Cold Roses

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Cold Roses - One of Ryan Adams' best albums
Great double disc album! There's a nice balance of slow stuff and rockin' stuff, all good. It has a pretty classic Ryan Adams sound- edgy alt-country with a really well produced "live recording" sort of feel. Not at all like the "Rock 'n Roll" album, not as happy sounding as "Gold," a little more up-beat than "Heartbreaker," it may be somewhere between "Jacksonville City Nights" and "29." Truly one of my favorite albums currently.

Ryan Adams...song writing genius
In my opinion, this is Adams best work. A two CD set of beautiful songs inspired by the soul of the Carolinas, haunting, poetic and bluesy.

Ryan shines like the light at the end of a dark tunnel
With Cold Roses, Ryan Adams equalled the beauty of Whiskeytown's 2nd album, the masterpiece Strangers Almanac. Some say he already did this with his solo debut, Heartbreaker, but as strong as that album was, I don't think it was quite as solid as Cold Roses, which - to my ears - only contains the very best of what Ryan Adams is capable of achieving as a songwriter and musician. No, there are no songs here to equal Come Pick Me Up or Why Do They Leave, but Cold Roses has a larger amount of truly excellent songs compared to Heartbreaker. The songs Magnolia Mountain, Meadowlake Street (one of Ryan's most beautiful ballads), Now That You're Gone, Cherry Lane, Mockingbird, Easy Plateau, Let It Ride, If I Am A Stranger, and Life Is Beautiful are my favorites - songs that draw on influences such as Neil Young, Grateful Dead and Rolling Stones, all filtered through Ryan Adams' personality. Cold Roses is one of those rare albums that soon entered my all-time top 10 album list and is bound to stay there for as long as I live.

ryan at his best.
by far, ryan's best work since whiskeytown, any country singer/songwriter should hang up their guitars after hearing how it's done on this amazing double cd by this generation's top singer/songwriter

If I had to pick one Ryan Adams CD....
Cold Roses would be it. I have been a fan of his since his Whiskeytown days and he continues to impress me with his songwriting/singing capabilities. I've had this CD for a couple of years and have been listening to it for the last couple of weeks again - just can't get it off of my mind. If you're a fan of Ryan Adams, then you know what I mean. If you're just being introduced to him, this is a GREAT CD - do yourself a favor and buy it. Cheers/