Quantity:

More Buying Choices

22 used & new from �4.39

Have one to sell? Sell yours here

	Available to Download Now
	Buy the MP3 album for �7.99

See larger image and other views

Share your own customer images

Pretty In Black [Extra tracks] [Special Edition]

~ Raveonettes

4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

Price:	�6.08 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
	o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o

Usually dispatched within 4 to 6 weeks.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk. Gift-wrap available.

17 new from �4.96 4 used from �4.39 1 collectible from �4.40

Buy CDs and get up to £3 credit to spend on MP3s
Spend more than £5 on CDs before December 31st, and get a credit to spend on MP3s: spend £5, get £1 credit; spend £10, get £2 credit; spend £15, get £3 credit. UK customers only. Terms apply.

› See more product promotions

Buy the MP3 album for �7.99 at the Amazon MP3 Downloads store.

Special Offers and Product Promotions

See our Christmas gift guide for great gift ideas for your loved ones this festive season.
Discover millions of songs and albums in our MP3 music downloads store.

Frequently Bought Together

Price For All Three: �20.34

Some of these items are dispatched sooner than the others. Show details

This item: Pretty In Black ~ Raveonettes
Usually dispatched within 4 to 6 weeks.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.
This item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
The Chain Gang of Love ~ Raveonettes
In stock.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.
This item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
Lust Lust Lust ~ Raveonettes
In stock.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.
This item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

The Chain Gang of Love

~ Raveonettes

3.9 out of 5 stars (10) �5.28

Lust Lust Lust

~ Raveonettes

4.8 out of 5 stars (5) �8.98

Whip It On

~ Raveonettes

4.0 out of 5 stars (5) �6.98

In And Out Of Control

~ Raveonettes

4.3 out of 5 stars (3) �7.98

Passover

~ The Black Angels

4.2 out of 5 stars (11) �10.98

› Explore similar items

Product details

Audio CD (25 Jul 2005)
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Extra tracks, Special Edition
Label: Columbia
ASIN: B00080CNIE
Other Editions: Audio CD | MP3 Download

Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 15,350 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Customers Viewing This Page May Be Interested in These Sponsored Links

(What is this?)

The Raveonettes Videos opens new browser window

www.MUZU.TV/TheRaveonettes - Free High Quality Music Videos To Watch Or Share From MUZU.TV.

1. The Heavens

2. Seductress of Bums

3. Love in a Trashcan

4. Sleepwalking

5. Uncertain Times

6. My Boyfriend's Back

7. Here Comes Mary

8. Red Tan

9. Twilight

10. Somewhere In Texas

11. You Say You Lie

12. Ode to L.A.

13. If I Was Young

14. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Bonus track)

15. Everyday (Bonus track)

16. Black Wave (Bonus track)

17. I Wanna Be Taken (Bonus track)

Product Description

Amazon.co.uk Reviews

On Pretty In Black, Denmark’s The Raveonettes are out to shake up preconceptions that had them pegged as stripped-bare garage-rockers – an association perhaps not entirely unfair, given that they once recorded an EP entirely in Bb minor. Recorded with reverb boosted up high in an effective, if budget, approximation of Phil Spector’s Wall Of Sound production style, the likes of "Here Comes Mary" and "Seductress Of Burns" are lean, shimmering cuts of 60s Americana - pure pop bubblegum laced with razorblades.

