Heartbreaker

Э, ну такое. Лучшая песня - Come Pick Me Up.

Why the fuck is this in the list? Beige. Bland. Lame. Repetitive. Samey. Embarrassingly clichéd lyrics. Such a fucking borrrreeeeeeee It's a no from me

I didn't hate it but it did drag on a little. also, he sounds like a bit of a dick so I'm glad both of his albums are out of the way.

Really didn't like this. It was too slow and whiny for me. Best song was Shakedown on 9th Street but it sounds like it's from a totally different album.

The songs here are an easy listen and aren't too long where you're waiting for the end. I don't really have any complaints, despite not expecting to want to revisit this one. The verdict: - This album is good (3 stars) - Ryan Adams is not (-1 star)

No thanks

This was pretty average to bad. It’s modern country music disguised as rock in some bits. “Amy” was the highlight. I guess he’s also a piece of shit? Forgettable.

As far as country albums go this isn't bad. It's a quick listen, the guy's voice is interesting, and the music is fine enough. Does this deserve to be in the list of best/most important/whatever the criterion of this list is? I would say no. I'd still instinctively switch radio stations if it were playing.

Skaplig singer songwriter/country/poprock typ. En låt som tilltalade mig, resten var rätt meh

first song was ok, the rest is just bad dylan wannabe bs

Another one that'll fall into the abyss of "objectively fine, but just not for me". The country twang and harmonicas over soulful songs will definitely be someone's jam, but it sure ain't mine.

mais uma vez rock. eu não aguento mais rock.

mais um da lista que tem milhões de exposeds (inclusive da phoebe bridgers) e processos por ser um merda! lol dito isso alt country (?) é meu ovo. chatão a beça, sem sal e pau mole. só num dou 1 estrela pq é bem produzido. alguém tentou.

A bit anonymous

way more misses than hits. also, dude is an asshole.

Boring

Goh, een beetje te veel neuten naar mijn goesting. Ik ken het niet, dacht dat ze de B waren vergeten. 2.4

Thought the music was okay - but then I did some research on him and don't like him

Irrespective of whatever bad things he did, this is pretty bloodless 2000s Americana, no bueno. I'd much rather listen to Summer of '69.

Really liked the follow up album "Gold" - but this rather washed over me - a bit generic and a bit forgettable.

Boring

2 stars - Now if he was actually related to Bryan Adams instead of just sharing his birthday with him, it would have been 3 stars. :)

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dude am i on my Evil Horny Boy streak or what. getting these two after alanis morissette is starting to make me think she has a point ab men! i literally first heard about ryan adams hearing ab his abuses back in the metoo wave , a memory that only sticks with me upon finding out that its Not in fact the summer of 69 guy. its a little difficult than to form a meaningful relationship with his music after the fact, but its made all the worse by the fact that his artistic persona is Sensitive and Sad and Regretful For What Could Have Been etc etc...just goes down bad with not just the knowledge that he's a douche but the Specific knowledge that he'd attempt to sabotage ppl who rejected him lol. the actual music seems okay...this is not my genre of expertise so im pretty unconfident in my ability to judge it as especially remarkable but theres absolutely at least a few beautiful melodies on here...come pick me up in particular stopped me in my tracks after almost losing consciousness in the sleepy cozy vibes (helped by great production). i kinda wanna be more generous to it based on those moments but i cant deny how huge a piece of the puzzle i feel like im missing not being able to buy into most of the lyrics...i could imagine myself getting emotionally lost in this , but in This universe i cant get much closer than a fairly vast distance

This was far too country for my tastes. Rating: 2

I think I rate Ryan Adams less as a result of what the generator has shown me; I came in having enjoyed his 2017 album 'Prisoner' a fair bit, but this album and Gold are less to my tastes. There are a few moments where he doesn't even try to hide how much he wants to sound like Bob Dylan... but more often he sounds less like one particular artist and more like all mid-tempo Americana ever. It's just a bit cliched musically - I don't hear any individuality coming through. There are some nice moments, sure, but it's mostly pretty bland stuff.

Seems fine, just went by and nothing stood out for me. Will I listen to again: 0%

More fucking harmonica!!

ok, but nothing to get excited about. The harmonicas filled me with rage.

As far as country-flavored music goes, this wasn't too bad. 2.4 stars.

The album starts pretty well. It still looks like a low-cost Bob Dylan, but it's pretty good. The following songs become more and more blame, and the album's end is almost anti-climax. Maybe I'll give it another chance on another day, but for now, I can only rate it with 2.5 stars.

Low impact cardio music.

Not for me.

Not for me.

I like a few tunes on here and Adams has made a few that I like a lot more than anything on this album - but a lot of this was just putin' me to sleep.

Pretty decent

Why is this list full of cliche mid music?

don't care for this genre, skimmed thru it; no rating

zur ruhig, zu "country"

I did like this one more than his other album on the list but that’s a low bar. Rating: 2.1

i like this a lot less than i like other circa-2000 indie alt-country.

i've heard to be young before and i gotta say i thought it was from the 70s. it's pretty good. the rest of it sounds like it's from 2000 but is trying to be from the 70s and was pretty bad.

Not a fan! I didn't like his voice, and the songs all kind of felt the same. I don't enjoy the faux vulnerability of this genre of country rock.

slotting this beside norah jones in the "dull but inoffensive" rankings. 1.5

Look I tried. This album is just so sad. I'm usually a big fan of the harmonica but after the third song in a row started with a depressing harmonica melody I actually wanted to kill myself. Maybe I was just already in a bad mood but Jesus Christ this album made it ten times worse.

