Demolition (Ryan Adams album)

Demolition
Studio album by Ryan Adams
Released	September 24, 2002
Genre	Alternative country Rock
Length	45:16
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)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(70/100) [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Chicago Tribune	(favorable) [3]
Robert Christgau	B+ [4]
Entertainment Weekly	B− [5]
NME	(8/10) [6]
The Music Box	[7]
Pitchfork Media	(5.5/10) [8]
PopMatters	[1][9]
Rolling Stone	[10]
Spin	(7/10) [11]
Stylus Magazine	C [12]
Tiny Mix Tapes	4.5/5[13]
Uncut	[1]
Yahoo! Music UK	[14]

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,^[15] as well as "You Will Always Be The Same" from The Stockholm Sessions.^[16] 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."^[17]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Ryan Adams, unless otherwise noted. 

No.	Title	Writer(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 and Carrie Hamilton	4:23
12.	"Chin Up, Cheer Up"		2:59
13.	"Jesus (Don't Touch My Baby)"		5:09

Japanese bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
14.	"New York, New York" (Live In Amsterdam)
15.	"To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High)" (Live In Amsterdam)
16.	"Blue"	2:28
17.	"Song for Keith"	3:29

Chart positions

Album

Country	Peak position
US[18]	28
France[19]	124
Germany[20]	83
Ireland[21]	19
Netherlands[22]	44
New Zealand[23]	49
Norway[24]	14
Sweden[25]	15
UK[26]	22

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Peak position
2002	"Nuclear"	Irish Singles Chart[21]	45
		UK Singles Chart[26]	37

Personnel

• Ryan Adams – Vocals (all tracks), Guitar (tracks 2,3,4,5,7,9,11,12,13), Electric guitar (tracks 1,6,8,10), Harmonica (tracks 2,4), Bass (tracks 5,13), Piano (tracks 5,8), Synth (track 13), Drum Machine (track 13)
• Mikael Nord Andersson – Dobro (track 3)
• Bucky Baxter – Pedal Steel Guitar (tracks 1,6,8,10), Background vocals (tracks 5,7), Guitar (tracks 5,9)
• Michael Blair – Djembe Heartbeat (track 3)
• Sheldon Gomberg – Bass (tracks 2,4)
• Svante Henryson – Cello (track 3)
• Ethan Johns – Drums (tracks 2,4,12), Background vocals (track 2), Electric guitar (track 2), Ukulele (track 4), Bass (track 12), B3 (track 2)
• John Paul Keith – Guitar (tracks 6,10)
• Greg Leisz – Steel Guitar (tracks 2,4,12), Dobro (track 12)
• Billy Mercer – Bass (tracks 1,6,10)
• Brad Pemberton – Drums (tracks 1,6,8,10)
• David Rawlings – Guitar (track 11)
• Julianna Raye – Background vocals (track 4)
• Brad Rice – Electric guitar (tracks 1,8)
• Chris Stills – Background vocals (track 2), 12-String Acoustic Guitar (track 2), B3 (track 4)
• Gillian Welch – Background vocals (track 11)

References

1. "Critic Reviews for Demolition - Metacritic". Metacritic.
2. AllMusic review
3. "Ryan Adams Demolition (Lost Highway) By rolling...". tribunedigital-chicagotribune.
4. Christgau, Robert. "Demolition". Robert Christgau.
5. "Demolition - EW.com". ew.com.
6. "Ryan Adams - Demolition CD". cduniverse.com.
7. "Ryan Adams - Demolition (Album Review)". musicbox-online.com.
8. "Ryan Adams". Pitchfork.
9. PopMatters review at the Wayback Machine (archived October 1, 2002)
10. "Ryan Adams Demolition Album Review". Rolling Stone.
11. "SPIN". Spin.
12. "Ryan Adams - Demolition - Review - Stylus Magazine". stylusmagazine.com.
13. Tiny Mix Tapes review at the Wayback Machine (archived September 19, 2006)
14. Yahoo! Music UK review at the Wayback Machine (archived August 23, 2004)
15. "Ryan Adams on 'Demolition,' writing and shopping at Gap". CNN. 2002-10-25. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
16. The Stockholm Sessions Mega-Superior-Gold - April 24, 2013
17. Archived August 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
18. "American Charts". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
19. "French Charts" (in French). lescharts.com. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
20. "German Charts" (in German). musicline.de. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
21. "Irish Charts". Irish-charts.com. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
22. "Dutch Charts" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
23. "New Zealand Charts". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
24. "Norwegian Charts". Norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
25. "Swedish Charts". Swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
26. "UK Chart Log". zobbel.de. Retrieved 2008-11-22.

External links

• Demolition at Metacritic