Gold

Generic, not quite blues, not quite rock, not quite pop

"Gold" is a competent, well-produced, and pleasant record to listen to, but it fails to deliver the calibre of material required of an essential album. It is too polished and vanilla, lacking grit and urgency. It simply does not rock, nor does it compel you to move or evoke a deep emotional response. It's also somewhat derivative - a prime example being 'The Rescue Blues' - a track clearly influenced by Rod Stewart and The Faces, but missing the required vocal swagger, loose charm, and quality of material to stand anywhere near its influences. As an album, it is way too long to maintain momentum and my interest; trimmed to a 8 to 10-track, 45-minute album, its impact on me would have been far greater. That said, the standout track for me was the nine minutes thirty nine seconds of 'Nobody Girl'! Also, 'Sylvia Plath' made an impression. Three stars. 1 "New York, New York" (3/5) 2 "Firecracker" (3/5) 3 "Answering Bell" (3/5) 4 "La Cienega Just Smiled" (3/5) 5 "The Rescue Blues" (3/5) 6 "Somehow, Someday" (3/5) 7 "When the Stars Go Blue" (3/5) 8 "Nobody Girl" (4/5) 9 "Sylvia Plath" (4/5) 10 "Enemy Fire" (3/5) 11 "Gonna Make You Love Me" (3/5) 12 "Wild Flowers" (3/5) 13 "Harder Now That It's Over" (3/5) 14 "Touch, Feel & Lose" (3/5) 15 "Tina Toledo's Street Walkin' Blues" (3/5) 16 "Goodnight, Hollywood Blvd." (3/5) Total - 50 Average - 3.1 425/1001 225/425 albums reviewed were new to me.

A few great tunes

Not a bad album, but fairly dull really. What did this want to be? Soft rock? Country? Post grunge? Couldn't really tell. Not sure it's a must listen to either really.

Derivative; and most of what “heft” or “oomph” this has is borrowed directly from its sources (down to the “Born in the USA”-pastiching cover); and overall there’s nothing here to make me want to remind myself exactly what Ryan Adams was “cancelled” for and make up my own mind or be particularly fair to him, in general.

Enjoyed

I don't know all that much about Ryan Adams beyond the much later (than this album) seeming comeuppance of a musically-gifted jerk/asshole/manipulative/possible-pedophile. None of this is really apparent in this album, of course, but it's still a bummer to feel like you have to separate the art from the artist. In this case, the art is fine, but nothing particularly earth-shattering, and certainly not enough to anoint him with Robert-Downey-Jr-like repeated absolution. Highlights for me were probably "The rescue blues", "Nobody girl" and "Enemy fire" (sort of). I know this album kind of propelled him into the alt-country stratosphere, but I'm not entirely sure I understand why? (Maybe there was a Ryan-Adams-shaped hole up there that was just waiting for him to fill it?) Kind of a bummer to realize that there's *another* Ryan Adams album awaiting.... It also seems a bit grim/ironic/something that he had an upside-down US flag on the album cover--complete with Springsteen-style pose and what seems to be a Patriots jersey--declaring himself to be a Democratic Socialist that "really do[es]n't care" about the US, and then dedicates his "New York, New York" video to those who died, and those who tried to rescue, in the 9/11 attacks. Either way, though, it's very weird to see that video as one of the last pieces of footage before everything fell apart. (Start with "Enemy Fire")

There's something satanic about this album--it's like it all sounds pretty good and then somewhere along the way you realize it sounds pretty good because each song sounds so much like some other generic sounding pretty good song and yet none of it really risks anything and there's no soul anywhere. By the time I finished Nobody's Girl, as much as I admired the music if not the lyrics, I was thinking "what a tool" but when we got to Sylvia Plath I wanted to punch him in the face.

I know I'm not the only one who thought "Bryan Adams? Hell yea.. oh wait"

Give alll this man’s deserved shade. This is a solid sophomore album. Would give 3.5 if I could.

2.5

Okay

Didn't finish. This album was artificially created in a lab to put me to sleep

Meh.

So boring and dull.

Gave it a quick go to find out if it was about to be some bullshit. Lo and behold I found some bullshit

Trash music by a trash human

First listen Saved 1/16 Top track: Nobody Girl

This album was just OK I think…Dare I say a bit boring and definitely out stays its welcome. Nice at times but not that great and won’t go out of my way to listen again.

I cant listen to this pap. Crap.

I just don't find it particularly interesting. I realise that it's an incredibly popular record so it must be doing a lot of things right. I just can't find a hook that works for me in the songwriting, in the delivery, production choices.. It's all just okay and I don't hear why it's better than that

I don't love it but I also don't quite understand the amount of hate it seems to be getting. It's inoffensive, although not particularly distinctive. Hints of Dylan occasionally and I'm sure others but nothing super original. I'd never seek out Ryan Adams to listen to when I could just listen to...something else

Ok

Awful

This was a lot better than his awful first album on here, and way better than the few songs I listened off his more recent albums. There is an actual bit of energy on here at times, rather than Ryan Adams just sounding mopey all the time. It's not perfect though. I felt the runtime was a bit long, some songs dragged on for a bit and the parts I disliked in his other works aren't fully gone here. Still, it's a decent Alternative Americana album from the turn of the century.

Disappeared into the background, this is beige music

Did not enjoy.

Sorry, but I'm not into this type of stuff. Bit slow, light & a bit downbeat. His voice is clear though I wouldn't call it distinct.

Didn't do anything for me

So much of this album reminds me of other music, both lyrically and musically. I hear quite a bit of The Band on a few songs and even a bit of Wonderwall. I would much rather listen to the original over whatever boring bland music this is. Except Wonderwall, fuck that song.

Despite being a sceez, phenomenal album.

More shit. 1

Even before listening to the album, I saw that songs on this album were referenced or used by Stephen King, Scrubs, and Bridesmaids and thought “oh this is for me.” Also, I’ve been singing “When the Stars Go Blue” (which I only knew a cover version) multiple days this week after not listening to it in years, and then suddenly this album comes up on our project. I’m officially a witch. Anyways, this is a good sad boy album if you enjoy sad boy music. Wish there a few more high tempo songs, but again, this is a sad boy album. 3.5 stars.

After grappling with the the moral dilemma of evaluating Kanye West's brilliant early work in the context of his recent fall from grace, it's a nice mental break to review a mediocre album from a shitty person.

I definitely thought “When the Stars Go Blue” was an original song from One Tree Hill. So I guess apologies to Ryan Adams (who maybe doesn’t deserve my apologies) for attributing the one not mid song on this album to Tyler Hilton of all people.

Ew.

A decent if a bit long album from a not very decent man. 7/10

Extremely bland but harmless lowest common denominator sad white guy music. I also understand he's the American equivalent to Vancouver's "I hear Matt Good is a huge asshole" trope.

meh

Not for me

There are some great songs in here but it suffers as an album from length, some judicious editing could make this amazing as it is it’s very good. 3.9

I love this album. Ryan Adam has been revealed as a bit of dick of late. But this is up there with his best worm. Varied, exciting and an album that I can put on from start to finish without wanting to skip a track.

