Stay Positive - The Hold Steady
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  • Summary: This is the fourth album for the Brooklyn, New York, indie rock quintet.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 34
  2. Negative: 0 out of 34
  1. It is not only the Hold Steady's best record, but acts as a culmination of all of the ideas, stories, musical paths and character journeys that they've so pointedly led us down before.
  2. Stay Positive is the most sophisticated and erudite THS have ever sounded, and that's a mixed blessing.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 43 out of 55
  2. Negative: 9 out of 55
  1. ArchieS
    10
    Wow what an album!!! This has to be one of the best albums i've ever heard. Consistently good, no amazing! No duds, serious. If you like good old fashion rock n roll you'll like this. If you like music lyrically dense and quality, you'll like this. If you love music, you'll love this!!! Expand
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  2. LesH
    5
    But for how heralded these guys are – constructive summer – a song compared to celebrated summer and springsteen-meets-husker by the tastemakers of the music world – this voice – this song – is basically dramarama. Its all dramarama. Hardly groundbreaking, and hardly worth the high praise – its good – lyrically maybe a bit smarter – but I’m willing to bet for all the elitist rock fans out there who praise hold steady – they wouldn’t dare give dramarama the nod. I don’t even like dramarama that much – I have the “best” of – as they were always compared to the ‘mats way back when – though really only ‘anything anything’ and ‘last cigarette’ floats my boat. Hold Steady good; but not 84 pfork, 85 metacritic good. Expand
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  3. NickC.
    3
    The Hold Steady tried to change things up and failed miserably. Stay Positive leaves very little to stay positive about. I would rather listen to the brokerdealer than this shit. Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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