Demolition (Ryan Adams album) explained

Demolition
Type:	studio
Artist:	Ryan Adams
Cover:	Ryan Adams Demolition.jpg
Released:	September 24, 2002
Genre:	Alternative country Rock
Length:	45:16
Label:	Lost Highway Records
Producer:	Ryan Adams Michael Blair Frank Callari David Domanich Ethan Johns Luke Lewis
Prev Title:	Gold
Prev Year:	2001
Next Title:	Rock n Roll
Next Year:	2003

Demolition is the third studio album by alt-country singer-songwriter Ryan Adams, released on September 24, 2002, on Lost Highway. The album comprises tracks from Adams' unreleased studio albums, The Suicide Handbook, The Pinkheart Sessions and 48 Hours,^[1] as well as "You Will Always Be The Same" from The Stockholm Sessions.^[2] In 2009, Adams stated: "I don’t much care for this record. The rock songs are plodding and the quiet songs belonged to better records [...] to make Gold as a compromise then to have to watch those records get broken up for Demolition was heartbreaking."^[3]

Personnel

• Ryan Adams – Vocals (all tracks), Guitar (tracks 2,3,4,5,7,9,11,12,13), Electric guitar (tracks 1,6,8,10), Harmonica (tracks 2,4), Bass (tracks 5,13), Piano (tracks 5,8), Synth (track 13), Drum Machine (track 13)
• Mikael Nord Andersson – Dobro (track 3)
• Bucky Baxter – Pedal Steel Guitar (tracks 1,6,8,10), Background vocals (tracks 5,7), Guitar (tracks 5,9)
• Michael Blair – Djembe Heartbeat (track 3)
• Sheldon Gomberg – Bass (tracks 2,4)
• Svante Henryson – Cello (track 3)
• Ethan Johns – Drums (tracks 2,4,12), Background vocals (track 2), Electric guitar (track 2), Ukulele (track 4), Bass (track 12), B3 (track 2)
• John Paul Keith – Guitar (tracks 6,10)
• Greg Leisz – Steel Guitar (tracks 2,4,12), Dobro (track 12)
• Billy Mercer – Bass (tracks 1,6,10)
• Brad Pemberton – Drums (tracks 1,6,8,10)
• David Rawlings – Guitar (track 11)
• Julianna Raye – Background vocals (track 4)
• Brad Rice – Electric guitar (tracks 1,8)
• Chris Stills – Background vocals (track 2), 12-String Acoustic Guitar (track 2), B3 (track 4)
• Gillian Welch – Background vocals (track 11)

Charts

Album

Country	Peak position
US^[4]	28
France^[5]	124
Germany^[6]	83
Ireland^[7]	19
Netherlands^[8]	44
New Zealand^[9]	49
Norway^[10]	14
Sweden^[11]	15
UK^[12]	22

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Peak position
2002	"Nuclear"	Irish Singles Chart	45
		UK Singles Chart	37

Notes and References

1. News: Ryan Adams on 'Demolition,' writing and shopping at Gap. 2002-10-25. CNN. 2008-08-19.
2. http://mega-superior-gold.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/the-stockholm-sessions.html The Stockholm Sessions
3. http://stereokill.net/2009/08/26/the-collected-forum-musings-of-david-ryan-adams-part-1/
4. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p308331/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} American Charts ]. Allmusic.com . 2008-11-25 .
5. Web site: French Charts . lescharts.com . 2008-11-25 . French .
6. Web site: German Charts . musicline.de . 2008-11-25 . German . https://web.archive.org/web/20120223191834/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Adams,Ryan/longplay . 2012-02-23 . dead .
7. Web site: Irish Charts . Irish-charts.com . 2009-08-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120229234125/http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Ryan+Adams . 2012-02-29 .
8. Web site: Dutch Charts . dutchcharts.nl . 2009-08-17 . Dutch.
9. Web site: New Zealand Charts . charts.nz . 2008-11-25 .
10. Web site: Norwegian Charts . Norwegiancharts.com . 2008-11-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081210182133/http://norwegiancharts.com/search.asp?search=Ryan+Adams&cat=a . 2008-12-10 .
11. Web site: Swedish Charts . Swedishcharts.com . 2008-11-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081211125656/http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=Ryan+Adams&cat=a . 2008-12-11 .
12. Web site: UK Chart Log . zobbel.de . 2008-11-22 .