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Ryan AdamsAshes & Fire72 Based on 12 reviews 2011 Ranking: #253 / 498
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REVIEWS
A near perfect album by a performer who seems, at least for the time being, to have learned to focus his wide-open talents on one narrow vein of material, and in the process has struck pure gold.
Ashes & Fires remains compelling throughout thanks to its peaks and valleys.
None of the songs sound out of place, there's no self-indulgent noodling, and it genuinely feels like his most complete record since 29.
‘Ashes & Fire’ is a stunning, stripped-back, heart-on-sleeve record that re-captures his irrefutable songwriting ability.
Ryan Adams manages to escape Ashes & Fire unscathed, avoiding his own biggest enemy from previous works: himself.
While Ashes & Fire is somewhat one-dimensional, it at least picks one of his better dimensions.
Ashes & Fire isn’t quite enough to thrust Ryan Adams back into the spotlight, but it is enough to convince those who’d given up on him to maybe offer him another chance.
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RATINGS
| 90 | PopMatters [src ] |
| 80 | Consequence of Sound [src] |
| 80 | musicOMH [src] |
| 80 | NME [src] |
| 79 | Beats Per Minute [src] |
| 75 | A.V. Club [src] |
| 70 | AllMusic [src] |
| 70 | Spin [src] |
| 65 | Pitchfork [src] |
| 61 | Coke Machine Glow [src] |
| 60 | Drowned in Sound [src] |
| 40 | Tiny Mix Tapes [src] |
| # 39 - | Amazon |
| # 18 - | American Songwriter |
| # 30 - | Clash |
| # 50 - | Consequence of Sound |
| # 12 - | FILTER |
| # 32 - | Paste |
| # 41 - | Pazz and Jop |
| # 29 - | PopMatters |
| # 22 - | Stereogum |
| # 48 - | The Guardian |
- Dirty Rain
- Ashes & Fire
- Come Home
- Rocks
- Do I Wait
- Chains Of Love
- Invisible Riverside
- Save Me
- Kindness
- Lucky Now
- I Love You But I Don't Know What To Say
