Second solo album from ex-Whiskeytown frontman, recorded with Ethan Johns, son of legendary producer Glyn. More upbeat and relaxed than 2000's 'Heartbreaker'. While still retaining Adams's alt.country leanings, this sprawling, epic record echoes 70s American rock, Neil Young and the Rolling Stones.
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![]() Once silenced by the label machinations that tied up the final album of his former band Whiskeytown, Ryan Adams now seems determined to make up for lost time. With two solo records and the final Whiskeytown project all surfacing in the last year or so, Adams has been tough to avoid, and no less welcome for it. His solo debut, Heartbreaker, occasionally seemed a bit tentative, but there's little evidence of that on its follow-up, Gold. Though his roots remain planted in country, Adams continues to grow as a songwriter. Opening raucously with "New York, New York" and "Firecracker," Gold soon shifts gears to allow for delicate ballads like "La Cienega Just Smiled." "Tina Toledo's Street Walkin' Blues," a dead ringer for an Exile On Main Street castoff, points to one obvious source of inspiration, but mostly Adams lets his newfound love of soul and blues filter through his own sensibility. And, as the only songwriter to offer a romantic fantasy of dating Sylvia Plath (on "Sylvia Plath"), that sensibility is tough to mistake. "Well everybody wants to go forever, I just want to burn out hard and fast," Adams sings on "Firecracker." The sentiment may infuse one of the album's best songs, but it's worth hoping that he'll grow out of that ugly romanticism at some point. Though Adams is unlikely to have another year as productive (or at least as high-volume) as this past one, Gold captures the sound of an artist who, with luck, will stick around for a long time.
Review by Keith Phipps - http://www.avclub.com/articles/gold,18431/
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# Audio CD (5 Feb 2001)
# Number of Discs: 1
# Label: Mercury Records Ltd (London)
# 160kps
Track Listing
1. New York, New York 3:49
2. Firecracker 2:50
3. Answering Bell 3:06
4. La Cienega Just Smiled 5:01
5. The Rescue Blues 3:40
6. Somehow, Someday 4:24
7. When The Stars Go Blue 3:31
8. Nobody Girl 9:39
9. Sylvia Plath 4:11
10. Enemy Fire 4:08
11. Gonna Make You Love Me 2:37
12. Wild Flowers 5:00
13. Harder Now That It's Over 4:33
14. Touch, Feel & Lose 4:15
15. Tina Toledo's Street Walkin' Blues 6:06
16. Goodnight, Hollywood Blvd. 3:28
17. Rosalie Come & Go 4:02
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