Ryan Adams Big Colors

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RYAN ADAMS BIG COLORS

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Big Colors is the soundtrack to a movie from 1984 that exists only in my soul. It’s a cliché inside a watercolor painting of neon blue smoke rising up off summer streets in the night.

It’s the most New York California album I could cut loose from my musical soul, and for me as both a guitar player and songwriter, this is the zenith point dream time.

While I won’t be able to match this album for its depth and broad color forms in the future, this is the sound of my soul and a door to a place I’ll be returning to again.

The treasures in our past are the shamanic visions of the future when the destination is dream zone 3000. This is that.

I’m only dreaming in Big Colors now.


Big Colors - Vinyl With Exclusive Bonus 7"
$24.98

Ryan Adams Big Colors - Vinyl With Exclusive Bonus 7"

Digital Download Included.

Tracklist

1. Big Colors
   
2. Do Not Disturb
3. It's So Quiet, It's Loud
4. **** The Rain
5. Manchester
6. What Am I
7. Power
8. I Surrender
9. Showtime
10. In It For The Pleasure
11. Middle of the Line
12. Summer Rain

Bonus 7"

• Side A: Anybody Evil
• Side B: The Opposite of Love

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Big Colors - Vinyl With Exclusive Bonus 7" - Official Ryan Adams Store

 

I like that song.

 

CD and streaming on 11 June.

 

Um....K.

 

That's a really good song.
Much better than anything on his previous album Wednesdays.
At least to my ears.

 

I’ll admit I was underwhelmed by what I heard of Wednesdays.

I basically like two modes of Ryan Adams: alt-country-sounding Ryan Adams, and jangly chorusy guitar Ryan Adams. This one looks more promising.

 

It’s no Cuts Like A Knife but I find it pretty catchy.

 

HAHA!
That joke is soooo old. Concert-goer: "C'mon, Ryan, play Summer Of '69!"

 

I listened this morning. Interesting production and mix. I was at one time a major fan and would be frantically preordering whatever limited bonus version was available. Still don’t have the last one. I went back and listened to a bunch of older songs of his today that really light me up. Reminded of the amazingness of the group of Cardinals, and what they brought and created, and how much his collaborators have brought over time. The more recent records, just don’t connect with me. I miss that feeling. I’m glad the new music is coming out though for those that do enjoy it.

 

Me too, although I lean more to the jangly chorus mode myself. Really like "Do Not Disturb", so I'm looking forward to this.

 

Strongly agree with your sentiment. Ashes and Fire was ok, but that was it. Ryan jumped the shark.

 

The song Ashes and Fire is the last one for me that really hits home. I am still interested in what he does and will check it out, just don’t feel it.

 

I thought Prisoner was great.
A&F was for moms.

 

I agree with Pawnmower on this. Ashes & Fire lacks an edge most Ryan Adams albums had until then. It is mellow and soft. The only songs I really like are ‘Dirty Rain’ and ‘Ashes & Fire’. The others are quite replaceable.

In my opinion Ryan reinvented himself with his selftitled record and the 7 inches, which cumulated in Prisoner, his best record since 2005.

I’m looking forward to Big Colors. I wonder it will be departure from Prisoner or a continuation.

 

I’m a sucker, er, completist. I own everything by Ryan and I’ll buy this too.

 

Do Not Disturb? Seems to me he has disturbed a few women. Is that what the song’s about?

 

A very urban, 80s sound. Unlike anything else I’ve heard from him (I think!).

 

‘When You Cross Over’ is a wonderful track off of Wednesdays. If anyone hasn’t heard it, I highly recommend.

 

I like this new single more than what I have heard from Ryan in the past 10 years about. Nice hook in the chorus, so I could have done with another hearing of the chorus in the song.

Does anyone else think he sounds like Ben Gibbard in the chorus of "Do Not Disturb"?

 

Overall, I think I like this batch of songs better than what was on Wednesday.
Wednesday might have higher highs, but lower lows. Big Colors seems more consistent.

 

Title track dropping as a single at midnight.

 

Holding out for reviews on the vinyl. The Wednesday pressings seemed to be mostly crap. I wish he'd use Chris Bellman like he did for most all his past albums

 

Got the CD this weekend (I guess the store got it early - will get the LP in August), and it sounds like crap. Typical modern mastering - hurts my ears. Produced and mastered by all the same people that did Wednesdays. I understand that Wednesdays is more laid-back, so it doesn't sound that bad - but I have both the CD and LP, and the LP (even though a sub-par pressing) sounds better than the CD; the LP is more dynamic. So I'm hoping that the LP of Big Colors is better than the CD.

The difference with Big Colors is it is a rocking electric album - and when it rocks out - it is barely listenable. Doesn't sound as if it's clipping - just sounds distorted and hurts my ears. Maybe Ryan wanted it to sound this way?

 

How is the rest of the album music wise? I appreciate the audiophile perspective, just wondering what you think of the songs themselves....