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Expected more, bit damp

I don't think this has aged well. I remember writing a poem in college twenty years ago about Sylvia Plath that had as much maturity as what he churned out here. Best of the bunch is When the Stars Go Blue, a decent song later covered by better artists. Also Ryan Adams is a creep.

The artists I'm most reminded of are Wilco and David Gray neither of which are cited as influences. This guy's gotten so much praise but I don't hear it beyond the mass appeal. Basic songwriting, unsteady vocals, stalkerish and slightly misogynist lyrics, and heavily derivative styles made this a really hard listen.

Not really for me but a good listen.

The Best song on the album is New York New York... unfortunate timing for this guy that the album was released just after 911... and he displays the American Flag upside down on the album cover. While the federal Flag Code restricts this inversion to severe emergencies, using an upside-down flag as a form of political protest is legally protected as free speech... I respect his opinion but not everyone is going to agree with those politics. That being said, the album in still a bore and I'd choose Bryan Adams over Ryan Adams any day! Best Track: New York, New York 3/5

Generic and bland American country music. Background music. Sex pest. Avoid. 1/5

Starts off good, better than Heartbreaker, but derails into rather generic territory fairly quickly. Should not be nearly as long as it is.

2.5 Releasing this right after 9/11... As if the american nation had not suffered enough?

Very pleasant and enjoyable album. Liked it better than expected. Would be good for an outdoor venue at a fair or festival, just good American rock

I mostly enjoyed this. It gets really tedious as it grows too long, slow, and boring, but there are some really good tracks.

Stretched

It was fun and a good listen. Enjoy his take on New York.

o cara lembra muito o vocalista do green day. música suuuuper genérica. Não acho que teve algum ponto alto no álbum, achei super mid e nem um pouco memorável. Essa bandeira estadunidense aí tbm dá um baita gatilho. o final não é tão ruim, mas achei bem frango grelhado temperado só com sal e pimenta.

A complete blind spot of mine. Very poppy, but somewhat kind of indie. Very nice surprise.

Combining the worst aspects of both country and singer-songwriter music. Impressive.

This is a very good album, albeit one that would be much better with some editing. The strongest thing this album has going for it is that Adams is a rock-solid songwriter, able to effectively weave evocative imagery and heightened emotion into an impressive tapestry of sentimentality and heartbreak. Occasionally, the sentiment does lean a little too far into cheesiness, particularly on tracks When the Stars Go Blue and Sylvia Plath, but he's able to carefully thread the needle for the most part. The album's sound is a combination of gentle Americana, rollicking blues rock, and wistful Springsteen-esque pop rock. It's very lush and well-crafted, and his songwriting style and performances work well on all of it, but it can become very bland at times, especially with an album that's this long. I could see myself loving this if some of the weaker tracks were cut out, but as it stands, I still like it a lot.

Fuck this guy

Very run of the mill

The album cover makes me think of Springsteen. The music makes me think of Dylan. It's neither of those things. I kept thinking of a guy playing at a large music fest at like 3 in the afternoon. It's got that feeling for me. It's alright. Nothing groundbreaking. The farther I get the more I'm thinking Netflix Rom Com. Again not terrible but there is nothing exciting here.

When I saw this was 70mins long I thought my world had ended. I can't say I'll ever listen to it again, but it wasn't that bad.

Whiskeytown was a great band (check out Faithless Street). I liked that enough that I followed Ryan Adams for a few albums into his solo career. This is the album (one of them anyway) where he thought he'd become the Rolling Stones. Ok. It's a pretty good imitation, there's some sturdy rock n roll songs here, but it doesn't really do anything interesting with the imitation. You feel like you've heard this before. Even if you'd never heard any music before 1995 before hearing this album, by the time you get to the end you'd feel like you'd heard the songs before. It's just samey, mid-tempo rock. Ryan Adams doesn't need to be on anyone's must-listen list.

2.4 2x

this is ryan adam's second album. a few months ago i listened to his first, and like that one, this is more of that pop country stuff that sticks out compared to other artists in the field, i guess. interviews with adams show that he wanted to just get bigger and better with every new project he decided to make. first-time listeners will definitely hear how confident he is with the musical image he's made for himself. it's at a similar quality to his last album, really. this guy is quite the innovative and engaging country artist, i have to admit. it's very pleasant, very soft country pop music that i can't bring myself to hate too much. adams seems to be an official "hidden gem" on this list for me... his music isn't quite as significant but it's generally solid albums to sit through on random days. considering how much i generally loathe country, this guy gets a golden star for being an exception to my tastes.

who’s picking these albums bro

A very long album of music that did not move me at all

Good background album, very energetic.

Never heard of this guy. Liked the first half of the songs, a lot, the rest of the album I kept skipping to the next song. 2 stars

Meh, pretty boring. The summer of 69 story is funny.

i listened to this on an amtrak, and when he mentioned it on Tina Toledo i made a face like i had just been proposed to. it’s not that great but it does feel like a genuine journey and got a lot of smiles out of me. i give alt-country a lot of shit but i can totally hear the influence this had on Zach Bryan and his ilk. deserves to be one of the 1001? including a Ryan Adams album is an alright choice. id probably just keep it to one. dunno if this would be the one though. im too unfamiliar with his work.

It's fine. He's a very talented singer and artist.

Ryan Adams is one of those musicians that can put out music I can enjoy while it's on, but his songs never really lodge in my brain. Once the album's done, it's pretty much gone from my memory.

Boring. Too long. Not good.

Es hat diesen leichten Country‑Hauch, der Ryan Adams oft gut steht – warm, offen, unprätentiös. Die Songs sind solide, angenehm, aber selten wirklich zwingend. Ein breites Americana‑Album, das viel will, viel liefert, aber am Ende unspektakulär bleibt.

6/10 I like Ryan Adams' singing voice, but nothing else here really impressed me.

Nice mix of folk, country and pop rock

He does sing my home address at one point on this album which is a nice touch, but I don't know if that will be as effective for other listeners. He also mentions at least one intersection that doesn't exist so that's not helping either. Very long? Some really beautiful moments. Feels like his voice is starting to go in some songs? But at other times it sounds incredible. The album cover feels kinda cynical given that it came out 2 weeks after 9/11, but maybe you just had to do that.

It's nice.

The spotify album for some reason is down but even so i listened on youtube and i wasnt expectinh to be that great but i love it! Love the countrish rock and found it very interesting! Good album!

Maybe at a different time I'd feel differently, but I had little to no interest on these songs. Every time I got the idea in about 20 seconds but there was 4-9 minutes of the same every song. All pop, no risk, no edge. Some of it had chill vibes, but too much here doesn't work for me

I thought this was going to be four stars. I like his mellow songs better than his other work. It wasn’t awful; just not as enjoyable as I was expecting it to be.

