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Track Listings
| 1. Remember |
| 2. That Great Love Sound |
| 3. Noisy Summer |
| 4. The Love Gang |
| 5. Let's Rave On |
| 6. Dirty Eyes (Sex Don't Sell) |
| 7. Love Can Destroy Everything |
| 8. Heartbreak Stroll |
| 9. Little Animal |
| 10. Untamed Girls |
| 11. Chain Gang Of Love |
| 12. The Truth About Johnny |
| 13. New York Was Great |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Chain Gang of Love is a great album; critics of the Raveonettes' debut Whip It On complained that the Danish duo was too close in sound and intent to the early Jesus and Mary Chain. Most, though, revelling in the band's joyful B-movie bacchanalia, were impressed by self-imposed parameters demanding that every track be a brief rush of feedback-laden pop delivered in B-minor.
Thankfully, the same simple swagger characterises their excellent follow-up. Similar limits are in evidence here, all songs being in B-Flat Major, but Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo now employ different tempos and moods. Both "Remember" and "Love Can Destroy Everything" are slow romances, recalling the heavy melodrama of the Shangri-Las, while "The Truth about Johnny" is a warped beat pop. Elsewhere there's the rapid, funky "Let's Rave On" and the improbably dirty riff of "Little Animal", a sex song with a gloriously apocalyptic twist.
Naturally, with the Raveonettes aiming to create timeless pop, love and sex are much in evidence, from the S&M-marked "The Love Gang" through to thwarted affections and emotional disruption of single "That Great Love Sound". At 33 minutes, Chain Gang of Love is half as long again as its predecessor, but anyone with a feel for 60s' pop and melodic garage will be overjoyed at that. --Dominic Wills
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THE RAVEONETTES Chain Gang of Love (2003 13-track CD debut album proper from the Danish retro twosome includes the single That Great Love Sound picture sleeve)
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Not being familiar with The Raveonettes i took a chance on it and the moment i heard the first song a huge grin spread across my face and stayed there till well after the end. The mixture of happy sunny 60's melodies and grim JAMC type feedback works a treat. I found it a genuinely exciting and innovative record, very sensual and teasing - the lyrics are fun but a bit basic. A welcome antidote to the downbeat guitar music we are getting used to.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I got this album by following links on Amazon from stuff I liked. Sometimes this works, sometimes it doesn't. This time it REALLY worked.
This is just the best album I've heard for ages. Comparisons with the Jesus and Mary Chain are useful if you remember who they were but whilst the Jesus and Mary Chain were good in theory, this lot are WONDERFUL in practice.
The idea is simple. Sixties style garage numbers coated with a frosting of feedback. But that doesn't really get it over. It's happy, it's dancy, it's weird and underground, it's fun, and it's all in B flat. The Velvet Underground meets the Cramps but without any rubbish tracks. Buy it because you will ENJOY it.
This is just the best album I've heard for ages. Comparisons with the Jesus and Mary Chain are useful if you remember who they were but whilst the Jesus and Mary Chain were good in theory, this lot are WONDERFUL in practice.
The idea is simple. Sixties style garage numbers coated with a frosting of feedback. But that doesn't really get it over. It's happy, it's dancy, it's weird and underground, it's fun, and it's all in B flat. The Velvet Underground meets the Cramps but without any rubbish tracks. Buy it because you will ENJOY it.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Did anyone mention the Jesus and Mary Chain? Oh right...
I was surprised to read the negative reviews of this album. I came to this band from the Mark Radcliffe show, rather than 'whip it on', and I think the album really rocks. I can't fault it. True, the Raveonettes sound is somewhat 2-d- they have 2 songs- a fast one and a slow one, but to me this is rock n' roll at it's most primal. Sugar sweet tunes buried under ten tons of feedback and fuzz.
This is a great album to put on to fire you up. Just listen to the line 'I walk right up to you/ and you walk all over me' as it blasts from E to A, and tell me you ain't moved by it... it's pure adrenaline. A 'wall of sound' for the 21st century (!)
I was surprised to read the negative reviews of this album. I came to this band from the Mark Radcliffe show, rather than 'whip it on', and I think the album really rocks. I can't fault it. True, the Raveonettes sound is somewhat 2-d- they have 2 songs- a fast one and a slow one, but to me this is rock n' roll at it's most primal. Sugar sweet tunes buried under ten tons of feedback and fuzz.
This is a great album to put on to fire you up. Just listen to the line 'I walk right up to you/ and you walk all over me' as it blasts from E to A, and tell me you ain't moved by it... it's pure adrenaline. A 'wall of sound' for the 21st century (!)
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Promising Danish oddity - one drawback
Firstly I'd like to state that I wanted to unconditionally love this album, I wanted to be able to quote some noir-ish duo like this and say that they are my chosen antidote to... Read more
Published on 4 Jun 2004 by "johnny_is_good"
Shining Pop Perfection
A cracking follow-up to 'Whip It On', 'Chain Gang...' has plenty of those classic pop references to keep all parties happy. Read more
Published on 10 Jan 2004 by "musochris"
Album of 2003 by 52.3 country miles
In my collection of over 2,000 albums, I could count on my fingers the number that have more than four great tracks, but this is stuffed with them from start to finish. Read more
Published on 15 Dec 2003 by Rev_S
Time has not been kind to the 50's Rockers
I really don't know what's going on in Sune's life since 'Whip It On', but he seems to be having a problem with repetition. Read more
Published on 31 Aug 2003 by D. Parkman
Poor follow up to a brilliant debut EP
Being such a strong supporter of their EP they release last year, I was eagerly awaiting the release of this album. Read more
Published on 27 Aug 2003 by M. Speller
lost their way
Bugger - I was really hoping this would be a classic but it sucks. All the dark edges and brooding sexuality of Whip It On have been replaced by a sickly sweet lightness which just... Read more
Published on 26 Aug 2003 by A. Hook
Rave on!
After the faltering promise of the mini lp this is the real thing. Thirteen tracks in 33 magic minutes. Read more
Published on 3 Aug 2003 by Andrew Lund
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