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{{about|the rock album|the country album|29 (EP)}}
{{Infobox album<!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
⚫
| Name = 29
| Type = studio
| name = 29
| Artist = [[Ryan Adams]]
| type = studio
| Cover = 29_ryan_adams.jpg
| artist = [[Ryan Adams]]
| cover = 29_ryan_adams.jpg
⚫
| Released = {{Start date|2005|12|19}}
⚫
| alt =
| Recorded = August 2004<br />Three Crow Studios, L.A. CA.
⚫
| released = {{Start date|2005|12|19}}
⚫
| Genre = [[Alternative country]]<br/>[[Folk music|Folk]]
| Length = 48:54
| recorded = August 2004
| Label = [[Lost Highway Records]]
| venue =
| studio = Three Crow (Los Angeles, California)
⚫
| Producer = [[Ethan Johns]]
⚫
| genre = {{hlist|[[Alternative country]]|[[folk rock]]}}
⚫
| Last album = ''[[Jacksonville City Nights]]''<br />(2005)
| length = 48:54
| This album = '''''29'''''<br />(2005)
| label = [[Lost Highway Records|Lost Highway]]
⚫
| Next album = ''[[Easy Tiger]]''<br />(2007)
⚫
| producer = [[Ethan Johns]]
⚫
| prev_title = [[Jacksonville City Nights]]
| prev_year = 2005
⚫
| next_title = [[Easy Tiger]]
| next_year = 2007
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
| MC = (69/100)<ref name=meta>[http://www.metacritic.com/music/29/ryan-adams/critic-reviews Critic reviews at Metacritic]</ref>
| MC = (69/100)<ref name=meta>[https://www.metacritic.com/music/29/ryan-adams/critic-reviews Critic reviews at Metacritic]</ref>
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r812576|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref>
| rev1Score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r812576|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref>
| rev2 = [[Entertainment.ie]]
| rev2 = [[Entertainment.ie]]
| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>[http://entertainment.ie/album-review/Ryan-Adams-29/4255.htm Entertainment.ie review]</ref>
| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>[http://entertainment.ie/album-review/Ryan-Adams-29/4255.htm Entertainment.ie review]</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev3Score = B−<ref>[http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1141322,00.html Entertainment Weekly review]</ref>
| rev3Score = B−<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070526013525/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1141322,00.html Entertainment Weekly review]</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
| rev4 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
| rev4Score = {{rating|3|4}}<ref>[http://articles.latimes.com/2005/dec/20/entertainment/et-rack20 Los Angeles Times review]</ref>
| rev4Score = {{rating|3|4}}<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-dec-20-et-rack20-story.html Los Angeles Times review]</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev5 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev5Score = (8/10)<ref>[http://www.nme.com/reviews/ryan-adams/7833 NME review]</ref>
| rev5Score = (8/10)<ref>[https://www.nme.com/reviews/ryan-adams/7833 NME review]</ref>
| rev6 = [[Pitchfork Media]]
| rev6 = [[Pitchfork Media]]
| rev6Score = (6.8/10)<ref name=pitchfork>[http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/44-29/ Pitchfork Media review]</ref>
| rev6Score = (6.8/10)<ref name=pitchfork>[https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/44-29/ Pitchfork Media review]</ref>
| rev7 = [[PopMatters]]
| rev7 = [[PopMatters]]
| rev7Score = {{rating|5|10}}<ref>[http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/adamsryan-29/ PopMatters review]</ref>
| rev7Score = {{rating|5|10}}<ref>[https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/adamsryan-29/ PopMatters review]</ref>
| rev8 = [[Robert Christgau]]
| rev8 = [[Robert Christgau]]
| rev8Score = C<ref>[http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=ryan+adams Robert Christgau Consumer Guide]</ref>
| rev8Score = C<ref>[http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=ryan+adams Robert Christgau Consumer Guide]</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev9 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev9Score = {{rating|2.5|5}}<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/29-20060112 Rolling Stone review]</ref>
| rev9Score = {{rating|2.5|5}}<ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/29-20060112 Rolling Stone review]</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Stylus Magazine]]''
| rev10 = ''[[Stylus Magazine]]''
| rev10Score = B−<ref>[http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/ryan-adams/29.htm Stylus Magazine review]</ref>
| rev10Score = B−<ref>[http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/ryan-adams/29.htm Stylus Magazine review] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071230184230/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/ryan-adams/29.htm |date=2007-12-30 }}</ref>
}}
}}
'''''29''''' is the eighth studio album by alt-country singer-songwriter [[Ryan Adams]], released on December 19, 2005 on [[Lost Highway Records|Lost Highway]]. Produced by [[Ethan Johns]], and recorded prior to the formation of backing band [[The Cardinals (rock band)|The Cardinals]], the album was the last of three released in 2005. Session guitarist JP Bowersock would later go on to join the Cardinals, subsequently recording ''[[Cold Roses]]'' and ''[[Jacksonville City Nights]]'' alongside Adams. The album's cover art was drawn by Adams.
'''''29''''' is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter [[Ryan Adams]], released on December 19, 2005, by [[Lost Highway Records]]. Produced by [[Ethan Johns]], and recorded prior to the formation of backing band [[The Cardinals (rock band)|The Cardinals]], the album was the last of three released in 2005. Session guitarist JP Bowersock would later go on to join the Cardinals, subsequently recording ''[[Cold Roses]]'' and ''[[Jacksonville City Nights]]'' alongside Adams. The album's cover art was drawn by Adams.


