Clear Heart Full Eyes

"Clear Heart Full Eyes" is the debut solo studio album by The Hold Steady vocalist and guitarist Craig Finn, released on January 24, 2012 on Full Time Hobby. Produced by Mike McCarthy, the album was recorded during a five-month break from The Hold Steady, with Finn noting, "I wanted to do something with a little more storytelling and a lot less volume." Upon release, the album debuted at #89 in the US. Rolling Stone named the song "Rented Room" the 40th best song of 2012. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 69% based on 34 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".