Ashes & Fire
by Ryan Adams

From paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/15/2011 22:34 | #33049 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

"best ryan adams album since 'gold', recalls mood of 'heartbreaker'" or something like that is what i've read on a few sites. These songs are tame, mid-to-low tempo acoustic-guitar-based ryan adams heart-tuggers without enough lyrical or plaintive vocal substance to actually tug the heart. They're all good songs, but after "faithless street", "heartbreaker", "gold" and even the first two collaborations with the cardinals, i expect more out of my favorite artists like ryan adams. He might be past his peak, which is a shame since he has the insight, attitude and balls to let loose some gems.

Best Ryan Adams album since, heartbreaker, and almost a kind of companion LP. Ashes and fire, like heartbreaker, is full of excellent acoustic based tracks including the brilliant title track, come home, and, rocks. Adams' weakness has always been releasing too much material. Now that he's taking his time, his albums have improved. Quality over quantity every time, in my opinion. I actually think that if this had been his first LP, and, heartbreaker, released in 2011, I honestly think that, ashes and fire, would be looked upon as the better album.