Rock n Roll (Ryan Adams album)

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Rock n Roll
Studio album by Ryan Adams
Released November 4, 2003
Genre Rock
Length 48:43
Label Lost Highway
Producer James Barber
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Ryan Adams chronology
Demolition
(2002)		 Rock n Roll
(2003)		 Love is Hell
(2004)

Rock n Roll is the fourth studio album by Ryan Adams, released on November 4, 2003. The album features the hit single "So Alive," and includes guest appearances by Adams's then girlfriend, actress Parker Posey, former Hole and Smashing Pumpkins bass player Melissa Auf der Maur, and Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong. Adams describes the album as "the most rock thing I have ever done,"[2] and notes that in spite of the album's mixed reception, recording it was "fun as fuck."[3]

The album was recorded in two weeks, in response to Lost Highway's refusal to release Love is Hell.[4][5] The ensuing standoff was resolved "by being very diplomatic," according to Adams. Rock n Roll became the primary product, while Love is Hell was released quietly as two separate EPs, and eventually combined into a single release.

To record the album, Adams worked in James Iha's studio in New York.[6]

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written and composed by Ryan Adams, unless otherwise noted. 

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "This Is It"   Ryan Adams and Johnny T Yerington 3:19
2. "Shallow"     4:05
3. "1974"     3:07
4. "Wish You Were Here"   Ryan Adams and Brad Rice 3:00
5. "So Alive"   Ryan Adams and Johnny T Yerington 3:58
6. "Luminol"   Ryan Adams, Johnny T Yerington and Tony Shanahan 3:35
7. "Burning Photographs"   Ryan Adams and Johnny T Yerington 4:12
8. "She's Lost Total Control"     3:05
9. "Note to Self: Don't Die"   Ryan Adams and Parker Posey 2:14
10. "Rock n Roll"     2:00
11. "Anybody Wanna Take Me Home"     4:46
12. "Do Miss America"     2:30
13. "Boys"   Ryan Adams and Johnny T Yerington 3:32
14. "The Drugs Not Working"     5:34
15. "Hypnotixed" (Bonus track)   3:35
16. "Funeral Marching" (Japanese bonus track)   4:22

[edit] Personnel

  • Ryan Adams - Bass, Composer, Costume Design, Guitar, Keyboards, Multi Instruments, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
  • Billie Joe Armstrong - Vocals (Background)
  • Melissa Auf der Maur - Vocals (Background)
  • Jamie Candiloro - Audio Engineer, Bass, Engineer, Mixing, Organ (Hammond), Surround Mix
  • Jonathan Flaugher - Bass
  • Paul Garisto - Drums
  • Joe McGinty - Piano
  • Joe McGrath - Engineer, Piano
  • Johnny McNab - Guitar
  • Johnny Pisano - Bass
  • Parker Posey - Vocals (Background)
  • Tony Shanahan - Bass, Guitar
  • Johnny T - Drums, Voices

[edit] Chart positions

[edit] Album

Country Peak
position
US[7] 33
Germany[8] 71
Ireland[9] 11
Netherlands[10] 81
Norway[11] 19
Sweden[12] 29
UK[13] 41

[edit] Singles

Year Single Chart Peak
position
2004 "This Is It" - -
"So Alive" Dutch Top 100[10] 97
Irish Singles Chart[9] 38
UK Singles Chart[13] 21

[edit] References

  1. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Rock n Roll". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=12410. 
  2. ^ Uhelszki, Jaan (2004-01). "Ryan Adams: Saved By R’n’R". HARP Magazine. http://www.harpmagazine.com/articles/detail.cfm?article_id=1398. Retrieved 2008-08-19. 
  3. ^ Petrusich, Amanda (2004-03-01). "Interview: Ryan Adams". Pitchfork Media. http://www.pitchfork.com/features/interviews/5928-ryan-adams. Retrieved 2011-08-29. 
  4. ^ Posey, Parker (2003-12). "Ryan Adams: behind closed doors, one of music's most idiosyncratic heartbreakers gets intimate with his paramour, actress Parker Posey, opening up about finding his voice and getting his rock on". BNET. Archived from the original on 2008-04-23. http://web.archive.org/web/20080423060131/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_11_33/ai_111114549. Retrieved 2008-08-19. 
  5. ^ Watson, Ian (2004-01). "Ryan Adams". Rolling Stone (Australia), January 2004 (Rolling Stone). 
  6. ^ Simmons, Sylvie (2003-11-21). "I've been jumping off bridges". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2003/nov/21/ryanadams.popandrock. Retrieved 2008-08-19. 
  7. ^ "American Charts". Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p308331/charts-awards. Retrieved 2008-11-25. 
  8. ^ "German Charts" (in German). musicline.de. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Adams%2CRyan/longplay. Retrieved 2008-11-25. 
  9. ^ a b "Irish Charts". Irish-charts.com. http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Ryan+Adams. Retrieved 2009-08-17. 
  10. ^ a b "Dutch Charts" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. http://dutchcharts.nl//showinterpret.asp?interpret=Ryan+Adams. Retrieved 2008-11-25. 
  11. ^ "Norwegian Charts". Norwegiancharts.com. http://norwegiancharts.com/search.asp?search=Ryan+Adams&cat=a. Retrieved 2008-11-25. 
  12. ^ "Swedish Charts". Swedishcharts.com. http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=Ryan+Adams&cat=a. Retrieved 2008-11-25. 
  13. ^ a b "UK Chart Log". zobbel.de. http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_A.HTM. Retrieved 2008-11-22. 
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