''Demolition'' is the third studio album by

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Ryan Adams David Ryan Adams (born November 5, 1974) is an American Rock music, rock and Country music, country singer-songwriter. He has released 30 studio albums and three as a former member of Whiskeytown. In 2000, Adams left Whiskeytown and released ...

, 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) *

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– 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 – Cello (track 3) *

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

– 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, banjo, lap steel and pedal steel guitar. Biography Leisz grew up in the garage ba ...

– Steel Guitar (tracks 2,4,12), Dobro (track 12) * Billy Mercer – Bass (tracks 1,6,10) * Brad Pemberton – Drums (tracks 1,6,8,10) *

David Rawlings David Todd Rawlings (born December 30, 1969) is an American guitarist, singer, and record producer. He is known for his musical partnership with singer and songwriter Gillian Welch. He and Welch were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Or ...

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

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– 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, coun ...

– 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