Performer Notes

Initial pressings of GOLD will include a limited edition bonus disc featuring five songs.
Personnel includes: Ryan Adams (vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo, piano); Ethan Johns (acoustic & electric guitars, Chamberlain strings, Hammond B-3 organ, vibraphone, drums, congas); Bucky Baxter (steel guitar); Richard Causon (strings, piano); Kamasi Washington (saxophone); Benchmont Tench (piano, Hammond B-3 organ); Chris Stills (bass, background vocals); Jennifer Condos (bass); Adam Duritz, Julianna Raye, C.C. White, Rob McDonald, Keith Hunter (background vocals).
Recorded at the Sunset Sound Factory, Hollywood, California.
GOLD was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Rock Album. "New York, New York" was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance.
Personnel includes: Ryan Adams (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, banjo, piano); Ethan Johns (acoustic, electric & 12-string guitars, mandolin, celeste, electric piano, harmonium, Hammond B-3 organ, strings, vibraphone, drums, percussion); Chris Stills (acoustic & electric guitars, bass, background vocals); Bucky Baxter (steel guitar); Rami Jaffi (accordion); Kamasi Washington (saxophone); Andre Carter (trumpet); Benmont Tench (piano, Hammond B-3 organ); Richard Causon (piano, strings); Jennifer Condos, Milo De Cruz (bass); Rob McDonald, C.C. White, Juliana Raye, Adam Duritz (background vocals).
Recorded at the Sunset Sound Factory, Hollywood, California.
GOLD was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Rock Album. "New York, New York" was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance.
This is a (multi-channel) Super Audio CD playable only on Super Audio CD players.
Personnel includes: Ryan Adams (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, banjo, piano); Ethan Johns (acoustic, electric & 12-string guitars, mandolin, celeste, electric piano, harmonium, Hammond B-3 organ, strings, vibraphone, drums, percussion); Chris Stills (acoustic & electric guitars, bass, background vocals); Bucky Baxter (steel guitar); Rami Jaffi (accordion); Kamasi Washington (saxophone); Andre Carter (trumpet); Benmont Tench (piano, Hammond B-3 organ); Richard Causon (piano, strings); Jennifer Condos, Milo De Cruz (bass); Rob McDonald, C.C. White, Juliana Raye, Adam Duritz (background vocals).
Recorded at the Sunset Sound Factory, Hollywood, California.
GOLD was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Rock Album. "New York, New York" was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance.
Personnel: Ryan Adams (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, piano); C.C. White (vocals, background vocals); Ethan Johns (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, slide guitar, mandocello, mandolin, celesta, electric piano, harmonium, chamberlin, vibraphone, drums, congas, background vocals); Chris Stills (acoustic guitar, acoustic 12-string guitar, electric guitar, background vocals); Bucky Baxter (steel guitar); Kamasi Washington (saxophone); Andre "Big Dre" Carter (trumpet); Benmont Tench, Richard Causon (piano); Adam Duritz, Julianna Raye (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Ethan Johns.
Recording information: Sunset sound Factory.
Photographer: James Minchin.
The "it" boy of early-'00s roots-rock, former Whiskeytown leader Ryan Adams has responded to the mountain of hype surrounding him with an arrogance worthy of his idol, mid-'60s Bob Dylan. Accordingly he follows his stripped-down solo debut with a two-disc, fully produced set that finds him grasping for the mantle of alt-country messiah. GOLD picks up where Whiskeytown's swan song FAITHLESS STREET left off; a step removed from the country-rock hard line but still full of rootsy, organic, Band-like warmth.
The up-tempo opening tune "New York, New York" recalls vintage Steve Forbert, while "Answering Bell" sounds like David Gray fronting the aforementioned Band on a rewritten "The Weight." The epic, acoustic guitar-based ballad "Nobody's Girl" is one of the more overtly Dylanesque pieces here, and while trying to overshadow Zimmy is a fool's errand no matter how big your britches, one has to admire Adams for the considerable chutzpah necessary to even take up the task. Whether you believe he's the Gram Parsons of the 21st century or not, its that undeniable spirit and ambition that lay at the heart of GOLD's appeal.

Professional Reviews

Entertainment Weekly (9/28/01, pp.71-2) - "...This sprawling tour through American music...is like a dinner full of comfort food..." - Rating: B+

Q (1/03, p.54) - Included in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums Ever"

Q (10/01, p.117) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Adam's freewheeling nature remains irresistible. He's a magpie, flitting between people, places and influences with equal enthusiasm..."

CMJ (9/17/01, p.4) - "...Sparkles with its creator's shaky roots on the West Coast...with a slow, syrupy pace..."

No Depression (9-10/01, pp.129-30) - "...These songs are filled with hot emotion....There are more hooks here than at a pirate's convention, and Adams' gift for melody is so strong it's almost scary..."

Mojo (Publisher) (1/02, p.69) - Ranked #9 in Mojo's "Best [40] Albums of 2001".

Mojo (Publisher) (10/01, p.114) - "...A beautiful trip..."

Album: Gold
#	Song Title	Time
1)	New York, New York
2)	Firecracker
3)	Answering Bell
4)	Cienega Just Smiled, La
5)	Rescue Blues, The
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.

Album: Gold
#	Song Title	Time
1)	New York, New York
2)	Firecracker
3)	Answering Bell
4)	Cienega Just Smiled, La
5)	Rescue Blues, The
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.