Demolition (Ryan Adams album)

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Demolition
File:Ryan Adams Demolition.jpg
Studio album by Ryan Adams
Released September 24, 2002
Genre Alternative country
Rock
Length 45:16
Label Lost Highway Records
Producer Ryan Adams
Michael Blair
Frank Callari
David Domanich
Ethan Johns
Luke Lewis
Ryan Adams chronology
Gold
(2001)Gold2001		 Demolition
(2002)		 Rock n Roll
(2003)Rock n Roll2003
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic (70/100) [1]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 2.5/5 stars [2]
Chicago Tribune (favorable) [3]
Robert Christgau B+ [4]
Entertainment Weekly B− [5]
NME (8/10) [6]
The Music Box 4/5 stars [7]
Pitchfork Media (5.5/10) [8]
PopMatters 8/10 stars [1][9]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars [10]
Spin (7/10) [11]
Stylus Magazine C [12]
Tiny Mix Tapes 4.5/5 stars [13]
Uncut 4/5 stars [1]
Yahoo! Music UK 7/10 stars [14]

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.[15] 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."[16]

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

Japanese bonus tracks

No. Title Length
14. "New York, New York" (Live In Amsterdam)  
15. "To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High)" (Live In Amsterdam)  
16. "Blue"   2:28
17. "Song for Keith"   3:29

Chart positions

Album

Country Peak
position
US[17] 28
France[18] 124
Germany[19] 83
Ireland[20] 19
Netherlands[21] 44
New Zealand[22] 49
Norway[23] 14
Sweden[24] 15
UK[25] 22

Singles

Year Single Chart Peak
position
2002 "Nuclear" Irish Singles Chart[20] 45
UK Singles Chart[25] 37

Personnel

  • Ryan Adams – Vocals (all tracks), Guitar (tracks 2,3,4,5,7,9,11,12,13), Electric guitar (tracks 1,6,8,10), Harmonica (tracks 2,4), Bass (tracks 5,13), Piano (tracks 5,8), Synth (track 13), Drum Machine (track 13)
  • Mikael Nord Andersson – Dobro (track 3)
  • Bucky Baxter – Pedal Steel Guitar (tracks 1,6,8,10), Background vocals (tracks 5,7), Guitar (tracks 5,9)
  • Michael Blair – Djembe Heartbeat (track 3)
  • Sheldon Gomberg – Bass (tracks 2,4)
  • Svante Henryson – Cello (track 3)
  • Ethan Johns – Drums (tracks 2,4,12), Background vocals (track 2), Electric guitar (track 2), Ukulele (track 4), Bass (track 12), B3 (track 2)
  • John Paul Keith – Guitar (tracks 6,10)
  • Greg Leisz – Steel Guitar (tracks 2,4,12), Dobro (track 12)
  • Billy Mercer – Bass (tracks 1,6,10)
  • Brad Pemberton – Drums (tracks 1,6,8,10)
  • David Rawlings – Guitar (track 11)
  • Julianna Raye – Background vocals (track 4)
  • Brad Rice – Electric guitar (tracks 1,8)
  • Chris Stills – Background vocals (track 2), 12-String Acoustic Guitar (track 2), B3 (track 4)
  • Gillian Welch – Background vocals (track 11)

References

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  13. ↑ Tiny Mix Tapes review at the Wayback Machine (archived September 19, 2006)
  14. ↑ Yahoo! Music UK review at the Wayback Machine (archived August 23, 2004)
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  16. ↑ [1] Archived August 30, 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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