The Best of The Vines
# The Best of The Vines

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The Best of The Vines is a compilation album by The Vines and contains a selection of singles and album tracks from their first three albums released under Capitol Records. The band did not have a say in the release having been dropped by Capitol Records in 2007, however they picked the songs.

## Personnel

* Craig Nicholls – vocals, guitars, keys, moog
* Ryan Griffiths – guitars, keys, percussion, backing vocals
* Hamish Rosser – drums, percussion, backing vocals
* Dave Oliffe – drums on "Highly Evolved", "Autumn Shade", "Outtathaway", "Homesick" (outro only)
* Joey Waronker – drums on "Get Free"
* Pete Thomas – drums on "Factory", "Homesick" (excerpt)
* Patrick Matthews – bass
* Andy Kent – bass
* Amanda Brown – violin
* Rowan Smith – violin
* Sophie Glasson – cello
* Roger Joseph Manning Jr. - Keyboards

## Other Credits

* Rob Schnapf – Additional Guitars ("Homesick" and "Factory"), Producer, Mixing
* Doug Boehm – Engineering, Mixing
* Ted Jensen – Mastering
* Ethan Johns – Additional Percussion ("Get Free", "Autumn Shade", "Factory")
* Andrew Slater – Executive Producer
* Andy Wallace – Mixing ("Get Free")
* Doug Boehm – Engineer
* Steven Rhodes – Additional Percussion ("Get Free", "Autumn Shade", "Factory"), Additional Engineering
* Wayne Connolly – producer, recorder, mixing
* Dan Clinch – additional engineering
* Anthony The – additional engineering
* Veit Mahler – additional engineering

## Release history

| Country | Release date |
| - | - |
| United States | 11 March 2008 |
| Australia | 5 April 2008 |
| United Kingdom | 5 May 2008 |
