Gold (Ryan Adams album)

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Gold
Lost Highway
ProducerEthan Johns
Ryan Adams chronology
Heartbreaker
(2000) 		Gold
(2001) 		Demolition
(2002)
Singles from Gold
  1. "New York, New York"
    Released: November 26, 2001
  2. "Answering Bell"
    Released: 2002

Gold is the second studio album by American musician

gold in the UK[1] and going on to sell 364,000 copies in the U.S. and 812,000 worldwide.[2] Adams noted that "with Gold, I was trying to prove something to myself. I wanted to invent a modern classic."[3]

Adams intended for the album to be a

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."[5]
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 "

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

Best Male Country Vocal Performance for "Lovesick Blues", a song recorded for the Hank Williams
tribute album, "Timeless".

Unleashed
.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic78/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
Blender[8]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[9]
The Guardian[10]
Los Angeles Times[11]
Pitchfork6.0/10[12]
Q[13]
Rolling Stone[14]
Uncut[15]
USA Today[16]

Q listed Gold as one of the best 50 albums of 2001.[17]
Kludge included it on their list of the 25 best albums of 2001.[18] Rolling Stone ranked "Gold" the 81st best record of the 2000s.[19] NME ranked Gold at number 193 on its list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[20]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ryan Adams except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."New York, New York" 3:46
2."Firecracker" 2:51
3."Answering Bell" 3:05
4."La Cienega Just Smiled" 5:03
5."The Rescue Blues" 3:38
6."Somehow, Someday" 4:24
7."When the Stars Go Blue" 3:31
8."Nobody Girl"Adams, Ethan Johns9:40
9."Sylvia Plath"Adams, Richard Causon4:10
10."Enemy Fire"Adams, Gillian Welch4:09
11."Gonna Make You Love Me" 2:36
12."Wild Flowers" 4:59
13."Harder Now That It's Over"Adams, Chris Stills4:32
14."Touch, Feel & Lose"Adams, David Rawlings4:15
15."Tina Toledo's Street Walkin' Blues"Adams, Johns6:10
16."Goodnight, Hollywood Blvd."Adams, Causon3:25
Bonus disc: "Side Four"
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Rosalie Come and Go" 3:54
2."The Fools We Are as Men" 4:01
3."Sweet Black Magic"Adams, Johns2:35
4."The Bar Is a Beautiful Place" 5:58
5."Cannonball Days" 3:24
Bonus disc: "Side Five"
No.TitleLength
1."Mara Lisa"3:42
2."From Me to You"3:48
3."Touch, Feel & Lose (Live in Amsterdam)"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

Singles

Year Single Chart Peak
position
2001 "New York, New York" US Billboard Hot 100[32] 112
Dutch
Mega Single Top 100[25]
 83
UK Singles Chart[29]
 53
2002 "Answering Bell" Dutch Mega Single Top 100[25] 92
Irish Singles Chart[24] 49
UK Singles Chart[29] 39

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