The Hold Steady 
The best album credited to The Hold Steady is Boys And Girls In America which is ranked number 1,962 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 849.
The Hold Steady is ranked number 860 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 1,924.
The Hold Steady official website: http://theholdsteady.net
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The Hold Steady best albums
The following albums by The Hold Steady are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:
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This may not be a complete discography for The Hold Steady.This listing only shows those albums by this artist that appear in at least one chart on this site. If an album is 'missing' that you think deserves to be here, you can include it in your own chart from the My Charts page!
The Hold Steady bestography composition
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2000s | 5 | 0% | |
2010s | 4 | 0% | |
2020s | 2 | 0% |
The Hold Steady best tracks
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The Hold Steady ratings

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65/100 ![]() | 09/23/2023 10:27 | Stevo796 | ![]() | 74/100 |
60/100 ![]() | 07/18/2022 17:32 | ![]() | ![]() | 67/100 |
85/100 ![]() | 05/11/2022 00:05 | Moondance | ![]() | 75/100 |
80/100 ![]() | 03/08/2019 20:11 | saacsquatch | ![]() | 78/100 |
60/100 ![]() | 12/26/2018 13:33 | mostlymor | ![]() | 70/100 |
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This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 73.0/100, a mean average of 71.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.2/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 16.5.
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Love this band - great lyrics, great sound, great sense of what it means to be a band, consistent quality output over almost 20 years. And then, one can always fill in the gaps between albums with Craig Finn's solo albums. It a good all round deal!!
The Hold Steady is what you'd get if Thin Lizzy had Randy Newman were their front man. But that is just the sound. The lyrics are different. And Awesome.

i agree with Happymeal, "Boys and Girls" should be higher on the charts.
Don't see why these guys aren't rated higher. They are pretty awesome. I won't say they are the best musically, but they aren't as bad as an average of 67.

Energy, enthusiasm and great stories. Lou Reed meets the
E Street Band with maybe a little Dave Matthews salt.
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