Re: ryan adams.
npr is streaming it.
First take: lukewarm. Reading the CoS review touting that this was the best album since Heartbreaker didn't help. The live clips I heard of Do You Still Love Me gave me the impression that this was gonna sound harder, more emotional. I was too hyped. This basically sounds like self-titled pt 2 except somehow less catchy. It has the same simplicity and "classic" inspired lyrics, but doesn't have the hooks that drove his self-titled. It's really missing the Cardinals musicianship here. Most of the songs are just begging for a cooler sounding intro, bridge, transition, or outro...most end up just sounding anticlimactic or generic. The songwriting has a lot of sincerity but is ultimately just "meh". Just the usual Ryan running with ideas and taking the easy way to get there.
That said I'm sure I'll end up loving this album just like every single one of the others. Just not today. In either case it's DEFINITELY not even close to Heartbreaker, or even the top half of his albums for that matter.
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-Justin
Last edited by justinandimcool; 02-15-2017 at 09:58 AM.
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