The Raveonettes - Whip It On

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Album Details

Title: Whip It On
Artist: The Raveonettes
Release Date: 8/6/2002
Re-Released On: 3/18/2003
Label: Red Ink Records, Columbia, EMI Music Distribution, Sony Music Distribution, Orchard
UPCs: 0724354005428, 696998702820, 766489643922, 766927104428, 098707104428, 5099751075394, 803680219928
Genre: Rock
Styles: Indie Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Noise Pop
Moods: Freewheeling, Stylish, Brash, Brooding, Dramatic, Energetic, Menacing, Raucous, Refined/Mannered, Rousing, Self-Conscious, Sensual, Sophisticated, Visceral, Volatile, Aggressive, Cathartic, Intense
Total Copies: 6
Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

Track Listings

  1. Attack of the Ghost Riders
  2. Veronica Fever
  3. Do You Believe Her
  4. Chains
  5. Cops on Our Tail
  6. My Tornado
  7. Bowels of the Beast
  8. Beat City

Additional Releases

YearTypeLabelCatalog #
2003CDColumbia87028
2003CDSony Music Distribution5107539
2002CDRed Ink Records71044
2002CDOrchard802199
------CDEMI Music Distribution540054

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Album Review

Danish duo the Raveonettes strike a slick pose on their debut EP, Whip It On. It's a slinky post-punk mix recorded entirely in B-flat minor while each song thrives on only three chords. Minimalist and stylish, Whip It On doesn't go for the grandiosity of the Strokes and the White Stripes. The Raveonettes are ambitious in their own way, and it works brilliantly. Debut single "Attack of the Ghost Riders" glides with an extraterrestrial flair, Sharin Foo and Sune Rose Wagner's wispy vocals surfing along momentous percussion. The high-speed garage-y "Do You Believe Her" shimmies with a darker posture, but that's exactly what the Raveonettes are going for. Whip It On is basically a soundtrack album, a film noir storybook of eight solid tracks blazing with attitude. "Cops on Our Tail" is nonchalant in a vexed moment, but never cavalier. Whip It On is a decent look at what the Raveonettes are capable of, certainly an honest effort, but more impressive in the sense that they're rock & roll antagonists. ~ MacKenzie Wilson, All Music Guide

Credits

NameCredits
Emily LazarMastering
Jakob TranbergDesign
Jan EliassonMastering
Sharin FooGroup Member
Sune Rose WagnerGroup Member, Mixing, Engineer
Søren Solkær StarbirdPhotography

Member Reviews

Sonoko F. wrote on 1/31/2007...

Hard hitting rock from the Danish pair. From Amazon.com reviewer E.A. Solinas:

"Distorted punk-pop-rock, with an eerie 50s-style cover and a small number of short, hard-hitting songs...Starting with a piercing electronic screech, "Attack of the Ghost Riders" is a steady track, followed by the more flowing "Veronica Fever," the siren-filled "Cops on Our Tail," the heavy-thumping "Do You Believe Her," the rocking "My Tornado" with its haunting whispers, and a few others. Comparisons to the White Stripes may be the wrong thing to listen to; the Raveonettes sound quite different from the Stripes. They don't have the flexibility or versatility; the songs are a lot more monotonous musically, as many of them seem alike when you first listen. On the second or third round, the differences start to pop out. It's also very short -- only eight songs, and most of them are about three minutes or less. Despite this, the music is fairly raw and dark, but broodingly danceable. The distorted, slightly distant vocals seem to blend in with the whirling guitar feedback. And the songwriting has the same dark quality as the music, sometimes well-written and sometimes just repetitive. ("Delinquent girl/and all her angels on death row") The words dwell on darkness, crime, Vegas lights, and catching rays off the sun."