Almost Killed Me - The Hold Steady
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  • Summary: 'Almost Killed Me' is the debut for the New York City band featuring two former members of Lifter Puller, including band founder Craig Finn. Unlike most recent NYC bands, they draw their influences from classic American rock.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 12
  2. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Almost Killed Me is the most authentic, dirty, and rocking album you'll hear all summer.
  2. Rocks like Bad Company and Thin Lizzy and vintage Springsteen. Look out.
  3. A band more fixated with guitar solos and drunken fist-pumping than in the more nuanced, desperate territory of their former incarnation [Lifter Puller].

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. BD
    9
    Better than Separation Sunday.
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  2. RayRay
    8
    Wow, this album was unexpected. The lead singer sounds like an amalgam of Bon Scott (ACDC) and Jello from the Dead Kennedys. Which is definitely a good thing. Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. j30
    8
    A garage band feel that's as raw as anything you'll hear. I really enjoyed this record. The album was best when listened to a third time through.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
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