There’s some pleasant tunes but nothing that rises to great for me. But more egregiously it overstays its welcome with a runtime that’s far too long. 2/5

Fella is clearly a little mixed up. I wanted to share in his heartbreak, but he didn't half make it bloody hard work. The harmonica got on my tits. Just talk to her, mate.

The ads on youtube sounded better than some of the tracks. I made it all the way through, but it was insepid to the extreme. Like eating a bowl of dry special k cereal.

Quite liked the acoustic guitar to begin with, Ryan Adams has a decent voice, thought I wouldn't mind this. As it went on the cool American persona got ever more annoying until I felt like I was trapped in a party and Ryan had got out his guitar and wouldn't stop trying to show off. Put iTunes back on Ryan, she's not interested! We all know you're not some some of wandering troubadour, you definitely have a massive mansion. So musically its not that bad but the content and themes are irritating.

Set out to make a listenable record. I didn't read too closely into the lyrics, but they felt mild. Music is absolutely alright. Utterly fine, which is not praise.

I was fully expecting to hate this, however it was not what I was expecting and I have subsequently realised that Ryan Adams and Bryan Adams are not the same person! However, unfortunately Ryan seems less than a good egg judging by some of the public reviews.... Art from artist and all that though. I quite enjoyed about half of this. Mostly the less country sounding ones. Really easy to listen to in the background. Not sure I'll be rushing back but I have learnt something today 2.5 but 2 for the bad stuff

Not this asshat again. Last one got a 2 from me, based on no knowledge of what the fellow gets up to in his spare time. Will this one beat it especially now that I've been armed with that knowledge? I tried by was done by the end of "Amy". Yup, nope.

This album would be nice background music at a hipster coffee bar.

He sounds like a bad Dylan imitator and assaults women… otherwise it had its good moments.

Not for me

This was a difficult one to review. I listened to Glory a few times back in the day (pre allegations), and it didn't do much for me then either, do I don't feel too bad about this one. There's a few good songs on here, and the backing band are really solid, but honestly a lot of the songs in the second half are quite dull. I believe in separation of art and artist in theory, for example I'm completely fine with listening to Michael Jackson's early albums. But it's difficult when the art in question is meant to make you sympathise with the artist. This is an album mainly concerned with Ryan Adams' own heartbreak, and I find it hard to feel sorry for him, now that we all know how horrible a person he is.

This dude got another album on here? Such a POS he is.

Well we started in a bar room shooting pool and smoking cigarettes, and we ended on the barstool crying into a glass of whiskey. Turns out the guys a scumbag so I award zero points (1 is the minimum). That being said I still enjoy music from other scumbags so that makes me a hypocrite. Sue me.

I hadn't heard Ryan Adam's before listening to this. At first I liked the music and songs but as it went on I got bored. The lyrics didn't hold up for me. Then after learning more about Ryan Adams it brings up the conundrum of can you listen to someone's music and disregard the person.

This album has moments. The upbeat tunes are fun although the whole album suffers from lyrics which are, at best, mediocre and often disposable. "To be young is to be sad, is to be be high" ?? But overall the album grinds to a halt for many songs in a row. I found it impossible to keep my attention on them. 2.4

At the beginning I thought, oh, maybe this one's better than "Gold", to which I listened to just 2 days before, but I was wrong.

A bit meh. After listening to Gold, did we really need another Ryan Adams album.

Ryan shadums what is this arse!

Meh. If I want to listen to Van Morrison, I'll go listen to Van Morrison. Look everyone knows the guys is a horrendous cunt, so let's leave that to one side. The music is well played etc. The one with Emmylou Harris is alright. The album is probably better than Gold, the banality of which made me actually angry. This one doesn't provoke a similarly visceral response, I tuned out more or less completely around halfway through and ultimately this gets a more banal score as a result.

The answer to “we have Dylan and Springsteen at home.” Occasionally interesting, mostly derivative.

Correct

Not my cup of tea except first one

Way too sleepy and way too much harmonica.

Album os pretty mid. Never heard of Ryan Adams and will not be returning. 2/5

To think that people made sure they made a distinction between this guy and Bryan Adams. Both I suppose should be on such a list. A lot of people like them and they sold exceptionally well. And god bless both of them. I don’t like either man’s music much. But I’m clearly in the minority.

