Demolition (Ryan Adams album)

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Demolition
Ryan Adams Demolition.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 24, 2002
Genre Alternative country
Rock
Length45:16
Label Lost Highway Records
Producer Ryan Adams
Michael Blair
Frank Callari
David Domanich
Ethan Johns
Luke Lewis
Ryan Adams chronology
Gold
(2001)
Demolition
(2002)
Rock n Roll
(2003)
Singles from Demolition
  1. "Nuclear"
    Released: September 16, 2002
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 70/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Entertainment Weekly B− [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [6]
NME 8/10 [7]
Pitchfork 5.5/10 [8]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Spin 7/10 [10]
The Village Voice B+ [11]

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, [12] as well as "You Will Always Be The Same" from The Stockholm Sessions. [13] 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." [14]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ryan Adams, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Nuclear" 3:25
2."Hallelujah" 3:11
3."You Will Always Be the Same" 2:38
4."Desire" 3:41
5."Cry on Demand" 4:23
6."Starting to Hurt" 3:19
7."She Wants to Play Hearts" 4:01
8."Tennessee Sucks" 2:55
9."Dear Chicago" 2:13
10."Gimme a Sign" 3:04
11."Tomorrow"Ryan Adams, Carrie Hamilton 4:23
12."Chin Up, Cheer Up" 2:59
13."Jesus (Don't Touch My Baby)" 5:09
Japanese bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."New York, New York" (Live In Amsterdam)  
15."To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High)" (Live In Amsterdam)Ryan Adams and David Rawlings 
16."Blue" 2:28
17."Song for Keith" 3:29

Personnel

Charts

Album

CountryPeak
position
US [15] 28
France [16] 124
Germany [17] 83
Ireland [18] 19
Netherlands [19] 44
New Zealand [20] 49
Norway [21] 14
Sweden [22] 15
UK [23] 22

Singles

YearSingleChartPeak
position
2002"Nuclear" Irish Singles Chart [18] 45
UK Singles Chart [23] 37

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