Heartbreaker

Not bad, but his acoustic approach on this album doesn’t provide anything that hadn’t been done already to that point in music. Nothing really stands out after listening.

Ryan Adams' debut album with a, for me, unexpected country sound. Not bad and has a great duet with Emmylou Harris but overall just not memorable enough to warrant more than 3 stars

Funny that the album opens with some banter about Morrissey. Heartbreaker shares some jangly-Americana influences with Mozza's early solo albums. In addition, both vocalists have exhibited some behaviors that force fans to separate the tunes from the performers' personalities offstage. It's an alright album if you like Bruce Springsteen. The quiet songs are OK when they sound like Sufjan Stevens or Elliott Smith.

3/5

I had some hopes for this album just based on "To Be Young," which a is fun, energetic song. But the album actually is far more quiet and downbeat for the most part. Maybe I have to be in the mood, but I found the album just dragged for the most part. Fave Songs: My Winding Wheel, To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High), Come Pick Me Up, Amy, In My Time of Need

Putting aside the personality issues this is a good listen

This album made me sad but in a good way

Started off with a bang but then never really went anywhere from there

Damn fine western folk blend of Dylan and Neil Young, full of variety and pregnant pauses. I wasn't planning on getting anything out of this at all. Highly likeable.

A bit too quiet...

Oh, Ryan Adams, I wish you weren't such a terrible person. A fantastic songwriter. And a terrible person. The only thing he loves as much as his harmonica is being an abusive prick. This is as country as I can tolerate. It hits just right for me, in a sweet spot that I used to love. But Ryan Adams has spoiled all that. I'm gonna keep tapping my foot, because I can't help it, but he can shove his harmonica where the sun don't shine. This is a four-star album. But -1 because I just can't enjoy it in the same way anymore.

I used to love this album. It was my perfect rainy day music. Then came #metoo and a slew of allegations that he was a manipulative, abusive, lecherous fuck. Sigh. I can’t separate my feelings about the man from my feelings about the music. If I could, this would be a higher rating.

I’ll focus on the music because I didn’t read anything on this one (Ryan Adams is a dickhead based on inference). There’s a lot to like here musically. I prefer the more upbeat, honky tonk-ish sounding songs. Some of them are very good. Like the one with Carolina in it. But there are also some almost inaudible tracks too. I like a stripped down arrangement as much as the next person, but one requirement is that I shouldn’t have to double the volume to hear it. Some of the songs, the more stripped down ones that I could hear, were boring. There is more to like than not. However, I’m judging the album as a whole which has too many misses.

I’ve listened to a few of his albums and I reach the same conclusion each time. There are a couple of really good tracks and I really want to like the rest, but he disappears into self indulgent songs that aren’t really for anyone but himself. Started out a possible 4 but ended up a low 3. If it carried on it how it was going it would have been a 2.

Good instrumentation coming from the Taylor Swift cover artist.

Ehhhhh it was cool I guess

I'd have to give it another listen to fully appreciate it. Very good tunes here. 3.5/5

Se conmueve el vaquero que todos llevamos dentro.3

6/10

-”To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High)” sounds like Bob Dylan at a few points -Generally a little slow throughout a lot of the album -I quite like the upbeat pace of “Shakedown on 9th Street.” The distorted guitar and drums are great. -Overall nice, with some nice bits, but very slow in others. Not much pulling me back to listen again

7/10

Some hits and some misses.

Duller than I thought it might be

Better than I thought I would be, in a few parts he's got a pretty cool sound, a 60's Dylan / Donovan / Stones vibe which bands were adopting in the late 90s. But overall it cant escape the 2000's acoustic country pop drivel. 3 - It was was alright, would enjoy it if it was on the radio but probably wouldn't choose to put it on again.

It was alright although I wouldn’t seek it out. 3*

Wasn't expecting to like it but it was good in a sub-TVZ/Dylan type way. A bit too droney for 4 stars but close.

58 Heartbreaker - Ryan Adams 15 tracks. This started off great but I soon lost interest. Might give it another go when I'm in a different mood. It's good, but it's also just not for me, (or at least not for me right now). 3/5

Nice Americana album, pleasant listening

Okay!

Ryan seems like a nice boy who writes nice songs. It's good that there are some albums on here that wouldn't offend my grandma if I put them on.

Slower, mellow songs that I enjoyed for the most part. 0RS

Alternative country-inspired guitar

Rock suave

If you can get past the fact that Ryan Adams is a shit bloke, you love listening to song after song about breakups, relationship breakdowns and their aftermath then you’ll probably like Heartbreaker.

Soou como um pop bem feito.

good mix of old and new style country music.

Never really listened to Ryan Adams before this. I'll have to make an effort as this wasn't half bad.

A bit blah, isn't it?

Top 3 1. (7) Call Me on Your Way Back Home 2. (4) Amy 3. (12) Shakedown on 9th Street

13/06/2021 Ricardo was here.. I like this album

Good but nothing special.

A pretty solid album, but I feel like it blended into the background on the first listen. Probably need another.

