Gold (Ryan Adams album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Gold
| type = studio
| artist = Ryan Adams
| cover = Ryan Adams Gold.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2001|9|25}}
| recorded = Sound Factory (Hollywood, California)
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Rock, alternative country
| length = {{Duration|m=70|s=26}}
| label = Lost Highway
| producer = Ethan Johns
| prev_title = Heartbreaker
| prev_year = 2000
| next_title = Demolition
| next_year = 2002
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Gold
| type = studio
| single1 = New York, New York
| single1date = November 26, 2001
| single2 = Answering Bell
| single2date = 2002
}}
}}
Gold is the second studio album by American musician Ryan Adams. It was released September 25, 2001, by Lost Highway Records. The album remains Adams' best-selling album, certifying gold in the UK{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx |title=BPI searchable database |publisher=BPI |access-date=2009-11-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313211501/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx |archive-date=2012-03-13 }} and going on to sell 364,000 copies in the U.S. and 812,000 worldwide.Q Magazine, September 2007, Page 63 Adams noted that "with Gold, I was trying to prove something to myself. I wanted to invent a modern classic."{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2003/11/who-fk-ryan-adams/|title=Who The F**k Is Ryan Adams?|last=Spitz|first=Marc|date=2003-11-24|publisher=Spin|access-date=2008-08-19}}
Adams intended for the album to be a double album,{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1442608/ryan-adams-reflects-on-pneumonia-gold/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017185644/http://www.mtv.com/news/1442608/ryan-adams-reflects-on-pneumonia-gold/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 17, 2015 |title=Ryan Adams Reflects on Pneumonia, Gold| publisher=MTV.com| access-date=2015-03-21}} but his record label, Lost Highway, condensed the album into a single disc. According to Adams, the label "took the last five songs, made it a bonus disc and put it on the first hundred and fifty thousand copies. Fucking my fans over and making them pay extra for a record I wanted to be a double album. They counted that as one record."{{cite news|title=Ryan Adams|last=Watson|first=Ian|date=January 2004|work=Rolling Stone (Australia), January 2004|publisher=Rolling Stone}} This bonus disc is known as Side Four; the disc's title reflects the fact that the bonus material makes up the fourth side of the double LP edition of the album.
The album includes "When the Stars Go Blue", which has been covered by artists such as The Corrs and Bono, Tyler Hilton, Bethany Joy Galeotti, Tim McGraw and as a duo by Kurt Nilsen featuring Venke Knutson. "New York, New York" became a notable MTV and VH1 favorite following the September 11 attacks. "The Rescue Blues" was featured in the end credits of the 2001 film Behind Enemy Lines.
Adams' friend and former roommate Adam Duritz (lead singer of Counting Crows) lends background vocals to several tracks.
Adams received three Grammy Award nominations in 2002: Best Rock Album, Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for "New York, New York", and Best Male Country Vocal Performance for "Lovesick Blues", a song recorded for the Hank Williams tribute album, "Timeless".
Stephen King's 2006 book Lisey's Story includes part of the lyrics to "When the Stars Go Blue". Also, the song "The Rescue Blues" was featured in an episode of Scrubs. In 2011, "Answering Bell" was featured in the film and on the soundtrack to Bridesmaids. "La Cienega Just Smiled" was featured in the Angel episode Unleashed.
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| MC = 78/100{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/gold/ryan-adams |title=Reviews for Gold by Ryan Adams |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=December 19, 2015}}
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/gold-mw0000663377 |title=Gold – Ryan Adams |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=December 19, 2015 |last=Deming |first=Mark}}
| rev2 = Blender
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal |url=http://www.blender.com/reviews/review_809.html |title=Ryan Adams: Gold |journal=Blender |issue=2 |date=August–September 2001 |access-date=July 6, 2016 |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |author-link=Jon Caramanica |page=120 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040813192820/http://www.blender.com/reviews/review_809.html |archive-date=August 13, 2004 |url-status=dead}}
| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly
| rev3Score = B+{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2001/09/24/gold |title=Gold |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=September 24, 2001 |access-date=December 19, 2015 |last=Browne |first=David |author-link=David Browne (journalist) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105123117/http://www.ew.com/article/2001/09/24/gold |archive-date=January 5, 2016 |url-status=dead}}