Well, Ryan Adams, eh? yet another example of the age-old conundrum: can we enjoy the Art regardless of the behavior of the Artist? Judy Mills, owner of Mills Record Company record store in Kansas City, was quoted in a article in Pitchfork (https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/what-does-a-canceled-ryan-adams-album-mean-for-record-stores/): “As I was a pulling a Ryan Adams box set off the floor, I also pulled his artist card from the racks, and I thought to myself: What do I do with the other artists out here, filling my sales floor, who are alleged to be sexual molesters, offenders, rapists, misogynists, and plain ol’ assholes? It’s easy to stop stocking those artists going forward, but what about now that I own them?” With Adams and R. Kelly in the news, Mills says it’s easy to choose not to stock them, new or used. “But then John Lennon, Jimmy Page, and Phil Spector, because they’re not in the news, it’s OK to carry them?” she wonders. “Not gonna stock the Beatles? Led Zep?” Very complicated. And for me, it comes down to ick factor. Does what I know create a feeling of ickiness in me that prevents me from listening to the music? And sorry, Mr Adams, you have crossed that line. Your Mr Sensitive Artist persona feels like wolf-in-sheep's-clothing camouflage that you use to manipulate and exploit young women. And that has a deleterious effect on the music industry, discouraging women from creating art that we might all enjoy, and society as a whole by discouraging women from, you know, enjoying their daily lives. It's just shitty behavior, dude, and you don't really seem that aware or apologetic. But what, I hear you ask, is the album actually like? Well, it's pretty solid. He's got a great voice and a crack band (notably featuring David Rawlings and Gillian Welch), and he can craft a pretty great country tune. It was a very pleasant surprise to hear Emmylou Harris turn up of 'Oh My Sweet Carolina". She always makes everything better, but it did make me wonder why I was listening to this instead of one of her records (or even a Gram Parsons LP). My favourite song is 'Bartering Lines'. But I think I'm going to have to rate this one pretty low, based on 1) Ryan Adams seems like an arsehole, and 2) there are plenty of other examples of this type of thing that I can happily listen to instead (for example, let's listen to Phoebe Bridgers record, that would be cool!). "Oh no!" I hear you say "Cancel culture run amok!" Well, settle down, there buddy, or as Ryan himself would say "Easy, tiger". The accusations against Ryan delayed the release of a record or two, but have you seen how many albums he has released since then? At least six, or more depending on what you count. And the first show back on his apology tour was a sold-out concert at Carnegie Hall. He is living proof that a Me Too scandal may tap the brakes for a little bit, but, barring incarceration, it's hardly career threatening. I just can't listen to this record without my mind being flooded with distracting thoughts of Ryan Adams manipulating and exploiting women. Which kind of kills the vibe, you know? He's not Marilyn Manson level evil, but still pretty creepy, so he gets two stars at best.

Noteworthy songs - 808080808 Magical Dream - Kinda catchy synth, but the rest is bland. Ancodia - Good background noise. Cobra Bora - Actually kind of cool, reminds me of Bomberman Hero. Pacific 202 - N64 vibes, but melody isn't great. Donkey Doctor - Nothing too special, weird ending. 808080808 - Really cool beginning. A little slow in the middle but stays interesting enough. Sunrise - Nothing remarkable. The Fat Shadow - Eerie. Very short.

Meh

I like some Ryan Adams, but not this album

talented dude but def not my type of music

Never heard of this artist. The album was meh, okay background music for work. Reading the wiki about the artist, okay, that explains a lot.

Ok so I know this guy turned it to be a douche. But I also remember SO MUCH HYPE about him when he first came in the scene. Somehow I never took the time to check out any of his stuff. Dude this is BORING. It must have been a slow year for music in 2000 if this debut got so much praise. Also, his vocal style is pretentious AF. These lyrics aren’t as deep as he seems to want them to be. I was looking for originality and did not find it.

My review of the previous Ryan Adams album we got still holds here ("Tuneful and easy to listen to, but completely unmemorable"); at least this one is a more reasonable length.

Don't really remember the album...

There are charming moments here but Adams rather trashed his work with his behaviour and its hard not to muse on the disconnect between the image of the lovelorn troubadour he portrays here and the misogynist sex pest he is. Let's hope his apology was sincere and his efforts to overcome his demons succeed.

vokalisti tämän ratkaisi ja voivoivoivoi....... helvetin lieskat liehuvat ottakaa..... kuulostaa NIIN paskalta.. ja huonolla tavalla... Get over yourselves Wokesters. No crime was committed. It’s life. It’s complicated. (heh...reference to sexual.. kriips kriips käsiliike... olen psykio paattinen) musiikki joskus hyvää.. harmonikka soi.. yrittää olla robert dylan, eipä oikeen onnistunut.Super fedt album. Kan mærke han følelser helt ude gennem højtalerne. God blanding af stille og skaldede numre. MITÄ VELI PUHUU?? VELJENPOJAT.. TUPU HUPU LUPU ASS MF... dogwater .. rokkabilli rokista saa kaks tähteä. olen kirjoittanut tänään 3500+ sanaa pitääkö tähänkin vielä onko ihan pakko tähänkin pistää se sata ei kukaan näitä lue... vai lukeeko.. lähetäppä screenshottia... to be yoyng

i cant believe this dude is on here twice. what the heck am i missing. like bad bob dylan.

Clearly very talented, but the ballads are overwrought and the Bob Dylan homage is waaaay too thick.

This dude is so cringe. How did it take so long for everyone to realize he was a predator? It's written all over this debut album. Almost every song is some narcissistic, woe is me whine-fest about a dude who hates himself and knows what a piece of crap he is but refuses to do anything about it. And then he asks why women always leave him... Of course this guy is a Morrisey fan. The music is also boring as hell. There are so many better examples of Americana/folk-rock artists from this time period — Andrew Bird, Josh Ritter, and Peter Bradley Adams to name just a few examples. 2/5 — not utterly unlistenable but close

It was alright. It was too country and not rock enough.

The second track is decent rockabilly but too over produced for me, but the rest is pretty bland

Cunt thinks he’s Bob Dylan

Trash

did not enjoy

This album started off pretty strong, but lost steam quickly. The inclusion of speaking lines before songs start comes across as faux-sincerity. Felt like a deliberate move by a producer to make this music feel more genuine. All that being said, it's nice, gentle music. If that's your thing, go nuts. I have a hard time with these hour long lullaby albums.

a bit better than the previous one, still pretty unremarkable

meh

A snooze fest, but a least a competent one.

Weinerlicher Alternative Country.

