The RaveonettesBest The Raveonettes Albums Ranked

Lust Lust Lust

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7.4

“*Lust Lust Lust* is best heard loud loud loud. At a medium volume, it loses vitality. Any lower and it's a complete waste of time. Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo's twisted update on early rock riffs and Jesus and Mary Chain distortion was built for intensity, and when cranked up to speaker-rattling levels, that agenda is clear. Granted, any album would gain new (and not necessarily pleasing) powe”

Chain Gang of Love

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7.1

“Last year, The Raveonettes came popping out of Copenhagen with an armload of press-ready gimmicks: a quirky boy/girl rapport, a preoccupation with 1950s, noir-heavy American kitsch, The Jesus & Mary Chain's discography memorized in full, and a 20-minute debut EP recorded exclusively in B-flat minor, without a single track eeking over three minutes long. It was late 2002, and (kudos, *NME*!) the pu”

In and Out of Control (Bonus Track Version)

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6.9

“Sticking with the sure-footed, loud formula that suited them on their debut and Lust Lust Lust, these Danish JAMC acolytes are back on a roll.”

Pretty In Black

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6.8

“On their third LP, the Raveonettes work in various keys, pen longer tracks, and employ additional players and guests, including Ronnie Spector, Martin Rev, and Moe Tucker.”

Pe'ahi

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6.3

“The Raveonettes’ latest shows a marked shift in sound, as the fuzz guitar and simple melodies are augumented with harps, choirs, xylophones, and electronics and basic drum machine pulses are eschewed in favor of more complex, swinging breakbeats.”

Observator

rollingstone

6.0

“On their sixth album, these sexy-gloomy Danes shed their leather jackets and allow the sun to shine in, at least for a few minutes: The chiming "Sinking With the Sun" could be a lost B side from the British shoegazers Lush, while the peppy "Downtown" swings and chimes. Even when the band allows its minor-key […]”