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Cold Roses (May 3, 2005) - Ryan Adams & the Cardinals

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This record just came out and even though I have heard it several times, I don't yet own it. I'm waiting for Gate City Noise to get more copies in. I don't buy CDs off my own site and I try to support locally-owned record stores when I can. Of course if you want to buy it here, that's great, but if you have a local small-biz record shop, go there.

OK. So I don't have it yet, but I have listened to most of it a couple of times. So far it sounds like classic Ryan Adams, combining all the great traces from Heartbreaker, Gold, and his Whiskytown stuff. I'm also hearing a little Gram Parsons and Neil Young in there. I'll write up more after I have had a chance to fully digest it.

If I was still on the radio you would have heard me playing a lot of Ryan Adams over the past few years. This guy is a wonderful and extremely versatile songwriter. Ryan Adams is one of those artists who has the talent to go the distance. Let's hope he does.

-- May 6, 2005 (DDT)

PS - I bought the CD two days after I wrote this essay.

Ryan Adams & the Cardinals - Cold Roses Original Album Tracks

1. Magnolia Mountain
2. Sweet Illusions
3. Meadowlake Street
4. When Will You Come Back Home
5. Beautiful Sorta
6. Now That You're Gone
7. Cherry Lane
8. Mockingbird
9. How Do You Keep Love Alive
10. Easy Plateau
11. Let It Ride
12. Rosebud
13. Cold Roses
14. If I Am a Stranger
15. Dance All Night
16. Blossom
17. Life Is Beautiful
18. Friends

More Ryan Adams & the Cardinals at Deaconlight.com

• Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker (2000)
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• Ryan Adams - Gold (2001)
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• Ryan Adams - Demolition (2002)
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• Ryan Adams - Rock N Roll (2003)
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