Ryan Adams - Jacksonville City Nights
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Artist: Ryan AdamsEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2005-09-27
Music Label: Lost Highway
Soundtracks:
- A KISS BEFORE I GO
- THE END
- HARD WAY TO FALL
- DEAR JOHN
- THE HARDEST PART
- GAMES
- SILVER BULLETS
- PEACEFUL VALLEY
- SEPTEMBER
- MY HEART IS BROKEN
- TRAINS
- PA
- WITHERING HEIGHTS
- DON'T FAIL ME NOW
Free Music Notes for Jacksonville City Nights
Free Music Review: Best Country album since "Bright Flight"
Hit: 5 Stars
I can still recall the first time I saw Ryan Adams. This was way back in the David Ryan Adams days of Whiskeytown. The threadbare blue jean jacket, tattered cowboy boots, awkward specs, occasional mutton chops, bracelets, about 20 extra pounds, and of course, the unwavering crestfallen disposition. In the seven or so years since, Ryan has been through enough image overhauls to compete with a seventies-era Bowie. There was the Dylan phase, then the Gap ads, next was the highly collaborative yet oh-so-wandering era, then the NYC garage rocker, and of course, the desperate, lovesick broken-wristed fool turned complete wacko. 2005 alone has already seen a couple different Ryans. As prolific as ever, his second release of the year, Jacksonville City Nights is a brilliant companion piece to his hippie friendly double album classic, Cold Roses.
Now bearded and fronting the best band of his career, Adams has at last released the full-on country album his fans have been waiting for; and we're not talking Kenny Chesney or Alan Jackson. Jacksonville City Nights, much like David Berman's Bright Flight back in 2001, summons the seemingly forgotten ghosts of a pre-pop Nashville. You know, back when Nashville was Nashville. After falling off stage and breaking his wrist, Ryan was forced to finally lay low for a period of time. Eventually Adams came to, and with the assistance of NYC guitar-guru JP Bowerstock, Ryan "relearned" how to play the guitar. In due time, (with film crew and an abundance of studio time on his side) Adams was itching to record again. He quickly gathered a new band, wrote down a few song titles, drank his share of wine and promptly began working again.
Described as a "punk approach to a county album," Adams and his Cardinals recorded the singer-songwriters' seventh (properly released) solo album almost by accident. Unlike the bands previously mentioned, long-labored masterpiece Cold Roses, Jacksonville thrives on its spontaneous nature. Recorded prior to Roses, and (in fact) before they had even realized that they were an "official" band, the Jacksonville sessions not only helped Ryan get his groove back, but also led him back to his alt-country roots, albeit, this time with an assemblage of musicians proficient enough to keep up with his brilliantly wavering spirit.
With a running time of only forty-six minutes (the shortest of his career), Jacksonville is comprised of fourteen catchy, lean country tunes; none of which lag behind the bunch. While the lyrics and arrangements never dig as deep as Cold Roses, the raw impact of the recordings are just as potent as anything in Adams' catalog; a genuine paradigm of steadfast songwriting aptitude. Much of the album, including "A Kiss Before I Go," "The End," "The Hardest Part," "Peaceful Valley," "My Heart is Broken," and "Don't Fail Me Now" show Adams at his very best, often (and finally) living up to the Gram Parsons comparisons. Simply put, if you are a fan of folk, country, Bob Dylan, The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Rolling Stones, and/or Willie Nelson, there's a very good chance that Jacksonville will be the best album you hear all year.
On December 20th when Adams releases his third album of the year with the introspective 29, he will finally be an adult; however, it's Jacksonville that acts as proof of such. Only an artist with vision and concrete artistic confidence gained over time can quickly record an album as unfaltering as Jacksonville City Nights. If Cold Roses is an example of Ryan's broad musical mastery, Jacksonville is his display of natural talent.
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International version features one bonus track, a beautiful version of Elvis Presley's 'Always on My Mind' that features a string section conducted by Bergen White. Ryan & the Cardinals return again in 2005 with another studio album, 'Jacksonville City Nights'. 15 tracks in total including 'Kiss Before I Go', 'Hard Way To Fall' and 'Dear John'. Lost Highway. 2005.Arguably the most eclectically prolific artist since Prince, Ryan Adams continues his chameleon revivalism with his most straightforward country music to date. Having evoked the inspiration of bands ranging from T. Rex to the Grateful Dead on previous solo releases, the former Whiskeytown frontman here channels the likes of Faron Young on "My Heart Is Broken," while framing the shot-and-a-beer opener, "A Kiss Before I Go," with honky-tonk piano and pedal steel. "Seems like I'm always movin'," he sings amid the rockabilly kick of "Trains," as the album finds his restless muse ranging from a dreamy duet with Norah Jones on "Dear John" to naked vulnerability reminiscent of John Lennon on "Silver Bullets." Only Adams would cut a track titled "The End" and sequence it second on the CD, or a song called "Peaceful Valley" and inject it with so much emotion. --Don McLeese
Recommended Ryan Adams Discography
 Heartbreaker |  Gold |  Love Is Hell |
 Whiskeytown, Pneumonia |  Whiskeytown, Stranger's Almanac |  Whiskeytown, Faithless Street |
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