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Title: Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll, Pt. 37
Review: Many argue that the best rock and roll is about sex, drugs and rock and roll itself. Well the Hold Steady provide a song cycle on that very subject with his album, BOYS AND GIRLS IN AMERICA. Channeling GREETINGS FROM ASBURY PARK era Springsteen through a hard rock sensibility, the Hold Steady paint a picture of drinking, drugging and scoring at the suburban mall that's as vivid as the Beach Boy's California summer, the Drive by Trucker's Dirty South or Springsteen's Jersey Shore. It's a record that's full of dynamic music and great lyrics, but will we respect it in the morning?
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