Honestly, I kept losing interest - just not a fan.

I've never really listened to Ryan Adams, only knowing about him through 1) his stunt covers album of Taylor Swifts 1989 2) accusations of sexuall harrassment 3) him allegedly introducing Albert Hammond Jr. to heroin in the early 2000s (from reading "Meet Me in the Bathroom"). This album is fine, he is a fine songwriter, but seems like he became a real asshole.

Honestly really solid, *surprisingly* solid. I wasn't expecting a ton from this as it seemed just kind of like classic rock/Americana revival, but it is quite a bit more than that. I'm reminded of The White Stripes (although they were kind of contemporaries if I'm lining the timeline up right), I'm reminded of Springsteen, and I'm reminded of American folk tradition. But there's something very decidedly transformative about the way it's all handled. And honestly, there aren't really any tricks this is held together by the quality of the material here. Everything is written just as sharply and detailed as everything else, whether it be on the muscular songs, the rootsy ones, or the pretty ones. Honestly, what's really stopping me from giving this a four is that it's a long one, with a lot of songs, and I just really don't think I've digested it all. But I like what I hear!

I think this would be way better if he had chopped off the last half. Solid AF through about 8 songs for me. Back half kinda lame but overall it's enough to get to 4 stars

This one starts off so strong, to the point you think you're listening to an all timer, and then just kinda tapers off and becomes background music.

I will never understand how generic men reach such success.

7.9.26 this cover was giving emo so imagine my shocked when i pressed play on this country rock pop album. rather unremarkable while still pleasant enough to let play through. am i shocked this is on the list? yeah kinda. even other albums ive not liked have had more going for them but whatever. its boring and so long. ive decided i hate this album Favorite Song: NA Rating: 1/5

Det er egentligt ikke som sådan et dårligt album, men lidt som David Gray skuffede det. Der er nogle fine nok numre imellem, men de forsvinder i mængden. Så anken er nok mest, at albummet er for langt og derfor bliver kedeligt. Meget klassisk 00'er-lyd, hvis man vil gerne vil genfinde den stemning.

Terribly corny, horrifyingly up my alley 2.5/5

4/10

I wanted to like this more than I did. The songs seem pretty derivative although played well.

6/10 I thought this was pretty good.

2000s indie rock. His bestselling album. I love this album so much. Shame he's such a POS. Too long.

I love Ryan Adams!! I have always liked many of his songs. La Cienega just smiled being one of them. I think he is very underrated. He also has Meniere's disease, like me, so I feel you.

Three songs in and turned it off. Why has this album been selected? It's not interesting, Ryan Adams is a cry baby, it wasn't even that well reviewed on release..? Country music for vehemently Christian Church yard sales. Inoffensive and tedious. I hope Adams reads this and cries himself to sleep for being a cunt.

05/07/2026 This surprised me. I have never actually heard of this guy. The album started to drag towards the end, but was overall okay! Spotify listeners: 954.9k

3⭐️/5 [07.05.2026] 07.06.2026

Fair

Listens: 1 Standout Tracks: ?? This is the musical equivalent of plain cooked chicken or room temperature water. It has no features. It takes no risks. It evokes no emotion. It's simply a thing that exists for... someone I guess, though not sure who.

Feels like it goes on forever

meh

Ryan’s second album is Gold, even better than his strong debut from just a few months earlier. So much for the sophomore jinx. I will listen to this album again. (4.3*s) Hard to believe this is from 25 years ago, I still think of Ryan Adams as a “new artist”.

Having another Ryan Adams album pop up right after the debut from the list may have been too soon but also allows for an easy comparison. I think Gold is a little weaker but also more appealing to an average listener. I expected some more political outrage with an upside down flag on the cover. The timing of release after 9/11 certainly boosted the sales and popularity with tracks like "NY, NY." Overall, I found the album to be just some meh poppy country rock. I don't think Ryan Adams deserves either list spot. He's not terrible but very skippable. Like Heartbreaker only slightly moved...another 2.58 stars.

I found Gold to be a far more interesting album from Ryan Adams than Heartbreaker (which I listened to earlier today). While I felt that Ryan Adams proved a capable songwriter on the prior album, the slowed down acoustic folk style didn't do it for me. I was worried that 2 albums pretty close together would be overkill but was pretty happy with Gold even as a double album. It features a more upbeat style with some additional accompaniment that definitely elevated the album. Although it's not within what I would call my traditional wheelhouse I was surprisingly drawn to this one. Ryan Adams has all the rustic appeal that you would expect from a southern alt-country/folk star. I had never heard of him before these albums but can see how he would have widespread appeal. The songs are heartfelt with a lot of character that translates through the music. He seems like an artist that is easy to root for. Part Bob Dylan, part David Gray, part Nick Drake, part Leonard Cohen but I'll be damned if this album didn't feature a lot of the best aspects of all of them. Pretty surprising above average entry on this one. 2.85 stars

I liked the first song, then it felt a little too similar to Train after. I still like it better than Train but idk I would probably like it better if I was on a dock or a boat? It’s a festive choice though very appropriate for 4th of July

I'm aware of this album, and I believe I likely know a few of these tracks, but I don't really recognize them by title. Otherwise, this is my first time listening to this album start-to-finish. While it's interesting to listen to Ryan Adams try to emulate his influences, he never rises to the level of them, and I'd rather listen to them instead. This isn't bad, just not as good as other similar music and thoroughly meh. And it really seems to drag on as it goes.

I know a good number of folks that tell me this guy is worth it. I don’t hear it. I’ll call it a hair above average

Wow, does this guy love streets! This is the first time I've listened to a Ryan Adams album. I was surprised by how "fine" it was. I've always heard about Ryan Adams, and he seemed like he was a pretty popular figure in the indie rock circles, but this album was more John Mayer, and Blackcrows than I was expecting. Perfectly inoffensive, maybe a little boring at times, but very professional. It's funny to me that he seems to approach New York through John Mellencamp, and that archetype seemed to be thrown out the window in pop culture a few months later by The Strokes who largely approached New York through New York. All in all, this was good. I don't really get how Ryan Adams warranted such a high spot in the indie rock pantheon, but he seems to largely have destroyed his own image and career by being a shitty person.

Really not my typa tunes

Ok so minus for a bit too country, also lacking hits. However, for several songs I thought “I could add this one to 1001”, so there were good songs. Album too long though. 7/10

It’s like a cover album full of original songs. Ryan Adams is the heartland-rock/Americana version of what Logic is to hip-hop. He wears his influences so directly that all I really know about Ryan Adams as an artist is that he likes Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and Neil Young. This is a good album but I can’t say it would be anything greater than a 7/10. Favorites were New York, New York, Answering Bell, Nobody Girl, and Enemy Fire.

Tough question: Would this album have been as successful as it was if 9/11 hadn't happened? Somebody please build a time machine, go back to prevent the terrorist attacks, and report back with your findings. If possible, stay back there a while and see if Ryan Adams is still bad to women.