Maybe everything that came after was derivative, and this was trend setting, but I was bored

The heartbreak in this album is evident. Much lamenting and sorrow throughout. Lots of harmonica riffs really touch to the sadness of a broken heart. Best: Oh my Sweet Carolina; Shakedown On 9th Street Worst: Sweet Lil' Gal

it’s country so eh but not the worst i liked it

I went back and gave it a shot. To be young is such a great song!

I liked it, but it found it forgettable.

אלבום טוב סך הכל, לא ממש מתחבר אליו למרות שזה נחמד מדי פעם לגוון ולהקשיב לדברים כאלה

Country folk triste, no está mal.

I warmed up to this album for sure. There are some pretty bare country ballads on here, but there are also a lot of great country rock songs too. Definitely more good than bad. Favorite song: Amy

Ryan Adams, um camarada que confudem muito com o jovem Brian, tentei dizer que estava a ouvir o o Ryan e a malta só se lembrava do Brian. Seguindo o meu relato, este álbum é muito bom para se ouvir numa viagem de carro, é algo leve e que não exige muito para se gostar. No que toca a instrumentação temos de dizer que há muita guitarra e pouca eletrecidade dando um toque mais leve ao álbum mas também tornando o mesmo com uma sonoridade mais pop. Ryan até canta bem, tem um som muito seguro, até decidir incluir o meu maior inimigo, a harmonica. Curiosamente sinto que não acrescenta muito e até piora um bocado o som. Devo confessar que a melhor música tinha harmonica, sendo que esta na minha opinião é a Pick me Up. Nota: 6/10 Dia: 20/08/2026

false

dylanesque melancholic

Hijole, está difícil. La verdad casi todas las canciones me dieron una enorme hueva, hubo varios skips la verdad. Me gustaron básicamente la esa de to be young is to be sad and high y shakedown on 9th avenue, aunque he de de decir que esta última sí me gustó tanto que la agregue a una playlist. Mood: mames, midwest, bájale al clonazepam que se duerme la banda.

It was quite ok to listen.

“I never see pics of you anymore,” Adams wrote in November 2014, when he had just turned 40 and Ava was newly 16. “You were blowing my mind.” He had pet names for her body parts. So it turns out Ryan Adams is not as romantic as I thought....

although Mark Ronson may have done it better , ‘Amy’ is such a pretty song :* his voice works and sounds better on the slower and softer tracks ! he do be relying on that harmonica tho ¿

Enjoyed it!

First “song” is pretty good and it generally holds steady throughout

Pretty chill and folksy rock. Not bad to listen to, though his voice is a little whiny. Definitely tainted by knowing Ryan Adams is a creep though. It's also weird that he had to cover that Taylor Swift album, like he gets credit for making something someone else wrote more ~artsy~.

3.5. Country blues. Surprisingly good and very listenable. Some songs were forgettable but there were some good ones in here

I'd say it's good, not very good, but definitely listenable and smooth. Would try to check out some of his other songs/albums

More country-adjacent, but this one is a little better at least. I only know Ryan Adams as the subject of Phoebe Bridgers’ song ,,Motion Sickness”. The first track on this album is worth the three stars alone.

Started strong but mellowed

Osittain meni Teams-palsuilun takia ohi, mutta en kokenut tarvetta ottaa uusintaa joten arvostelu = OK

Sen tyyppistä kantria mikä mulle toimii ja oli lepposaa kuunnella. Paikoin hyviä fiilistelybiisejä

Alright. May like more on further listens.

good alt-country record by a shitty man.

Too much harmonica

Härliga backing vocals och bra munspel är det som räddar detta från ett sämre betyg.

I was fully expecting to hate this, the last Ryan Adams record I got on this generator has been the lowest rating I've given so far (0.8!), and I'm 400+ records in. Not to say I like this, I still find it forgettable or not particularly suited to my tastes, but it's not nearly as bad as I anticipated. I've given it 3 listens so far, I find it interesting how sometimes things feel a bit like Dylan, but other times the Americana just consumes the composition. Other times it feels like we were trying to get VH1 recognition, that light energy musicianship for the delicate souls. I don't think the positives outweigh the negatives, especially since the positives are mid-tier. I'm genuinely confused why this guy is on the list at all. 2.1/5

Just not an enjoyer of this one! So dull, I have a hard time understanding why this was included on the 1001 albums generator list. I didn't realise who the hell Ryan Adams was, until I look at his other albums. Then I found that he did the album "Gold" which is a lot more deserving I reckon to be on a must-hear list. This album has a lot of the 'bad' of country on here, while the last handful of 'country' albums I've got have been pretty good, bit of a shame this one wasn't good. Highlight Song/s: "Why Do They Leave"

One Ryan Adams on the list is careless. Two is mental

Had some hopes for this one, but it's mostly the sort of soft, slow country that puts me right to sleep. A couple of up-tempo songs in "To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High)" and "Shakedown on 9th Street" show Adams is capable of delivering some scorchers, but that's not the audience for this album and neither am I.

The first track is an argument about the awfully overrated Morrissey, so I have low hopes. "To be young" is at least better than Morrissey.

Surprisingly decent? Like, I'm not coming back to it again, but it's fine enough country rock. I'd probably like it more if I weren't sick of all the country rock coming out these days.