The only thing I know about this guy is that he's not Bryan Adams, he covered 1989 and I think he's since been cancelled? I don't know. Let's find out together. Hmm the album was mostly boring, a couple of fun points but then I deducted a star for him being trash. Sorry my countdown my rules!

Few good tunes, I much prefer Gold.

Not a big fan of this earlier work, but then again: not a fan of his recent behaviour either. Let's see how his redemption shot works out.

A few years ago, my mum was very excited because she’d got tickets to see the guitarist from queen perform locally. Imagine her shock and dismay (and my amusement) when he opened the show with Summer Of 69! 2 stars

I’ve never listened intentionally to anything of Ryan Adams. I was aware of him but whenever I heardhis name I always thought of Robin Hood which apparently and quite rightly pisses this Adams off. So I was quite open to listening to this album to see if I was missing something. I found it on the whole a pleasant way to while away a Saturday morning. A couple of tracks I really liked - Winding Wheel and Amy but nothing else stood out for me. Cannot say that I’m a lover at all of Country Rock or Bluegrass but as a change and as an attempt to widen my musical appreciation it was OK. Prior to listening I had a sneak look at other reviews. It appears that in the USA Adams is a bit of a hate figure due to his admitted harassment allegations. Something I was totally unaware of but also something that bothers me. As I am never going to purchase his music and probably never again listen intentionally to his albums it made no difference to my overall impression of this album.

I’m not that familiar with Ryan Adams music, just that he covered wonderwall and is a massive dickhead. So didn’t go into this with high expectations, music alone I was pleasantly surprised. Enjoyable album, but would I recommend folk listen to it before they die? Doubt it.

Bartering Lines was an interesting tune. Shakedown on 9th had White Stripes vibes

When I was at college, I knew a lot of people - mainly girls I had crushes on - who were really into Ryan Adams, so I spent a lot of time trying to understand what people saw in him. Ultimately I just realized I didn’t like his music because it’s a shallower version of stuff I like better, and this is the epitome of that. It’s shallower takes on the kind of alt-country that bands like Wilco were doing much better at the time. The more energetic rock songs hold up better, and suggest he would have had a more fruitful career if he’d embraced that sense of fun rather than trying to be an artist.

Nothing kills a personal album with a lot of love songs quite like finding out the artist is an abuser. 4/10

Started strong but quickly became boring. Let's go, Willie

Better by a long chalk than Gold. But it's kind of Elliott Smith lite at its best.

Boring

damn i was just gonna write "this sounds like sufjan stevens for straight people" but then i found out this guy actually sucks more than his music does

ryan adams' heartbreaker was a mellow album and unfortunately kind of a boring one. by far from the worst album i've heard, i did enjoy the different kind of country found here. i'm given to understand adams created some early indie folk country sounds, though it's clear to be not my style of music. i did enjoy the lyrics, too, but gosh there was that one song or two that went too heavy on the harmonica.

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Not my thing, expected more of it as I heard the name before.

Рот ебал кантри

A dreary dirge of an album, hard to get through.

Starts well, gets dull. Welch and Rawlings are great people to have around as backup but they seem wasted on this project

Album of ballads which was ok, but not my thing at all. Some fun honky tonk at the beginning, but overall was just sort of meh to me. Won’t listen to this again. Ryan Adams I’ve avoided for a long time thinking it wasn’t for me and listening to this album confirmed my opinion that it wasn’t for me.

Coffee shop playlist... music for not listening to.

Not at all memorable. I like Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson. This isn't interesting by comparison. I suppose if you feel that it's nice to have modern topics and modern instrumentation and modern production in country, you might like this, but it did nothing for me.

Today is a dark cloudy rainy day, and this album fits the vibe just right. I've heard of Bryan Adams but not Ryan Adams. Didn't know what kind of music it was. It's a little close to country but not quite. I like the acoustic guitar sound throughout. It's kinda depressing. hahaha Don't think I would ever revisit this. 2 stars.

Didn't love it. Listened twice but barely noticed sorry Ryan

🎶My hair is growing🎶 🎶Growing all the time🎶 🎶Look how sensitive I am🎶 🎶Cause my voice is so fine🎶 🎶Every beer I've ever had🎶 🎶Is on a shelf above my bed🎶 🎶And sometimes I turn my speakers🎶 🎶Facing out my window🎶

I feel like this would be an older album that’d influence musicians in the future, but it’s from 2000. There’s nothing new said here and no new musical approaches. This is the first time, however, that I have heard the singer/songwriter genre contain so much country & rockabilly flavor. Still, this album was nothing special for me. Maybe I didn’t listen to the lyrics hard enough, but who knows. Would rather listen to Bob Dylan or James Taylor any day.

Soppy shit

Kinda mid

nah

I remember liking this when I first heard it years ago. I don’t think it’s just because of what we know about Ryan Adams now, but I didn’t like this as much as I recalled. A couple great songs but a lot of boring stretches.

I never heard of Ryan Adams, but according to the reviews on here, he's not a very nice fellow. Whatever, I don't have any desire or time to read up on him. His music was a competent but unexceptional immitation of some classic blues and americana singer-songwriter ballads from the 50's and 60's. 2 yawns out of 5 🥱🥱

Fairly bland singer songwriter fare. The louder bits are better than the quieter bits. Trying to be Bob Dylan a bit too much in places. Rating: 2.5/5 Playlist track: To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High) Date listened: 25/07/23

Honestly boring.

Are you kidding me? There's ANOTHER album by this Americana-wannabe who copies Dylan and Springsteen? He blows harder on the harmonica and, wow, suddenly it's a pop hit. Screw off, I'm not in the mood to listen to 52 minutes of pop ballads. Not today, not ever. 2 stars because it's not unlistenable, and there were a few songs I could bare. Doesn't mean I like it... at all.