Pretty good.

On ne va pas tourner autour du pot 107 ans mais avec Gold, Ryan Adams n’invente absolument pas la roue. Donc si vous aviez l'espoir secret de poser vos oreilles de mélomane exigeant sur une œuvre avant-gardiste, capable de redéfinir les contours de la musique moderne à l'aube du vingt-et-unième siècle, vous risquez de tomber de particulièrement haut. Cet album navigue sans complexe dans les eaux calmes d'une alt-country qui, soyons francs, s'avère par moments beaucoup trop classique et académique pour son propre bien. C'est le genre de disque qui donne la désagréable impression d'avoir été poli en usine pour plaire aux nostalgiques des radios AM des années soixante-dix, sans jamais chercher à bousculer les lignes directrices du genre ou à y insuffler la moindre once de véritable danger. On est face à une musique qui regarde confortablement dans le rétroviseur, préférant la sécurité des sentiers battus de Nashville et de la folk américaine à l'excitation de l'inconnu, ce qui donne un résultat globalement très prévisible et parfois un peu ronflant. Pourtant, il serait injuste de nier l'efficacité globale de cette entreprise de recyclage vintage, car le garçon sait indéniablement y faire lorsqu'il s'agit de trousser une mélodie accrocheuse. Les morceaux s'enchaînent avec une fluidité presque insolente, portés par une production d'une clarté absolue qui respecte à la lettre le grand cahier des charges de la musique américaine traditionnelle. C'est propre, c'est particulièrement bien exécuté par des musiciens de studio qui connaissent leur métier sur le bout des doigts, mais cela manque cruellement de couilles et de cette étincelle de folie brute qui sépare les bons artisans des véritables visionnaires de la musique rock. En écoutant ce disque, je ne peux pas m'empêcher de ressentir une sorte de frustration polie face à un artiste qui préfère jouer la carte du gendre idéal de la folk plutôt que de laisser parler ses démons intérieurs. C'est précisément ce manque d'audace flagrant et ce refus systématique de prendre le moindre risque artistique qui m'amènent aujourd'hui à lui attribuer la note sans appel de 3 sur 5. Au fond, Gold est le prototype même de l'album de transition un peu tiède, idéal pour servir de fond sonore un dimanche après-midi pluvieux, mais totalement incapable de laisser une empreinte indélébile dans l'histoire de la musique ou même dans ma propre discographie personnelle. On y trouve de jolies ballades et des moments de bravoure pop-rock tout à fait honorables, mais l'ensemble reste désespérément englué dans un classicisme formel qui m'empêche de crier au génie comme l'a fait une partie de la presse à l'époque de sa sortie. Ryan Adams prouve ici qu'il est un excellent copiste, un technicien hors pair capable de singer les plus grands glorieux anciens sans jamais réussir à les égaler. C'est un disque qui s'écoute sans déplaisir mais qui s'oublie presque aussi vite une fois le dernier accord éteint, une œuvre de pur divertissement nostalgique qui mérite amplement la moyenne pour son exécution technique, mais certainement pas les honneurs de la postérité. Quand je me penche sur la setlist pléthorique de cette galette, le constat se durcit encore un peu plus : seize morceaux à digérer d'un coup, c'est presque une forme de torture polie quand la moitié d'entre eux n'apporte strictement rien au schmilblick. Adams a voulu faire son propre White Album ou son Exile on Main St. à lui, mais à force de vouloir tout embrasser — du folk larmoyant au rock un peu plus musclé —, il finit surtout par diluer ses meilleures idées dans un océan de titres interchangeables. C'est dommage, car s'il avait eu le courage de sabrer dans le gras et de ne garder que la substantifique moelle de ses sessions, on aurait pu tenir là un grand disque de rock américain traditionnel. Au lieu de ça, je me retrouve à zapper régulièrement pour éviter l'ennui poli qui s'installe inévitablement au bout de quarante minutes de bons et loyaux services alt-country. Bref, un artisanat de luxe pour les soirées au calme, mais une sacrée panne d'inspiration pour quiconque attendait un chef-d'œuvre de la part de l'ex-leader de Whiskeytown.

Good old rock album.

theres some really great stuff on here. not all of it is as good as the best, but i had a good time with it. favorite tracks: When the Stars Go Blue

Pretty good for a country/rock album.

Had two really good hits and the rest of the album was solid. There are a lot of albums on this list that can't say that.

Mostly forgettable. I was into it at the time but now i don't remember it and haven't listened since.

Pretty good

Good album country tinged lively expansive

Not into the whole album, but Stars Go Blue is a great song.

Never heard of him. This album is a slog 8 or 9 songs could have stuck it. 16 songs of him being a misery guts. Reading he wanted this even longer he really dosent like his fans. What has this eegit got to say that 8 songs wouldn't do it. I hate this album.

This is the most boring, mediocre, vanilla cis white boy shite yet. And the guy is in the Dickhead Hall of Fame and on the highly suspect pedo list. I don't know why we don't get the explanatory blurb from the book (I assume the publisher or author is as kind and understanding about fees as Ryan Adams is about life, the universe, and everything), but someone owes me an explanation for the inclusion of this. And when this blew up after 9/11, did literally no one else notice the flag on the cover is upside down? I don't understand why homie wasn't crucified for that. I've been giving generally unremarkable crap like this a 2. But this is both mediocre and he's a truly terrible person so . . .

Whatever!

It's a good album. I like the bluesy vibe, and he does solid interpretations of Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin. If this album had fewer slow songs and if the cover didn't look like a douchey Abercombie ad, this album would be a certain 5-star. Oh, and apparently he's a cunt, so fuck him.

Album en demi-teinte, des très bons moments et d’autres trop long, si la proposition était plus sur les sons punchys, la note aurait été plus haute

Ameeeee Me gustó mucho

Meh

holds up, too bad Ryan Adams is a sleeze these days

Enjoyed the pace of the album. easy to listen to

Another Ryan Adams album. Slightly better than the other one, but so similar one would wonder why include both of them. Americana-tinged indie singer-songwriter. No revelations here. Key tracks: New York, New York Sylvia Plath

Meh

Starts out with Ryan trying to be an indie rock Paul Simon, but eventually gets better from there. Ends stronger than it starts, high points outweigh the low.

I tried with this one but just couldn’t get into it. Right when it seemed to be building momentum, he’d drop a dud. A few of these songs seem to have not aged well either, given his history that came to light. And why is Billie Joe Armstrong on the cover?

I never really listened to this guy, so I never realized how pale he looks on the cover, or that the flag is upside down. Anyway, I never really listened to this guy. One star for incredible songs, minus a bunch for all the rest.

It was decent.

Never understood why Ryan Adams was "the guy" for a small period of the early 2000s, and this does nothing to explain whatsoever. This is only compounded by the fact that he is, by all accounts, an emotionally manipulative and abusive man child. No thanks.