Hard to separate lots of terrible personal decisions from the songwriting/performance, which I generally liked. I'm throwing two stars down and moving on.

2/5

This 2 is for Phoebe Bridgers you motherfucker

If you’re gunna be a bad person at least don’t write boring music

Eh

So boring. This was not enjoyable.

Musically tolerable. Lyrically hollow and grating.

This guy, this is not my kinda guy

Muutama ihan nätti kappale, mutta lähinnä kärsi synnistä nimeltä tylsyys.

Ekat 5 biisiä olin tosi inessä. Hyvin kivaa polveilevaa ja kaunista. 8. biisistä alkaen alko vähän hidastua mulle tempo ja mielenkiinto. Jäi kesken tää levy kun kuuntelin sillon oikeena päivänä kun tää oli listalla niin nyt koitin ottaa ajatuksen kanssa haltuun. Loppupuoli alko tosi isosti nytkin laahaamaan mulle. Jos ois ollu joku kuuden biisin levy ois ollu 4/5 mutta tää oli nyt liian uninen mulle loppupuolelta.

2.5★/5 07.25.2026

Vraiment boring, pas ma came du tout

Tuesday, 21 July, 2026 Eh at best: Couple decent songs.

This album was alright, it didn’t feel like I HAD to listen to any of these songs, I was bored, the harmonica or whatever was saving it, it was nice for the morning but if I actually put my FULL attention into it I would most likely pray for the songs to end so I can reach the end of the album faster 😭🙏

Never heard of this guy but apparently everyone hates him? Budget Bob Dylan without the engaging lyrics

wait 'till he hears about 9/11

Like it JUST SLIGHTLY more than the other Ryan Adams album :/

meh

Ok. Hard to like him now.

I had no idea there was any kind of controversy around him until I started reading some of the reviews. I didn't like this or hate this album enough to even care to look him up. It was mostly kinda fine, I'll likely not listen to this again.

zzz

Nja, det kändes lite för trött.

Never heard of this guy before, not super impressed. Seems like average countryish rock album, probably around 2 stars. Don't care to relisten after one listenm

Sad yeehaw :(

Overall: 4/10 Ryan Adams has a nice voice, and I think that's something that even his biggest haters can admit. It's just a shame that the songs he writes are completely uninteresting, not to mention his controversial life. A pretty voice only goes so far, and I think he had his time. Fav Song: My Winding Wheel

Better than his classic-rock send-up Gold, but that isn't saying much when it's Ryan fucking Adams behind it. I can't buy anything this guy says with sincerity, so the album ends up just skeeving me out.

Literally put me to sleep

I've played it three times, and hardly noticed it was playing. Totally bland an uninteresting , except Shakedown On 9th Street and To Be Young. Which earns a second star. But I did recognise this is Ryan Adams. And not Bryan.

Eh, I don't like country sounds.

Wow! The music is ok, his voice is interesting, but once you know the backstory of his breakup with “Amy”, this whole album is more than a little stalker-ish. It’s been almost 40 years now. I sure hope he got over her. I wonder if he ever listens to this and feels embarrassed. If he had/has a wife, how does she feel about this effort? I can’t imagine I’d ever listen to this album on a regular basis, or ever again, for that matter.

Heartbreaker opened with a pretty solid rockabilly song that set the table nicely. Unfortunately from there Ryan Adams really slowed it down and followed it up with 10 sappy acoustic country folk songs. At times there are shades of the best parts of Bob Dylan (without any cartoonish vocal stylings), but a lot of it was also the worst parts of many of the old, slow country artists that are appear elsewhere on this list. Unfortunately this 30+ minute stretch killed all the vibes and by the time we got anywhere near a more upbeat song I had already lost all interest. I wanted to like this album more than I did as it seems like Ryan Adams is a talented song writer. There's a lot of emotion in this album, but unfortunately only 2 songs from this album ended up being anything that interested me. The remainder were generic skippable Nashville country that was way to slow to make any of it memorable. Never heard of this guy previously and now that I have he's not in a genre that interests me so I can easily file this one away for good. 1.50 stars

60s music for the 2000s crowd Not interested

Something something…Bryan Adams joke…something something. This is a forgettable one hit wonder album that shouldn’t be on the list. 1.5⭐️

Well produced and recorded. Feel like this can be found in a lot of places. That’s not to say it’s bad - just not going to seek it out.

This started off promising - he knows how to create a song - but concluded a bit shite. There are a couple of songs on here that are good, but I can't say I enjoyed the rest of it.

So my usual approach with these situations is to try and seperate the art from the artist.. I found with this one it was difficult to do. I genuinely like the style and think Ryan Adams has some genuine skill as a songwriter, I just couldn't not hear some level of predatory cringy masoganist BS shine through on this album. Not sure if this was real or just perceived, but either way it left me with a bad taste in my mouth and i couldn't enjoy this. His fault not mine.

Towards the top of the two stars, quite enjoyed this although doubtful I will listen again

Everything about this album is underwhelming. Even the argument about Morrissey barely qualifies as a tiff.