It's good music but the musician is too problematic.

I'm not a good judge of musical quality, but this is the first album that felt under-competent to me

A bit ... boring? 2/5

HL: "To Be Young", "Bartering Lines", "Amy", "Call Me On Your Way Back Home" 2.5 😪 Kinda bored, which I think is about the worst feeling a record on the 1001 list should give me- but it isn't without some strong moments (see above), and maybe a future revisit would stir up some feelings that were absent from the 1st listen

иногда чутка цепляет, но в целом брухб

He's musically good, what about his misconduct? Hard to say.

Very slow and boring. One good song.

very boring, i didn’t like it

Folk estadounidense con demasiadas canciones lentas. Ni fu ni fa. Pues no, al final un 2. Muuuchas canciones lentas.

Was familiar with To Be Young but nothing else by RA. I liked a few songs here, bored by a few. Oh My Sweet Carolina and Shakedown on 9th Street were good but every time the album seems like it’s getting interesting, it just plummets to average again.

Not my type...

slow and sad. Ya, not worth my time to finish this.

Harmoni-can you not

Dunno who this guy is but the first song is really famous. There ya go eh? Otherwise sounds a bit too much like Bob Dylan for me. Update: was gonna be a 3 but this got super fuckin long. 2/5.

Back when this came out, a couple of guys at work cited this as a masterpiece. I never got it. I thought his band Whiskeytown was overrated, too. Plus, I remember thinking Ryan Adams was an asshole. I can't remember what stories I heard about him but I just hated this fucker. Give me Old 97's over this dude any day. Anyway, now I see stories about what a sexual predator this guy is, and I'm glad I hated him. I didn't make it through all of this, but I begrudgingly admit that the song "Amy" is kind of good. Perhaps the rest of it is good, too. But I don't care. And I know that this high ground of mine is rich and all, considering I'm a Kanye fan, but I think perhaps if I like Adams' music before learning what a douche he was it would be different.

My first foray into Ryan Adams. Very Lumineers-ish on some songs. But just not enough OOMPH for me. I had enough by the halfway point. I’m hoping to hear an electric guitar at some point this week in this group. Also, albums should be 12 songs MAX.

They say never meet your heroes, which is great because I’ve never met Ryan Adams, nor is he my hero. This album is great for burning cigarette marks into your XS denim jacket to look cooler and more badass than you actually are. Oh for me to be young again and get distracted by an acoustic guitar and a decent voice. Almost as young as the girls this guy likes. Big time loser. Some of it had some redeeming qualities, but I found the lyrics pretty whiny and those of a “sad boi”. Maybe those are my preconceived notions at work tho. By half way through the album, I was ready to go home, so come pick me up. Talented, I guess. But….meh.

Some good musicianship here. The guitar, piano and harmonica are good, and he has a decent voice as well. That being said, this album falls pretty flat for me. There are just way too many slow songs all over this album and it drags me down to sleep. When I do pay attention to the glut of slow songs they are pretty decently made, I just find that putting them all in a row makes for a rough listen. A highlight is To Be Young, it's a fun and upbeat start to the album. I don't even mind the throwaway intro track since it kind of sounds like a conversation I would have with some buds over some beers.

little boring

Very forgettable

Another case of ending up in a situation where I’m left evaluating whether an artist's shortcomings as a person invalidate their art. But in this case, I kind of felt indifferent overall. Truth be told, a few of these songs in the beginning of the album are okay but there's such a commitment to keeping any one quality or song from standing out. Sorry, but I don't think I'll be revisiting.

Very soft and calm, I don't think I'd listen again because the songs all sounded the same to me, apart from the couple times they got upbeat

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Yeah not really for me, To Be Young is a banger but the rest of it was a bit too down/moody for where I was at.

On one hand the fifty minutes pass quickly; On the other there's nothing sticky in the second half. On balance promising roots-songwriting that I'm unlikely to revisit.

Easy background listen Might be an overrating from me because I didnt really pay attention because i had it on in the background whilst working so if you wanna send for me at a later date and use this as ammunition suck ya mom ya illiterate fook

Couple of good songs but nothing I thought was exciting or new

So much sincere longing needs the right recipient in the right mood. But there‘s slight chance this all comes off too tacky. 2.2

Bob Dylan for Urban Outfitter shoppers.

Boring music for boring people.

Your average generic folk-rock album bought at Wal-Mart because de guy was looking nice and cool on the cover.

Some of it sounds nice but it's too sappy for me.

I like the album but the guy is a fuck-wit

This is somehow an improvement of Gold, the first Ryan Adams album to appear on this list. Note; Heartbreaker is not good. At all. But there are a few excellent songs such as “Amy”. Ryan Adams is nonetheless still the epitome of quantity over quality and quite the shitty singer. But I’ll hand this a 2, simply because I wasn’t as angry as I was the last time he was here. I sure hope this was the last of Ryan Adams, though.

Singer/songwriter, list rock, lidt country

Aside from his personal issues, this is mostly just boring. Stunned to recognize the first song though. I had only known him by Mandy and by his 1989 cover, which admittedly was solid.

wtf, where is "summer of 69"

this wasn't, like. bad. but i wasn't really into it lyrics seemed extremely trite and they bothered me so i tried to ignore them. some of the music was okay tho. amy was decent

definitely not my genre. 2.