I used to love this album when it first came out. Not listened in at least 10 years and today t feels a little pedestrian / MOR now. I used to particularly like the slower songs but not pressing any buttons for me now. Its perfectly listenable - but none of the tunes are going to be troubling any of my playlists. Add to the mix that he's a sex pest and a bit of a cunt and its a low 3.

Gold This is an uber-nostalgic listen, I was hugely into this around 2001/2002, the bonus edition fitting very nicely on one minidisc, and it still very, very strongly evokes that time period of living in Japan. That he was subsequently exposed as a wrong ‘un notwithstanding, it’s hard to add some objectivity to this, it being so tied up with a great time in my life. Having said that I can see it is a little bit uneven, and almost ludicrously derivative of every great 70s rock artist (Elton John, Exile era Stones, the Doobie Brothers), and on occasion his performative doomed romantic schtick is a bit wearing, particularly on something like the lyrically heavy handed Sylvia Plath. But still I love a lot of these songs; New York, New York, Answering Bell, La Cienega Just Smiled,The Rescue Blues, When the Stars Go Blue, Nobody Girl, Gonna Make Me Love You, Touch Feel and Lose and Goodnight Hollywood Boulevard. The songs may wear their influences very nakedly, his vocal fragility too try hard and the lyrics dripping with too much adolescent yearning, but there are some great melodies and and on the upbeat songs an infectious charm and sense of fun. I can see now how much it would appeal to a 22 year old vs a 47 year old, and 25 years ago and it would be an immediate 5, but in truth its on the boundary of 3 and 4 - it's a bit long and a few songs like Enemy Fire and Tina Toledo feel more like b-sides. But for the good songs and the memories I’ll tip it to a 4. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Playlist submission: La Cienega Just Smiled

This guy sounds like a real piece of work. Nasty man. Aside from these latter day revelations, not sure why I haven't listen to this before as it gives me the same relaxing vibes as Pete Yorn's 'Musicforthemorningafter', which I like very much. It's alt-country I suppose but close to classic rock - and the influences are on his sleeve, from The Stones, Dylan, Neil Young, Gram Parsons. On the whole it's very tastefully performed, like the elegant orchestral swell at the end of 'La Cienega Just Smiled'. 'New York, New York' has the easy and infectious feel of 70s era Stones. 'The Rescue Blues' also has a real Stones feel, with Ronnie Wood noodling and tone. 'Enemy' goes on a Neil Young vibe, and 'Firecracker' Pete Yorn (or even David Gray, highlighting its general MoR approach). Enjoyable track after track follows, too many to mention. 'Answering Bell' must be named, as is excellent, and reminded me a fair bit of Astral Weeks, a real highlight. The problem is it's incredibly long, and several songs extended out to unjustified lengths. 'Nobody's Girl' is marvelous, but not for ten minutes. 'Tina Toledo' is a Stones tribute too far. Certainly diminishing returns after the first 40 minutes. Unfortunately, it becomes a little draining past 50 minutes (and some of it was culled by the record company for being too long and whacked on a bonus disc). In saying that are there any bad songs here? No. There's a five-star album hiding in it.

Perfectly fine. Feels very much like it should soundtrack a WB or CW show. Highlight for me was ‘La Cienega Just Smiled’ and ‘When The Stars Go Blue’ which I recognized from an American Idol cover in 2007. Near the end of the album I could solidly understand how this man has put out 30 albums across not that many years. A case of quantity over quality.

p873. 2001. 3 stars. Echoes of mid-1970s Stateside singer/songwriters. There are some sharp lyrics here, but no standout songs, and he has a flaccid voice.

No

People are being homophobic in the reviews so let me be clear: the vibes here are profoundly heterosexual. This one is on you guys. 💅

Edino kar vem o njem je to, da je the abusive ex-husband od Mandy Moore. In, da sm dons prisiljena poslušat njegov album. Eh. (O moj pofukan bog 16 komadov?! 70 minut? Fak of. In ja, valjda spet na moj najbl busy dan v tem tednu.) Sm se lotila poslušat na način, ki se izkazuje za pravilnega - kot background muska, medtem k delam pomembnejše stvari (kosilo). Painfully average, ampak misli, da je exceptional (pač, need I state the obvious?). Fak, nadležn glas mi ma tud ("Wild Flowers"). Gold this was not.

Needs editing down

Don’t like it

Hey its that abusive coercive pedophile that gets his rocks off getting others addicted to heroin! I'd love to say I hated his album but honestly it's just too dang boring to register any emotional response whatsoever.

My pronouns are U/S/A🐦(I couldn't find eagle emoji)

I face towards the flag

not for me

1 hr 25 mins too long

Очень красивая музыка. 4 с плюсом

Слишком по-америкоски плюс сомнительный мужик плюс бонусы я точно слушать не буду

Если мне скажут "американская музыка нулевых", то это примерно то, что заиграет у меня в голове

потраченного времени жаль... не моя музыка, джеф бакли на минималках - 3

pretty bad i can't lie, didn't have a good feeling when i saw the album cover

Boring, long and uninspiring and the dude is an ass.

Boring Bland Brunette Bryan. 5/10

I did not enjoy this one nearly as much as his debut. Another album that would be fine if it is playing, but I am not going to seeking it out.

Nice, clean production. Good blues rock album

Better than expected. Did not start out too promising and I found myself checking how much was left more frequently than usual but then when it got more indie than country it wasn't bad.

3.4

This didn't make much of an impression.

Rating: 2.5/5 Playlist track: La Cienega just Smiled Date listened: 9/06/26 Listen when: Can't think when I would honestly A few songs and it gets a bit jarring sorry. The best parts of the album are 100% thanks to the intermittent string arrangements, which is why La Cienega Just Smiled made the playlist. Otherwise the singing along is pretty tough.

This album is incredible, and he is an incredible musician (and one of the best live performers I've personally seen). This should have been 5* at a canter, but fuck Ryan Adams for what he did to Phoebe Bridgers (and others). Side note, why are there so many shitty human beings on this list?

Not that interesting

Noooooo hahahahaha

Wow...this is so boring. Really concerned that 1001 is just an arbitrary number..Don't list to this unless you have insomnia

I get why people would enjoy some of this album, but fuck Ryan Adams. Also, very country-fusion and county sucks.

Boy howdy, I’m conflicted and confused here. I thought this was a British guy playing alt-country, Americana-style music, sort of the way Keith Urban is an Australian country musician. I recall hearing his name in the context of him not being a good person. I couldn’t name a song, and certainly have never listened to an album all the way through. Looking at my last.fm history, which is not perfect, but pretty close, I’ve only listened to 1 song of his (out of about 230,000 since 2007) and that was 3 years ago. I gotta say, I kinda like it, right from the jump. All that said, and I know he apologized, but I’m going to be a liberal beta-cuck and side with the women he seems to have treated badly and not come back to this.

Nothing wrong with it, just not my vibe

2 Ryan Adam’s albums in 5 days, lucky me.

Can't do this. Alternative country is just country music that's pretending it's not country. The saxophone solo in the opening track is really great.

