(Translated from my original Italian text by ChatGPT and Piero Scaruffi)

The EPs Use Your Nose (1993) and Skauch (1994) introduced the Swedish band Millencolin as Europe’s alternative to Rancid and Dance Hall Crashers. These EPs were later compiled on The Melancholy Collection (Burning Heart).

Life On A Plate (Epitaph, 1996) launched them onto a global scale. The dizzying punk-pop of Move Your Car stands out, as does the ska-punk influence of Operation Ivy on Vulcan Ears, Airhead, and The Story Of My Life.

On For Monkeys (Burning Heart, 1997), the ska of Monkey Boogie, Random I Am, and Entrance At Rudebrook is even zanier. While that remains the main attraction of their records, credit is due to the power-pop of Puzzle and a flurry of hardcore blasts.

The pop-core of Pennybridge Pioneers (Burning Hearts, 1999) is a bit predictable, perhaps because the album was produced by Gurewitz of Bad Religion.

Home From Home (Epitaph, 2002) contains Man Or Mouse and little else. Kingwood (Burning Heart, 2005) contains Biftek Supernova, My Name Golden, Shut Me Out. But these are collections of trivial punk-pop refrains that countless bands could do (and actually do, mostly without getting signed by a label).