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| Name = Boys and Girls in America
| Name = Boys and Girls in America
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| Next album = ''[[Stay Positive]]''<br/>(2008)
| Next album = ''[[Stay Positive]]''<br/>(2008)
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'''''Boys and Girls in America''''' is the third studio album by [[The Hold Steady]], released on October 3, 2006 by [[Vagrant Records]].
'''''Boys and Girls in America''''' is the third studio album by [[The Hold Steady]], released on October 3, 2006 by [[Vagrant Records]].


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==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
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| rev1 = [[Allmusic]] | rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r856459}}</ref>
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| rev2 = [[The A.V. Club]] | rev2Score = (A-)<ref>[http://www.avclub.com/content/node/53633 The A.V. Club]</ref>
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| rev3 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'' | rev3Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>[http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=4207 Blender]</ref>
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| rev4 = ''[[The Guardian]]'' | rev4Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>[http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,1988057,00.html The Guardian]</ref>
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| rev5 = [[No Ripcord]] | rev5Score = (9/10)<ref>[http://www.noripcord.com/?q=node/540 No Ripcord]</ref>
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| rev6 = [[Pitchfork Media]] | rev6Score = (9.4/10)<ref>[http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/38888/The_Hold_Steady_Boys_and_Girls_in_America pitchfork Media]</ref>
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| rev7 = ''[[Q Magazine|Q]]'' | rev7Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>''Q''. Feb 2007, p.104</ref>
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| rev8 = [[Robert Christgau]] | rev8Score = (A-)<ref>[http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Hold+Steady Robert Christgau]</ref>
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| rev9 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' | rev9Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/11738760/review/11755730/boys_and_girls_in_america Rolling Stone]</ref>
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| rev10 = ''[[Uncut Magazine|Uncut]]'' | rev10Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>[http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/the_hold_steady/reviews/9194 Uncut]</ref>
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The album received a metascore of 85 out of 100 on [[Metacritic]], making it tied with four other albums for the 12th best-reviewed album of 2006. [[Magnet (magazine)|Magnet]] and The Onion's [[The A.V. Club|AV Club]] named it the best album of 2006.
The album received a metascore of 85 out of 100 on [[Metacritic]], making it tied with four other albums for the 12th best-reviewed album of 2006. [[Magnet (magazine)|Magnet]] and The Onion's [[The A.V. Club|AV Club]] named it the best album of 2006.


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The song "Stuck Between Stations" was ranked #11 on Pitchfork's list of the top 100 songs of 2006 and #63 on the best of 2000's list.
The song "Stuck Between Stations" was ranked #11 on Pitchfork's list of the top 100 songs of 2006 and #63 on the best of 2000's list.


"Chillout Tent" was ranked #33 in ''[[Rolling Stone]]'''s list of 100 best songs of 2006.<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/12769472/the_100_best_songs_of_2006/4 The 100 Best Songs of 2006 : Rolling Stone<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
"Chillout Tent" was ranked #33 in ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'}}s list of 100 best songs of 2006.<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/12769472/the_100_best_songs_of_2006/4 The 100 Best Songs of 2006 : Rolling Stone<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


The song "Massive Nights" was always used at the Beginning of Colin Murray's Radio 1 Show, after the worlds, "New music, Alternative Classics, Drums" due to the drum roll introduction to the song.
The song "Massive Nights" was always used at the Beginning of Colin Murray's Radio 1 Show, after the worlds, "New music, Alternative Classics, Drums" due to the drum roll introduction to the song.

===Reviews===
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* [[Allmusic]] {{Rating|4|5}} [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r856459|pure_url=yes}} link]
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* [[The A.V. Club]] (A-) [http://www.avclub.com/content/node/53633 link]
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* ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'' {{Rating|4.5|5}} [http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=4207 link]
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* ''[[The Guardian]]'' {{Rating|5|5}} [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,1988057,00.html link]
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* [[No Ripcord]] (9/10) [http://www.noripcord.com/?q=node/540 link]
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* [[Pitchfork Media]] (9.4/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/38888/The_Hold_Steady_Boys_and_Girls_in_America link]
* [[Planet Sound]] (8/10)
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* ''[[Q Magazine|Q]]'' {{Rating|4|5}} Feb 2007, p.104
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* [[Robert Christgau]] (A-) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Hold+Steady link]
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* ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' {{Rating|3.5|5}} [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/11738760/review/11755730/boys_and_girls_in_america link]
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*''[[Uncut Magazine|Uncut]]'' {{Rating|5|5}} [http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/the_hold_steady/reviews/9194 link]


==Other versions==
==Other versions==

Revision as of 23:08, 1 August 2011

Untitled

Boys and Girls in America is the third studio album by The Hold Steady, released on October 3, 2006 by Vagrant Records.