Long but alright.

16 tracks of this coffeehouse-Springsteen, self-important, edgeless, humorless sensitive white boy horseshit Ryan Adams suck my ass!!!

Unexpected. I enjoy Sylvia Plath.

Another album I don't necessarily think I "had" to listen to before I died. I realized I knew "Answering Bell" and liked it! I just feel like this is very put upon.

00’s Country

yeah. no. not even springsteen lite.

oh i could rock with this

incredible. they invented an AI slop album 25 years before the invention of AI slop music

MIERDA ABSOLUTA YANKEE

This was...I dunno, pleasant? Fine? It's discount Matchbox Twenty with a little country thrown in and an attempt or two at Springsteen. I like the mix, that I'll say. But otherwise...look, if this belongs on the list, then so does More Than You Think You Are, and I don't think I'll run into that one.

Dreadful. Just... no. If I could give 0 stars, I would.

bleh

an accurate title cause this was actually gołd for me, i really like how the album begins with beautiful, beautiful „new york, new york” to later conclude with „goodnight, hollywood blvd.” - different sonically i think. saying that the entirety of the album was superior would be a lie though but there were multiple tracks which i was GENUINELY impressed by.

from the reviews i suspected it would be horrible, actually not as bad as people make it to be, however it is a tad too long

5/10

Peaks early on and goes a lot longer than it can justify, but at its best it's got good things to offer, acceptable listen with some value

he leido a alguien decir temu bryce springsteen y lo puedo ver. me ha gustado muucho

Any white guy with a guitar can put his mouth to a harmonica and call himself a rockstar. Any middling white guy can pose as a rockstar by writing hackneyed songs about such varied and untapped ideas like how fun it is to have casual sex, New York, girls, Hollywood Boulevard, flowers, and how sad it is to have casual sex. Any middling white guy can abuse and exploit young women who are smarter and more talented than he is by pretending to be a rockstar. Ryan Adams innovates on this Grammy nominated (!) album by checking all three of these boxes at once. It's oppressive, in the way a shitty bar-band is. Overstuffed with instruments, no silence or intimacy, just shitty songs about girls and suffocating organs. It would be interesting (in a sick way) to close your eyes and play house listening to this album (imagine your shitty, cigarette stench boyfriend coming in and playing these songs for you...) if it weren't for the fact that not a lick of it is interesting. For over an hour, this Ephebophilic shitbag pushes you through song after song of meandering, suicidal notebook poetry. (Not suicidal in the sense that the songs are about suicide, but suicidal in the sense that it made me want to find a sharp edge and rub my neck against it.) In a world where arguments about separating the art from the artist happen constantly, I believe it would do the world good to cut out the artists that aren't worth keeping around and then getting onto the musicians that matter. I'm not sure if Ryan Adams is in the first draft of people we should collectively remove from our minds (Marilyn Manson, Gary Glitter, that tattooed fuck from Falling in Reverse) but he's certainly among those musical talents.

Si fuera por las primeras canciones del álbum quizá hubiera calificado distinto el disco, a mi no me gusta el country y así sentí esas canciones (aunque no sé si sí aplique el género), pero poco a poco se fue transformando en el género que esperaba, ¿un rock un poco más sube que sentí que rozaba el bules?, y siento que que son de esos disco para escuchar mientras manejas en la carretera (aunque sea imaginándolo en tu cabeza).

John Cougar Boringcamp Blah Dylan Kill-me Joel Bruce Springsleep

I definitely had some strong feelings at the beginning that I might not like this album. As I kept listening, I kind of had to respect it because I do find a lot of it pretty sticky and more interesting than I expected.. I was fully prepared to give this a one and it climbed all the way up to a three with some moments, I thought might even be a 4.

I gave up halfway through. This was everything terrible about Springsteen and the evolution of pop country put in to one long as hell turd that won’t pinch off.

Not bad but not good either. Needs to pick a lane stylistically.

Feel good vibes. Nothing super memorable but I enjoyed it in the moment.

Let's try, if we can, to set aside the fact that Ryan Adams is a giant POS. It's hard, because he undeniably is, and also it is embedded deeply in his lyrics. Ok, we're being objective now, and objectively, this album is boring. It's not bad. There's some passably pleasant “Americana” that is some amalgam of Springsteen and Petty but a very poor imitation of both. Ryan Adams career death was a victory for both women and music fans

I had no idea Ryan Adams had Country elements to his music, I always thought he made straight alt-rock, so I was in for a surprise. Anyways, this album is fine, I liked it more than I thought I would, but I am still not crazy about it. I am glad the label made him cut 5 songs, because it is long enough as is. High 3.

This album could have been left on the shelf and everyone would have been just fine without hearing it.

There are a lot of songs I like on this album, but a lot that are just there. Firecracker is good and When the Stars Go Blue is one of my favorite songs. This would easily be four stars if there were less filler songs, but even they aren't terrible if you like his sound. Ok 4 stars.

I don’t allow myself to listen to the music i used to love by men that were later discovered to be abusers but man i used to love this album

Great album. Surprisingly good.

*2001. *This one is nostalgic for me - I listened to it on repeat 20 years ago. *Such a good start - New York New York, Firecracker, Answering Bell... RATING - 7.5

I have to admire the audacity of Adams in blatantly ripping off two of the biggest names in 20th century music, Dylan & Springsteen, without an ounce of their talent. The first two tracks are bearable, after which this descends into a soup of the most awful countrified, soft-rock shmaltz imaginable. I'm 110 albums in and this is the worst I've heard so far, a soulless, cynical corporate cash in of the worst kind.

in letzterziit grad wider sehr stereotype-cowboy-mundharmondika-american-lastig und keis Album womi mega ahgmacht het zum lose

Yan adams Aka d wish.com version vum kollege Brian dams. Es amerikanieret mir e richtige mid western vorstadt gfühl id huut. Aber uf di schlechti art. Nöd uf die geili art was anderi lüüt besser chönd. Hätsch di wohl besser ‚eil young‘ gnennt.

Enjoyed

Didn’t hate it, didn’t love it. Very frontloaded- first track “New York New York” is definitely the best on the album- very Black Crowes. Some decent adult contemporary pop tunes and a bunch of country fried pop, and some whiny junk too. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

I don't know how anyone could make it through all 1 hours and 10 minutes of this without falling asleep.

Ryan Adams is a good writer and performer but he doesn't have his own identity. He apes others with a lot of variety and no direction.

Not a fan

following up epic centerpiece "Nobody Girl" with a song that starts off with the lyric "I wish I had a Sylvia Plath"? let's unpack that.

Listened Before? N I'm not going to be as hard on this as many reviewers. We get it, he's a dick. Cool. At least he's not a racist POS like Clapton or a Pedo like R. Kelly. Anyway, the music is pretty good if you're not looking for originality. He covers the gamut of classic American artists from Dylan to Springsteen here. Some of the songs are too long, and I wasn't a fan of When the Stars Go Blue. Its a good listen but not very memorable. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: New York, New York

So goofy, so good!

