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All rights reserved.| Track Listing 1. This Is It 2. Shallow 3. 1974 4. Wish You Were Here 5. So Alive 6. Luminol 7. Burning Photographs 8. She's Lost Total Control 9. Note to Self: Don't Die 10. Rock N Roll 11. Anybody Wanna Take Me Home 12. Do Miss America 13. Boys 14. Drugs Not Working, The
Album Notes Personnel: Ryan Adams (keyboards, bass guitar, background vocals); Ryan Adams (vocals, various instruments); Johnny McNab (guitar); Joe McGinty, Joe McGrath (piano); Jonathan Flaugher, John Pisano, Tony Shanahan, Jamie Candiloro (bass guitar); Paul Garisto (drums); Parker Posey, Melissa Auf der Maur, Billie Joe Armstrong (background vocals); Johnny T. (drums). Audio Mixer: Jamie Candiloro. Recording information: Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Globe Studio, New York, NY; Globe Studios, New York, NY; STratosphere Sound, New York, NY. Photographers: Bob Gruen; Richard Kern; Ruddy. As the album's title indicates, this is Ryan Adams' full-on rock outing. Here the former Whiskeytown leader/enfant terrible eschews all twang in favor of indulging his alt-rock id, and the result is a whirlwind tour through rock & roll history as filtered through his trademark swagger. Adams wears his influences brazenly, like patches sewn on his jean jacket, from the T-Rex stomp of "Shallow" to the snotty Nirvana/Smashing Pumpkins hybrid of "Note to Self: Don't Die" to a number of Replacements-influenced tracks, including "This Is It" and "Do Miss America." Ever the contrarian, Adams leaves the only truly subdued song on ROCK N ROLL for the title track, a move which nods towards the melancholy pop of his simultaneous release, LOVE IS HELL PART 1. Editorial Reviews Rolling Stone (12/25/2003) CMJ (11/10/2003) Magnet (02/01/2004) Mojo (11/01/2003) Q (12/01/2003) Q (01/01/2004) Entertainment Weekly (11/07/2003) Spin (12/01/2003) Rolling Stone (11/13/2003) | See an error? Submit a change request | ||||||||||||
