Gold (Ryan Adams album) explained

Gold
Type:studio
Artist:Ryan Adams
Cover:Ryan Adams Gold.jpg
Recorded:The Sound Factory, Hollywood, California
Genre:Rock, alternative country
Label:Lost Highway
Producer:Ethan Johns
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Prev Year:2000
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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[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 double album,[4] 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."[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 "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

Q listed Gold as one of the best 50 albums of 2001.[6] Kludge included it on their list of the 25 best albums of 2001.[7] Rolling Stone ranked "Gold" the 81st best record of the 2000s.[8] NME ranked Gold at number 193 on its list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[9]

Personnel

Notes: D1 indicates Disk 1; S4 indicates Side 4

Charts

Album

CountryPeak
position
US[10] 59
France[11] 126
Germany[12] 51
Ireland[13] 17
Netherlands[14] 60
New Zealand[15] 45
Norway[16] 6
Sweden[17] 9
UK[18] 20

Singles

YearSingleChartPeak
position
2001"New York, New York"US Billboard Hot 100[19] 112
Dutch Mega Single Top 10083
UK Singles Chart53
2002"Answering Bell"Dutch Mega Single Top 10092
Irish Singles Chart49
UK Singles Chart39

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BPI searchable database . . 2009-11-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120313211501/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx . 2012-03-13 .
  2. Q Magazine, September 2007, Page 63
  3. Web site: Who The F**k Is Ryan Adams?. Spitz. Marc. 2003-11-24. Spin. 2008-08-19.
  4. Web site: Ryan Adams Reflects on Pneumonia, Gold. https://web.archive.org/web/20151017185644/http://www.mtv.com/news/1442608/ryan-adams-reflects-on-pneumonia-gold/ . dead . October 17, 2015 . MTV.com. 2015-03-21.
  5. News: Ryan Adams. Watson. Ian. January 2004. Rolling Stone (Australia), January 2004. Rolling Stone.
  6. News: The Best 50 Albums of 2001. Q. December 2001. 60–65.
  7. Web site: Perez. Arturo. Top 10 Albums of 2001. Kludge. November 25, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20040722004951/http://www.kludgemagazine.com/articles.php?id=88. July 22, 2004.
  8. Ryan Adams, 'Gold'. Rolling Stone.
  9. Web site: Rocklist.net....NME: The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time : October 2013. www.rocklistmusic.co.uk. 2016-01-16.
  10. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p308331/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} American Charts ]. Allmusic.com . 2008-11-25 .
  11. Web site: French Charts . lescharts.com . 2008-11-25 . fr .
  12. Web site: German Charts . musicline.de . 2008-11-25 . de . https://web.archive.org/web/20081211102602/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Adams%2CRyan/longplay . 2008-12-11 . dead .
  13. Web site: Irish Charts . Irish-charts.com . 2009-08-17 . nl . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120229234125/http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Ryan+Adams . 2012-02-29 .
  14. Web site: Dutch Charts . dutchcharts.nl . 2008-11-25 . nl . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140328195045/http://dutchcharts.nl//jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2013&cat=s . 2014-03-28 .
  15. Web site: New Zealand Charts . charts.nz . 2008-11-25 .
  16. 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 .
  17. 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 .
  18. Web site: UK Chart Log . zobbel.de . 2008-11-22 .
  19. Web site: American Singles Charts . Billboard.com . 2008-11-25 . dead . 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 . December 10, 2008 .

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