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In And Out Of Control

The Raveonettes

In And Out Of Control

Danish duo with their fourth album of garage rock, post-punk and harmonies

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6.6

Label
Fierce Panda
UK Release date
06/10/2009
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  1. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    They have clearly had a lot of fun making this record, and from the weirdly thrilling melancholy of Last Dance to the Jesus and Mary Chain-style remodel of the Rolling Stones' Heart of Stone, it deserves to be widely heard.
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  2. 8.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    A cherry cyanide lollipop from the master and mistress of the art
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  3. 8.0 |   The Sunday Times

    The Raveonettes finally fulfil their musical potential. If the music has lightened up a bit, that doesn’t mean the band have abandoned their dark side.
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  4. 8.0 |   Q

    Print edition only

  5. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    ...for the most part, bending Phil Spector out of shape and dragging him by his hair through a raft of distortional devices and all the while kicking the hell out of the ‘Leader of the Pack’ is a very good thing
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  6. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    The Raveonettes aren’t reinventing their formula with In and Out of Control, but with pop this lovely, they shouldn’t expect to hear any complaints.
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  7. 6.9 |   Pitchfork

    Most of these songs invert the anticipated and adopt a playfulness that's both disquietingly funny and humbly self-referential.
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  8. 6.0 |   Spin

    Their sneaky cynicism has gotten even more hummable
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  9. 6.0 |   Uncut

    Print edition only

  10. 6.0 |   Blurt

    A candybox of sugary sweetness disguising some bitter lyrics
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  11. 4.0 |   The Quietus

    ...the real tragedy of 'In and Out of Control' is that when The Raveonettes ease off on the clumsy social commentary, they at times prove an effective noise-pop unit
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