ARTIST: Ryan Adams TITLE: 29 LABEL: Lost Highway GENRE: Rock BITRATE: 181kbps avg PLAYTIME: 0h 48min total RELEASE DATE: 2005-12-20 RIP DATE: 2005-12-14 Track List ---------- 01. Twenty Nine 5:48 02. Strawberry Wine 7:58 03. Night Birds 3:51 04. Blue Sky Blues 5:18 05. Carolina Rain 5:25 06. Starlite Diner 3:51 07. The Sadness 6:43 08. Elizabeth, You Were Born To 5:07 Play That Part 09. Voices 4:53 Release Notes: Ryan Adams's third album of 2005, 29, is his only outing of the year not co-billed to his band, the Cardinals. The distinction is important--while Adams's Cardinals-backed outings allowed the North Carolina-born singer/songwriter to get in touch with his alt-country roots, 29 is a more minimalist offering that features gritty blues (the simmering title track), spare ballads (the lovely "Starlite Diner"), and emotive pop/rock (the delicate "Blue Sky Blues"). Although this disc is closest in spirit to Adams's LOVE IS HELL releases, it's a much more eclectic affair, leading the listener down many of the performer's subtler musical paths and back to one lonely intersection on the edge of town.