Heartbreaker
One Of His Best
Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams *****
Heartbreaker, Ryan Adams very first solo album a alternative country
album, Adams all time best work. Think Wilco by way of Black Flag. Oddly
enough the comparison isnt too far off, as Adams chosen genre is one that
feels open enough to bridge the extremely hallow gap between that of
country western music, and good ol fashioned punk n roll.
Lyrically we get the since that Heartbreaker is an album of
well...heartbreak (as many of Adams albums would be during his career.
Imagery of broken hearts, one night stands, and drug fueled affairs haunt
this album like a bottle of Jack haunted Hank Williams Sr. Never again
would Adams lyrics feel so damn honest and pure. Never again would they
feel so true and open, as if telling a story or better yet sitting as a voy eur
watching the magic unfold right there before your very own eyes.
Tracks like Amy and My Winding Wheel haunt and creep along like the
memory of a past love, while ever contrasting those is Too Be Young (Is
To Be Sad, Is To Be High) and the powerhouse of slide guitar Shakedown
On 9th Street.
Rivaling even his best work with the fabulous Whiskey Town, and ever his
work with newer backing band the Cardinals. It remains to be seen if
Adams will ever be able to surpass this monster of a record, even though a
testament is more a likely and suiting word. Often does he come close, but
no closer has he come than that of Easy Tiger which even after a listen to
and a comparison to Heartbreaker falls flat.
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