Finelines

Finelines is the debut album released in 2001 by the British alternative rock band My Vitriol. The album spawned five singles and reached 24th on the UK Albums Chart and received critical acclaim.[9] The album features an alternative rock sound.[10] Exclaim! compared the sound to the genres shoegazing and grunge.[11] with inspirations from Smashing Pumpkins, My Bloody Valentine and Foo Fighters.[10]

Finelines
Studio album by
My Vitriol
Released5 March 2001[1]
Recorded1999–2000
Genre
Length48:02
Label
Producer
My Vitriol chronology
Delusions of Grandeur
(1998)		 Finelines
(2001)		 A Pyrrhic Victory
(2007)
Singles from Finelines
  1. "Losing Touch"
    Released: 3 April 2000
  2. "Cemented Shoes"
    Released: 10 July 2000
  3. "Pieces"
    Released: 30 October 2000
  4. "Always: Your Way"
    Released: 12 February 2001
  5. "Grounded"
    Released: 7 May 2001
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Contactmusic.com9.5/10[5]
NME6/10[6]
Ox-FanzineFavourable[7]
Rockfeedback[8]

Track listing
Finelines
  • All songs written by Som Wardner.
  1. "Alpha Waves" – 2:16
  2. "Always: Your Way" – 3:50
  3. "The Gentle Art of Choking" – 3:29
  4. "Kohlstream" – 0:26
  5. "Cemented Shoes" – 3:02
  6. "Grounded" – 2:31
  7. "C.O.R. (Critic-Orientated-Rock)" – 0:38
  8. "Infantile" – 3:48
  9. "Ode to the Red Queen" – 4:04
  10. "Tongue Tied" – 5:18
  11. "Windows & Walls" – 3:29
  12. "Taprobane" – 1:19
  13. "Losing Touch" – 3:03
  14. "Pieces" – 4:25
  15. "Falling Off the Floor" – 3:22
  16. "Under the Wheels" – 3:02
  17. "All of Me" – 4:01 (Japanese release only)
  18. "Another Lie" – 2:07 (Japanese release only)
  19. "Safety Zones & Crumple Zones" – 2:36 (Japanese release only)
Between the Lines (included in 2002 UK release)
  1. "Deadlines"
  2. "Wait a Minute" (Wipers cover)
  3. "Windows & Walls (Piano Version)"
  4. "Safety Zones & Crumple Zones"
  5. "Vapour Trails"
  6. "Taprobane & Losing Touch (Acoustic Session)"
  7. "Oh Father" (Written by Madonna and Patrick Leonard)
  8. "Spotlights"
  9. "Moodswings"
  10. "Game of Pricks" (Guided By Voices cover)
  11. "Another Lie"
  12. "It Came Crashing"
  13. "Static" (Jawbox cover)
  14. "Always: Your Way (Live Acoustic)"
  15. "Breakfast (Live session)" (Eugenius cover)
  16. "All of Me"

References
  1. Pamela Leader (26 March 2001). "My Vitriol - Finelines". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  2. Murray, John (4 November 2016). "25 Albums That Owe Their Existence To My Bloody Valentine's 'Loveless' 1992-2016". Overblown. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  3. "Finelines Reviews". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
  4. Dean Carlson. "Finelines". Allmusic. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
  5. "My Vitriol: Finelines/Between the Lines". Contactmusic.com. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
  6. Mark Beaumont (8 March 2001). "My Vitriol : Finelines". NME. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
  7. Hiller, Joachim (June–August 2001). "Reviews: My Vitriol / Finelines CD". Ox-Fanzine (in German). Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  8. Toby L. "My Vitriol - 'Finelines' & 'Between The Lines' (Infectious)". Rockfeedback. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
  9. "Metacritic Reviews of Finelines". Retrieved August 14, 2010.
  10. Snierson, Dan (28 June 2002). "Finelines". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  11. Lindsay, Cam (1 January 2006). "My Vitriol Finelines". Exclaim!. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
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