Hugs to the dude who thought this was a Bryan Adams album. Ryan Adams is a much bigger dickhead than Bryan could ever be. Ryan has some solid albums, this one is just meh for me.

Liked some of the songs but a lot of them sounded repetitive with the harmonica and him wailing about his love interest leaving him

Not my cup of tea.

Never listened to Ryan Adams or any of his songs so looking at the cover I thought that this will be finally an album full of heartbreak inspired piano ballades but it is not! All the songs are the same - very meh

Jan Levinson would have loved this one

I really could not stand his voice sadly. I gave the album a good try and there were a song or two where I had a decent time but when it’s just him and a guitar or a piano I couldn’t stand it.

Bit whiney init? Guys a good songwriter i guess, but for some reason I didnt love the album.

Ryan Adams is a prolific americana and roots rock songwriter with a good voice. Gillian Welch and David Rawlings are great musicians. But this album is not for me. Most of the songs are mellow americana songs that I find truly depressing. And the Bob Dylan harmonica is the nail in the coffin. I did like Amy though which reminded me of early Beatles.

The weirdest thing about reading Ryan Adams’ Wikipedia page is that he continually had albums rejected by labels for being not good. And then the albums that got made are like, so middle of the road. Huh? Fact is though, he can write a good song every now and then. And he uses a lot of organ in the background and that shit is nice. Everything else about this sucks.

boring i fear

Well, that was dreary and uninteresting, and apparently the man is a piece of shit.

An intresting album but a shitty person. 4 for the album but knock of a couple for being a twat

2.5, almost a 3

The album was ok, sounded like it had a couple of cover songs

Slow country songs a bit meh

I thought I was listening to Bob Dylan but I wasn't because it wasn't as good. Below par imitation.

Stort sett bare seige og kjedelige låter.

I enjoyed this much more than Gold which is one of the worst albums I’ve ever heard. This still isn’t good, but I like that To Be Young song or whatever it’s called.

the soundtrack to a movie I'd give a 2.5 stars on Letterboxd.

I really liked his subsequent album "Gold" - but this rather washed over me - a bit generic and a bit forgettable.

2nd one from him and a bit better

Ryan Adams is a pretty prolific artist. There's a lot of albums out there. There's a few Ryan Adams albums that I really love. "Love is Hell", "Rock N Roll", "Easy Tiger"... they're my jams. "1989" is a fun cover album. There's a bunch that I think are only alright... "Demolition", "Gold"... There's a bunch I think are pretty bad. I always found "Heartbreaker" to be pretty mid overall. "To Be Young" is a great track, but man, miss me with everything else.

Take my opinion with a grain of salt; I never actually listened to Ryan Adam’s until after his more notorious history came to light. But I don’t see this as much more than replacement-level indie rock. There are a couple of songs that I flagged, but this seemed forgettable.

This didn’t really sit with me at all - tracks kind of merge into one another, and I found myself checking how long was left. Not rotten, just not for me. Favourite track: Oh My Sweet Carolina

Everything about this album is derivative... even down to the title he stole from a Mariah Carey song. Songs are boring and sound like knock-off Bob Dylan. And he seems like a pretty bad guy!

Not my thing

It’s not great, no business on the list musically.

boring, boring, boring. don't understand the appeal, or why it's on list.

Good intentions, but too polished and not the right sounding voice. Derivative. 2.5 / 5

Relatively talented asshole. Both come across here.

Not my cup of tea. Folky, country rock. Some decent ballads on here. Again, cringe cover

2.3/5 This album has some solid songs and also some pretty average tunes. Overall not too bad a listen.

Enjoyed some of these songs, but sounds like this guy was a real piece of work. Had never heard of him until this.

Someone has listened to Bob Dylan.

Well, if you want to get on this list then sounding like a Bob Dylan album is a not a bad way to go about it since he himself has 7 on here! And it worked! And bloody Ryan Adams has 2 albums on here! I thought _Gold_ was ok, this is far to derivative to be deserving of this list or my attention. Sorry Ryan but you caught me on the wrong day for this!

Couldn't get into it

it was fine i saved one song

Started ok, then just became dull. Not for me.

Not a fan of anything country related. not interested in any of it. This man is insufferable

A 2.5/5 rounded down because he talked about Morrisey.

não ouço possível pedófilo com música country chata e rock de npc outro 2/10 porque não achei confirmação da pedofilia, esse parece ter uma sonoridade tipo 1% melhor

After two listens yesterday I have already forgot this album ever existed. In my eyes it's completely unremarkable, with maybe one song at some point catching my attention, but can't remember which one and why. Sometimes sounds like Ed Sheeran with a harmonica. Which is not a compliment.

This one started out okay, and for a minute I thought it might actually go somewhere. Then it just slid straight into this proto Zach Bryan style country thing and never came back. It’s slow, mopey, and way too self serious. A lot of it sounds the same after a while, just different versions of the same sad acoustic song dragging on longer than it should. There’s some decent songwriting buried in here, but it’s not enough to save it. By the end I was ready for it to be over

Urgh, ffs. I’ve already listened to another of his albums on this list. I’d liken both albums to passing a busker on the street. Mostly shit and instantly forgettable. Why this guy has any albums on this list let alone two is beyond me.