The album has sold 81,000 copies in the United States and 153,000 worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=2007-06-03T210713Z_01_N03416171_RTRIDST_0_ENTERTAINMENT-ADAMS-COL.XML&archived=False | title = Busy and bored, Adams tames "Tiger" | first = Katie | last = Hasty | date = 2007-06-03 | accessdate = 2007-06-04 | publisher = [[Reuters]]/[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | quote = The first of the trio, "Cold Roses," has sold 159,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. "Jacksonville City Nights" has moved 100,000, and "29" has shifted 81,000. }}</ref> In November 2009, the album was number 54 on a list of 'The 100 best pop albums of the Noughties' by [[The Times]] Music critics.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article6922991.ece?token=null&offset=84&page=8 | work=The Times | location=London | title=The 100 best pop albums of the Noughties | date=2009-11-21 | accessdate=2010-04-23}}</ref>
The album has sold 81,000 copies in the United States and 153,000 worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=2007-06-03T210713Z_01_N03416171_RTRIDST_0_ENTERTAINMENT-ADAMS-COL.XML&archived=False |title=Busy and bored, Adams tames "Tiger" |first=Katie |last=Hasty |date=2007-06-03 |access-date=2007-06-04 |publisher=[[Reuters]]/[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |quote=The first of the trio, "Cold Roses," has sold 159,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. "Jacksonville City Nights" has moved 100,000, and "29" has shifted 81,000. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070106191721/http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=entertainmentNews |archive-date=2007-01-06 }}</ref> In November 2009, the album was number 54 on a list of "The 100 best pop albums of the Noughties" by ''[[The Times]]'' music critics.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article6922991.ece?token=null&offset=84&page=8 | work=The Times | location=London | title=The 100 best pop albums of the Noughties | date=2009-11-21 | access-date=2010-04-23}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>


==Recording notes==
==Recording notes==
''29'' was recorded over two weeks during the first half of August 2004 at producer [[Ethan Johns|Ethan Johns']] [[North Hollywood]] studio, Three Crows. According to Johns, only two songs were completely written before the sessions began - "Night Birds" and "Elizabeth, You Were Born To Play That Part". The remaining tracks were written in the studio. To give the music a sense of spontaneity and immediacy, several of the songs released on the final album were first takes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2006/03/production-notes-ethan-johnsryan-adams.html|title=Production Notes: Ethan Johns / Ryan Adams|first=Bud|last= Scoppa|date=2006-03-24|accessdate=2012-08-08|publisher=''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]''}}</ref>
''29'' was recorded over two weeks during the first half of August 2004 at producer [[Ethan Johns|Ethan Johns']] [[North Hollywood]] studio, Three Crows. According to Johns, only two songs were completely written before the sessions began – "Night Birds" and "Elizabeth, You Were Born To Play That Part". The remaining tracks were written in the studio. To give the music a sense of spontaneity and immediacy, several of the songs on the album were first takes.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2006/03/production-notes-ethan-johnsryan-adams.html|title=Production Notes: Ethan Johns / Ryan Adams|first=Bud|last= Scoppa|date=2006-03-24|access-date=2012-08-08|magazine=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]}}</ref>


