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| 4.0 excellent | AtavanHalen | May 4th 10 |
From the second the slide guitar creeps into your speakers, Heaven is Whenever sees The Hold Steady get back to what they do best, after the hit-and-miss affair of Stay Positive. The lyrics are fantastic stories of love and misfortune, the guitar is more prominent and sharp in its delivery and there's not an unmemorable song to be found amongst these ten tracks. At first it's likable, but as the highlights become more prominent - such as the lovelorn hook of "Hurricane J" and the punchy single "The Weekenders" - so does the album's excellence. Welcome back, boys. Sorry to hear about Franz.
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| 4.0 excellent | thebhoy | April 20th 10 |
Certainly a more consistently strong album compared to Stay Positive, The Hold Steady retain their core sound despite losing their (very talented) keyboardist. A few left-field ideas crop up (the horns and woodwinds in "Barely Breathing") but the record is the better for it.
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| 4.0 excellent | laxworld16 | April 21st 10 |
Ive been listening to the stream forever, this album is awesome. I was between a 4-4.5, this could change
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| 3.0 good | doofy | January 8th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | cb123 | June 16th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | amoeba | October 2nd 17 |
| 3.0 good | YayoG1 | September 3rd 17 |
| 2.5 average | Juanpa | August 10th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Equium | April 2nd 17 |
| 3.0 good | tricky | April 25th 16 |
| 3.0 good | oahmed | September 1st 14 |
| 2.5 average | 7OPHER | April 27th 14 |
| 2.5 average | Rudy K. EMERITUS | March 28th 14 |
| 2.5 average | Skoj | December 15th 13 |
| 3.0 good | aa2508 | November 14th 13 |
| 3.5 great | jmh886 | August 28th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | foxxxy | August 17th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Curse. | May 5th 13 |
| 2.5 average | mnstrmr | February 1st 13 |
| 3.5 great | John L | October 2nd 12 |
| 3.0 good | Thef | August 22nd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | iSkane | February 3rd 12 |
| 3.0 good | Ramtin | November 17th 11 |
| 3.5 great | divoz | October 4th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | DiceMan | July 18th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Yozzy | June 25th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Plank | December 11th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Yotimi | November 15th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zeus18 | October 18th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | occer | September 20th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Leyland | September 18th 10 |
| 3.5 great | G3N3R1C | September 11th 10 |
| 2.0 poor | nemo21 | September 1st 10 |
| 5.0 classic | becdar | July 19th 10 |
| 3.5 great | csholm | June 16th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | JoshV | May 28th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | tom79 | May 18th 10 |
| 3.0 good | pdbn | April 28th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ramos29 | April 26th 10 |
| 3.5 great | JWT155 | April 26th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | mvdu | April 24th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Kiran EMERITUS | April 22nd 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | BigHans | April 20th 10 |
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