Not my type of music

too much cowboy and sad ritmh

Gently flowing music where one track is interchangeable with the next

dob bylan

is Ryan Adams a proto-fuckboy? his music certainly suggests it. it’s country music so is inoffensive but not exactly revolutionary

Poeh, dit is wel een beetje een sadbois album. Moet toegeven dat Ryan wel gewoon echt goed klinkt. Amy, maar vooral Oh My Sweet Carolina zou echt een verschikkelijke zeikplaat worden met een mindere zanger. Ik krijg al de rillingen als ik denk dat bijvoorbeeld Radiohead dit zou coveren. Ryan heeft precies genoeg country om dit geloofwaardig te brengen en niet irritant te zijn. Dit is wel pas nummer 5 op het gehele album, de singersongwriter shtick is wel iets wat snel saai word als er niet genoeg afwisseling in komt. Mondharmo gespot op nummer 7, buckle up Cowboys, this gon' be goooooood. Alleen niet echt, pfoe ik ben toch niet zo'n fan van de singersongwriter vibe de hele tijd. Er is een uptempo nummer met Shakedown on 9th street, maar daarna gaan we gewoon weer terug naar de sadboi countryrock! Heb ergens het idee dat dit album beter had kunnen zijn dan het is. Soms pakt Ryan zn stem me echt wel, maar net ff te vaak merk ik dat het me niet zo veel doet. Nee, vorige Ryan Adams album trok ik iets beter, maar bij deze loop ik wel echt tegen de limieten van mijn sadboicountryrocktolerantie(Goed galgjewoord) aan. Gelukkig hebben we altijd nog Summer of '69! FAVO: Amy

Great folk music has to have a narrative inside the album- leave you feeling something at the end. This didn’t really. It didn’t seem too cohesive as an album, and every track sounded pretty similar. Adams obviously wants to be Springsteen, but clearly isn’t.

It's a rainy Monday morning and I'm exhausted because I saw Lamb of God last night. This album is really not the vibe today.

2.5

A few tracks aside, this album is an absolute snooze fest. I’m also very suspicious that he’s even really smoking that cigarette on the cover, looks photoshopped to me.

so not only is ryan adams a twat but also writes pretty boring music

Ein wenig zu schnulzig.

A pretty uninspiring listen, from a pretty shit person

Dull and largely uninspiring modern country. It has a stripped-back, confessional vibe that should work, but too many songs blur together into a similar, downcast haze. Not the worst country album I’ve heard by any means — but it’s close!

Kind of boring, but I’m not much into country type tunes.

Stick your harmonica up your arse!

Listen, I have to admit that I like sad boy Ryan Adams' music. This isn't his only album that I've ever had on repeat in the past. But I in no way have to appreciate Ryan Adams' as a person and this is yet another album where I struggle to separate the music from the artist. I think I would give this album a 4, maybe a 5 if I felt generous, if it was from another artist. But it's not.

Liked this better than his later albums. 2.5 rounded down for his treatment of women — we love you, Mandy Moore…

i didn’t really get this one, it didn’t move me //was more like light shove // i expected to love it, landed just short // i decide to believe its earnest, but a bit calculated in its intimacy // just enough, not too artificial// leans toward that proto boom-clap-stomp sensibility before it even had a name, while blues and folk feel like last minute guests // writing has some strong moments, but overall record feels too narrow for me

Prefiero Gold. Este se me hace demasiado country. No es un mal disco. Shakedown on 9th Street es buena. La aportación tanto de Welch como de Harris también , sin embargo se me hace demasiado largo.

Come Pick Me Up

It's okay. I appreciate the stylization and songwriting, but it was kinda boring for me. Something between midwest emo and Bob Dylan.

4/10

I actually liked this album, which is a surprise for my taste, but- What was that? ... Ryan Adams is a terrible person? How so? ... Oh. Wow. Won't be listening to Ryan Adams again, but I have been trying to listen through every album on this list fully, so I did listen to it this once. Between this and Casanova by The Divine Comedy, I'm beginning to think the critcs making this list are openly misogynistic...

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En del bedre end den sidste vi havde med ham? Jeg synes virkelig ikke at hans stemme er stærk nok til at bære country

Kunne bedre lide den end den anden Ryan Adams vi havde, men stadig kun en lille 2er.

Super boring.

Didnt stand out to me. Fav song was damn sam

541/1001 🌕🌕🌑🌑🌑

Not too shabby - but not something I would listen to again.

A quiet thoughtful album I'm glad I listened to! A few songs really grabbed me, and I really appreciated the singer-songwriter vibe, the instrumentation and the composition of the album. Then I read some reviews and realized this is that Ryan Adams. Ugh. I wish I'd just listened to something else. 6/10 music 0/10 dude

Mid 2000’s folk. It’s alright I guess

This is not my style of depressing music

Abysmal

Alternative country, roots rock. I liked the second track but was pretty bored with the rest. Probably shouldn't have listened while running.

