Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod the Mod finds his solo footing, headed for stardom, with the Faces in his wake.
6:00 AM GMT 22/06/2011
Features Disc of the day
Ryan Adams
Demolition
(Lost Highway, 2002)
2002’s low-key offering from Elton John endorsed boy wonder.
It’s a testament to Ryan Adams’ mercurial songwriting ability that a record essentially made up of leftovers and ‘non-releases’ from previous albums stands out amid a discography as long as the singer’s pharmacological shopping list. Ethan Johns’ laissez-faire production style complements Adams’ songcraft perfectly, especially on Cry On Demand, a song whose playful, bittersweet melancholy captures the essence of the album. Demolition garnered accolades from a steadily growing list of celebrity Adams-fans, including Elton John, Alanis Morissette and Bono, who all saw the genius buried within the mayhem of Adams’ on/offstage performances. Even nonchalant rocker Starting To Hurt achieves the kind of the intimate, credible stadium feel that U2 have been striving for their entire career. Since embarking upon a somewhat erratic solo career that often threatened to disappear amidst the ether of regrettable YouTube clips, Adams has self-documented his rocky ride, up, down and around the block. The achingly poignant lyrics on Hallelujah show Adams’ frustrating awareness of his own tendency to balls things up: “If I could have a simple love, how would it feel and what would it mean? / I’d only trade you in, for a Mary Magdalene.” Art, imitating life, imitating art, imitating life, ad infinitum.
David Harfield
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 18/12/2008
Further Listening
Ryan Adams – Heartbreaker (Bloodshot, 2000)
Jesse Malin – The Fine Art Of Self-Destruction (Artemis, 2002)
Neil Young – After The Gold Rush (Reprise, 1970)
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