| Chain Gang of Love | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | The Raveonettes |
| Cover: | Raveonettes - Chain Gang Of Love.jpg |
| 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 |
| Prev Title: | Whip It On |
| Prev Year: | 2002 |
| Next Title: | Pretty in Black |
| Next Year: | 2005 |
Chain Gang of Love is the 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. 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.[2] [3]
"That Great Love Sound" was featured on the soundtrack of FIFA 2004
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".