20 minutes too long.

album bom, gostei bastante de AMY, mas é meio repetitivo, mesma pegada, nao tenta mto diferente. 4,5/10

I'm not sure if I'll like this or not. Kind just ok. Fine.

Not my thing but it was still touching

A couple of the songs are ok, but most are not.

2 out of 5. Nothing really to say here, didn't strike any chords with me.

I never got into Ryan Adams music. Before I knew anything about this dude I mostly thought it was boring. The album title und cover scream „self indulgent douche“. Having now some surface level knowledge of Ryan Adams private live does not help. In this context every emotion in this collection of songs appears too performative, too calculated. Had to listen to „Motion Sickness“ by Phoebe Bridgers as some form of absolution afterwards.

Listening session: january 8th, while commuting to internship Listened to before: no Thoughts: nothing about this stood out to me to be honest Favourite track: Amy

Too slow for me again. I do like when they start an album with a talking segment but that was really the only part I liked. Not for me.

Worst harmonica playing, ever. Over and over.

a couple of high points - To Be Young, for sure - but a lot of dreary Americana

Ryan Adams is advertising his concert in my area. I will not be attending.

Skipped a bunch of slow songs, but I liked Shakedown on 9th Street.

I've heard better Ryan Adams, and I've also heard much worse Ryan Adams. This is mostly boring though.

2,5

He sounds nice enough but there is nothing interesting or novel about this album.

i honestly didnt hate it but it's also a ryan adams album so i do actually hate it

I thought I hated all country. Turns I just hate slow, sappy country. Unfortunately, the majority of the album is the latter, which is a shame considering the fact that “To Be Young” and “Shakedown on 9th Street” are both genuine jams.

It was okay - nothing to write home about

Not sure I've ever understand the point of Ryan Adams.

Listens: 2 Standout Tracks: My Winding Wheel I dont have any opinions about this. It reminds me of some other singer songwriter album I heard about 100 albums back. Can't remember his name, but it was basically generic 2000s adult contemporary, like this.

Nope

No.

That was a little boring.

All style no substance

By most accounts, Ryan Adams is a piece of shit. He picks petty fights with bands and is generally unpleasant to his peers in the industry. He's been abusive and manipulative to multiple romantic partners. He's used his stature in the music industry to stall their careers out of some weird insecurity. He's an addict that blames alcohol and drugs on his shitty behavior but can never seem to fully commit to sobriety. I mean the dude tried to keep Mandy Moore and Phoebe Bridgers from the world. That's heinous. I used to be a real fan of Ryan Adams. Listening to this album, I'm reminded why. However, it just does not hit the same. This is a case of not being able to separate the art from the artist. Specifically because Adams is the narrator and the main character to the music. Through his songs, he paints himself as a tortured artist and a vulnerable, down-on-his-luck lover. But we know the truth and now he just seems like a liar. He's been writing these beautiful songs about being troubled and misunderstood and a victim of love. In reality, he's been the monster. So yeah, his music kind of sucks now.

I actually forgot I listened to it- I put it on when I got to work, listened to the whole thing, yada-yada-yada, I come back from lunch and log into my account to find out what my album of the day was, having completely forgotten about that morning’s listening.

I know the name Ryan Adams but have never knowingly heard anything by him before now. It does make me wonder why albums like this become so popular. There has been so far, and I’m halfway through my first listen, nothing groundbreaking, new or interesting to make him a superstar. I guess that might be a reason in its own right if people feel comfortable with a middle of the road album that feels familiar and safe. For me, I find this very mediocre and dull. It is well produced though. Let’s see how the second half of the album grabs me. I think one listen is more than enough of this. Very much doubt I’ll be listening to anything else by Ryan Adams again. Nothing new to find here.

Didn’t catch my ear

eh, all sounds the same to me

i have a headache. if i hear a harmonica one more time i'll be on the news.

Yawn.... Omg so boring.

Nah, this isn’t it. Generic and forgettable. 2/10

Não tá na minha vibe

Interesting

Interesting sort of twangy rock music. I've never heard this before and it's not bad, kind of a country rock fusion in my opinion. Nothing really stood out about it, just kind of background music to me. Would probably be nice to listen to on a camp out or something like that.

Not as bad as the other Ryan Adams album I had on this list but still kind of meh. All of this had been done before and been done much better. 2.0/5.0: Disappointing

nothing on here is particularly impressive but its better than his other album on the list. at the very least there are one or two songs that i didnt hate.

Not my taste. ★★

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Seems cozy and familiar, but pretty forgettable.

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Not for me. I like some Ryan Adams stuff but this was a bit too slow and country

Another real duffle struggle to get through. So fucking dull 😑. I'll give it a two cause he hasn't a bad voice and the music is alright but the lyrics and vibe are so fucking dull

5/10 - better than his Gold album but isn't special enough to get over the artist's shortcomings as a person

Boring

I just always assumed I didn't like Ryan Adams' music. I still don't really, but it's better than I thought. In particular, when he does a Bob Dylan impression. It's not as good as Madvillainy.

Listen, I was a 27 year old white dude once. My favorite movie around that age was High Fidelity. That was 13 years ago when I also liked this album, but I also didn't know how much of an actual POS this dude is. If you can separate the art from the artist, that's great for you! Part of me wishes I could, but I can't and don't enjoy this anymore given the subtext.

