The Hold Steady Stay Positive: Deluxe Edition (45RPM Vinyl 3LP) * * *

10th Anniversary 180g 45RPM 3LP Deluxe Edition Featuring Original Album Remastered, Rarities and Never Before Released Tracks!

The Hold Steady's fourth album Stay Positive (2008) served as an excellent progression for the best bar band in indie rock and featured a much more adventurous sound to which the group credits producer John Agnello who also helmed their 2006 breakthrough release, Boys And Girls In America. The album sees the band include more diverse instrumentation alongside their bar-room rock, including mandolin, harpsichord, strings and horns. Singer Craig Finn defined Stay Positive as an album, musically and lyrically, about the attempt to age gracefully. The band's gift for literate, anthemic songwriting finds a new focus Finn calls more musical, more dynamic, different instrumentation, more complex arrangements and not always hiding behind raw volume.

Features:
• 10th anniversary deluxe edition
• 180g 3LP-set cut at 45RPM for audiophiles
• Original album remastered by Dave Gardner, 8 B-sides & 3 never before released tracks
• Triple gatefold with die cut jacket