{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=November 2012}} {{Infobox album | name = Vision Valley | type = studio | artist = The Vines | cover = TheVines VisionValley.jpg | alt = | released = 1 April 2006 | recorded = July–November 2005 | studio = BJB Studios, Sydney, Australia | genre = * Alternative rock * garage rock * post-grunge * neo-psychedelia | length = 31:29 | label = * EMI * Capitol | producer = * Wayne Connolly * The Vines | prev_title = Winning Days | prev_year = 2004 | next_title = The Best of The Vines | next_year = 2008 | misc = {{Singles | name = Vision Valley | type = studio | single1 = Gross Out | single1date = March 2006 (radio promo) | single2 = Don't Listen to the Radio | single2date = 10 April 2006 | single3 = Anysound | single3date = 19 August 2006 | single4 = Dope Train | single4date = April 2007 (video promo) }} }}
'''''Vision Valley''''' is the third studio album by Australian rock band The Vines. It was released on 1 April 2006 through EMI Records. It is the band's first album without bass guitarist Patrick Matthews who left the band in 2004.
== Recording and mixing ==
Vision Valley was recorded at Electric Avenue, Velvet Sound, Big Jesus Burger, and NikiNali studios in 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 by Peter Farley and Jodie Wallance at BJB. Vision Valley was mastered by Don Bartley at Studio 301 in Sydney, Australia.
== Release ==
In the United States, the album debuted at No. 136 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling 7,839 units. In Canada, the album debuted at No. 93. "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.
== Reception == {{Album ratings <!-- Aggregate scores --> | MC = 64/100<ref name="Metacritic">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/vision-valley/critic-reviews |title=The Vines: ''Vision Valley'' |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=10 February 2012}}</ref> <!-- Reviewers --> | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r824985|pure_url=yes}} |title=Vision Valley |author=Heather Phares |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=10 February 2012}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Billboard'' | rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Metacritic"/> | rev3 = ''Blender'' | rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Blender |date=May 2006 |page=110 }}</ref> | rev4 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' | rev4score = B+<ref name="EW">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1178778,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090427155906/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1178778,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 April 2009 |title=Vision Valley (2006) |author=Will Hermes |date=3 April 2006 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=10 February 2012}}</ref> | rev5 = ''The Guardian'' | rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2006/mar/31/shopping.vines |title=The Vines, Vision Valley |author=Caroline Sullivan |date=31 March 2006 |work=The Guardian |access-date=10 February 2012}}</ref> | rev6 = ''NME'' | rev6score = 7/10<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/vines/7904 |title=The Vines: Vision Valley |author=Mike Sterry |date=7 April 2006 |work=NME |access-date=10 February 2012}}</ref> | rev7 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev7score = 3.4/10<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8473-vision-valley/ |title=The Vines: Vision Valley |author=David Raposa |date=2 April 2006 |work=Pitchfork |access-date=10 February 2012}}</ref> | rev8 = ''Rolling Stone'' | rev8score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="RS">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thevines/albums/album/9571252/review/9597772/vision_valley |title=The Vines: Vision Valley : Music Reviews |last=Hiatt |first=Brian |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=5 April 2006 |access-date=21 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070513043742/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thevines/albums/album/9571252/review/9597772/vision_valley |archive-date=13 May 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev9 = Slant Magazine | rev9score = {{rating|1|5}}<ref name="Slant">{{cite web |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/the-vines-vision-valley/779 |title=The Vines: Vision Valley |author=Jonathan Keefe |date=11 April 2006 |work=Slant Magazine |access-date=10 February 2012}}</ref> | rev10 = ''Uncut'' | rev10score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Uncut |issn=1368-0722 |date=May 2006 |page=128 }}</ref> }}
