Whiskeytown were one the mid-'90s wave of bands who approached American roots music--country, folk, singer/songwriter, and combinations thereof--from an alternative rock standpoint. They were apt to be as influenced by Nick Drake and Superchunk as by Johnny Cash and Neil Young. Ryan Adams performs vocal duties for Whiskeytown, and HEARTBREAKER is his first solo album.
It's primarily a singer/songwriter affair, with lots of acoustic guitars, gentle drums, subtle keyboards, and back-porch harmony vocals, but there's also a lot of variety and kick. "To Be Young" tears out of the gate like a rollicking out-take from Dylan's HIGHWAY 61 sessions, and the gentle, shimmering, baroque-tinged "Amy" recalls both the Left Banke, and the Beatles in their "Eleanor Rigby" mode. Many tunes--like "To Be the One"--have a bare-bones, dusty, story-telling quality that recalls Dylan, John Prine, Woody Guthrie, and Steve Earle (who Adams slightly resembles vocally) without ever sounding like Adams is aping them. As a bonus, Emmylou Harris and Gillian Welch supply heavenly harmonies.
- Format: Vinyl, 4 LP
- Deluxe Edition with DVD
- Genre: Rock, Folk
- Released: 5/06/2016
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Track Listing:
A1 (Argument With David Rawlings Concerning Morrissey) 0:37
A2 To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High) 3:04
A3 My Winding Wheel 3:13
A4 Amy 3:46
B1 Oh My Sweet Carolina 4:57
B2 Bartering Lines 3:59
B3 Call Me On Your Way Back Home 3:09
B4 Damn, Sam (I Love A Woman That Rains) 2:08
C1 Come Pick Me Up 5:18
C2 To Be The One 3:01
C3 Why Do They Leave? 3:38
C4 Shakedown On 9th Street 2:53
D1 Don't Ask For The Water 2:56
D2 In My Time Of Need 5:39
D3 Sweet Lil Gal (23rd/1st) 3:39
E1 Hairdresser on fire
E2 To Be Young
E3 Petal In A Rainstorm
E4 War Horse
E5 Oh My Sweet Carolina
F1 Come Pick Me Up
F2 Punk Jam
F3 When The Rope Gets Tight (alternate)
F4 When The Rope Gets Tight
F5 Goodbye Honey
F6 In My Time Of Need
G1 Bartering Lines
G2 Come Pick Me Up
G3 To Be The One
G4 Don't Ask For The Water
G5 In My Time Of Need
H1 Goodbye Honey
H2 Petal In A Rainstorm
H3 War Horse
H4 Locked Away
DVD Live At The Mercury Lounge, October 20, 2000
DVD1 Oh My Sweet Carolina
DVD2 Gimme Sunshine
DVD3 To Be Young
DVD4 AMY
DVD5 Call Me On Your Way Back Home
DVD6 Just Like A Whore
DVD7 Wonderwall
DVD8 Damn Sam
DVD9 Sweet Lil Gal
DVD10 Come Pick Me Up
DVD11 My Winding Wheel
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