Chain Gang of Love

Chain Gang of Love
Studio album by The Raveonettes
Released	August 25, 2003
Recorded	2003
Genre	Garage rock, noise pop, indie rock[1]
Length	33:08
Label	Columbia Records
Producer	Richard Gottehrer, Sune Rose Wagner
The Raveonettes chronology
Whip It On (2002) Chain Gang of Love (2003) Pretty in Black (2005)
Singles from Chain Gang of Love
"That Great Love Sound" Released: August 18, 2003[2] "Heartbreak Stroll" Released: February 17, 2004[3] "Remember" Released: Promo Only[4]

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.^[5] 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.^[6][7]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[8]
Robert Christgau	[9]
Pitchfork Media	(7.1/10)[5]
Playlouder	[10]
Q	[11]
Rolling Stone	[12]
Slant Magazine	[13]
Stylus	B−[14]
Yahoo! Music	[15]

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".^[16]

Track listing

All tracks written by Sune Rose Wagner, except where noted. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Remember"	2:41
2.	"That Great Love Sound" (Gottehrer, Wagner)	3:16
3.	"Noisy Summer"	2:24
4.	"The Love Gang"	2:16
5.	"Let's Rave On"	1:55
6.	"Dirty Eyes (Sex Don't Sell)"	2:26
7.	"Love Can Destroy Everything"	2:54
8.	"Heartbreak Stroll"	2:26
9.	"Little Animal"	3:09
10.	"Untamed Girls"	1:44
11.	"Chain Gang of Love"	2:36
12.	"The Truth About Johnny"	2:36
13.	"New York Was Great"	2:48

Japanese bonus track[17]
No.	Title	Length
14.	"C'mon Everybody" (Eddie Cochran)	2:29

References

1. "The Raveonettes - A Class Act". Clash. Retrieved March 7, 2011.
2. "The Raveonettes - That Great Love Sound - Single". Retrieved 2011-12-12.
3. "The Raveonettes - Heartbreak Stroll - Single". Retrieved 2011-12-12.
4. "The Raveonettes - Remember - Single". Retrieved 2013-04-09.
5. "The Raveonettes: Chain Gang of Love, Album Review, Pitchfork". Retrieved 2011-12-12.
6. "Chain Gang of Love Charts". Allmusic. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
7. "Chain Gang Of Love". Acharts.us. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
8. Allmusic review
9. "Robert Christgau: Album: The Raveonettes: Chain Gang of Love". Retrieved 24 September 2016.
10. "Playlouder review". Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
11. "Chain Gang Of Love by The Raveonettes". Retrieved 24 September 2016.
12. Rolling Stone review
13. "Slant review".
14. Stylus review Archived October 19, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
15. "Celebrity - Yahoo News UK". Retrieved 24 September 2016.
16. "Chain Gang of Love Reviews, Ratings, Credits and More at Metacritic". Retrieved 2011-12-12.
17. "The Raveonettes - Chain Gang of Love (Bonus Version)". Retrieved 2011-12-12.