{"product_id":"ryan-adams-gold-2lp","title":"Ryan Adams - Gold [2LP]","description":"Torrential creativity has fast-forwarded the artistic evolution of former Whiskeytown frontman \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRyan Adams\u003c\/strong\u003e from country-rock boy wonder (see Faithless Street) to despondent troubadour with a 1960s fixation (his solo debut Heartbreaker), but it may also explain why listeners often need to wade through some pedestrian material just to find a few pearls of poetic excellence. \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGold\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is no exception to that trend, a sometimes engaging middle-of-the-road roots-pop album that's both overlong (70 minutes) and at times overindulgent. There are high spots--such as the bouncy, breezy opener \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew York, New York\u003c\/em\u003e and the plaintive ballad \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen the Stars Go Blue\u003c\/em\u003e (which features a vocal turn reminiscent of Morrissey)--but much of the disc gets lost in forests of indistinct guitars and plodding percussion that never nudges \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRyan Adams\u003c\/strong\u003e into actually rocking. \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGold\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is the work of a notoriously prolific songwriter who hasn't yet learned to play to his strengths, one whose execution doesn't yet match his vision.\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRyan Adams \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGold \u003c\/em\u003eTrack Listing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1. New York, New York  \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 2. Firecracker  \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 3. Answering Bell  \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 4. La Cienega Just Smiled  \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 5. The Rescue Blues  \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 6. Somehow, Someday  \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 7. When The Stars Go Blue  \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 8. Nobody Girl  \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 9. Sylvia Plath  \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 10. Enemy Fire  \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 11. Gonna Make You Love Me  \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 12. Wild Flowers  \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 13. Harder Now That It's Over  \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 14. Touch, Feel \u0026amp; Lose  \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 15. Tina Toledo's Street Walkin' Blues  \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 16. Goodnight, Hollywood Blvd\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AMS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41819796373678,"sku":"008817023519","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/6118\/0334\/files\/ragold.jpg?v=1698274070","url":"https:\/\/morrowrecords.com\/products\/ryan-adams-gold-2lp","provider":"Morrow Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}