A Positive Rage

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{{Infobox album

| name = A Positive Rage

| type = live

| artist = The Hold Steady

| cover = The Hold Steady - A Positive Rage cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = April 7, 2009

| recorded = 2006–2007

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| studio =

| genre = Rock

| length =

| label = Vagrant

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| prev_title = Stay Positive

| prev_year = 2008

| next_title = Heaven Is Whenever

| next_year = 2010

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 =Gigwise.com

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20110527120318/http://www.gigwise.com/reviews/albums/50296/The-Hold-Steady---A-Positive-Rage link]

|rev2=The Skinny|rev2Score= {{Rating|4|5}} [http://www.theskinny.co.uk/article/45537-the-hold-steady-a-positive-rage link]

|rev3=Drowned in Sound|rev3Score= {{Rating|9|10}} [http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14307/reviews/4136505 link]

|rev4=PopMatters|rev4Score= {{Rating|8|10}} [https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/72663-a-positive-rage link]

|rev5=Uncut|rev5Score= {{Rating|3|5}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20110519201929/http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/the_hold_steady/reviews/13011 link]

|rev6=Rolling Stone|rev6Score= {{Rating|4|5}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20090502001116/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/27136738/review/27809831/a_positive_rage link]

|rev7=IGN |rev7Score=7.9/10 [https://web.archive.org/web/20090410090633/http://music.ign.com/articles/970/970377p1.html link]

|rev8=Pitchfork Media|rev8Score= {{Rating|6.0|10}} [https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12895-a-positive-rage/ link]}}

A Positive Rage is a live album and documentary double-disc set by the Brooklyn-based rock band The Hold Steady, released on April 7, 2009 by Vagrant Records. The documentary DVD features backstage interviews, fan commentary and live footage, while the CD features a live set performed on Halloween 2007 at the Metro Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, made up of songs from the band's albums Almost Killed Me (2004), Separation Sunday (2005), Boys and Girls in America (2006), and the then-forthcoming Stay Positive (2008), as well as three tracks previously only released as bonus tracks on these albums. The enhanced CD also includes a link to download five bonus tracks.{{cite web|url=http://tinymixtapes.com/The-Hold-Steady-to-Release-DVD |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716143436/http://tinymixtapes.com/The-Hold-Steady-to-Release-DVD |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 16, 2012 |title=The Hold Steady to Release DVD Documentary + Live Album in April |date=February 3, 2009 |accessdate=February 3, 2009 |first=Mango |last=Starr |publisher=Tiny Mix Tapes }}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/02/03/the-hold-steady-ready-live-album-documentary-a-positive-rage/|title=The Hold Steady Ready Live Album, Documentary A Positive Rage|date=February 3, 2009|accessdate=February 3, 2009|first=Daniel|last=Kreps|magazine=Rolling Stone| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090207065648/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/02/03/the-hold-steady-ready-live-album-documentary-a-positive-rage/| archivedate= 7 February 2009 | url-status= dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/148883-the-hold-steady-release-documentary-live-album |title=The Hold Steady Release Documentary / Live Album |date=February 3, 2009 |accessdate=February 3, 2009 |first=Tom |last=Breihan |publisher=Pitchfork Media |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205155503/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/148883-the-hold-steady-release-documentary-live-album |archivedate=5 February 2009 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-hold-steady/42511|title=The Hold Steady for live DVD and documentary release|date=February 3, 2009|accessdate=February 5, 2009|publisher=NME| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090206102953/http://www.nme.com/news/the-hold-steady/42511| archivedate= 6 February 2009 | url-status= live}}

Prior to its release, keyboardist and backing vocalist Franz Nicolay noted, "It was an exciting time. The live record is taken from the very end of two years of touring behind Boys and Girls in America, and I'm glad we recorded then, because it's the real peak of the band as a performing unit."{{cite web|last=Lindsay|first=Andrew|title=Interview: Franz Nicolay (The Hold Steady)|url=http://www.thereprise.org/stereokill/2017/2/24/interview-franz-nicolay-the-hold-steady|work=The Reprise|accessdate=24 February 2017|date=24 February 2017}}