Almost Killed Me
- The Hold Steady
- Band Name: The Hold Steady
- Record Label: French Kiss
- Release Date: Apr 20, 2004
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RayRayJun 23, 20048Wow, 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.
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BDNov 12, 20059Better than Separation Sunday.
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Oct 28, 20118A 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.
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The Hold Steady, then, is not yet an outstanding band, but unlike its New York contemporaries, shows the sort of distinctive talent that suggests that one day, it might be.
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The Hold Steady's powerful yet somewhat generic rock style proves incidental to Finn's dense, wordy story-songs. As a whole, though, Almost Killed Me showcases a wise and gritty rock band still in it for life, through thick and thin.
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Finn employs an arrhythmic delivery... sounding like Jello Biafra covering Talking Head's "Once In A Lifetime," or a snake-oil huckster participating in a poetry slam. [May 2004, p.96]