Listicle Without Commentary: The Albums of Ryan Adams

13. 29 
12. Orion 
11. Demolition 
10. Cardinology
9. Rock N Roll
8. III/IV
7. Gold
6. Love is Hell, Parts 1 & 2 
5. Ashes & Fire
4. Easy Tiger
3. Heartbreaker  
2. Cold Roses 
1. Jacksonville City Nights

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It’s a two-disc album and it’s so good, so I’m breaking my convention and posting two from Cold Roses. 

You build a house and if the house comes up
You gotta work on that house
If you want to make it your home
‘Cause everything inside that’s not something you own
Is what you’re taking with you
On the day that you go

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Teaming up with backing band The Cardinals, Ryan Adams returned to his Whiskeytown roots. A little country, a little rock ‘n roll. All heart and no apologies. 

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Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, Let It Ride, Cold Roses, 2005

Twenty-seven years of nothin’ but failures and promises that I couldn’t keep
Oh lord I wasn’t ready to go
I’m never ready to go
Let it ride
Let it ride easy down the road
Let it ride
Let it take away all of the darkness
Let it ride
Let it rock me in the arms of strangers, angels until it brings me home
Let it ride
Let it roll
Let it go