Cold Roses

Cold Roses
Studio album by Ryan Adams and The Cardinals
Released	May, 2005
Recorded	Loho Studios (New York City, NY)
Genre	Alternative country, country rock
Length	76:03 (84:37 with bonus tracks)
Label	Lost Highway Records (B0004343-02)
Producer	Tom Schick
Ryan Adams chronology
Love Is Hell (2004) Cold Roses (2005) Jacksonville City Nights (2005)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic.com	link
Drowned in Sound	link
Music Box	link
NME	link
Pitchfork Media	(7.2/10) link
PopMatters	link
Robert Christgau	[1]
Rolling Stone	[1]
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Cold Roses is the sixth studio album by alt-country singer-songwriter Ryan Adams, released on May 3, 2005 on Lost Highway. The album is his first with backing band The Cardinals, and the first of three albums released in 2005. Cold Roses is the only album to include Cardinals member Cindy Cashdollar.

Cold Roses has sold 159,000 copies in the United States.^[2]

Although all the tracks can fit on a standard 80-minute disc, it was released as a double album with packaging and CDs designed to make it look like a vinyl LP. The album was also released in a standard 2-disc jewel case.

Writing and composition

In 2011, Adams noted that "How Do You Keep Love Alive" was written while on opium: "I fully understand when people say Edgar Allen Poe used to smoke this stuff and have visions. I wrote the entire song "How Do You Keep Love Alive" without writing a word down, and I played it on piano. And I've tried to understand the chord pattern ever since, because I can't fuckin' play it."^[3]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Adams, Bowersock, Cashdollar, Pemberton and Popper. 

Disc one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Magnolia Mountain"	5:53
2.	"Sweet Illusions"	5:02
3.	"Meadowlake Street"	4:29
4.	"When Will You Come Back Home"	4:52
5.	"Beautiful Sorta"	3:01
6.	"Now That You're Gone"	3:52
7.	"Cherry Lane"	4:32
8.	"Mockingbird"	4:47
9.	"How Do You Keep Love Alive"	3:12

Disc two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Easy Plateau"	5:12
2.	"Let It Ride"	3:24
3.	"Rosebud"	2:56
4.	"Cold Roses"	4:36
5.	"If I Am a Stranger"	4:39
6.	"Dance All Night"	3:15
7.	"Blossom"	3:15
8.	"Life Is Beautiful"	4:29
9.	"Friends"	4:45

Bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Tonight" (Vinyl and UK release only, also released as an iTunes exclusive album-only track)	3:29
2.	"So Hot, So Cold" (Japan and UK Bonus Track)	3:20
3.	"Operator, Operator" (Japan Bonus Track)	1:46

Performers

• Ryan Adams – Vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, harmonica, piano
• J.P. Bowersock – Electric guitar
• Cindy Cashdollar – Steel guitar, resonator guitar, vocals
• Brad Pemberton – Drums, vocals
• Catherine Popper – Bass guitar, vocals, piano
• Rachael Yamagata – Vocals and piano on "Let It Ride", "Cold Roses" and "Friends"

Chart positions

Album

Country	Peak position
US[4]	26
Australia[5]	31
Belgium (Flanders)[6]	27
Denmark[7]	31
Germany[8]	39
Netherlands[9]	48
Ireland[10]	16
New Zealand[11]	30
Norway[12]	9
Sweden[13]	8
UK[14]	20

References

1. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Cold Roses". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=12945. 
2. ^ Hasty, Katie (2007-06-03). "Busy and bored, Adams tames "Tiger"". Reuters/Billboard. http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=2007-06-03T210713Z_01_N03416171_RTRIDST_0_ENTERTAINMENT-ADAMS-COL.XML&archived=False. Retrieved 2007-06-04. ""Cold Roses," has sold 159,000 copies in the United States" 
3. ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/sep/22/ryan-adams-things-got-broken?newsfeed=true
4. ^ "American Charts". Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p308331/charts-awards. Retrieved 2008-11-25. 
5. ^ "Australian Charts". Australian-charts.com. http://australian-charts.com/search.asp?cat=a&search=Ryan+Adams. Retrieved 2008-11-25. 
6. ^ "Belgian Cold Roses position". ultratop.be. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Ryan+Adams&titel=Cold+Roses&cat=a. Retrieved 2009-11-22. 
7. ^ "Danish Charts". danishcharts.com. http://danishcharts.com/search.asp?search=Ryan+Adams&cat=a. Retrieved 2008-11-25. 
8. ^ "German Charts" (in German). musicline.de. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Adams%2CRyan/longplay. Retrieved 2008-11-25. 
9. ^ "Dutch Charts" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. http://dutchcharts.nl//showinterpret.asp?interpret=Ryan+Adams. Retrieved 2008-11-25. 
10. ^ "Irish Charts". Irish-charts.com. http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Ryan+Adams. Retrieved 2009-11-22. 
11. ^ "New Zealand Charts". charts.org.nz. http://charts.org.nz/search.asp?search=Ryan+Adams&cat=a. Retrieved 2008-11-25. 
12. ^ "Norwegian Charts". Norwegiancharts.com. http://norwegiancharts.com/search.asp?search=Ryan+Adams&cat=a. Retrieved 2008-11-25. 
13. ^ "Swedish Charts". Swedishcharts.com. http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=Ryan+Adams&cat=a. Retrieved 2008-11-25. 
14. ^ "UK Chart Log". zobbel.de. http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_A.HTM. Retrieved 2008-11-22.