 Vision Valley
(2006)Vision Valley2006
Singles from Winning Days
  1. "Fuck the World"
    Released: 15 December 2003
  2. "Ride"
    Released: 8 March 2004
  3. "Winning Days"
    Released: 24 May 2004
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic50/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]
Billboard[5]
Blender[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB[6]
The Guardian[7]
NME[8]
Pitchfork Media2.7/10[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
Uncut[3]
The Village VoiceC+[11]

Winning Days is the second studio album by Australian alternative rock band The Vines, following their debut, Highly Evolved, and was released on 23 March 2004. The enhanced CD has the music video for "Ride". Winning Days was recorded in the summer of 2003 at Bearsville Studios in Woodstock, New York and was assisted by Bill Synans. It was mixed in September 2003 at Cello Studios in Los Angeles and was assisted by Steven Rhodes.

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

History

The Vines recorded Winning Days in May 2003 at Bearsville Studios with producer Rob Schnapf, who had also produced their debut album Highly Evolved.[12] "Fuck The World" (later abbreviated to F.T.W.) was the first song released from The Vines' second album Winning Days and was released on 15 December 2003, three months prior to the album's release.[13] The song is sarcastic in nature despite what its title seems to imply. During interviews given by lead singer Craig Nicholls in 2004 he stated "I definitely think the world is a good place, but maybe it would be better if people didn't hate so much and kill animals. At the same time, it's like, whatever. It's just a planet, that's all."[14]

The next single "Ride" was released on 23 February 2004.[15] Although it wasn't a big chart success, "Ride" is one of the band's best known songs because it was featured in a number of advertisements, including commercials for Apple's iPod, Nissan, American Chopper, NASCAR Hot Pass, WKCF and Split Second: Velocity. It did however reach #94 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004.

The third and final single, "Winning Days" was released on 24 May 2004.

Track listing

All tracks written by C. Nicholls except 7, C. Nicholls & P. Matthews.

No.TitleLength
1."Ride"2:36
2."Animal Machine"3:28
3."TV Pro"3:45
4."Autumn Shade II"3:14
5."Evil Town"3:06
6."Winning Days"3:33
7."She's Got Something to Say to Me"2:32
8."Rainfall"3:21
9."Amnesia"4:39
10."Sun Child"4:33
11."F.T.W."3:41

Personnel

  • Craig Nicholls - Vocals, Guitars, Percussion, Moog
  • Patrick Matthews - Bass Guitar, Piano and Keyboards
  • Ryan Griffiths - Guitars
  • Hamish Rosser - Drums, Percussion
  • Rob Schnapf - Producer, Mixing
  • Doug Boehm - Engineering, Mixing
  • Susanna Howe - Album booklet photography
  • Love Police - Album Sleeve

Charts

Charts (2004) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart 7
UK Albums Chart 29

References

  1. ↑ "Winning Days". rateyourmusic.com. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  2. ↑ "Winning Days by The Vines". last.fm. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 "Critic Reviews for Winning Days". Metacritic. CBS Interactive Inc. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  4. ↑ Phares, Heather. "The Vines: Winning Days > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  5. ↑ "Winning Days". Billboard. Archived from the original on 14 August 2004. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
  6. ↑ Sinclair, Tom (26 Mar 2004). "Winning Days (2004): The Vines". Entertainment Weekly. Time (#757). ISSN 1049-0434. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  7. ↑ Sullivan, Caroline (5 March 2004). "The Vines, Winning Days". The Guardian. London. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  8. ↑ Ahmed, Imran (12 March 2004). "Vines : Winning Days". NME. IPC Media. ISSN 0028-6362. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  9. ↑ Ott, Chris (14 April 2004). "The Vines: Winning Days". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  10. ↑ Fricke, David (10 March 2004). "The Vines: Winning Days : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 13 May 2007. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
  11. ↑ Christgau, Robert (November 30, 2004). "Consumer Guide: Mine Enemy the Turkey". The Village Voice. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  12. ↑ Dansby, Andrew (16 December 2003). ""Winning Days" Ahead for Vines". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  13. ↑ NME (16 December 2003). "Fuck! It's the Vines!". NME. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  14. ↑ Wiederhorn, Jon (26 January 2004). "Vines Saddle Up And 'Ride' To End Of The World". VH1.com. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  15. ↑ "The Vines Back to 'Winning' Ways". NME. 11 December 2003. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
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