On August 18, 2006, first single "Chips Ahoy!" was released as a free download from music site Pitchfork Media. The second single, "Stuck Between Stations" began to appear on campus radio playlists in November 2006.

Backing vocals for the track "Chillout Tent" are provided by Soul Asylum's Dave Pirner and The Reputation's Elizabeth Elmore[1]. Dana Kletter (ex-Blackgirls, Dear Enemy, and Hole's Live Through This) contributed backing vocals to "Chips Ahoy!", "You Can Make Him Like You", and "First Night".[2]

The album title is a line taken from the opening lines of the song "Stuck Between Stations" ("There are nights when I think that Sal Paradise was right/Boys and girls in America have such a sad time together"), which in turn refers to a quote from American novelist and poet Jack Kerouac's 1957 novel On the Road and its narrator, Sal Paradise.[3][4] The title is repeated in the lyrics in the songs "Stuck Between Stations" and "First Night."

Boys and Girls in America has sold 94,000 albums as of April 2010 [5].

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[6]
The A.V. Club(A-)[7]
Blender[8]
The Guardian[9]
No Ripcord(9/10)[10]
Pitchfork Media(9.4/10)[11]
Q[12]
Robert Christgau(A-)[13]
Rolling Stone[14]
Uncut[15]

The album received a metascore of 85 out of 100 on Metacritic, making it tied with four other albums for the 12th best-reviewed album of 2006. Magnet and The Onion's AV Club named it the best album of 2006.

Pitchfork Media rated Boys and Girls in America 9.4 out of 10, and named it the fifth-best album of the year.[16] They later ranked it as the 64th best album of the decade.[17]

Yahoo! Music ranked the album #9 on their list of the top 25 albums of 2006.[18]

The song "Stuck Between Stations" was ranked #11 on Pitchfork's list of the top 100 songs of 2006 and #63 on the best of 2000's list.

"Chillout Tent" was ranked #33 in Rolling Stone's list of 100 best songs of 2006.[19]

The song "Massive Nights" was always used at the Beginning of Colin Murray's Radio 1 Show, after the worlds, "New music, Alternative Classics, Drums" due to the drum roll introduction to the song.

Other versions

The song "Girls Like Status" was featured on the album Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters Colon the Soundtrack.

Track listing

  1. "Stuck Between Stations" - 4:10
  2. "Chips Ahoy!" - 3:09
  3. "Hot Soft Light" - 3:53
  4. "Same Kooks" - 2:47
  5. "First Night" - 4:54
  6. "Party Pit" - 3:56
  7. "You Can Make Him Like You" - 2:48
  8. "Massive Nights" - 2:54
  9. "Citrus" - 2:44
  10. "Chillout Tent" - 3:42
  11. "Southtown Girls" - 5:10

Bonus tracks on Japanese edition

  2. "Against the Wind" (Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band Cover) - 5:17
  3. "Stuck Between Stations" (Acoustic) - 4:13

Bonus tracks on Australian edition

  2. "For Boston" - 3:17
  3. "Girls Like Status" - 3:08
  4. "Arms and Hearts" - 3:51
  5. "American Music" (Violent Femmes cover) - 3:47

Bonus tracks on U.S. iTunes edition

  2. "Girls Like Status" - 3:08
  3. "Arms and Hearts" - 3:51

References

  1. ^ Hold Steady Announce Fall Tour | Pitchfork
  2. ^ Barnes & Noble.com - Music: Boys and Girls in America, The Hold Steady, CD
  3. ^ World Hum | Travel | The Hold Steady Pays Tribute to Kerouac’s “On the Road”
  4. ^ Kerouac, Jack. On The Road. Penguin: New York (1991), pg. 58.
  5. ^ http://www.billboard.com/news/hold-steady-seeks-to-break-out-of-the-brooklyn-1004088055.story#/news/hold-steady-seeks-to-break-out-of-the-brooklyn-1004088055.story
  6. ^ Boys and Girls in America at AllMusic
  7. ^ The A.V. Club
  8. ^ Blender
  9. ^ The Guardian
  10. ^ No Ripcord
  11. ^ pitchfork Media
  12. ^ Q. Feb 2007, p.104
  13. ^ Robert Christgau
  14. ^ Rolling Stone
  15. ^ Uncut
  16. ^ [1]
  17. ^ [2]
  18. ^ Yahoo! Music Top 25 Albums of 2006
  19. ^ The 100 Best Songs of 2006 : Rolling Stone
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