Chain Gang of Love by The Raveonettes

Chain Gang of Love, the first full-length album from Danish duo the Raveonettes, came out in 2003 with Richard Gottehrer co-producing, the same hand behind records by Blondie, the Go-Go's and Richard Hell & the Voidoids. Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo kept a rule carried over from Whip It On: that record lived in B flat minor, this one sits in B flat major, and all but two songs wrap up in under 3 minutes.

It's a sweet-and-sour rush, Everly Brothers harmonies floating over guitars caked in noise, vintage rock-and-roll simplicity run through a Velvet Underground wringer, with the duo's taste for dark subject matter lurking under the candy. It peaked at #123 in the US and #43 in the UK, and "That Great Love Sound" found a second life on the FIFA 2004 soundtrack.

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