Well, since I'm starting off alphabetically, Ryan Adams ends up being the first to hit the auction block. I'll be highlighting each of his LPs here and listing them on eBay over the next 24 hours. All of my Ryan Adams LPs are the original releases, some extremely rare. Did I mention none are re-issues. Every one of these was purchased by me new and is in pristine condition.
And as is if you didn't know already...
Ryan Adams is an American singer-songwriter who dropped out of high school in order to perform with local punk bands. In spite of his punk beginnings, he eventually founded Whiskeytown and settled on alt-country as his genre of choice. The band released two acclaimed albums, Faithless Street (1995) and Stranger's Almanac (1997) before splitting in 1999. Pneumonia was released in 2001, after the band had already split.
His solo debut was Heartbreaker (2000) but, in spite of its considerable critical acclaim, sales were slow. He shifted slightly from his alt-country style for his next release Gold (2001) and earned good sales and two Grammy Award nominations. Though he released Demolition in 2002 it failed to achieve the same commercial success of its predecessor. His prolific writing meant that the songs were stacking up and he had enough material to release Rock N Roll and the double EP collection Love Is Hell pt.1 and Love Is Hell pt. 2 in 2003. In 2005 he released three albums, the lachrymose double disc Cold Roses and Jacksonville City Nights (both recorded as Ryan Adams and the Cardinals) and 29.
He then released 2007's Easy Tiger which debuted at No.7 on the Billboard charts and featured in many other charts around the world. Though billed as a solo effort it was recorded with the Cardinals who share songwriting credits. His latest effort, Cardinology, was released in October 2008. In a certain sense, Cardinology does play as a showcase for everything that Ryan Adams & the Cardinals can do: it's rooted in Deadsy country-rock but frequently strays into '80s alt-rock territory. These days Ryan Adams is all about carefully measured craft instead of big statements, a tradeoff that makes his albums more predictable but also more satisfying, as Cardinology quietly proves.
Similar artists:
AA Bondy, Grand Drive, Justin Rutledge, Rhett Miller, Jeff Buckley, Wilco, Mark Curry, Ben Kweller, David Gray, Joe Henry, Richard Buckner, Joe Purdy, Gillian Welch, Mason Jennings, Kim Richey, Bell X1, Scott Miller, Victoria Williams, Emmylou Harris, Bruce Springsteen, Ian Matthews, Neko Case
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Monday, August 9, 2010
Ryan Adams Titles Up For Auction!
Well, since I'm starting off alphabetically, Ryan Adams ends up being the first to hit the auction block. I'll be highlighting each of his LPs here and listing them on eBay over the next 24 hours. All of my Ryan Adams LPs are the original releases, some extremely rare. Did I mention none are re-issues. Every one of these was purchased by me new and is in pristine condition.
And as is if you didn't know already...
Ryan Adams is an American singer-songwriter who dropped out of high school in order to perform with local punk bands. In spite of his punk beginnings, he eventually founded Whiskeytown and settled on alt-country as his genre of choice. The band released two acclaimed albums, Faithless Street (1995) and Stranger's Almanac (1997) before splitting in 1999. Pneumonia was released in 2001, after the band had already split.
His solo debut was Heartbreaker (2000) but, in spite of its considerable critical acclaim, sales were slow. He shifted slightly from his alt-country style for his next release Gold (2001) and earned good sales and two Grammy Award nominations. Though he released Demolition in 2002 it failed to achieve the same commercial success of its predecessor. His prolific writing meant that the songs were stacking up and he had enough material to release Rock N Roll and the double EP collection Love Is Hell pt.1 and Love Is Hell pt. 2 in 2003. In 2005 he released three albums, the lachrymose double disc Cold Roses and Jacksonville City Nights (both recorded as Ryan Adams and the Cardinals) and 29.
He then released 2007's Easy Tiger which debuted at No.7 on the Billboard charts and featured in many other charts around the world. Though billed as a solo effort it was recorded with the Cardinals who share songwriting credits. His latest effort, Cardinology, was released in October 2008. In a certain sense, Cardinology does play as a showcase for everything that Ryan Adams & the Cardinals can do: it's rooted in Deadsy country-rock but frequently strays into '80s alt-rock territory. These days Ryan Adams is all about carefully measured craft instead of big statements, a tradeoff that makes his albums more predictable but also more satisfying, as Cardinology quietly proves.
Similar artists:
AA Bondy, Grand Drive, Justin Rutledge, Rhett Miller, Jeff Buckley, Wilco, Mark Curry, Ben Kweller, David Gray, Joe Henry, Richard Buckner, Joe Purdy, Gillian Welch, Mason Jennings, Kim Richey, Bell X1, Scott Miller, Victoria Williams, Emmylou Harris, Bruce Springsteen, Ian Matthews, Neko Case
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