| Raven in the Grave | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | The Raveonettes |
| Cover: | raven-in-the-grave-cover.jpg |
| Released: | 4 April 2011 |
| Recorded: | 2010 |
| Genre: | Indie rock,[1] shoegaze, noise pop, post-punk revival |
| Length: | 35:42 |
| Label: | Vice Records |
| Producer: | The Raveonettes |
| Prev Title: | In and Out of Control |
| Prev Year: | 2009 |
| Next Title: | Rarities/B-Sides |
| Next Year: | 2011 |
Raven in the Grave is the fifth studio album by The Raveonettes,[2] and was released on 4 April 2011. Several of the songs included on the album are English re-recordings of songs found on Wagner's solo album.
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 66, based on 18 reviews, which indicates "Generally favorable reviews".[3]
Since its release, Sune Rose Wagner has expressed disappointment with the album, stating it would have worked better as a soundtrack and that the song structures are "quite unusual compared to everything else [The Raveonettes have] done".[4]