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Track Listings
| 1. Nuclear |
| 2. Hallelujah |
| 3. You Will Always Be The Same |
| 4. Desire |
| 5. Cry On Demand |
| 6. Starting To Hurt |
| 7. She Wants To Play Hearts |
| 8. Tennessee Sucks |
| 9. Dear Chicago |
| 10. Gimme A Sign |
| 11. Tomorrow |
| 12. Chin Up, Cheer Up |
| 13. Jesus (Don't Touch My Baby) |
Product Description
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Former Whiskeytown frontman Ryan Adams claims to have written and recorded enough songs over the past several years to fill a four-CD collection--and that's in addition to his acclaimed 2001 breakthrough Gold. Wisely, Adams decided to skip the box set--hey, he's only 27--and issue a sort of "best of" compilation comprising 13 unreleased demos. Recorded at four different studio sessions in Nashville, Los Angeles, and Stockholm, with a cast of musicians that includes his road band the Pinkhearts, Gillian Welch, David Rawlings, Ethan Johns, Chris Stills, Bucky Baxter, and Greg Leisz, Demolition proves that Adams is still a work in progress: brilliant one moment, sloppy the next. When he's good, he's very good: the rousing country-rocker "Hallelujah," the brooding acoustic ballads "Dear Chicago" and "Tomorrow," and the jangly power-pop number "Gimme a Sign" are as fine as anything on Gold. But Adams sometimes lapses into mimicry, as he does on "Nuclear" and "Starting to Hurt," both of which could be outtakes from a U2 album. "Tennessee Sucks," a chronicle of a boredom-filled summer day in Nashville, sounds half-baked, while the closing track, "Jesus (Don't Touch My Baby)," which finds Adams (on synthesizer, guitars, bass, and drum machine) droning on like Leonard Cohen, falls in the "failed experiment" category. Despite its bright spots, Demolition ultimately comes off as a mixed bag. --David Hill
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Un mid-tempo tout sauf nucléaire (malgré son titre) ouvre l'album. Ryan Adams publie des disques comme il respire. Le pire, c'est que rien ne semble superflu dans cette production quasi pléthorique. À peine 1 ans après le déjà très consistant Gold (21 chansons), en voici une autre grosse douzaine. Et pas une once de remplissage, avec toujours cette voix à vif ("Cry On Demand") et cette inspiration digne. Ryan Adams sait alterner, mais sans réfléchir, à l'instinct, des instants crus d'intimité limpide comme "You Will Always Be The Same") avec juste une guitare et un violoncelle) et des attaques brutes, sans ménagement, comme le rude "Gimme A Sign". On n'aura pas mis longtemps à mesurer la dimension exceptionnelle de ce singer songwriter aussi précoce que doué qui, en restant lui-même, parvient à révéler une infinité de facettes ("Desire", paisible, comme "Chin Up, Cheer Up", et "Jesus", irrésistible composition country). Ces 13 plages ne sont "que" des démos, paraît-il. Combien aimeraient être capables de produire le cinquième de celles-ci en 10 ans ? --José Ruiz
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4.0 out of 5 stars
These are his outtakes?,
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This review is from: Demolition (Audio CD)
This is my favourite Ryan Adams album. Light and shade, brilliantly recorded, I can't believe these are songs that didn't make the previous albums. Now, granted, I have not heard every Ryan Adams album, but I certainly did hear them all at least once prior to 2006. This is my favourite.The songcraft here is incredible. The slop served up to the masses by today's top paid songwriters is not even a slight patch on what Ryan Adams has released on Demolition. There's only one dud on the whole album, as far as I'm concered, which is the final track "Jesus (Don't Touch My Baby)". It's keyboard laden with sampled drums and doesn't fit in with the wonderful acoustic sounds elsewhere on the album. Highlights: "Chin Up, Cheer Up" "Cry On Demand" "Starting To Hurt" "Nuclear" Those are my favourites, but go ahead and buy the album and pick your own! 4 stars.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great for the fans,
By Jake Z "holden84" (Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Demolition (Audio CD)
This is a collection of demos (hence the title Demolition) that Ryan recorded between GOLD and the release of this album. Many songs came from sessions called "The Suicide Handbook", "48 Hours", and the "Pink Hearts" demos. The songs work well as an album. I enjoy all the songs offered here, I think they are great. "Desire" is a standout, a song rumored to be written about Alanis Morissette. "Chin Up, Cheer Up" is a great song that harks back to his HEARTBREAKER days, very country in its arrangements. "Cry On Demand" is a nice ballad, the lyrics are a little harsh but it's a great song. "Starting To Hurt" is an excellent song about a woman who jumps off a building, after giving her baby to someone. "Tennessee Sucks" is a song about well...how much Tennessee sucks. "Nuclear" is a definite standout, as is "Hallelujah". "You Will Always Be The Same" is a song he wrote about Beth Orton. Two of my favorites on the album are "She Wants To Play Hearts" and "Gimme A Sign" Other highlights include "Dear Chicago", "Jesus, Don't Touch My Baby", and "Tomorrow". Overall a great collection for fans, meant to tide us over til the next album was released.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Break your Heart Demolishing Gold,
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This review is from: Demolition (Audio CD)
In the repertoire that is Ryan Adams solo career, this is the best. Oh, to be able to give half stars to nudge, "Demolition," above "Gold," but alas we must make the words viva la difference, so...There is plenty to enjoy in "Demolition." The eclectic nature is its strength. "Nuclear," is Adams' Westerberg. "Tomorrow," and "Desire," are beautiful Neil Young Harvest sparse. There is Gram Parsons, Dire Straits, Steely Dan, Van Morrison, and Springsteen all thrown in for good measure. And tallied together, that puts the young Ryan in good company I'd say. If your going to jump on the Adams bandwagon, don't hesitate. It's hitched up and ride-worthy and start it with a bang, a demolition.
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