First time hearing any Ryan Adams to my knowledge, and I can understand why people were hyping this up 25 years ago...some choice cuts on here of the Alt Country variety, some more sensitive 'Dylan in a toxic relationship'-type stuff. Minus a star for him being a dirtbag

Folk. Was okay.

I had never heard anything about this artist so I looked up reviews before listening. This was a mistake as I think his reprehensible behaviour may have clouded my judgement. Music was ok, songs nothing to write home about. Probably a 2.5 but I need to to make it a whole number Promise not to look up reviews before scoring from now on

Not for me

Pretty much the slow twangy cry for me country sound I don't really enjoy much. Now if he just covered Bryan Adams songs, especially Summer of 69 (get it Luke?), I would have enjoyed a lot more. I did enjoy the 2 honkytonk sounding tunes in To Be Young and Shakedown on 9th Street. Probably my 2 favorite of the album. There was one surprise for me, I did enjoy Come Pick Me Up. Something about that sound and lyrics really stood out to me. Sound like this dude was chasing a real POS. 3 pretty good tunes, too much twang and overuse of the harmonica at times leaves with with a right down the middle 2.5. I'll round down because the dude is a clown. 2.5

Pretty boring - Dylan with a banjo

Doesn't sound bad, but certainly not interesting. Plus seeing this guy is terrible

Similar to the Gold album by this guy I didn't think this was anything special, maybe a bit better. Apparently Ryan Adams is not that great of a person according to many of the reviews here, I don't know about all that but the guy sure does make some mediocre music.

I can't quite explain it, but this album sounds like it was written by an asshole, and not in the good way.

I wanted the Canadian guy with a B

Good sound and storytelling. I like the guitar. Dylan-esque

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Adams#Harassment_allegations

The bluegrass aspects and backing voices were nice.

Too country. This didn't work for me.

Pretty dogshit with a couple good tracks

I’ll start with this: I know about his misdemeanor, and I don’t know much else about Ryan Adams. I’ve never watched an interview, never been to a show. But his apology for sexual misconduct and the accusations against him are enough to make one thing clear—he’s not a good guy. So, fuck you, Ryan Adams. Now, about the album itself: it’s a surprisingly relaxing listen. Tracks like Amy and Bartering Lines stand out with their calm, soothing feel and beautifully understated instrumentals. Stripped of context, I’d probably give this a decent 3 stars. But I can’t separate the music from the man entirely + Sweet Lil' gal (23rd/1st) was the worst closing track I have heard in a long time. 6/10.

Wannabe country-star Bob Dylan. Side story: Back in the oughts, for my environmentally conscious girlfriend, I made a mix CD themed to recycling and put Adams' track "Come Pick Me Up" on it, that was definitely the highlight pick of the collection.

I don't love alt country anyway, but this seemed super average to me. also starting out your CD with studio banter about Morrissey solo records is a weird move. Let hiphop keep the dumb tradition of interstitial skits between tracks, no one else needs to do this.

I thought it might be good at first and then it got real boring real quick

I'm abusing my unemployment for this???

It's a bit too Americana for my taste and Ryan Adams is too much of an asshole who preyed on young female artists. "To Be Young" was the only song that really stood out to me and I'm tempted to award a point for Gillian Welch's contribution. Overall though, it's not for me.

Previously rated: Gold (3/5) ********************* Edit: I didn't remember listening to his other album. I feel like I was a victim of bait and switch with this one. The first couple of tracks were promising even though it's country, then the wheels fall off and it becomes minimalist and boring as shit.

I have tried to get into Ryan Adams including attending a 3 hr secret gig. I listened to the whole album but it still doesn’t do it for me. I find his music and voice very generic and boring.

"It’s a 5. Get over yourselves Wokesters. No crime was committed. It’s life. It’s complicated. And you’re hypocrites." This guy ABSOLUTELY helped put a sexual assaulting convicted felon in the White House.

BOOOORRINNNNG

Bij het vorige album van Ryan schreef ik dat het beloofde te spetteren, maar dat het verzandde in een singer-songwriterplaat. Dat gevoel heb ik nu weer. Al heeft dit album wat meer afwisseling, ook met meer klassieke rock-klanken. Ik schreef ook dat Ryan een goede zanger is. Ook dat hoor ik nu weer. Het is fijn dat hij ook bij Dylan of Bruce achtige nummers gewoon goed zingt. Die klanken komen mij wat oprechter over dan het zogenaamd emotioneel praatzingen. Ik wil dat verschil ook wel in het cijfer uitdrukken, maar enkele energietrekkers als Oh my sweet Caroline beletten me toch het album een voldoende te geven.

Two pretty lively songs, but the rest are snoozers. This is country folk.

Roooompiiiiiiche

Maybe it was just a bad pace for my mood at the time, but it was too slow for my liking. Zoned out a lot. 1 - would not listen to again 2 - if some one played it, I'd probably just zone it out 3 - didn't hate it, didn't love it 4 - saved some songs from the album 5 - would buy the album or already own it

I like this - I probably would have loved it at the time it was released.

