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 &amp; 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.
"That Great Love Sound" was featured on the soundtrack of FIFA 2004
Reception.
"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".