Raven in the Grave

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Raven in the Grave
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Studio album by
Released4 April 2011
Recorded2010
Genre Indie rock, [1] shoegaze, noise pop, post-punk revival
Length35:42
Label Vice Records
Producer The Raveonettes
The Raveonettes chronology
In and Out of Control
(2009)
Raven in the Grave
(2011)
Rarities/B-Sides
(2011)
Singles from Raven in the Grave
  1. "Recharge and Revolt"
    Released: 7 March 2011 [2]
  2. "Apparitions"
    Released: 31 May 2011 [3]
  3. "Let Me on Out"
    Released: 15 November 2011 [4]

Raven in the Grave is the fifth studio album by The Raveonettes, [5] 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.[ citation needed ]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 66/100 [6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Pitchfork Media 5.7/10 [8]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Spin Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]

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". [6]

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". [11]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sune Rose Wagner

No.TitleLength
1."Recharge & Revolt"5:23
2."War in Heaven"4:42
3."Forget That You're Young"3:57
4."Apparitions"3:55
5."Summer Moon"3:04
6."Let Me on Out"2:36
7."Ignite"3:05
8."Evil Seeds"4:17
9."My Time's Up"4:43
Amazon.com bonus track [12]
No.TitleLength
10."No Joy"3:51
iTunes bonus track [13]
No.TitleLength
10."As You Lay Asleep"3:18
Super Deluxe Edition bonus track [14]
No.TitleLength
10."Sun Goes Down"2:56

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