Boys & Girls in America [Extra tracks, Import]

The Hold Steady | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 29, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import
• Label: Longtime Listener
• ASIN: B000MGVA5Q
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #475,727 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Stuck Between Stations

2. Chips Ahoy!

3. Hot Soft Light

4. Same Kooks

5. First Night

6. Party Pit

7. You Can Make Him Like You

8. Massive Nights

9. Citrus

10. Chillout Tent

11. Southtown Girls

12. For Boston (Bonus Track)

13. Girls Like Status (Bonus Track)

14. Arms And Hearts (Bonus Track)

15. American Music (Bonus Track)

Editorial Reviews

Review

Disc: 1
1. Stuck Between Stations
2. Chips Ahoy
3. Hot Soft Light
4. Same Kooks
5. First Night
6. Party Pit
7. You Can Make Him Like You
8. Massive Nights
9. Citrus
10. Chill Out
11. South Town Girls

Disc: 2 'Live at Fingerprints'
1. Cattle And The Creeping Things
2. Your Little Hoodrat Friend
3. Chips Ahoy
4. Modesto's Not That Sweet
5. First Night
6. You Can Make Him Like You
7. Citrus
8. You Gotta Dance With Who You Came To The Dance With --Tracks --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Product Description

UK Exclusive 2 CD reissue features a bonus disc of an eight track live performance recorded Fingerprints Record store in 2007! New York's bar band extraordinaire is back with a brand new album, their most rocking to date! The Australian Edition includes a chunky helping of bonus track action - 4 previously unreleased songs, including 3 cracking new tunes recorded at the album sessions, and a cover of the Violent Femmes' classic "American Music". This album from The Hold Steady, and unquestionably their best to date; stronger songs, bigger production, Craig Finn sings(!) and the band is so unbelievably smoking, that no metaphor could possibly do them justice! Produced by Jon Agnello (Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., The Breeders, Mark Lanegan, Son Volt), the guitars are huge, the piano grand, bass pounding, drums cracking, brass belting. it's one of the most crankable rock records of the year! Vagrant. 2007. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Hold On, They're Coming!, September 8, 2010

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This review is from: Boys and Girls in America: Special Edition (Incl. Bonus Live at Fingerprints CD) (Audio CD)

In preparation for going to see The Hold Steady next month here in Portland, I recently picked up this two-disc import version of "Boys and Girls in America" for a few bucks in the Marketplace. Obviously this does not make me an obsessive fan, just a casual listener of a group I've always heard good things about. And after putting all the misleading Bob Mould-meets-Bruce Springsteen categorizations aside, let me simply state that these guys are awesome. The first two cuts, "Stuck Between Stations" and "Chips Ahoy!" are certainly worthy of all the critics' praises, but "You Can Make Him Like You" and "Southtown Girls" have the same catchy, anthemic hooks and smart, sincere lyrics. In fact, the entire album is excellent, which is still my measure of a great band, now more than ever in this MP3 single era. The bonus "Live at Footprints" disc (also available as a stand alone domestic EP) is an acoustic set presenting a different take on familiar cuts, and it's a welcome if not essential addition. After checking out "Boys and Girls," I'm looking forward to exploring other Hold Steady efforts, and I'm even more excited for the chance to see them in person.