Isn't this guy rapey or something? I didn't like the few moments I heard when this was released, or the hype around him, and I didn't care to hear more. But here we are and hear I shall. And heard I have. I heard many influences to the point that this is about the least unique album I've ever heard. It's a bit of all of your favourite 70s American musicians who ever picked up a guitar or harmonica, who ever scrawled lyrics on a napkin, or ever thought it would be cool to squint into the sunlight atop a horse. That said, the artists he borrows from are quite good and therefore this album has a few quite good songs. As such, I bet Americans loved this in 2001.

It's son descript and boring.

Generic Americana

music: ok. vocals: meh. overall: boring.

Better than Bruce Springsteen? Absolutely not but it was worth a try. 3/5

Highlights: NY NY, Firecracker, Gonna Make You Love Me, Harder Now That It's Over This is the review of the base tracklist (no bonus content). Easy and approachable pop-rock country. However, I bet ya it doesn't differ too much from your standard American radio slop. The only difference is his lack of the proper twang. I found the metaphor in Harder Now That It's Over to be pretty hilarious so I couldn't take the song seriously. Overall kinda mid and I don't see how this can be remarkable even among country fans. My patience came thin by the end of Nobody Girl and at that point I was just praying it would end but it never did.

Some country, blues, and pop sounds. Good vocals. Sounds like a lot of the solo singers from the late 90s/early 00s (e.g. John Mayer, etc.)

God this is boring. The whole album is the guy at the party who inexplicably brought his guitar with him got to record an album. He’s like a dime store Bruce Springsteen, but far less eloquent. The album sits just a bit shorter than 1.5 hours. Far too long to sit with songs that don’t really have hooks to differentiate them.

I got very bored 4 songs in.

Ryan Adams is a tool but the One Tree Hill nostalgia for When the Stars Go Blue is *strong*

Such a talented bloke. Makes me think of simpler times/one tree hill. Pity he turned out to be a knob.

It's like a modern mix of the styles of Dylan, Springsteen and Elton John? It's pretty tame stuff, and easy to get along with, so I understand why this guy had his moment in the early 00s. This is okay.

Truly dreadful. The Rescue Blues is a proper misnomer. Honestly embarrassing

Too mich

I am so confused by this album cover. It's like Adams didn't know if he wanted to be pop punk or straight up yeehaw country. Anyway. WAY too damn long for some watered down songs. Any musical flourish is mostly done in a very cautious, 'don't rock the boat too much' way. Simping after Sylvia Plath is unique, at least, and I will give credit to his songwriting. But I have no intention to revisit this drawling, tedious mess.

So this is what a stereotypical american commute sounds like? Truly it sounds inoffensive in all aspects. Adams has a voice that is unrefined in that alternative way, stealing that roughness from the alternative music scene that went before it, but without doing anything profound. All the songs are about some nameless, faceless girl or baby and never make a point or build off the same thread. Which is all the more striking because of its album cover. This album is cynical in its marketing. The upside down flag is a sign of distress, overused in all kinds of media. Especially this album, where no actual state of distress with the country is ever put forth. I don't know how much of this could be deliberately changed in the two weeks after 9/11 back then. But intentional or not, it comes off as the product of a slimy politician: "Never waste a good crisis."

Too mid to be as long as it is

It was a 2, but it takes 30 seconds of further reading about this guy to realise it's a 1

This was fine, but man what an asshole

Painfully middle of the road pop, like a sanitised Bruce Springsteen. It's not truly dreadful, but it's so lacking in personality. The banality of it started to wear on me very quickly.

The album acts as a retrospective pastiche of Americana, heavily indebted to the country-rock styling of Gram Parsons and Dylan’s lyricism. While the arrangement fidelity and analog warmth are meticulously executed, the excessive seventy minute runtime introduces structural redundancy. It remains a highly competent genre exercise that ultimately suffers from a distinct lack of editorial concision throughout.

Cool! 2000s style

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america raaaaah 🦅🦅🇺🇲🇺🇸🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🦅🦅🦅🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅

Ryan Adams is the guy that brings the guitar to every party but it doesn't really bother anyone because he sounds good. The only problem is he sounds like dozens of other guys like that too - there's nothing unique. The most glaring example of this is the fact that I thought his original song, When the Stars Go Blue, was just a poor cover of a Tim McGraw song. I was shocked to fi d this out, because it has so much less emotion than the cover. Anyway, not a fan of considering Adams as someone who is "must hear."

Meh. 2/5

This album holds a special place on my heart I love it

4/5

Enjoyed it more as it went on. Nothing amazing or groundbreaking, but it works Standout songs: Nobody Girl Tina Toledo's Street Walkin Blues

It was good. Goodbye Hollywood Boulevard and Wild Flowers were absolutely 👌🌷. Overall, I would give this album a 3.9/5!

Listened to a third of so. Don't think I need more.

Unexceptional in every way

Oh my god! Twenty seconds into this I had an intense flashback where I remembered that once upon a time this kind of sound was *cool.* Wow…I had been living in blissful forgetting for like, many years. The jeans! The belt! The wrist straps! The spiky hair! I lived through this. We don’t need to memorialize this, keep it the hell away from this list. More seriously it’s not that bad, there are some good songs, but Adams’ fall from grace really taints his discography, and his whole thing just hasn’t aged all that well. The only reason I’m not giving this one star is it has “Answering Bell,” which I’ve loved since its brilliant appearance in the movie Bridesmaids.

Pleasant enough but very much background music

This was annoyingly enjoyable but I think it's just cause it sounded like Matt Nathanson (who's far superior in my book, and less of a creep)

There’s few reasons in my opinion for an album to have a long runtime, and this doesn’t meet those exceptions. The first few songs were actually pretty enjoyable, nothing special, but good background music that blends together, but it starts to take its toll at When the Stars Go Blue. Likes: New York New York; Firecracker; Answering Bell; The Rescue Blues

Never listened. Expectations: None - Verdict: Not For Me - Despite hearing the name, I know nothing about Ryan Adams. The opening track doesn't do anything for me, it's just a bit bland. I few tracks in and it hasn't got any better. Boring. The Rescue Blues is the best track so far. Nobody Girl isn't too bad either, it seems that stretching out a longer jam suits him. It has picked up a bit. Enemy Fire is alright.

bacano, muy chill hubo temas buenos pero se me hizo súper largo

Well, it is not bad, actually. I've found this album both interesting and pretentious. And I don't meen it to sound bad, but there is so much in here, and sometimes the songs work, but there are some that are pretty bland. So, considering that a nine-minute-long song should give a bit more to justify its length but that it also recovers with more bluesy (and even jazzy) songs, combined with a nice touch of Americana... well, I may forgive some not that well executed tracks. Not for saying this album is amazing, for sure, but I'll say that it's a pretty decent one. And it is even very enjoyable when the songs don't try too much to sound intense.

