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Music CD - The Raveonettes: Lust Lust Lust
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Music CD: Lust Lust Lust
Artist: The Raveonettes
List Price: $13.98
Our Price: $9.47
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Manufacturer: Vice Records
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Tracks:
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1. Aly, Walk With Me
2. Hallucinations
3. Lust
4. Dead Sound
5. Black Satin
6. Blush
7. Expelled From Love
8. You Want the Candy
9. Blitzed
10. Sad Transmission
11. With My Eyes Closed
12. The Beat Dies
13. My Heartbeat's Dying
14. Honey, I Never Had you
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0883888000221
Label: Vice Records
Manufacturer: Vice Records
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Vice Records
Release Date: 2008-02-19
Studio: Vice Records
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Customer Rating:
Summary: The Raveonettes, Danish?
Comment: Once again, I have to thank David Letterman for introducing artists that I assumed were long gone or singers I had not heard of and have taken a liking to.
Now I reside in Denmark, interested in music and never heard of The Raveonettes.
Immediately, I heard the Raveonettes I believed this is impossible for music that just jumps out at the listener, and it captured me straight away. Denmark has one or two singers that come close to being international. I immediately ordered this album and have no regrets. I just wish this was a SACD on account of the mixing, just perfect. They are completely different from today's trends and even though I am no spring chicken, this album is well worth the cash. If you have a decent audio system this album is even better.
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Summary: Not As Pleasing as "Pretty In Black" Too Noisy!!!!
Comment: When I heard about The Raveonettes new album coming, I was very excited! I absolutely loved "Pretty in Black", but when I heard this album, I must say I was a little disappointed. I love all the melodies in the songs on `Lust Lust Lust, but they are all covered by guitars making so much white noise that at times the ringing can hurt your ears. I like distortion as much as the next guy, but this goes way beyond distortion. To be honest, it's just unnecessary noise that I believe kill the well written songs and melodies that lie beneath.
I think that this album had potential to be every bit as good as "Pretty in Black", but for some reason, The Raveonettes thought it needed to be noisier than their last outing. Distortion never hurts anything, but this is not distortion, its noise. Sorry guys, I will be looking forward to the next album in hopes that the great songs will not again be covered by unnecessary white noise and ringing.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not that good
Comment: With the raveonettes the problem was allways that they were and are kind of a novelty band and that the records all sound the same. That is not to say that some of their singles have not been great but simply they are not moving on from their central sound enough.
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Summary: (four and half stars) I love this band!
Comment: Is there such a thing as "reviewer's remorse"? The fact is that I currently like all of the Raveonettes' four albums alot better than some of the albums from other bands that I awarded more stars to (Although I gave "Whip It On" four and half stars, I under-rated "Chain Gang of Love" and "Pretty in Black," with three and half stars). I just can't get enough of the Raveonettes and was lucky to catch them recently in a small, standing-only venue in NYC (The Bowery Ballroom -- more on this below). I mean here's a band that models itself on early Jesus and Mary Chain, but is also influenced by The Velvet Underground, Buddy Holly, surf music, and soundtracks of western films. Looking back over my past album reviews, quite frankly I would give quite a number of them a lower rating, because I now find some of them a little boring, especially when compared to albums that excite me like all of those from the Raveonettes.
Anyway, "Lust, Lust, Lust" is the Raveonettes' terrific new album, which I would have awarded 5 stars but for the fact that I'm not crazy about a few of the slower paced songs. The strongest track is probably the mysterious opener "Aly Walk With Me" (which they recently performed on the David Letterman Show). I think this song by itself gives the band a whole other dimension of sound -- hypnotic and serious. (It's interesting how the bass line still sounds like vintage Jesus and Mary Chain -- but this time from "Sugar Ray" which comes well after "Psychocandy"). The next three songs, "Hallucinations," "Lust," and "Dead Sound," return us to more familiar ground and are good examples of the band's range. How can one not love the infectious "Blush," "You Want the Candy," and "Blitzed?" You listen to these songs and swear you've heard them before, but the Raveonettes, though heavily influenced by others, have created their own unique sound, and have become one of the most exciting bands around.
CONCERT AT THE BOWERY BALLROOM, NYC (3/27/08). The performance sold out quickly after it was announced, and I can imagine that the Raveonettes wished they had played in a bigger venue, especially after their Letterman appearance. The stage was very sparse -- other than the duet comprising the band (Sune Rose Wagner and the gorgeous Sharin Foo on opposite ends of the stage, both playing guitars and singing almost every song together) was a rather androgenous and expressionless drummer on a stripped down drum kit.
With very little chatter between songs, the band ran through some of their best material: "Hallucinations," "Lust," "Dead Sound," "Blush," "You Want the Candy," "Blitzed" from "Lust, Lust, Lust"; "Love in a Trashcan" from "Pretty in Black"; "The Great Love Sound," "Let's Rave On," "Heartbreak Stroll" from "Chain Gang of Love"; "Attack of the Ghost Riders," "My Tornado," and "Bowels of the Beast," from "Whip it On." They closed with "Aly Walk With Me," and returned with "Twilight" for an encore.
The audience was enthusiastic and the band stayed faithful to the studio recordings. Wagner's guitar playing impressed the hell out of me. One criticism was that even though the sound of a bass guitar was prominent in basically every song, there was no bass to be found, which means that the bass is on tape. I'm not sure why the band would choose to do this, but I hope on their next tour they add a bassist.
One observation: While there's some interaction between Wagner and Foo with the audience, and their voices and guitars sound great together, the two of them basically stand in their space and don't go near each other. They barely address or even so much as glance at each other. When the show ended, there was no comraderie shown (most bandmates will at least get together at the end and leave the stage together) so I'm wondering if these two get along.
I wish they would have done "Do You Believe Her," "Chains," and "Beat City" from "Whip It On." I was also kind of surprised that, given the venue, they didn't do "New York was Great" from "Chain Gang of Love." Nevertheless, it was a great show, and I can't wait to both see them again and get their next album.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Album
Comment: What a great album. They blend some of my favorite styles: rock (read: The Velvet Underground), surf rock (The Cramps), and shoegazer (My Bloody Valentine). Love it.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Six years after making their distortion-drenched debut with the Whip It On mini-album, the Raveonettes' passion for rock & roll fundamentals remains undiminished. The Danish duo's third full-length release once again celebrates black leather and white noise, saccharine sweet harmonies and sinister verses, and, most of all, the Ronettes' sense of order and the Jesus and the Mary Chain's taste for chaos. But give Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo credit for keeping things fresh even when using well-worn parts. The dreamy "Aly, Walk with Me" and stomping "You Want the Candy" feature loping grooves, scratchy guitars and the Velvet Underground's patented tin-can production style, yet like the rest of the full-throttled tunes that make up the disc sound defiantly modern. The Raveonettes may remain immune to fashion but their style gets better every year. --Aidin Vaziri
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