Jacksonville City Nights

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Jacksonville City Nights
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Studio album by Ryan Adams and The Cardinals
Released September 26, 2005
September 27, 2005 (US)
Recorded New York City, NY. Nashville, TN.
Genre Country rock, alternative country
Length 46:16
Label Lost Highway Records
Producer Tom Schick
Ryan Adams chronology
Cold Roses
(2005)		 Jacksonville City Nights
(2005)		 29
(2005)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic (72/100) [1]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars [2]
Chicago Tribune (favorable) [3]
Entertainment Weekly C+ [4]
The Music Box 3.5/5 stars [5]
Paste (average) [6]
Pitchfork Media (7.7/10) [7]
PopMatters 6/10 stars [8]
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars [9]
Uncut 4/5 stars [1]
USA Today 1.5/4 stars [10]

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.[11] 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.

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".[1] Spin gave it a B+ and said the album "reminds you why Adams was once a big deal."[1] 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."[1] 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."[12] 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."[1] 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."[13]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Ryan Adams, all music composed by Adams, J.P. Bowersock, Pemberton, Catherine Popper & Jon Graboff except where indicated.

No. Title Length
1. "A Kiss Before I Go"   2:05
2. "The End" (Adams & Michael Panes) 3:44
3. "Hard Way To Fall"   4:06
4. "Dear John" (Adams & Norah Jones) 4:36
5. "The Hardest Part"   2:52
6. "Games"   2:11
7. "Silver Bullets"   2:56
8. "Peaceful Valley"   3:42
9. "September"   2:30
10. "My Heart Is Broken" (Adams & Caitlin Cary) 2:14
11. "Trains" (Adams & Panes) 4:08
12. "Pa"   3:52
13. "Withering Heights"   2:53
14. "Don't Fail Me Now"   4:27


Bonus tracks
No. Title Length
1. "What Sin Replaces Love" (Demonstration recording) 9:27
2. "What Sin Replaces Love" (Acoustic version) 3:51
3. "Jeane"   2:33
4. "Always on My Mind" (Johnny Christopher, Mark James and Wayne Carson Thompson) 4:41
5. "I Still Miss Someone" (Johnny Cash cover) (Johnny Cash, Roy Cash) 2:58

Chart positions

Album

Country Peak
position
US[14] 33
Belgium (Flanders)[15] 66
Germany[16] 72
Ireland[17] 43
New Zealand[18] 40
Norway[19] 16
Sweden[20] 27
UK[21] 59

Musicians

The Cardinals

  • Ryan Adams - vocals, acoustic guitar, piano
  • J.P. Bowersock - electric guitars
  • Catherine Popper - bass, piano, background vocals
  • Brad Pemberton - drums, percussion
  • Jon Graboff - pedal steel, background vocals

Other musicians

  • Claudia Chopek: Violin.
  • David Gold: Violin & Viola.
  • Bob Hoffnar: Pedal steel.
  • Byron Isaacs: Background vocals.
  • Norah Jones: Piano & vocals.
  • Julia Kent: Cello.
  • Joe McGinty: Piano.
  • Michael Panes: Violin.
  • Johnny T: Drums.
  • Glenn Patscha: Piano & background vocals.

The Nashville String Machine

The Nashville String Machine perform on the song "My Heart Is Broken" and are:

  • Bergen White: Arranger and conductor.
  • Violins: Carl Gorodetsky, Pamela Sixfin, Conni Ellisor, Allan Umstead, David Angell, Cathy Umstead & Mary Kathryn Vanosdale.
  • Violas: Kris Wilkinson, Gary Vanosdale & Jim Grosjean.
  • Cellos: Carole Rabinowitz & Bob Mason.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Critic reviews at Metacritic
  2. ↑ Allmusic review
  3. ↑ Chicago Tribune review
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  5. ↑ The Music Box review
  6. ↑ Paste review
  7. ↑ Pitchfork Media review
  8. ↑ PopMatters review
  9. ↑ Rolling Stone review
  10. ↑ USA Today review
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  12. ↑ Tiny Mix Tapes review at the Wayback Machine (archived September 19, 2006)
  13. ↑ Prefix Magazine review, mislabelled as "Jacksonville City Lights"
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