Breaking Down the Sound

First of all, one of the biggest mistakes a band can make is releasing an album in Europe three months before doing so in America. The longer the leak, the less likely people like me will buy the album when it is commercially available. I'm just sayin'.

Anyhoo, the particular album I'm referring to in this case is the Raveonettes' Lust Lust Lust, their third full-length album.

Fact: Lust Lust Lust couldn't chart in the UK because each album is packaged with 3D glasses, and that would be considered cheating.

Unlike their previous effort, Pretty in Black, this one sounded familiar right away in that it takes the formulas from both the previous full length albums and their first EP, Whip It On. Here's how it plays out:

Whip It On: Everything's in B-flat minor.
Chain Gang of Love: Everything's in B-flat major and sounds like a cleaned up version of the Jesus & Mary Chain's Psychocandy.
Pretty in Black: They have a hard-on for Phil & Ronnie Spector.

Give a listen to Lust Lust Lust, and you can pretty much tell which of the previous albums each song is cookie-cut from.

However, I'm not saying this album is bad. Quite the contrary, since I really enjoyed all their previous works, the formulaic sound made this album easy listening, and not copying one particular album's sound prevented this one from being boring. So kudos to the Danes for this one.

The Raveonettes - Aly, Walk with Me

The Raveonettes - Dead Sound