Track Listing

1. Hornets Hornets
2. Cattle And Creeping Things
3. Your Little Hoodrat Friend
4. Banging Camp
5. Charlemagne In Sweatpants
6. Stevie Nix
7. Multitude Of Casualties
8. Don't Let Me Explode
9. Chicago Seemed Tired Last Night
10. Crucifixion Cruise
11. How A Resurrection Really Feels

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1579 in Music
• Released on: 2007-04-30
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Best so far...
This is an album that has a lot going for it, and is something slightly different that attracts me to it. As an entire album it is sublime, each track leads into another convincingly. Definitely an album and band that is very easy to fall in love with and for me the best of The Hold Steady's 3 albums to be introduced to.

Just take it for what it is...
Most of the people reading this would probably be able to sing (?) just as good, if not better than the vocalist, but I think that's what I like about it. The music (especially the guitars and keyboards) draws you away from the vocals without distracting from the actual content being sung. I think it all comes together really well.

Been listening to it for a couple of weeks and different songs catch you at different moments/moods. Reminds me of a modern Husker Du, which is no bad thing.

My fav tracks are: 5. CIS, 4. BC, 3. YLHR and 11. HARRF

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Official Review Disclaimer:
Only the first musicians were "unique", everyone after will always be "influenced". If you like something, well that's great, if you don't, well fair enough, everyone is different.

your new favourite band
If you're over 30 buy this cd at your peril. You are in danger of developing the kind of devotion to the hold steady that you first had for bands when you were a teenager. They conjure up a springsteen meets kerouac emotion that captures what's great about rock and roll. Craig Finn is surely the best lyricist around - dense, poetic and evocative. Get this, then buy Boys And Girls In America, then - most importantly - see them live.