Not bad, but didn't leave a lasting impression on me. 2,5/5

No one needs to hear this. This is just knockoff Robin Hitchcock.

10/25/22 Too slow for today honestly. Didn’t have much desire to finish the end.

Its just not engaging, his voice is quite average and bland and really most of the album put me to sleep. The only song that I enjoyed was track 2 "To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is To Be High) Track 1 (Argument with David Rawlings Concerning Morrisy) - Shouldn't be on the album, its just rubbish. I can enjoy sleepy slow songs but his voice isn't engaging enough - unless the intention of the album is to help the listener get to sleep - but it even fails at that because of Track 1 - wtf, and track 2 just wakes you up.

"To Be Young" has a bit of twang to it and overall the album it's a wee bit more raw than the bucket of blandness he sent us last time.

I feel bad that David Rawlings is associated with this chode.

Wisselend. Heb het bij het enelaatste nummer stopgezet, vond het wel mooi geweest.

Got time for a lot of Americana, but this leaves me mostly cold.

Hoping for upbeat Canadian eighties rock but ended up with ownbeat audlin ccoustic uzak.

The Winter of '69.

Initial thoughts: amazing vocals, okay lyrics, but generally slow and empty sounding instrumentally. Final thoughts: boring. Sounds like it was made for early 2000’s southern teenage girls crying over a boy who just drove away in his Ford pick-up truck. Most songs are just quiet vocals, a little bit of acoustic guitar, and off-key harmonica. There are 2 interesting songs, they completely carry the album. Every other song sounds the same, and ends extremely abruptly. Best song: Shakedown on 9th Street Worst song: Call Me on Your Way Back Home

Meh too much harmonica, kinda boring

meh

Some decent songs from a less than decent person.

Heeft goede nummers maar niet zo speciaal imo

Ik vond er niets speciaals aan

Dull, and he seems like a bellend. The album starts with wankers arguing about who loves a prick more, and gets worse from there. Musically ok, but lyrically and in terms of the flow of the album, it is crap.

Some decent songs from a less than decent person.

Whether it's true or fair, Adams has always struck me as the kind of trust fund baby who affects a Southern accent so he can sing faux-country and then stops by his favorite artisanal froyo shop on his way back to his Manhattan apartment, which he calls a flat. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but it's just not something I want to listen to. Best track: Oh My Sweet Carolina

il a ecrit sa propre histoire ou jsp

Not a fan.

Meh at best.

Singer songwriter country-inspired fare - not my cup of tea.

Some pretty neat harmonica here. But overall, this ain't for me. Faves: Damn Sam (I Love a Woman That Rains), Come Pick Me Up

A couple good singles, but it’s hard to listen back without ignoring the context of his shtiness as a person.

Need to hear it again. 2.5/5

4/09/2022 Today's Album: "Heartbreaker" by Ryan Adams - This album was pretty mid. I think going into it, I expected it to be pretty bad, being an album from the year 2000 with the title Heartbreaker and although there are a few break out tracks that really shine, a lot of the folk-country displayed on this record just sounds like John Denver could have done it and so much better. I appreciate the production of this album and on the songs that have a lot of views, there are really great ideas being presented like in the track My Sweet Carolina where the vocals are really clear and present in the mix. However, the only times this album really sounds good outside of that is when the song has a sad tone to it, which gets really old after a while. I think My Winding Wheel is a really great track on it's own and Amy really tugs at the heart strings, but after you hear the good tracks on this album the effort feels like it was really soaked up and the rest of this is just a bunch of filler. I enjoyed it to some extent, but I really think I would just recommend listening to the tracks under the Highlights section and leaving the rest as a bunch of uninteresting and cliché'd country folk. Score: 4/10 Very little value in most of the tracks. Highlights: My Winding Wheel, Amy, Oh My Sweet Carolina

Just like a squirrel trying to fuck a dead girl on the abandoned railway tracks.

Swoon. ... then vomit. Ugh, not in the mood for this drippy whiny-achiness. I suppose there's a time and a place, but not on my watch!

Broke nothing

No.

I thought it was so dull, not an original note on there. I looked up some reviews afterwards to work out why it's on the list and apparently everyone rates it but me! I warmed to it slightly by the end

2.9

Folk estadounidense con demasiadas canciones lentas. Ni fu ni fa. Pues no, al final un 2. Muuuchas canciones lentas.

Un rollo. Un 2. Casi le pongo un 3. Pero en mi lista individual le había puesto un 2. Lo que me ha hecho recular y confirmar mi 2. Si tuviera una B, estaría mejor...:P

A shame this LP can't live up to the wonders of uptempo tracks like 'To Be Young' - while the pace is significantly too slow across the rest of the album, Adams' lightheartedness and genuine delivery do at least make the slower tracks tolerable.

Decent.

2/5 way too lovey for my taste.

Not going to judge the music on the man, as, having just given the Sex Pistols a 5* review and one of them having killed a woman, that would be a bit hypocritical. So I will judge it on the music. Which was pretty dull and depressing. There were a couple of nice songs that I would enjoy in a more soppy moment. But most of it just dragged on.

good modern folk album. Really necessary to be on this list?

I got bored towards the end and stopped listening, maybe I missed out on greatness but I doubt it

I enjoyed To Be Young, but nothing else stood out

We didn’t care for this album. It sounded like the artist was still figuring out their voice, and frequently defaulted to emulating their musical heroes. Occasionally his point of view shone through, and those moments were better.

Apple pie and the fourth of July.

