12-10-2012, 08:36
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RYAN ADAMS "ashes and fire" cd,2011.
a recommendation from Corey last year....
its Adams fourteenth album in around fourteen years...quite prolific.
allmusic write up says he's done pop,rock,country,alt in his career...
this one is slightly country tinged, but not enough to actually call it country IMO,so still slightly alternative i guess...
shade of early 1970s Dylan and Neil young on several tracks.
the guy has a nice warm vocal quality which comes across slightly 'fragile' at times, not in a bad way mind you,more like Neil Young's fragility, and it lacks variation IMO, all too much of a muchness throughout, i started getting a bit sleepy about halfway through then 'chains of love' made me prick up my ears again..quality track IMO,shame nothing else on here quite hits the spot like that one did,
overall not a bad album,but not one to make me seek out his back catalogue neither.
allmusic pro's give this one 3.5/5 or 2.1 on our converted scale here,my score is slightly lower than that,but not that far off that i'd disagree with their score.
I LIKE THIS ALBUM
worst track: do i wait
best track: chains of love
tracks:
1. dirty rain **
2. ashes and fire **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W3SbhY_5DE live
3. come home *
4. rocks **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szlgxZS8_aI audio
5. do i wait *
6. chains of love ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tL4DdYzcxg video
7. invisible riverside **
8. save me **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK1H8jFIp14 audio
9. kindness **
10.lucky now **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1YYzRwYTSw live
11.i love you but i dont know what to say **
3s=1
2s=8
1s=2
rating: 1.9
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They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.