I didn't enjoy Ryan Adams other album on this list, so I wasn't really looking forward to this. However, something about my mood just clicked so much better with this album. I was genuinely touched by some great songs, like La Cienega Just Smiled and When The Stars Go Blue. Too bad some of the grating Americana ruins the flow of the album.

Dnf

Not my favorite Ryan Adams record. “Easy Tiger” is far superior!

Nothing really special about this album couple songs they’re like OK cool I see why it’s made but nothing that will drop me back to it and I don’t know why certain artists think songs should be nine minutes long but I did like a few songs didn’t like all the comparisons in the chat to Bruce Springsteen but hey, I grew up listening to Bruce. I think Bruce is way better, but yeah, definitely some target music. didn’t really get the country comparisons also standard pop music just with some harmonica.

3.5.

Thoughts before listening: Ryan Adams is a creep and he has proven himself to just get creepier with his social media presence. That being said, he did put out some pretty good music. This one has more of a heartland rocker vibe to it than some of his other singer-songwriter work. Review: Yeah I enjoy this. Heartbreaker and Cold Roses will remain my favorite albums by Ryan Adams, but this one is good. Its definitely more of a Tom Petty/John Mellencamp kinda vibe here, especially with "New York New York" which is one of my favorites from this album. I'll give this 3-stars.

Vanilla, over-produced, lifeless, boring, gross.... were the first words that came to mind...

first listen some great heartland rock

Well, that was forgettable. While listening to it, I thought it sounded like AI / HugeCorporation pretending to be indie. After it finished, I couldn't remember a single detail about it. It's the Zenith of Meh.

An easy to listen to and smooth country/rock album. Nothing really noteworthy and no songs that stood out to me. The singer has a good voice and some of the slower songs would be great to have on in the background talking with friends in the evening.

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My wife is a huge Ryan Adams fan so I'm already familiar with his stuff. This is the first time I've properly listened to it and I'm surprised I'm enjoying it as much as I am. I sing this song to my kids at night! Instant great album.

1001 albums to hear and say oh a country album again before you die 72# "I wanted to invent a modern classic." Kinda says it's not going to be that. And reading the Wikipedia article about this album, his label was only trying to help him out from not releasing a double album lol This is long with few to chew on. It's just agreeable music, no one will say this sounds bad or has bad production. Has it's merit, for the crisp production, backing vocals and instrumentation. Judging by it's cover, I'd have not liked this, calling it mid and just another throwaway country album, but Ryan has a good performance throughout and even though it isn't the most interesting thing in here by a kilometer (no miles here) it is a good chill ride.

No please no

Okay-ish

The back half of this album finally got me interested. Before that it was so nondescript I couldn’t tell what genre it was supposed to be, not that I ever figured that out.

Boring ass millennial easy-listening written by a sexual predator. Perfect your next blind date at Starbucks.

Probably not relistening to this. Best: Firecracker, Sylvia Plath, Gonna Make You Love Me. Worst: When The Stars Go Blue, Wild Flowers, Touch, Feel & Lose.

A really good album held back by a lack of editing. There are some really solid high points on this album especially in the softer ballad tracks. But the album peaks too early, and noticeably drops in quality after the midpoint. This would easily be a top tier country rock album if not for how much it drags towards the end, which is disappointing. Top tracks: La Cienga Just Smiled, When The Stars Go Blue, Nobody Girl

Better sounding than the other Adams's album on this list. Too cliché. 2.75 / 5

🤔

So fking plodding, a couple of moments but mate fucking cheer up and find your own sound. 2strs

i hate how great adams's early albums are because it turns out he was likely an abusive creep. having his first two albums as physical media, which includes _gold_, means i'm at least not support him further. and they are both great, great albums. nothing on _gold_ reaches the sheer brilliance of "to be young", but most of it comes pretty damn close. (and, tbf, nothing on _heartbreaker_ reaches the heights of "to be young").

Listening session: april 12th, while solving a puzzle Listened to before: no Thoughts: god I didn’t like the first Ryan Adams album I got on here and now I had to put myself through this again for a really long 89 minutes. Long story short, I’m not a fan Favourite track: Goodnight, Hollywood Blvd.

nice sound but still unsure

not my thang

When to listen: I wouldn't, because... other, better versions exist. I found this derivative and boring. Way too much harmonica for my liking. Kiiinda liked "Touch, Feel, and Lose" but that's it. Forgettable.

i love the melody of firecracker when he's singing but i gen cant stand. idk what instrument that is but its in every folk song like bob dylan music. i hate it sm but dude the rest of firecracker is so good. that instrument is SO GRATING!!! so far this is so much better than honestly like 99% of the albums ive heard........... and probably the best folk album ive heard......... the reviews made me ready to hate it idk what people r on but i am only 4 songs in and it is a long album so i like rescue blues too and harder now that it’s over. album should be over by now though there are a lot of boring repetitive songs. this didnt need to be 21 songs long 😭 its more like a 2.5 but i have to give it a 3 bcs a 2 is too low. i don’t even like it all that much but there is like 5 songs i liked, in a 21 song length album thats not saying much but its objectively a much better folk album than the others ive heard

Its funny to get this after Tommy, because Ryan is absolutely trying to do the Pinball Wizard intro vibe as the album starts. This album from Phoebe Bridgers' ex is prime Frat Boy With A Guitar rock. Highlights are Nobody Girl, which is about 10 minutes long and does not require it, an occasional Neil Young warble, a lot of mediocre white boy "blues", a second attempt at that Pinball wizard vibe... all couched in too many songs that just... are. I was surprised by how much this has clearly influenced dozens of equally uninspired singer songwriters. I don't think it is for the better. Ultimately any one of these songs on its own would be forgettable but fine (though some are definitely memorable for dragging on and on). As a bloated album of temu Black Crowes, it's about a 2*. "La Cienega Just Smiled" was the song I recall making the rounds at the time, and i guess thats as good a representation as anything

Some solid songwriting, runs a little too long maybe. Overall an ok listen

I don't mind the slow paced and acoustic guitar songs if I can identify with the lyrics, but I didn't get there with this album.

Kept getting a strong Timothy Chalamet vibe from this album. Listenable enough and I did enjoy the first few songs but just too damn long.

I have always kinda liked 'La Cienega Just Smiled'. Still the most I could give it is a 3

If you're going to copy someone, may as well be The Boss.

It's alright.

WXPN loved this album when it came out. I got big 2001 flashbacks listening to it. But that doesn’t make it good.

I felt like I heard his name a lot and even recognized the album cover but wondered why I never heard it. Oh, it's country stuff, no thanks.

OK

Hyper nostalgique pour celui ci mais rien d'exceptionnel non plus

Album très sympathique à l'écoute mais reste générique. On passe un bon moment mais aucune chanson n'est rentrée dans ma playlist. L'harmonica est cependant bien utilisé ! Note : 3 À réécouter : Oui

C'est ok mais rien de transcendantal