Demolition (Ryan Adams album)
Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox album Template:Music ratings Demolition is the third studio album by alt-country singer-songwriter Ryan Adams, released on September 24, 2002, on Lost Highway. The album comprises tracks from Adams' unreleased studio albums, The Suicide Handbook, The Pinkheart Sessions and 48 Hours,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> as well as "You Will Always Be The Same" from The Stockholm Sessions.<ref>The Stockholm Sessions Mega-Superior-Gold - April 24, 2013</ref> In 2009, Adams stated: "I don’t much care for this record. The rock songs are plodding and the quiet songs belonged to better records [...] to make Gold as a compromise then to have to watch those records get broken up for Demolition was heartbreaking."<ref>[1] Template:Webarchive</ref>
Track listing
Personnel
- Ryan Adams – Vocals (all tracks), Guitar (tracks 2,3,4,5,7,9,11,12,13), Electric guitar (tracks 1,6,8,10), Harmonica (tracks 2,4), Bass (tracks 5,13), Piano (tracks 5,8), Synth (track 13), Drum Machine (track 13)
- Mikael Nord Andersson – Dobro (track 3)
- Bucky Baxter – Pedal Steel Guitar (tracks 1,6,8,10), Background vocals (tracks 5,7), Guitar (tracks 5,9)
- Michael Blair – Djembe Heartbeat (track 3)
- Sheldon Gomberg – Bass (tracks 2,4)
- Svante Henryson – Cello (track 3)
- Ethan Johns – Drums (tracks 2,4,12), Background vocals (track 2), Electric guitar (track 2), Ukulele (track 4), Bass (track 12), B3 (track 2)
- John Paul Keith – Guitar (tracks 6,10)
- Greg Leisz – Steel Guitar (tracks 2,4,12), Dobro (track 12)
- Billy Mercer – Bass (tracks 1,6,10)
- Brad Pemberton – Drums (tracks 1,6,8,10)
- David Rawlings – Guitar (track 11)
- Julianna Raye – Background vocals (track 4)
- Brad Rice – Electric guitar (tracks 1,8)
- Chris Stills – Background vocals (track 2), 12-String Acoustic Guitar (track 2), B3 (track 4)
- Gillian Welch – Background vocals (track 11)
Charts
Album
| Country | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US<ref name="US">Template:Cite web</ref> | 28 |
| France<ref name="France">Template:Cite web</ref> | 124 |
| Germany<ref name="Germany">Template:Cite web</ref> | 83 |
| Ireland<ref name="Ireland">Template:Cite web</ref> | 19 |
| Netherlands<ref name="Netherlands">Template:Cite web</ref> | 44 |
| New Zealand<ref name="New Zealand">Template:Cite web</ref> | 49 |
| Norway<ref name="Norway">Template:Cite web</ref> | 14 |
| Sweden<ref name="Sweden">Template:Cite web</ref> | 15 |
| UK<ref name="UK">Template:Cite web</ref> | 22 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | "Nuclear" | Irish Singles Chart<ref name="Ireland" /> | 45 |
| UK Singles Chart<ref name="UK" /> | 37 |