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- Summary: The first album for the band without Franz Nicolay, who left the band in January 2010, was produced by Dean Baltulonis.
- Record Label: Vagrant
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative
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Positive: 28 out of 34
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Mixed: 6 out of 34
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Negative: 0 out of 34
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If 2008's Stay Positive was a haunted wastoid cautionary tale, Heaven is a survivor's celebration of staying alive
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With "Heaven Is Whenever,'' it seems unlikely that the Hold Steady will again change how we talk about modern rock, but when a band has already framed the parameters of the debate, it doesn't necessarily have to.
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Their loud, rough and tumble early efforts on Almost Killed Me and Separation Sunday have combined nicely here with a sense of southern rock and pop rock from the past few albums to produce another gem for an amazingly consistent band with plenty of room left to grow.
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Some fans assumed that Nicolay's departure would make for a leaner, less melodramatic band, but The Hold Steady's fifth album, Heaven Is Whenever, sounds as deliberately mythical as ever.
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These aren't the band's strongest songs, but they're definitely some of their most interesting.
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It adds up to another transitional effort rather than a major statement.
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Q MagazineHeaven Is Whenever proves The Hold Steady are capable of messing with the script without diminishing their core appeal. [Jun 2010, p.125]
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Positive: 1 out of 2
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Mixed: 1 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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Oct 28, 2011
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Sep 30, 2010Eh.
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