''Demolition'' is the third studio album by

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singer-songwriter

Ryan Adams David Ryan Adams (born November 5, 1974) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, artist, and poet. He has released 23 albums, as well as three studio albums as a former member of alt-country band Whiskeytown. In 2000, Adams left ...

, released on September 24, 2002, on Lost Highway. The album comprises tracks from Adams' unreleased studio albums, ''The Suicide Handbook'', ''The Pinkheart Sessions'' and ''48 Hours'', as well as "You Will Always Be The Same" from ''The Stockholm Sessions''. In 2009, Adams stated: "I don’t much care for this record. The rock songs are plodding and the quiet songs belonged to better records ..to make ''

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'' as a compromise then to have to watch those records get broken up for ''Demolition'' was heartbreaking."

Track listing

Personnel

* Ryan Adams – Vocals (all tracks), Guitar (tracks 2,3,4,5,7,9,11,12,13), Electric guitar (tracks 1,6,8,10), Harmonica (tracks 2,4), Bass (tracks 5,13), Piano (tracks 5,8), Synth (track 13), Drum Machine (track 13) * Mikael Nord Andersson – Dobro (track 3) *

Bucky Baxter William "Bucky" Baxter (1955May 25, 2020) was an American guitarist. He is best known as a member of Steve Earle and The Dukes and as a member of Bob Dylan's backing band in the mid-90s during the Never Ending Tour. He released his only solo ...

– Pedal Steel Guitar (tracks 1,6,8,10), Background vocals (tracks 5,7), Guitar (tracks 5,9) * Michael Blair – Djembe Heartbeat (track 3) * Sheldon Gomberg – Bass (tracks 2,4) *

Svante Henryson Svante Henryson (born 22 October 1963 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a composer, cellist, bass guitarist and double bassist, active within jazz, classical music, and hard rock. Biography Childhood and studies Svante Henryson grew up in Umeå in northe ...

– Cello (track 3) *

Ethan Johns Ethan Thomas Robert Johns (born 1969 in Merton, London, England) is an English record producer, engineer, mixer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Johns has worked with artists including Ryan Adams, Kings of Leon, Paul McCartney, Ray LaMo ...

– Drums (tracks 2,4,12), Background vocals (track 2), Electric guitar (track 2), Ukulele (track 4), Bass (track 12), B3 (track 2) * John Paul Keith – Guitar (tracks 6,10) *

Greg Leisz Gregory Brian Leisz ( ; born September 18, 1949) is an American musician. He is a songwriter, recording artist, and producer. He plays guitar, dobro, mandolin, lap steel and pedal steel guitar. Biography Leisz grew up in the garage band cu ...

– Steel Guitar (tracks 2,4,12), Dobro (track 12) * Billy Mercer – Bass (tracks 1,6,10) *

Brad Pemberton Brad Pemberton (born August 8, 1969) is an American drummer, primarily known for his role in several bands backing Ryan Adams, including The Sweetheart Revolution, The Damn Band, The Pinkhearts and The Cardinals.'' dvertisement/nowiki>.'' ''CMJ N ...

– Drums (tracks 1,6,8,10) *

David Rawlings David Todd Rawlings (born December 31, 1969) is an American guitarist, singer, and record producer. He is known for his partnership with singer and songwriter Gillian Welch. He and Welch were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Son ...

– Guitar (track 11) * Julianna Raye – Background vocals (track 4) * Brad Rice – Electric guitar (tracks 1,8) *

Chris Stills Chris Stills (born April 19, 1974 in Boulder, Colorado) is a musician and actor. He is the son of American rock musician Stephen Stills and French singer-songwriter Véronique Sanson. He has played with both his father and his mother. Biogr ...

– Background vocals (track 2), 12-String Acoustic Guitar (track 2), B3 (track 4) *

Gillian Welch Gillian Howard Welch (; born October 2, 1967) is an American singer-songwriter. She performs with her musical partner, guitarist David Rawlings. Their sparse and dark musical style, which combines elements of Appalachian music, bluegrass, countr ...

– Background vocals (track 11)

Charts

Album

Singles

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Demolition (Ryan Adams Album) Ryan Adams albums 2002 albums Lost Highway Records albums Albums produced by Ethan Johns