RYAN ADAMS GOLD 2xLP OOP Whiskeytown
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RYAN ADAM’s GOLD, LOST HIGHWAY RECORDS (2001) OOP
Ideal for: Playing card games with good buds and a few cold ones.
One would think that being Ryan Adams would be a pretty good deal at the time of this album's release; he had a major-label deal, critics were in love with him, he got to date Winona Ryder and Alanis Morissette, Elton John went around telling everyone he was a genius, and his record company gave him carte blanche to do whatever he wanted. But to listen to Gold, Adams' first solo album for his big-league sponsors at Lost Highway, one senses that there are about a dozen other musicians Adams would love to be, and nearly all of them were at their peak in the early to mid-'70s. Adams' final album with Whiskeytown, Pneumonia, made it clear that he was moving beyond the scruffy alt-country of his early work, and Gold documents his current fascination with '70s rock. Half the fun of the album is playing "Spot the Influence": "Answering Bell" is a dead ringer for Van Morrison (with fellow Morrison enthusiast Adam Duritz on backing vocals), "Tina Toledo's Street Walkin' Blues" is obviously modeled on the Rolling Stones, "Harder Now That It's Over" sounds like Harvest-period Neil Young, "New York, New York" resembles Stephen Stills in his livelier moments (Stephen's son, Chris Stills, plays on the album), and "Rescue Blues" and "La Cienaga Just Smiled" suggest the influence of Adams' pal Elton John. Of course, everyone has their influences, and Adams seems determined to make the most of them on Gold; it's a far more ambitious album than his solo debut, Heartbreaker. The performances are polished, Ethan Johns' production is at once elegant and admirably restrained, Adams is in strong voice throughout, and several of the songs are superb, especially the swaggering but lovelorn "New York, New York," the spare and lovely "When the Stars Go Blue," and the moody closer, "Goodnight, Hollywood Blvd."
Track Listings:
side 1
1. New York, New York
2. Firecracker
3. Answering Bell
4. La Cienega Just Smiled
5. The Rescue Blues
6. Somehow, Someday
side 2
1. When The Stars Go Blue
2. Nobody Girl
3. Sylvia Plath
4. Enemy Fire
5. Gonna Make You Love Me
side 3
1. Wild Flowers
2. Harder Now That It's Over
3. Touch, Feel & Lose
4. Tina Toledo's Street Walkin' Blues
5. Goodnight Hollywood Blvd
side 4
1. Rosalie Come and Go
2. The Fools We Are As Men
3. Sweet Black Magic
4. The Bar Is a Beautiful Place
5. Cannonball Days
On Feb-25-07 at 16:00:43 PST, seller added the following information:NEAR MINT CONDITION: COVER AND VINYL IN PERFECT CONDITION, MINIMALLY PLAYED
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