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Product Identifiers

Record LabelVagrant

EAN5060100661803

eBay Product ID (ePID)27052228071

Product Key Features

Era2000s

Release Year2007

FormatCD

FeaturesStudio Recording

GenrePop, Alternative, Rock

TypeAlbum

StyleHard Rock

ArtistThe Hold Steady

Release TitleBoys and Girls in America

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

DistributionIntegral/Cinram Novum

Number of Tracks11

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States

Reviews4 stars out of 5 -- "Finn has tapped into his inner Springsteen. BOYS AND GIRLS IN AMERICA is punctuated with flourishes that wouldn't have sounded out of place on BORN TO RUN.", 5 Stars Out of 5 -- "Driven by Devastating Detail....Finn's Writing Is Sharper than Ever...", "The music evokes early Springsteen, with huge guitar riffs, sensitive piano passages, and anthemic vocal choruses...", "Finn's gruff sing/speak vocal amplifies the grubby minutiae of the everyday into something indisputably universal.", Ranked #8 in Rolling Stone's "The Top 50 Albums of 2006in- "With an Abundance of Narrative Flair.", Included in Alternative Press's "10 Essential Albums Of 2006" -- "This is blue-collar rock 'n' roll to bridge the new generation.", 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "BOYS is a sweet thing: fist-pumpable rock with brains, heart and words worth coming back to.", "There's something inherently Springsteen-esque about these songs, but Finn's approach is ultimately less romantic. Likewise, the band's approach...is both grittier and more unhinged.", 4 stars out of 5 -- "Rich and detailed....'You Can Make Him Like You' is a beautifully empathetic portrait of chemically imbalanced romance...", 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "The Hold Steady's Craig Finn infuses his windy tales of youthful debauchery with a mixture of detective-fiction luridness and first-club-show romanticism.", Ranked #21 in Spin's "The 40 Best Albums of 2006" -- "Plunging you into an immediately familiar teenage wasteland, these 11 songs won't ever let you leave.", "The swirls of organ they've added to their hyper-literate stomping suggest Deep Purple with a library card." -- Grade: A-, Ranked #09 in Q's "The 50 Best Albums of 2007in- "Finn Is a Singular Storyteller..."

Number of Audio ChannelsStereo