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This 2LP set has been play graded.  Side B track 1 has background crackles.  Side C and D are pressed off center.  Side C track 1 has light pops.  Track 5 has some distortions.  Side D track 2 has light pops and track 5 has some distortions.  VG+

Ryan Adams/Gold (2001) Solo Studio Album
Gold - the brilliant second solo album from Ryan Adams - only heightens the artist’s current role as one of the most revered songwriter-performers of his generation. But like all great art, Gold should also serve to surprise and confuse the expectations of those who’ve been quick to place labels on the extremely talented and prolific former leader of the now-legendary alternative-country band Whiskeytown. While Adams’ previous releases were mostly downbeat affairs, all it takes is one listen to the Pete Townshend-like power chords and ‘60s soul organ that dominate this album’s opening track, “New York, New York” — or the happy-go-lucky, take-no-prisoner harmonica on “Firecracker” with its “Let me be your baby tonight” chorus —to alert the listener to the fact that Gold is going to be anything but a sad affair. 
In 2001, Adams released Gold, a sprawling 16-song album with a limited edition five-song bonus disc (the five bonus songs are included on this LP release!). Unlike Adams' previous work the album adopted less of a country style, going on to sell 364,000 copies and making Gold Adams' best-selling album to-date. The album earned Adams two Grammy nominations in 2002; "Best Male Rock Vocal" for "New York, New York" and "Best Rock Album". Adams also received a nomination the same year for "Best Male Country Vocal" for his version of Hank Williams' "Lovesick Blues" from the tribute album Timeless. Gold's "When the Stars Go Blue" has been covered by The Corrs and Bono, Tyler Hilton and Tim McGraw.
Selections:  1. New York, New York   2. Firecracker   3. Answering Bell   4. La Cienaga Just Smiled   5. The Rescue Blues   6. Somehow, Someday   7. When The Stars Go Blue   8. Nobody Girl   9. SYLVIA PLATH   10. Enemy Fire   11. Gonna Make You Love Me   12. Wild Flowers   13. Harder Now That It's Over   14. Touch, Feel & Lose   15. Tina Toledo's Street Walkin' Blues   16. Goodnight, Hollywood Blvd   Bonus Tracks:  17. Rosalie Come and Go 18. The Fools We are as Men 19. Sweet Black Magic 20. The Bar is a Beautiful Place 21. Cannonball Days