| rev4 = The Guardian
| rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2001/sep/21/shopping.artsfeatures1 |title=California dreaming |work=The Guardian |date=September 21, 2001 |access-date=December 19, 2015 |last=Aizlewood |first=John}}
| rev5 = Los Angeles Times
| rev5Score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-sep-23-ca-48796-story.html |title=Ryan Adams 'Gold' Lost Highway |work=Los Angeles Times |date=September 23, 2001 |access-date=December 19, 2015 |last=Cromelin |first=Richard}}
| rev6 = Pitchfork
| rev6Score = 6.0/10{{cite web |url=http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/a/adams_ryan/gold.shtml |title=Ryan Adams: Gold/Side 4 |work=Pitchfork |date=October 9, 2001 |access-date=December 19, 2015 |last=Schiel |first=Christopher F. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030203015130/http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/a/adams_ryan/gold.shtml |archive-date=February 3, 2003 |url-status=dead}}
| rev7 = Q
| rev7Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal |title=Ryan Adams: Gold |journal=Q |issue=182 |date=October 2001 |page=117}}
| rev8 = Rolling Stone
| rev8Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/gold-20011025 |title=Gold |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=October 25, 2001 |access-date=December 19, 2015 |last=Fricke |first=David |author-link=David Fricke}}
| rev9 = Uncut
| rev9Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite journal |title=Ryan Adams: Gold |journal=Uncut |issue=53 |date=October 2001 |last=Jones |first=Allan}}
| rev10 = USA Today
| rev10Score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/86948937.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Oct+30%2C+2001&author=Steve+Jones%3BElysa+Gardner%3BEdna+Gundersen%3BBrian+Mansfield&pub=USA+TODAY&edition=&startpage=D.06&desc=Ryan%27s+songs+worth+their+wait+in+%27Gold%27+%3B+DMX+releases+great+%27Depression%27%3B+Kravitz+in+a+groove+on+%27Lenny%27 |title=Ryan Adams, Gold |work=USA Today |date=October 30, 2001 |access-date=December 19, 2015 |last=Gundersen |first=Edna |author-link=Edna Gundersen |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105123118/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/doc/408902281.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct%2030,%202001&author=Steve%20Jones;Elysa%20Gardner;Edna%20Gundersen;Brian%20Mansfield&pub=USA%20TODAY&edition=&startpage=D.06&desc=Ryan%27s%20songs%20worth%20their%20wait%20in%20%27Gold%27%20;%20DMX%20releases%20great%20%27Depression%27;%20Kravitz%20in%20a%20groove%20on%20%27Lenny%27 |archive-date=January 5, 2016 |url-status=dead}}
}}
Q listed Gold as one of the best 50 albums of 2001.{{cite news|title=The Best 50 Albums of 2001|magazine=Q|date=December 2001|pages=60–65}}
Kludge included it on their list of the 25 best albums of 2001.{{cite web|last1=Perez|first1=Arturo|title=Top 10 Albums of 2001|url=http://www.kludgemagazine.com/articles.php?id=88|website=Kludge|access-date=November 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040722004951/http://www.kludgemagazine.com/articles.php?id=88|archive-date=July 22, 2004}}
Rolling Stone ranked "Gold" the 81st best record of the 2000s.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-best-albums-of-the-2000s-20110718/ryan-adams-gold-20110718|title=Ryan Adams, 'Gold'|magazine=Rolling Stone}} NME ranked Gold at number 193 on its list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.{{Cite web|title = Rocklist.net....NME: The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time : October 2013|url = http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/nme_500_greatest_albums_2013.htm|archive-url = https://archive.today/20131124170335/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/nme_500_greatest_albums_2013.htm|url-status = usurped|archive-date = November 24, 2013|website = www.rocklistmusic.co.uk|access-date = 2016-01-16}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Ryan Adams except where noted
| title1 = New York, New York
| length1 = 3:46
| title2 = Firecracker
| length2 = 2:51
| title3 = Answering Bell
| length3 = 3:05
| title4 = La Cienega Just Smiled
| length4 = 5:03
| title5 = The Rescue Blues
| length5 = 3:38
| title6 = Somehow, Someday
| length6 = 4:24
| title7 = When the Stars Go Blue
| length7 = 3:31
| title8 = Nobody Girl
| writer8 = Adams, Ethan Johns
| length8 = 9:40
| title9 = Sylvia Plath
| writer9 = Adams, Richard Causon
| length9 = 4:10
| title10 = Enemy Fire
| writer10 = Adams, Gillian Welch
| length10 = 4:09
| title11 = Gonna Make You Love Me
| length11 = 2:36
| title12 = Wild Flowers
| length12 = 4:59
| title13 = Harder Now That It's Over
| writer13 = Adams, Chris Stills
| length13 = 4:32
| title14 = Touch, Feel & Lose
| writer14 = Adams, David Rawlings
| length14 = 4:15
| title15 = Tina Toledo's Street Walkin' Blues
| writer15 = Adams, Johns
| length15 = 6:10
| title16 = Goodnight, Hollywood Blvd.
