- Follow the Lights
Infobox Album
Name = Follow the Lights
Type = EP
Artist =Ryan Adams &The Cardinals
Released =October 23 ,2007
Recorded = The Village,Sunset Sound , Glenwood Place Studios
Genre =Alternative country
Length = 31:10
Label = Lost Highway
Producer = Jamie Candiloro
Reviews =
*Allmusic rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:w9fqxzthldhe link]
*Pitchfork Media (6.5/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/46530-follow-the-lights-ep link]
Last album = "Easy Tiger " (2007)
This album = "Follow the Lights" (2007)
Next album = "Cardinology " (2008)"Follow the Lights" is an
EP byRyan Adams &The Cardinals releasedOctober 23 ,2007 . The EP contains three new songs and four live studio recordings, including a cover of "Down in a Hole " byAlice in Chains . [cite web | url=http://www.nme.com/news/ryan-adams/31208 | title = Ryan Adams reveals details of new EP | publisher =NME /IPC Media | date=2007-09-18 | accessdate=2007-09-21] It was produced by then-Cardinals member James Candiloro.The EP features the first official recording of the song "Blue Hotel" by Ryan Adams & The Cardinals. The song originally appeared on
Willie Nelson 's "Songbird" album. "This Is It" was previously recorded for "Rock n Roll", "If I Am a Stranger" for "Cold Roses ", and "Dear John" – which was co-written by Ryan Adams andNorah Jones – for "Jacksonville City Nights "."Follow the Lights" debuted at number 40 on the US
Billboard 200 chart, selling about 19,000 copies in its first week. [Katie Hasty, [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003665671 "Underwood Leads Three Country Debuts Onto Chart"] , Billboard.com,October 31 ,2007 .]In the UK, "Follow the Lights" was released as "Everybody Knows", with the titular "Everybody Knows" from "
Easy Tiger " included as an extra track. InGermany , the EP is not available individually, but was added as a bonus disc to alimited edition reissue of "Easy Tiger".The album cover is a photograph taken by guitarist
Neal Casal .Track listing
tracklist
all_writing = Ryan Adams, unless otherwise noted
writing_credits = yes
title1 = Follow the Lights
length1 = 3:03
title2 = My Love for You Is Real
length2 = 4:52
title3 = Blue Hotel
length3 = 5:11
title4 =Down in a Hole
writer4 =Jerry Cantrell
length4 = 4:37
title5 = This Is It
writer5 = Ryan Adams and Johnny T
length5 = 3:32
title6 = If I Am a Stranger
length6 = 4:44
title7 = Dear John
writer7 = Ryan Adams andNorah Jones
length7 = 5:12Personnel
*
Ryan Adams — guitars, banjo, vocals
*Brad Pemberton — drums, percussion
*Chris Feinstein — bass
*Jon Graboff — pedal steel, vocals
*Neal Casal — guitars, vocals, cover photograph
*James Candiloro — piano, keyboards, producer, recording ("Follow the Lights" & "My Love for You is Real"), mixing
*Jason Wormer — recording
*Clifton Aleen — recording assistant
*Brendan Dekora — mixing assistant
*Bob Ludwig — mastering
*Philip Andelman — live photo
*Andy West — designReferences
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