Not sure I'd ever really heard Ryan Adams, only heard "of" him so I was ready to dive in. Instead of a succinct review, here is the timeline of my thoughts as i listened to this album...: "hmm. this seems affected, I'm gonna be annoyed by this..." [1 or 2 songs in] "....you know, this might be pretty good. There are some great melodies in here. I may want to admit it but if we keep going like this I might end up liking it, let's see how the album progresses..." [5 songs in] "....." [after ~7 songs] "...I thought I was listening to Damien Rice for a bit, and I prefer Damien Rice. This is getting a lot more laid-back, slow-paced, and frankly boring..." [after 10 songs] "....sigh...." [a few more] "....." [the album ends depressingly] "yeah, now i want to kill myself. Better yet, I think I'll put on some old Van Halen" 4/10

Why is this on here twice?

Started out ok but went too country and western

I don't really know what to say. Decent songwriting, half-decent voice, music that is as anonymous as the interior decor of a dentist's waiting room

tostonaco

Rollo. Un 2.

I didn’t remember this album being so long and uneventful but here we are. That seems to be my hot take on everything of late. Oh well! Dude’s problematic and all that, but even putting all that aside “Cold Roses” is the only one of his 900 albums I have any interest in revisiting these days. “Look Me Up” is a fine song and the one about NC is pretty enough, but I think trying to intentionally make music that sounds like it came out decades earlier than when you recorded it is a good way for shit not to age well.

Some good blues licks and a few memorable tracks to an otherwise unmemorable album. I didn't hate it, not at all, but felt like the 2 songs, "Bartering Lines" and "Shakedown on 9th Street" are the only tracks I truly enjoyed entirely. True Feelings: 2.5/5

Good album bad person

Not for me

Nothing memorable about this album.... weird lyrics sometimes.

pojken har ju känsla det måste man ge honom. Men det är för tråkiga låtar.

That first song was really kickin' but I grew bored as the album went on.

Its country... booo

music was 2-stars, but minus 1 star for artist douchebaggery

Not a single enjoyable song.

Is this some fake honky tonk dumbass work? This guy is trying to drag an element of Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, a dash of The Beatles, and a half dozen other better artists into a stew of faux country relatability.

There is nothing going on here that makes it required listening. It's fine for music like this to be made, there just isn't a reason to mass market it when there are some local artists making a very similar product.

Ryan Adams is not a good person.

When you’re wincing and begging for an album to be over, there’s only really one rating. Just so not my type of music

Ryan Adams and Bryan Adams, maybe two of the worst artists ever

fartbreaker

First attempt put me to sleep. Second attempt caused me physical pain. It's not like I went into it looking to hate! I found the opening "skit" to be a genuinely charming way to lead into the album, and the first two songs were breezy and earnest, even if I'm not exactly an enjoyer of the "singer-songwriter with acoustic guitar" genre. Then Amy was particularly awful, and his whispery singing on it struck a nerve I didn't even know I had. Flashes of Hey There Delilah, maybe. Everything that followed was some alt-country sludge I simply couldn't care for. He's seemingly trying to sound like a sad and vulnerable indie boy, but it's Ryan fucking Adams so it's impossible to take seriously, especially with "Sweet lil' Gal" looming over the tracklist. I found myself skipping a lot by the end. If this record did anything, it was making me respect the likes of Nick Drake and Bob Dylan a WHOLE lot more. Standout: (Argument with David Rawlings Concerning Morrisey)

Fuck this little sex pest

When I was listening to this I thought, “not only are these songs really corny and dumb, I have a bad feeling about this guy.” Then I googled Ryan Adams and now I feel like I’m just an excellent judge of character.

Second album proposé après 'Gold' que je n'avais pas apprécié (noté 2/5 - pas désagréable mais long et ennuyeux). Ce nouvel album est dans la même veine, tout aussi long et peu intéressant. Il ne mérite pas une meilleure note. Mais là je n'ai pas eu la patience d'aller au bout ... =>1/5

A second record from unremarkable dullard, Ryan "don't call me Bryan" Adams features all of the painful balladry of the other record we heard but this time, with a greaser leather jacket diner sock hop twist. Those words in a row describe to me a hell so fiery, so smouldering with sulphuric smoke that I'm beginning to feel faint. The final song of this record is a "so bad it's good" masterclass as Flyin' Ryan sings the words "L'IL GIRL" repeatedly as though he's trying to avoid waking up his parents in the next room. Another hour wasted in my only hours of consciousness. Thanks 1001. 0 HIGHLIGHTS: Cuts Like a Knife

I hate this album, I hate fake Bob Dylan, I hate real Bob Dylan, I hate Ryan Adams, I hate the mouth organ. I hate I listened too this. I could go on

Did I accidentally listen to the whole thing? Yes. Was it memorable? No.

I actually liked Ryan's music, but he's persona non grata after fucking with my girl Liz. Never again.

Not my thing.

I never "got" Ryan Adams before. Bang average songs with some decent production. Why this appears on this list is a mystery. And there's no "goodwill bonus" for this douche either. Really chuffing boring.

Meh/10 [DROP]

We don't give stars to abusers.

What a boring and annoying piece of music. No one can convince me that people actually listen to Country in their free time.

I tried. Everything says he's a singer/songwriter - but this is fucking country music in disguise. I can't do it.

This guy wants to be Dylan, I think as I hear the opening notes. Then it's all downhill. Terribly dull.

Toslow and mellow

Don’t like him

5-star album by a top tier piece of shit person.

Minus 4 points stars for Adams being a shit human.

awful.

He’s a tool.

