Raveonettes - "Pretty In Black"

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I had their first EP and liked it well enough, but found it pretty easy to forget about and eventually sold it. I never heard Chain Gang of Love, but Pretty In Black makes me think I've missed out. I bought it on a whim, based on the recommendation of a friend who is prone to rep for the latest BRMC knockoff or downtempo-flavor-of-the-month, while somehow refusing to buy any music more than a couple of months old. So I was surprised at how much I loved this. It reminds me of a garage-rock Damon and Naomi crossed with Nancy and Lee. Really excellent.

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Saturday, 11 June 2005 05:20 (twenty years ago)

That's a promising description. AllMusic.com weren't nearly as charitable.

I also liked the Whip it On e.p., but that's all I've heard. And that's all I think I'll need from them.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 11 June 2005 05:25 (twenty years ago)

allmusic is on some kind of bad junk. This is fuckin great. I've gotta say, much better than Whip It On

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Saturday, 11 June 2005 05:28 (twenty years ago)

I like the earlier stuff, but I'm impressed with the movement into, as you said, Nancy-and-Lee territory. "Somewhere in Texas" is a really good track.

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Saturday, 11 June 2005 05:32 (twenty years ago)

chain gang of love is a huge step forward from whip it on. i think this band take a very limited scope and run with it in a very impressive manner.

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Saturday, 11 June 2005 06:43 (twenty years ago)

esoj otm

― k/l (Ken L), Saturday, 11 June 2005 09:18 (twenty years ago)

I have Chain Gang of Love and like it a lot; but at the same time I felt it sounded so much like 15 deleted tracks from Barbed Wire Kisses that I didn't need to hear any more. Does the new record sound different?

― Guayaquil, Saturday, 11 June 2005 11:41 (twenty years ago)

the first half of this is pretty great

― miccio (miccio), Saturday, 11 June 2005 13:47 (twenty years ago)

I have to say I love the song "Remember," even though it's a complete "Just Like Honey" ripoff.

― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Saturday, 11 June 2005 14:16 (twenty years ago)

Liked Whip It On and Chain Gang. Heard half of Pretty and got bored.

― Vornado, Saturday, 11 June 2005 14:24 (twenty years ago)

I find this record to be much better than anything else they have ever released.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Saturday, 11 June 2005 15:43 (twenty years ago)

I'm not really a fan of the first half... it really gets going around track 7 (though "Sleepwalking" and and "Seductstres of Bums" are great). "Here Comes Mary," "Red Tan," and "Twilight" is up there with the best 1-2-3's this year, so far.

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Saturday, 11 June 2005 15:51 (twenty years ago)

it's ok. i liked the first 2 much more

― That One Guy (That One Guy), Saturday, 11 June 2005 16:06 (twenty years ago)

they're kinda bloodless. i mean when they try to get 'sexy' it is pretty corny.

― keith m (keithmcl), Saturday, 11 June 2005 21:43 (twenty years ago)

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