Boys and Girls in America
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| Studio album by The Hold Steady | |||||
| Released | October 3, 2006 | ||||
| Genre | Rock, Post-punk | ||||
| Length | 40:07 | ||||
| Label | Vagrant Records | ||||
| Producer | John Agnello | ||||
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Boys and Girls in America is an 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. On September 29, 2006, a Flash-based stream of the album was made available on Vagrant Records' website.[1] The second single, "Stuck Between Stations" began to appear on college radio station 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[2]. 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".[3]
The album title is a line taken from Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road.[4]
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[edit] Critical reception
On October 2, 2006, Pitchfork Media rated Boys and Girls in America 9.4 out of 10, making the album tied with Joanna Newsom's Ys for the best-reviewed original release of 2006 by the site. However, Pitchfork later selected The Knife's Silent Shout (which had received a rating of 8.6 on February 13) as the best album of 2006; Boys and Girls in America was named the fifth-best album of the year.
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.
The song "Stuck Between Stations" was ranked #11 on Pitchfork's list of the top 100 songs of 2006.
"Chillout Tent" was ranked #33 on The Rolling Stone's list of 100 best songs of 2006. [5]
[edit] Other versions
The song "Girls Like Status" was featured on the album Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters Colon the Soundtrack.
[edit] Track listing
| # | Title | Time |
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| 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 |
[edit] Bonus tracks on Australian edition
| # | Title | Time |
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| 12 | For Boston | 3:17 |
| 13 | Girls Like Status | 3:08 |
| 14 | Arms and Hearts | 3:51 |
| 15 | American Music
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[edit] Bonus tracks on U.S. iTunes edition
| # | Title | Time |
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| 12 | Girls Like Status | 3:08 |
| 13 | Arms and Hearts | 3:51 |
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