The Neon Handshake

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{{Infobox album

| name = The Neon Handshake

| type = Album

| artist = Hell Is for Heroes

| cover = Hellisforheroes-theneonhandshake.jpg

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| released = 3 February 2003

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| genre = Post-hardcore

| length = 42:19

| label = EMI

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| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Transmit Disrupt

| next_year = 2005

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{{Album ratings

| rev1 = BBC Music

| rev1Score = Positive Review[https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/crbd BBC Music Review]

| rev2 = Drowned in Sound

| rev2Score = {{rating|8|10}}[http://drownedinsound.com/releases/3195/reviews/5902-hell-is-for-heroes-the-neon-handshake?search Drowned in Sound Review]

|rev3 =NME

|rev3Score = {{rating|7|10}}[https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-nme-6975-313647 NME Review]

|rev4 =Sputnikmusic

|rev4Score = {{rating|5|5}}[http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=804 Sputnik Music Review]

}}

The Neon Handshake is the debut album by London band Hell is For Heroes. The CD was released in February 2003 on Chrysalis Records.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/crbd/ BBC - Music - Review for Hell Is for Heroes - The Neon Handshake]

Rock Sound magazine picked it as the "Album of the Year".

In 2005, readers of Kerrang! magazine voted The Neon Handshake the 58th best British rock album ever.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060216032059/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/kerrang.html Kerrang! The 100 Best British Rock Albums Ever!]}} (at the bottom of the page)

In 2018 the record was re-issued and released by Big Scary Monsters to coincide with the 15th anniversary of the band's debut release.