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Lust Lust Lust
by The Raveonettes

The Raveonettes reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 72 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
7.7 out of 10
based on 29 reviews
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The Danish duo's latest album features a 3D cover.

LABEL: Vice
RELEASE DATE: 19 February 2008
DISCS: 1 disc
GENRE(S): Rock, Pop

NOTES: Originally released in the UK 12 Nov 2007.


What The Critics Said

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92
Filter
Lust Lust Lust, the fuzzed-out, starry-eyed return-to-form by The Raveonettes, takes you there and then kicks you out at sunrise. [Winter 2008, p.94]
91
Entertainment Weekly
Lust Lust Lust is a gauze-wrapped cocoon of an album: too opaque to break through to a wide audience, but all the more precious for its enigmatic, slow-to-surface charms.
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90
Slant Magazine
These songs don't sound like love songs because they aren't love songs. That the Raveonettes understand why that's an important distinction makes Lust Lust Lust a sleazy pop masterpiece.
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90
Urb
They finally deliver on the big promise everyone saw in what they might do with the raw sounds of that first LP. [Jan/Feb 2008, p.102]
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80
Rolling Stone
Wagner and Foo have gone back to the rougher basics--distortion, echo and monastery-choir vocals--of their debut EP, 2002's Whip It On. But the simplicity is deceptive.
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80
New Musical Express
The Raveonettes are super-cool Scandinavian noise-rockers and they’ve shored Lust Lust Lust in that turmoil to create their most engrossing album to date.
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80
Alternative Press
The Raveonettes are suddenly noisier than old-school Sonic Youth and every bit as menacing as the Velevt Underground circa '68. [Mar 2008, p.145]
80
Billboard
The album may consign the Raveonettes further to cult-level status, but like a challenging mate, it seduces us into coming back for more.
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80
musicOMH.com
Lust Lust Lust is a record that explains why sometimes guitars need to be turned up to their max and faced into amps, and why humans need to get down and dirty.
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80
The Guardian
Stagey but effective, Lust, Lust, Lust does the Raveonettes proud.
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80
Dusted Magazine
Lust Lust Lust is the best The Raveonettes have ever been.
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80
All Music Guide
Fans of the fuzzy, decadent and over-driven version of the Raveonettes can be happy that they have their band back; nastier, prettier and better than ever.
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80
Spin
All this willful messiness adds up to a funny and surprisingly touching mission statement. [Mar 2008, p.101]
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80
Boston Globe
Their fourth record, the stunning Lust Lust Lust, retains the Danish duo’s fetish for early pop harmony and surf guitar, not to mention shoe-gaze buzz in their concise, fuzzy bursts of tragic romance.
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80
Paste Magazine
Pitting garage-rock tactics against Motown strategy, Lust Lust Lust is my kinda vice.
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70
Village Voice
The Jesus and Mary Chain comparisons are still apt, though they're creeping out from under the shadow of 'Happy When It Rains' and heading toward something far scarier, as traces of Throbbing Gristle seem ready to disrupt their noise-pop vigil at any moment.
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70
PopMatters
Definitely worth a listen, even if you thought you had the group pegged in the past.
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70
Drowned In Sound
Its minimal drum patterns and and playful touches speak of a deceptive lightness of touch, but four albums in and The Raveonettes are making plain they know what it is to have lusted and lost, and therein lies the key to unlocking Lust Lust Lust’s poignant pleasures.
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67
Austin Chronicle
It's a seamy, dreamy take on post-punk.
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65
Prefix Magazine
Lust gives them the most emotionally substantive material they’ve ever had to work with, and yet there’s still that sense of detached restraint.
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60
Hot Press
Already dated, The Raveonettes 3-D thrills are temporarily diverting, but ultimately provide only the illusion of depth.
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60
Q Magazine
Lust Lust Lust is an accomplished set. [Jan 2008, p.109]
60
NOW Magazine
It’s a limited palette to be sure, but they do it well. However, cutting out a few songs would have made a stronger statement if they’re going to follow such a tight formula and narrow range of influences.
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60
Under The Radar
The main drawback of Lust Lust Lust is that it might be a little too lo-fi and fuzzy. [Winter 2008, p.84]
60
Uncut
The post-coital twang of 'Aly, Walk With Me' and 'Lust' are enough to arouse even the most jaded trash-rock fetishist. [Dec 2008, p.101]
50
Blender
Overall, the tracks range from overserious and plodding to cloying and jumpy.
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50
Tiny Mix Tapes
Press down on the ambiguities of Lust Lust Lust as much as you want, and you’ll still be trapped in a world of surfaces.
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40
Mojo
Despite its promising title, Lust Lust Lust is mighty forlorn. Or, optimistically, transitional. [Dec 2007, p.100]
25
The Onion (A.V. Club)
It's a narrow frame of reference that The Raveonettes seem likely to stick with; hopefully, on future albums, the songs will get more memorable than this batch.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now! The average user rating for this album is 7.7 (out of 10) based on 17 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Kevin l. gave it a9:
Their best yet.

Mike L. gave it an8:
A very good CD. You need to hear these songs LIVE!

Liquid Heaven gave it an8:
Perhaps too early to say for certain but after a month with it I'd call this their best album. It is certainly their most accomplished.

Alex R gave it a9:
Returning to their all-too-familiar noise-pop sound, The Raveonettes have gone Darklands on us and stripped the record down to guitar and sythesized everything else. The album delivers on lovely pop tracks that sound like love songs, but in most cases are deceiving by the singers' gentle voices. In my opinion, their greatest effort yet.

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