Just a tame, insignificant acoustic country album that has absolutely no business being on the list. Plus he's supposedly a cunt, and as someone who shares his first name, I'm giving this a one star accordingly as a show of solidarity for all of the other Ryans out there ensuring this process alongside me.

trash

tout a ete donne dans la pochette

Nope

"Eres arte" 🚬 Es la primera vez que escucho a este artista. Es como si un pésimo imitador del, ya de por sí, cuestionable y aburridísimo Bob Dylan, y un pésimo imitador del sumamente talentoso Elliott Smith, hubieran tenido un hijo trovador neoyorquino. Sin talento (pero que cree que lo tiene). Le doy un 0.5/5 porque la producción me parece ad hoc.

His most streamed song is a shit version of a classic by another band all his own stuff is rubbish.

Fuck this guy.

not a country fan

A song by Led Zeppelin.

Fuck Ryan Adams

Motion sickness is a great song. (And they all sound the same anyway)

Not a fan of miserable music.

bo

Setting aside he is an incredibly shitty human being, this is uninspired and just reeks of his influences. Nothing to stand out on its own.

My GOD this is awful, self-indulgent, schlock. I absolutely abhor this type of music, but if you enjoy it, there are hundreds of artists out there doing it better.

I guess it just isn't my style, but I couldn't enjoy this album at all. Firstly I will say, in general country isn't my thing at all, however I like to try and always remain open minded. I felt too many of the songs here just droned on for my liking and I was just waiting for it to end.

Not my favourite album of his, I prefer Accusations. It's not on streaming services though, but you can find it by googling "Ryan Adams Accusations".

country gross

Will not listen due to his personal choices

Fav: To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High) Least Fav: Bartering Lines First song was alright, so I’m annoyed at Ryan Adam’s for making it sound interesting only have that boring country sound that goes nowhere for the rest of the album

++: Amy, Call Me On Your Way Back Home, Come Pick Me Up +: To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High), My Winding Wheel, Bartering Lines, Don't Ask for the Water, In My Time of Need +-: Damn, Sam (I Love a Woman That Rains), To Be the One, Shakedown on 9th Street, Sweet Lil Gal (23rd/1st) -: Oh My Sweet Carolina, Why Do They Leave? --: (Argument with David Rawlings Concerning Morrissey) 3,6/10

Everything on this album has been done before, much better.

BOOOOOOOO

Multiple BMS on this list for this guy? Overrated.

64/1089 instant Morrissey discussion uh ohhh. Viva Hate too 💀 first song was a dud but Winding Wheel was nice enough. The rest of the album was a massive drag for me and just not my taste in the slightest 19/100

Absolute nonsense. Boring and directionless. There will be buskers up and down the country who can whack out a better set of songs.

This dude kinda sucks and his music isn't good enough to justify it.

Bad man.

2. young - 1.5 3. uuheel - 1 4. amy - 1.5 5. Sweet - 1.5 6. Lines - 2 7. Home - 0 8. Sam - 1 9. Pick - 1.5 10. One - 2 11. Leave - 1.5 12. Street - 0 13. Water - 2 14. Time -2 15. Sweet - 1.5

Honestly couldnt tell I was listening to music for the first 20 minutes. Thats how unimportant it was

Ew nooo

No.

I went through my acoustic phase years ago, getting really into singer-songwriter stuff. I don't get this album. Maybe the lyrics and songwriting is "good" on another listen or two, but at first glance I feel like this offers nothing. I did not enjoy any part of this, and of all the albums listened to during this album thingy, this album made me check the time the most, and check if "this song is the last one" the most. I'm all good on this.

he sucks

This nerd got the strokes addicted to heroin?

#dylandiditbetter

Haven't they missed off the 'B'? Unfortunately not. Though not a fan of Bryan, Ryan has given us a selection of country music at its depressing worst. He has a decent voice, but it's wasted here as the material is just plain awful. 1

Arrrgh. Ryan Adams. And that challenge of separating the art from the artist rears its ugly head again. Thankfully, this is at the rubbish end of his repertoire, so I can dish out a 1 purely on the art, and can save my moral dilemma for if and/when one of the albums I used to think was decent shows up. ‘Come Pick Me Up’ is the only track on here I like. But overall, it’s just too C&W for me.

Middle of the road sort of Country stuff. He became famous for two things; he was some sort of sexual predator, which didn't do his career much good. The other was having a name similar to Bryan. Nothing here for me.

I felt tricked. Some songs start off peppy then quickly move into downer mode.

Tedious country rock pop ballads which grew less and less interesting the longer it went on. Ryan Adams has come up on this list before, but the only thing that I remembered about him was that he once threw an audience member out of one of his concerts for shouting to him to play Summer of 69 by Bryan Adams. Does this guy really need to be in this list twice? No.

Man, I thought I was getting a cool album with the first track being dedicated to off the wall filler, but I was in for a surprise. It was so slow and moody/open that I never connected with the music. Ryan is a skilled singer, I can't deny that, but it was so far out of my preference I wanted to turn it off. First time this whole listen through I have wanted to drop the album before completing it, I don't want to go back.

this was so boring it did not hold my interest or attention at all. there wasn’t one redeeming song

💩

Nope......no.....nope!

The Country Music(with a touch of Folk-Rock) deserves a one star on its own. Absolutely boring rural love ballads about breakups, and other nonsense. Then, I found out Ryan Adams is a piece of shit in a Michael Jackson kind of way, so now I wish I could give it a zero. Favorite Track: "Shakedown On 9th Street".