| writer16 = Adams, Causon
| length16 = 3:25
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Bonus disc: "Side Four"
| title1 = Rosalie Come and Go
| length1 = 3:54
| title2 = The Fools We Are as Men
| length2 = 4:01
| title3 = Sweet Black Magic
| writer3 = Adams, Johns
| length3 = 2:35
| title4 = The Bar Is a Beautiful Place
| length4 = 5:58
| title5 = Cannonball Days
| length5 = 3:24
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Bonus disc: "Side Five"
| title1 = Mara Lisa
| length1 = 3:42
| title2 = From Me to You
| length2 = 3:48
| title3 = Touch, Feel & Lose (Live in Amsterdam)
| length3 = 4:42
}}
Personnel
Notes: D1 indicates Disk 1; S4 indicates Side 4
- Ryan Adams – vocals (all tracks) acoustic guitar (D1: tracks 1-8, 11-13; S4: tracks 2, 3, 5). electric guitar (D:1 tracks 8, 10, 14, 15; S4: track 1), banjo (D1: track 3), piano (D1: track 3; S4: tracks 3, 4)
- Bucky Baxter – Steel guitar (D1: tracks 3, 13)
- Andre Carter – trumpet (D1: track 14; S4: track 4)
- Richard Causon – piano (D1: tracks 1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 16)
- Jennifer Condos – bass (D1: tracks 2, 3, 4, 10, 12, 14; S4: tracks 1, 2, 4)
- Milo De Cruz – bass (D1: tracks 8, 11, 15)
- Adam Duritz – choir (D1: tracks 5, 14), background vocals (D1: track 3; S4: track 1)
- Keith Hunter – choir (D1: tracks 5, 14)
- Rami Jaffi – accordion (D1: track 13)
- Ethan Johns – Drums (D1: 1-15; S4: tracks 1, 4), electric guitar (D1: tracks 1, 2, 5, 6; S4: track 1), guitar (D1: track 3), chamberlain strings (D1: tracks 4, 7, 12, 13), lead guitar (D1: tracks 8, 13, 15), Hammond B-3 (D1: tracks 1, 6, 8; S4: track 5), background vocals (D1: tracks 6, 15; S4: track 3), acoustic guitar (D1: tracks 2, 6, 8; S4: track 5), 12-string guitar (D1: tracks 5, 7) mandocello (D1: tracks 6, 7; S4: track 2), vibes (D1: tracks 4, 12), string arrangement (D1: tracks 9, 16), slide guitar (D1: track 15), mandolin (D1: track 13; S4: track 2), bass (D1: track 5), electric piano (D1: track 7), celeste (D1: track 12), harmonium (D1: track 7; S4: track 2), congas (D1: track 1), banjo (S4: track 3)
- Jim Keltner – drums (S4: track 4)
- Rob McDonald – choir (D1: tracks 5, 14)
- Sid Paige – concert master (D1: tracks 9, 16)
- Julianna Raye – background vocals (D1: track 7), choir (D1: tracks 5, 14)
- Chris Stills – background vocals (D1: tracks 2, 6, 8, 13), electric guitar (D1: tracks 8, 11, 15), bass (D1: tracks 1, 13), acoustic guitar (D1: track 4), acoustic 12-string guitar (D1: track 12), guitar (S4: track 1)
- Benmont Tench – Hammond B-3 (D1: tracks 2, 3, 5, 14), piano (D1: tracks 2, 15)
- Kamasi Washington – saxophone (D1: tracks 1, 14; S4: track 4)
- C.C. White – background vocals (D1: tracks 8, 15), choir (D1: tracks 5, 14), solo vocals (D1: track 15)
Charts
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{{Certification Table Entry|title=Gold|artist=Ryan Adams|type=album|relyear=2001|region=United Kingdom|award=Gold|id=2571-3190-2|salesamount=218,395|salesref={{cite news|url=http://www.musicweek.com/analysis/read/official-charts-analysis-rag-n-bone-man-holds-top-spot-on-albums-chart/067628|title=Official Charts Analysis: Rag'N'Bone Man holds top spot on albums chart|last=Gumble|first=Daniel|date=February 24, 2017|work=Music Week|publisher=Intent Media|access-date=March 1, 2017|url-access=subscription }}}}
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=Singles=
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Single ! Chart ! Peak |
| rowspan="3"| 2001
|rowspan="3"| "New York, New York" | US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/searchResult.jsp?exp=y&Ntt=Ryan+Adams&Ntk=Keyword&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&nor=10&an=bbcom&N=37+4294089322 |title=American Singles Charts |publisher=Billboard.com |access-date=2008-11-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210183949/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/searchResult.jsp?exp=y&Ntt=Ryan+Adams&Ntk=Keyword&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&nor=10&an=bbcom&N=37+4294089322 |archive-date=December 10, 2008 }} |align="center"| 112 |
| Dutch Mega Single Top 100
|align="center"| 83 |
| UK Singles Chart
|align="center"| 53 |
| rowspan="3"| 2002
|rowspan="3"| "Answering Bell" |align="center"| 92 |
| Irish Singles Chart
|align="center"|49 |
| UK Singles Chart
|align="center"| 39 |
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080622160217/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/ryanadams/articles/story/5932999/ryan_adams_just_wrote_another_song Rolling Stone Interview]
- {{Metacritic album|title=Gold}}
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Category:Lost Highway Records albums