That’s not the only hallmark of this record’s increased scope, however: guests including the Velvet Underground’s Maureen Tucker and Martin Rev of synth-punks Suicide are on hand to further bulk out the compositions, while Ronnie Spector, voice of key Raveonettes influence The Ronettes, adds backing vocals to one of the album’s stand-outs, "Ode To LA". Elsewhere, a cover of 60s girl-group The Angels’ "My Boyfriend’s Back" – in which a demure maiden threatens a would-by suitor with a beating from her recently-returned amour – is recreated, quite beautifully, on a tinny drum machine: proof that The Raveonettes can still turn out pop magic using the most primitive tools. --Louis Patterson

Album Description

Danish rock duo the Raveonettes return with Pretty in Black. The 11-track album was produced by group member Sune Rose Wagner and Richard Gottehrer, who was behind the boards for its 2003 predecessor, Chain Gang of Love. Guests include former Velvet Underground drummer Maureen Tucker, Ronnie Spector and Suicide principal Martin Rev. Pretty in Black finds vocalist Sharin Foo leaving her bass duties behind and yielding them to new member Anders Christensen. It included the single "Love in a Trashcan".

See all Product Description

Tags Customers Associate with This Product

(What's this?)

Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.

blondie(1)

girl groups(1)

phil spector(1)

the velvet underground(1)

See all 7 tags...

Customer Reviews

8 Reviews

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

Average Customer Review

4.5 out of 5 stars (8 customer reviews)

Share your thoughts with other customers:

Create your own review

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars raving about the raveonettes, 29 Jul 2005

By	paul jones (ellesmere port, cheshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

I bought this album on the back of the track "Ode to L.A." and I love the whole album. It sounds like the soundtrack to a Tarantino movie yet to be made! Tracks are influenced by 50's rock 'n' roll, 60's girl groups, phil spector, Everly bros. harmonies and even Hank Williams!!
If your looking for a great yet unusual album, then BUY THIS

Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Wrapped in black, 27 Sep 2005

By	E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

Let it be known: "Pretty in Black" is not the same Raveonettes you know and love.

Sure we have the creepy vocals from Sune Rose Wagner, and the rough retro sound. But after two increasingly catchy albums' worth of music, the Raveonettes have gotten a lot poppier. The trend started in "Chain Gang of Love" peaks here, in a controversial new sound that retains some of the gloomy grandeur, but loses the ragged lo-fi sound.

Acoustics and echoes start it off on a surprisingly soft note, considering that this was the band who turned "tornado rock" into an art form. And Sharin Foo takes lead vocals an ethereal ballad, before shifting back into garage-rock form with "Love in a Trashcan," which sounds like the Velvet Underground's catchier moments.

What follows is a mixture of rough-edged ballads and pop songs, mixed in with the slightly fuzzy rock'n'roll that the Raveonettes have made famous. That bleak sound remains in it, especially when Wagner sets his creepy vocals in the middle of the songs, or when he harmonizes alongside Foo for that androgynous effect.

A cringeworthy moment comes in with the truly awful cover of "My Boyfriend's Back," where Foo sings without a shred of irony, "look out now/cause he's comin' after you!/Hey ya hey ya/my boyfriend's back." Call me a weirdo, but right now I really long for songs about how your sweetie is a little animal and how she always wants to... well, you get the idea.

Anyhow, it's pretty obvious that the Raveonettes have turned a major corner with "Pretty in Black" -- it's catchy and retropoppy, and much of their "tornado-rock" edge has vanished. Instead of distortion pedals and bass, they use more percussion, guitar and some wicked organ,

Taken only by itself, is it a good album? Well, yes. It's not the same as the previous albums by the Raveonettes, but it is an entertaining indie pop album, alternately bleak and catchy, snide and dark. And it's rough, slightly fuzzed rhythms haven't changed too much -- they simply lack the dark distortion, which, ironically, was what attracted many fans to them.

The latter half of the album has some more exotic stylings, like a tambourine and some truly eerie electronic wobbles and wavers. And "Pretty In Black" does differ a lot from the previous two in one way: Sharin Foo lends her pretty, strong vocals to several songs, sometimes solo and sometimes alongside Wagner.

Retro mod-pop -- rather than dark distortion rock -- is the sound of "Pretty in Black," the lightest of the Raveonettes' albums thus far. Entertaining, but if they go any further into the pop wilderness, they may lose their edge altogether. Here's hoping they keep their accessibility, but don't lose that dark, rough edge.

Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)

5.0 out of 5 stars Career Highlight, 13 Jul 2008

By	Mulwharchar (Hereford, UK) - See all my reviews

As a neophyte fan I have the benefit of hindsight in declaring 'Pretty in Black' The Raveonettes' best LP, as they've reverted to predictable Mary Chain/Velvets type on 2007's 'Lust Lust Lust'. Those influences are still present on 'Pretty in Black' but the palette is much broader, with 60s girl groups (Ronnie Spector guests on 'Ode to LA'), Link Wray, the Everly Brothers and even Hank Williams adding to the mix. Much of the credit for the perfect pop sheen should go to veteran producer Richard Gottehrer, who embodies the line from the Brill Building through immediate New Wave forebears such as Blondie (whose first LP he produced) to The Raveonettes. He also wrote The Angels' 60s hit 'My Boyfriend's Back' which The Raveonettes cover here in deadpan electropop style. The Jesus & Mary Chain were never that fun !

Incidentally it's worth looking for the 17 track expanded version as the bonus tracks include Hank Williams and Buddy Holly covers and the utterly essential 'Black Wave', which is like a David Lynch film in song.

Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)

Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review

› See all 8 customer reviews...

Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars A good time group?
If you've got this far you're probably a fan already. For those who are on the verge, as I have been many a time, just go and buy it. Read more

Published on 31 Mar 2006 by G. Fussey

5.0 out of 5 stars Rave On!!!
Yet another talent that seems ignored inside the UK's shoreline. Have we got a barricade or something around or country when it comes to music??? Read more

Published on 4 Aug 2005 by Mr. J. H. Clay

4.0 out of 5 stars Proper Rock 'n' Roll the way it used to be...
Sometimes when listening to an album for the first time, there comes a point in the record where I sit back and think 'Yeah - this is cool'. Read more

Published on 4 Aug 2005 by Paul

5.0 out of 5 stars marvellous
best of the millenium so far - wonderful effort.

Published on 3 Aug 2005 by Mr. S. FASTNEDGE

4.0 out of 5 stars Natural next step
Just got hold of this CD and, after being listening a lot to the previous albums by The Raveonettes, I was thrilled to finally find it around. Read more

Published on 25 May 2005 by Linus

› See all 8 customer reviews...

.jsOffDisplayBlock { display: block; } .jsOffDisplayInline { display: inline; } .jsOffVisibility { visibility: visible; } .jsOnDisplayBlock { display: none; } .jsOnDisplayNoneBlock { display: block; } .jsOnDisplayNoneInline { display: inline; } .jsOnDisplayInline { display: none; } .jsOnVisibility { visibility: hidden; } .jqOnDisplayBlock { display: none; } .jqOnDisplayInline { display: none; } .jqOnVisibility { visibility: hidden; } .jqOnDisplayNoneBlock { display: block; } .jqOnDisplayNoneInline { display: inline; }

Customer Discussions

This product's forum

Discussion	Replies	Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight

Active discussions in related forums

Discussion	Replies	Latest Post
pop Crack the code II	2167	4 minutes ago
pop A New Album Tag - And All Are Welcome (honestly...)	2841	17 minutes ago
music How Important is Zappa?	66	49 minutes ago
music Which is better?	10	58 minutes ago
rock What are you hearing at the moment???	1961	12 hours ago
rock The Enid	27	13 hours ago
indie music Best alternative guitarist	128	2 days ago

Related forums

indie music (6 discussions)
music (1023 discussions)
pop (417 discussions)
rock (375 discussions)

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

	62% buy the item featured on this page: Pretty In Black 4.5 out of 5 stars (8) �6.08
	14% buy Lust Lust Lust 4.8 out of 5 stars (5) �8.98
	12% buy The Chain Gang of Love 3.9 out of 5 stars (10) �5.28
	7% buy In And Out Of Control 4.3 out of 5 stars (3) �7.98