I had this CD in my glove compartment briefly, but I had to give it
back to Mike W, who has been raving about it. I've heard all the praise
heaped on it: Ryan Adams is the
next . . . [fill in the blank]. He's appeared on Saturday Night
Live (playing only one song!). And it's not a bad album, but with
16 songs and over an hour of music, more is definitely not better.
It would have been a far better album if he had cut the worst 5 songs
and put out a more "compact" CD, pardon the pun. I like
the songs that remind me of Dylan, Petty, or Van Morrison. I don't
like those that sound like the Black Crowes, the Allman Brothers,
or the Grateful Dead. But that's just me. You'll have to judge for
yourself.
— marty
