RATING: 3.5 out of 5
The first of three scheduled full-length releases for 2005, Ryan Adams’ double CD Cold Roses revisits the country sound of his Whiskeytown days that was largely absent in his two major releases of the last few years, Gold and Rock N Roll. As usual, Adams could have been more disciplined in editing himself here. There is a single CD worth of great material here interspersed among filler that is palatable, but not particularly inspired. “Magnolia Mountain” sets the tone for the album with a shimmering melancholy that is reminiscient of the high production California roots-rock of early 70’s Grateful Dead or Relatively Clean Rivers. “Cherry Lane” represents the album at its best, as Adams jumps back and forth between an updated country-rock sound and his best Hank Williams impersonation.
- joaquin black
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