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Chain Gang of Love is debut studio 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.

Chain Gang of Love
Studio album by The Raveonettes
Released	25 August 2003
Recorded	2003
Genre	Garage rock, noise pop, indie rock[1]
Length	33:08
Label	Columbia
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: 18 August 2003[2] "Heartbreak Stroll" Released: 17 February 2004[3] "Remember" Released: Promo Only[4]

The album peaked at #123 in the U.S. charts and at #43 in the UK.[6][7]

"That Great Love Sound" was featured on the soundtrack of FIFA 2004

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	77/100[8]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[9]
Alternative Press	4/5[10]
Blender	[11]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[12]
The Guardian	[13]
Pitchfork	7.1/10[5]
Q	[14]
Rolling Stone	[15]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[16]
Slant Magazine	[17]

Chain Gang of Love 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".[8]

Track listing

References

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