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Ryan Adams (born David Ryan Adams on November 5, 1974) is an alt-country and rock and roll songwriter and singer from Jacksonville, North Carolina. Initially part of the group Whiskeytown, which was at the time considered one of the leaders of the alt-country genre, Adams left the band and released his first solo album, Heartbreaker, in 2000 (which was subsequently nominated for the Shortlist Music Prize). As well as his solo albums, Adams has released five albums as Ryan Adams & the Cardinals. Read more on Last.fm
Ryan Adams fourth proper co-marquee with The Cardinals is also his most confused. The beauty here is that maybe that’s totally on purpose. Ryan’s lyrical excursions here are somewhere between brilliant and unfocused…..sometimes both. The sound of the record doesn’t know if it wants to be funk, U2 sized arena rock or casual “let’s have sex with our clothes on” alternative country. I still liked it. But I can’t, in good conscience give it a great review. You figure it out.