The album received generally positive reviews from many critics. Music publications such as ''Q'' and ''NME'' respectively gave the album 4/5 stars and 7/10. ''Q'' had Vision Valley at number 69 in their Albums of 2006 Poll, dubbing the songs "superior grunge anthems".{{citation needed|date=February 2012}} ''Entertainment Weekly'' gave the album a positive review and wrote "[Nicholls'] feral, melodic garage punk is refreshing".<ref name="EW"/>
In their negative review, ''Pitchfork'' wrote "what the Vines offer on their third album is permutations and refinements on what they've been doing since whenever. On the stupid loud songs, Craig Nicholls sounds like a bored Kurt Cobain. On the stupid slow songs, Craig Nicholls sounds like a bored Liam Gallagher (which is pretty impressive, given Gallagher's innate inertia)", though that "there's nothing musically offputting about this record, unless relentless mediocrity in the three-chord arts is a capital crime."<ref name="Pitchfork"/> ''Slant Magazine'' wrote "The Vines ultimately come off as nothing more than a proficient Nirvana cover band, lacking a perspective of their own or a voice that really demands attention."<ref name="Slant"/> ''PopMatters'' wrote "The Vines are polished so shiny by Capitol on their new record you can see yourself in the reflective, glossy black of the CD booklet" and called the album "a straight-ahead album of short, disposable garage-rock."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/the_vines_vision_valley |title=The Vines: Vision Valley |author=Dan Raper |date=12 April 2006 |work=PopMatters |access-date=10 February 2012}}</ref> ''Drowned in Sound'' wrote "It is rare to stumble across a record that passes through the air as plainly and unobtrusively as this."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/7336/reviews/757558- |title=The Vines: ''Vision Valley'' |author=Raziq Rauf |date=10 April 2006 |work=Drowned in Sound |access-date=10 February 2012 |archive-date=6 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106142221/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/7336/reviews/757558- |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Track listing == {{Track listing | all_writing = Craig Nicholls | title1 = Anysound | length1 = 1:55 | title2 = Nothin's Comin{{'-}} | length2 = 2:00 | title3 = Candy Daze | length3 = 1:40 | title4 = Vision Valley | length4 = 2:42 | title5 = Don't Listen to the Radio | length5 = 2:10 | title6 = Gross Out | length6 = 1:18 | title7 = Take Me Back | length7 = 2:42 | title8 = Going Gone | length8 = 2:44 | title9 = Fuk Yeh | length9 = 1:58 | title10 = Futuretarded | length10 = 1:47 | title11 = Dope Train | length11 = 2:36 | title12 = Atmos | length12 = 1:50 | title13 = Spaceship | length13 = 6:07 }}
=== Limited edition DVD ===
# "Highly Evolved" # "Get Free" # "Outtathaway" # "Homesick" # "Ride" # "Winning Days" # "Gross Out" # "Studio Walkthrough with Wayne Connolly"
== Personnel == '''The Vines''' * Craig Nicholls – vocals, guitars, percussion, keyboards, bass guitar on "Futuretarded" * Ryan Griffiths – guitars, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals * Hamish Rosser – drums, percussion, backing vocals
'''Additional musicians''' * Andy Kent – bass guitar * Tim Kevin – string arrangements, piano, organ * Nic Dalton – electric mandolin * Amanda Brown – violin * Rowan Smith – violin * Sophie Glasson – cello
'''Production''' * Wayne Connolly – production, recording, mixing * Dan Clinch – additional engineering * Anthony The – additional engineering * Veit Mahler – additional engineering
== Charts ==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" !scope="col"|Chart (2006) !scope="col"|Peak<br/>position |- {{album chart|Australia|14|artist=The Vines|album=Vision Valley|rowheader=true|access-date=9 September 2020}} |- {{album chart|France|152|artist=The Vines|album=Vision Valley|rowheader=true|access-date=9 September 2020}} |- {{album chart|Switzerland|94|artist=The Vines|album=Vision Valley|rowheader=true|access-date=9 September 2020}} |- {{album chart|UK2|71|date=20060409|rowheader=true|access-date=9 September 2020}} |- {{album chart|Billboard200|136|artist=The Vines|rowheader=true|access-date=9 September 2020}} |}
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * [http://boss.streamos.com/download/capi001/thevines/podcast/vines_podcast.sit 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", and "Spaceship".)]{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Originally released on 9 March 2006. In order to watch the podcast, a program called StuffIt is required to expand the file.
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