Gave it a 3 the first time around. I like someone of the harmonies but since Ryan Adams sucks dropping it down to a 2 this time around.

Were it not for the single "To Be Young" id probably rate this a 1 on principle, but that song is amazing.

One of the very first CDs I was gifted was a Ryan Adams CD, or maybe it was a Bryan Adams CD? Anyway, I returned the fuck out of that shit and exchanged it for a Creed CD.

Personally just not a fan of the country sound. Subtract an extra star due to the artist' controversies Tracks to Track: Oh My Sweet Carolina

Nothing memorable at all. With a name like that , I’d have released a song called Summer of 68 etc , etc.

The first song had a hint of promise, the one where he tried to sound like Dylan, but after that it was a bit pants.

His voice is good, but the songs are so dull 💤

Well that’s it, this album conclusively proves (from a sample of 2) that all songs called Sweet Carolina/Caroline can do one. Oh and the rest of the album is kind of OK, in an inoffensive background noise kind of way, but just seems to lack any originality to deem worthiness for this list. Bob Dylan he ain’t.

Bland

This is OK, but kind of hollow. Favorite track: "Bartering Lines"

Generally it is boring Alt-Country. "Amy" was only the track I truly enjoyed. The rest doesn't add anything new, just a rehash of Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, and most annoying the emulation of the worst qualities of Bob Dylan with a wailing harmonica. The only positive thing out of those songs is that I will admit that Ryan Adams is a slightly better singer than Bob Dylan, but honestly that is not saying much. I wish he was bringing something unique and not just rehashing the influences of the past.

eh

Bob Dylan but if he was would more intelligible and a massive asshole. It’s alright to me, I like the end. (5/10, 2/5)

Music wasn’t terrible but -1 for apparently being a sex pest.

tja.. paar goeie nummers... maar duurt veel te lang

2.5

This album was not good. I heard his other record on the list and it bored the hell out of me apart from the opener and this one was no different, incredibly derivative, basically not good.

Started off as something I thought I woudlnt like, for a very brief surprising moment I liked it, and then it was too whiney for me again. Glad I dont like it because the dude turn out to be… lets say not a great person

Ryan Adams has released a bunch of albums, all of which are pretty standard folk rock singer-songwriter stuff with some Americana/Country touches. Definitely not my thing. Also, looking at this artwork, it kinda looks like the cigarette is standing upright in the background rather than in Ryan's mouth. Trippy. Key tracks: Amy

I know who Ryan Adams is, but not very familiar with his music. Dylan-esque country/folk rock vibe tilting more towards country. Not music I would normally listen to on purpose. Nothing really stood out or clicked for me. It's not bad, but not great either. Just...meh. -1 because Adams is just a terrible human being. I’d take 2 off, but then I’d have to look at his face in my lowest rated albums everyday.

Nope

Not my thing a few good songs but pretty forgettable

2.5/5 The parts I like remind me of Wilco or even the Beatles, plenty of Dylan in here too, but it's just too rooted in country music to really appeal to me. It is a little hemmed in by pop music principles but has enough heart to seem genuine and not just written to move units. Fairly nice guitar work to accompany the vocals.

Meh. Certainly not the worst I've heard but just boring to listen to. No idea why this is considered for this list.

Das Album Heartbreaker von Ryan Adams wurde im Jahr 2000 in den Woodland Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, aufgenommen. Die Aufnahmen fanden über einen Zeitraum von 14 Tagen statt, wobei Adams eng mit dem Produzenten Ethan Johns zusammenarbeitete. Unterstützt wurde er von Musikern wie Gillian Welch, David Rawlings und Emmylou Harris. Ryan Adams ist ein US-amerikanischer Singer-Songwriter aus Jacksonville, North Carolina. Vor seiner Solokarriere war er Mitglied der Band Whiskeytown. Das Album umfasst 15 Titel und bewegt sich im Genre des Alternative Country mit Einflüssen aus Folk und Rock. Besonders hervorzuheben sind die Songs "To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High)", "Oh My Sweet Carolina" (ein Duett mit Emmylou Harris) und "Come Pick Me Up". Heartbreaker zeichnet sich durch seine reduzierte Instrumentierung und die introspektiven Texte aus. Die Lieder thematisieren persönliche Erfahrungen und Emotionen, wobei die musikalische Umsetzung schlicht gehalten ist. Insgesamt bietet Heartbreaker einen Einblick in Adams' Songwriting und seine Fähigkeit, persönliche Geschichten musikalisch umzusetzen.

I was more of a Whiskeytown guy, but this is an ok record. Back then, it was a 3. First time hearing it in 20 years, it's closer to a 2. Mid. Listenable, not that exciting. By most accounts Ryan Adams is a terrible dude, so there's that. Kinda fitting that it opens with an argument about Morrissey who also turned out to be a terrible dude.

Some of this quite nice but good lord the harmonica. And by most accounts here he's a nob so I guess that's that.

As with his other album I reviewed, it started off very easy going and breezy, but after a short while it seemed to slow waaay down, and I just found it so dull.