The Hold Steady Albums Ranked
Chorus ranks The Hold Steady's public discography by ChoruScore, then review depth, so you can see the best-reviewed records, the tightest consensus, and the sharpest critical splits in one place.
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Boys and Girls in America
Highest ChoruScore in this discography at 81/100 across 24 reviews.
Stay Positive
Critics landed between 60 and 100 across 27 reviews.
Stay Positive
Best balance of score, review depth, and critic agreement for a first listen.
Critic-Ranked Discography
Ranked by ChoruScore first, then by review depth and release-date tiebreak. Only albums with at least one counted professional review are included.
Boys and Girls in America
The Hold Steady
The Hold Steady's Boys and Girls in America channels bar-room brawn and literate storytelling into an arena-ready rock record that critics called rapturous, sly and frequently irre...
Stay Positive
The Hold Steady
The Hold Steady's Stay Positive arrives as a raucous, literate songbook where barroom storytelling and classic-rock muscle coexist with unexpected instrumental colors. Across the r...