- Demolition (Ryan Adams album)
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Demolition Studio album by Ryan Adams Released September 24, 2002 Genre Alternative country
RockLength 45:16 Label Lost Highway Records Producer Ryan Adams
Michael Blair
Frank Callari
David Domanich
Ethan Johns
Luke LewisRyan Adams chronology Gold
(2001)Demolition
(2002)Rock n Roll
(2003)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic link
The A.V. Club (Mixed) link CD Now Robert Christgau (B+)[1] E Online (8.3/10) Mojo NME Music Box link
Pitchfork Media (5.5/10) link Pop Matters Q Magazine Rolling Stone link
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Demolition is the third studio album by alt-country singer-songwriter Ryan Adams, released on September 24, 2002 on Lost Highway. The album comprises tracks from Adams' unreleased studio albums, The Suicide Handbook, The Pinkheart Sessions and 48 Hours.[2] In 2009, Adams stated: "I don’t much care for this record. The rock songs are plodding and the quiet songs belonged to better records [...] to make Gold as a compromise then to have to watch those records get broken up for Demolition was heartbreaking."[3]
Contents
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Ryan Adams, unless otherwise noted.
No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Nuclear" 3:25 2. "Hallelujah" 3:11 3. "You Will Always Be the Same" 2:38 4. "Desire" 3:41 5. "Cry on Demand" 4:23 6. "Starting to Hurt" 3:19 7. "She Wants to Play Hearts" 4:01 8. "Tennessee Sucks" 2:55 9. "Dear Chicago" 2:13 10. "Gimme a Sign" 3:04 11. "Tomorrow" Ryan Adams and Carrie Hamilton 4:23 12. "Chin Up, Cheer Up" 2:59 13. "Jesus (Don't Touch My Baby)" 5:09 14. "New York, New York" (Live In Amsterdam; Japanese bonus track) 15. "To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High)" (Live In Amsterdam; Japanese bonus track) Ryan Adams and David Rawlings 16. "Blue" (Japanese bonus track) 17. "Song for Keith" (Japanese bonus track) Chart positions
Album
Country Peak
positionUS[4] 28 France[5] 124 Germany[6] 83 Ireland[7] 19 Netherlands[8] 44 New Zealand[9] 49 Norway[10] 14 Sweden[11] 15 UK[12] 22 Singles
Year Single Chart Peak
position2002 "Nuclear" Irish Singles Chart[7] 45 UK Singles Chart[12] 37 Personnel
- Ryan Adams – Vocals, Guitar, Electric guitar, Harmonica, Bass, Piano, Synth, Drum Machine
- Mikael Nord Andersson – Dobro
- Bucky Baxter – Pedal Steel Guitar, Background vocals, Guitar
- Michael Blair – Djembe Heartbeat
- Sheldon Gomberg – Bass
- Svante Henryson – Cello
- Ethan Johns – Drums, Background vocals, Electric guitar, Ukulele, Bass, B3
- John Paul Keith – Guitar
- Greg Leisz – Steel Guitar, Dobro
- Billy Mercer – Bass
- Brad Pemberton – Drums
- David Rawlings – Guitar
- Julianna Raye – Background vocals
- Brad Rice – Electric guitar
- Chris Stills – Background vocals, 12 String Acoustic guitar, B3
- Gillian Welch – Background vocals
References
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Demolition". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=11723.
- ^ "Ryan Adams on 'Demolition,' writing and shopping at Gap". CNN. 2002-10-25. http://edition.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/25/mroom.ryan.adams/. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
- ^ http://stereokill.net/2009/08/26/the-collected-forum-musings-of-david-ryan-adams-part-1/
- ^ "American Charts". Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p308331/charts-awards. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
- ^ "French Charts" (in French). lescharts.com. http://lescharts.com/search.asp?search=Ryan+Adams&cat=a. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
- ^ "German Charts" (in German). musicline.de. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Adams%2CRyan/longplay. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
- ^ a b "Irish Charts". Irish-charts.com. http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Ryan+Adams. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
- ^ "Dutch Charts" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Ryan+Adams. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
- ^ "New Zealand Charts". charts.org.nz. http://charts.org.nz/search.asp?search=Ryan+Adams&cat=a. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
- ^ "Norwegian Charts". Norwegiancharts.com. http://norwegiancharts.com/search.asp?search=Ryan+Adams&cat=a. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
- ^ "Swedish Charts". Swedishcharts.com. http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=Ryan+Adams&cat=a. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
- ^ a b "UK Chart Log". zobbel.de. http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_A.HTM. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
Studio albums Heartbreaker · Gold · Demolition · Rock n Roll · Love Is Hell · Cold Roses · Jacksonville City Nights · 29 · Easy Tiger · Cardinology · Orion · III/IV · Ashes & FireEPs Love Is Hell (pt. 1) · Love Is Hell (pt. 2) · California · The Rescue Blues · Follow the Lights · Class MythologySingles "New York, New York" · "When The Stars Go Blue" · "Answering Bell" · "Nuclear" · "So Alive" · "This Is It" · "Wonderwall" · "Let It Ride" · "Easy Plateau" · "Two" · "Halloweenhead" · "Fix It" · "Magick" · "Lucky Now"With Whiskeytown Books See also Categories:- Ryan Adams albums
- 2002 albums
- Lost Highway Records albums
- Albums produced by Ethan Johns
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