Gold [Bonus CD] (2001)

About this title: One would think that being Ryan Adams would be a pretty good deal at the time of this album's release; he had a major-label deal, critics were in love with him, he got to date Winona Ryder and Alanis Morissette, Elton John went around telling everyone he was a genius, and his record company gave him carte blanche to do whatever he wanted. But to listen to Gold, Adams' first solo album for his big-league sponsors at Lost Highway, one senses that there are about a dozen other musicians Adams would love to be, and nearly all of them were at their peak in the early to mid-'70s. Adams' ... read more

Tracks:

1. New York, New York [Adams]
2. Firecracker [Adams]
3. Answering Bell [Adams]
4. La Cienega Just Smiled [Adams]
5. The Rescue Blues [Adams]
6. Somehow, Someday [Adams]
7. When the Stars Go Blue [Adams]
8. Nobody Girl [Adams/Johns]
9. Sylvia Plath [Adams/Causon]
10. Enemy Fire [Adams/Welch]
11. Gonna Make You Love Me [Adams]
12. Wild Flowers [Adams]
13. Harder Now That It's Over [Adams]
14. Touch, Feel & Lose [Adams/Rawlings]
15. Tina Toledo's Street Walkin' Blues [Adams/Johns]
16. Goodnight, Hollywood Blvd. [Adams/Causon]
17. Rosalie Come and Go [Adams]
18. The Fools We Are as Men [Adams]
19. Sweet Black Magic [Adams/Johns]
20. The Bar Is a Beautiful Place [Adams]
21. Cannonball Days [Adams]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.