Length 46:16 Jacksonville City Nights
(2005) 29
(2005) Label Lost Highway Records | Producer Tom Schick Release date 26 September 2005 | |
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Released September 26, 2005
September 27, 2005 (US) Recorded New York City, NY. Nashville, TN. Artist Ryan Adams & the Cardinals Genres Alternative country, Country music, Country rock Similar Ryan Adams & the Cardinals albums, Alternative country albums | ||
Ryan adams a kiss before i go jacksonville city nights lp
Jacksonville City Nights is the seventh studio album by American alternative country singer-songwriter Ryan Adams, released on September 27, 2005 on Lost Highway. The album is Adams' second with The Cardinals, and the second in a trilogy of albums released in a seven-month timespan during 2005. By 2007, the album had sold 100,000 copies in the United States and 158,000 worldwide. The album was recorded live in the studio, without overdubs. The title is a reference to Adams' hometown of Jacksonville, North Carolina, which has been referenced throughout his career.
Contents
- Ryan adams a kiss before i go jacksonville city nights lp
- Reception
- Track listing
- The Cardinals
- Other musicians
- The Nashville String Machine
- Songs
- References
Several limited American releases contained a DVD entitled September (which was originally intended to be the title of the album), which featured a 20 minute documentary about the band on the road and in the studio. Bassist Catherine Popper is featured in the photograph on the album cover.
Reception
The album so far has a score of 72 out of 100 from Metacritic based on "generally favorable reviews". Spin gave it a B+ and said the album "reminds you why Adams was once a big deal." NME gave it a score of seven out of ten and said, "Adams could clearly make use of an editor here--but you can't possibly hate an album that uses pedal-steel on every track." Tiny Mix Tapes gave it a score of three-and-a-half stars out of five and said, "As with most Adams records, the fact that some of the songs made the cut is perplexing." However, Blender gave it three stars out of five and said, "It's the sound of a New Yorker coming home for a breath of country air." Prefix Magazine gave it an average review and said, "Perhaps Adams is just earning cheap sympathy with his strained, tour-weary voice, or maybe it’s just too thrilling to hear him revisit Gram, but Jacksonville City Lights [sic] does seem to come by its sound honestly."
Track listing
All lyrics written by Ryan Adams; all music composed by Adams, J.P. Bowersock, Pemberton, Catherine Popper & Jon Graboff except where indicated.
The Cardinals
Other musicians
The Nashville String Machine
The Nashville String Machine perform on the song "My Heart Is Broken" and are:
Songs
1A Kiss Before I Go2:06
2The End3:45
3Hard Way to Fall4:06