Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker - MFSL (UDSACD 7002)

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The music might break your heart, but the sound will enrich your soul on this post Whiskeytown solo debut by Ryan Adams on Ultradisc UHR™ SACD with GAIN 2™ mastering from MFSL. The melding of influences ranging from Paul Westerberg, Merle Haggard, Robyn Hitchcock, Steve Earle and especially Gram Parsons yields an exceptional, stunning debut from one of today's most aristically pertinent & popular recording artists. At times raucous, wistful, & raspy, and at other times simply sweet, Adams fully employs a top notch acoustic based band inclusive of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings. A guest spot featuring none other than Emmylou Harris lends a particularly tender yearning to "Oh My Sweet Caroline." Another unearthed classic recording brought to full sonic fruition via MFSL's acclaimed Discovery Series.

Amazon.co.uk review:
With a touch of Robyn Hitchcock in his vocal timbre, a smidgen of Steve Earle in his narratives and instrumental writing and a heap of Gram Parsons in the fullness of his overall sound and structure, Ryan Adams steps well above Whiskeytown with Heartbreaker, his solo debut. By turns raucous, wistful, raspy and simply sweet, Adams makes the most of a top-shelf acoustic band, including Gillian Welch and David Rawlings and even a guest spot from Emmylou Harris on the tenderly yearning "Oh My Sweet Caroline". There is little dependence on the usual alt-country twang and a far more rounded sense of textures here (the multiple vocal tracks on "Amy", for example, sound Beatles-esque), with glockenspiel, organ and more signalling a sonic field of extensive depth. His spare guitar and stretched-thin vocal delivery alternate smartly with a bigger-shouldered guitar and throaty voice, never leaving behind a band conception straight out of Parsons's oeuvre. Adams signals occupancy of the post-alt country vanguard--if there is such a thing.

Tracklisting:

01. Argument With David Rawlings Concerning... (Adams) - :37
02. To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High) (Adams/Rawlings) - 3:04
03. My Winding Wheel (Adams) - 3:13
04. Amy (Adams) - 3:46
05. Oh My Sweet Carolina (Adams) - 4:57
06. Bartering Lines (Adams/Alston) - 3:59
07. Call Me on Your Way Back Home (Adams) - 3:09
08. Damn, Sam (I Love a Woman That Rains) (Adams) - 2:08
09. Come Pick Me Up (Adams/Alston) - 5:18
10. To Be the One (Adams) - 3:01
11. Why Do They Leave? (Adams) - 3:38
12. Shakedown on 9th Street (Adams) - 2:53
13. Don't Ask for the Water (Adams) - 2:56
14. In My Time of Need (Adams) - 5:39
15. Sweet Lil Gal (Adams) - 3:38

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