That Great Love Sound
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| Studio album by The Raveonettes | ||||
| Released | August 25, 2003 | |||
| Recorded | 2003 | |||
| Genre | Garage rock, noise pop, indie rock | |||
| Length | 33:08 | |||
| Label | Columbia Records | |||
| Producer | Richard Gottehrer, Sune Rose Wagner | |||
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| Allmusic |   |
| Robert Christgau |  |
| Pitchfork Media | (7.1/10) |
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| Stylus | B− |
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Chain Gang of Love is first full-length album by the Danish rock duo, The Raveonettes. The album was released in 2003 by Sony Records and was co-produced by Richard Gottehrer, who had previously worked on hit albums by Blondie, the Go-Go's and Richard Hell & the Voidoids. All of the songs, but two, are under 3 minutes long and are written in the key of B flat major; a concept similar to their previous record, Whip It On, whose tracks had a similar length and were written in the key of B flat minor.
The album peaked at #123 in the U.S. charts and at #43 in the UK.
The album received generally positive reviews upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 77, based on 21 reviews, which indicates "Generally favorable reviews".
All tracks written by Sune Rose Wagner, except where noted.
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