The album is a loose [[concept album]], with each song representing a single year in Adams' twenties.<ref name=pitchfork/>
The album is a loose [[concept album]], with each song representing a single year in Adams' twenties.<ref name=pitchfork/>


==Reception==
==Reception==
The album so far has a score of 69 out of 100 on [[Metacritic]] based on "generally favorable reviews".<ref name=meta/> ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' gave it all five stars and said it was "not easy listening, yet [Adams has] never made a more beautiful album."<ref name=meta/> [[Yahoo! Music|Yahoo! Music UK]] gave it nine stars out of ten and said, "At last Ryan Adams has made a record every bit as good as his heroes."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/060103/33/1z71b.html |title=Yahoo! Music UK review |accessdate=2013-05-01 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060110110911/http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/060103/33/1z71b.html |archivedate=2006-01-10 |df= }}</ref> ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' gave it a B and said that Adams' music "takes some sifting, but the gold always glitters."<ref>[http://www.avclub.com/articles/ryan-adams-29,9493/ The A.V. Club review]</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' gave it a favorable review and called it "Cohesive in its fragility."<ref name=meta/> [[E!|E! Online]] gave it a B− and said that Adams "fails to come up with an album that keeps up the standard set here by a couple of standout tracks such as 'Strawberry Wine' and Nightbirds.'"<ref name=meta/>
The album received a score of 69 out of 100 on [[Metacritic]] based on "generally favorable reviews".<ref name=meta/> ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' gave it all five stars and said it was "not easy listening, yet [Adams has] never made a more beautiful album."<ref name=meta/> [[Yahoo! Music|Yahoo! Music UK]] gave it nine stars out of ten and said, "At last Ryan Adams has made a record every bit as good as his heroes."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/060103/33/1z71b.html |title=Yahoo! Music UK review |access-date=2013-05-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060110110911/http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/060103/33/1z71b.html |archive-date=2006-01-10 }}</ref> ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' gave it a B and said that Adams' music "takes some sifting, but the gold always glitters."<ref>[https://www.avclub.com/ryan-adams-29-1798201348 The A.V. Club review]</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' gave it a favorable review and called it "Cohesive in its fragility."<ref name=meta/> [[E!|E! Online]] gave it a B&minus; and said that Adams "fails to come up with an album that keeps up the standard set here by a couple of standout tracks such as 'Strawberry Wine' and 'Nightbirds'."<ref name=meta/>


Other reviews are average or mixed: ''[[The Guardian]]'' gave it a score of three stars out of five and said, "Committed Adams-heads will love it; others will wonder why he commands such loyalty."<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/dec/02/popandrock.shopping4 The Guardian review]</ref> ''[[The Village Voice]]'' gave it an average review and said, "Adams mines American Beauty and Workingman's Dead respectably, but his attempts at early-'70s Neil Young piano ballads come off as tear-stained love letters to himself, and hardly distinguish him as the guy who dropped out of high school to become Paul Westerberg."<ref>[http://www.villagevoice.com/2006-01-10/music/three-times-a-crybaby/ The Village Voice review]</ref> ''Prefix Magazine'' gave it a mixed review and said that "Despite the three or four keepers, ''29'' suggests that Adams is still struggling to nail down his musical identity."<ref>[http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/ryan-adams/29/14782/ Prefix Magazine review]</ref>
Other reviews are average or mixed: ''[[The Guardian]]'' gave it a score of three stars out of five and said, "Committed Adams-heads will love it; others will wonder why he commands such loyalty."<ref>{{cite web |title=CD: Ryan Adams, 29 |date=2005-12-02 |website=[[The Guardian]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917000203/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/dec/02/popandrock.shopping4 |archive-date=2020-09-17 |url-status=live |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/dec/02/popandrock.shopping4}}</ref> ''[[The Village Voice]]'' gave it an average review and said, "Adams mines American Beauty and Workingman's Dead respectably, but his attempts at early-'70s Neil Young piano ballads come off as tear-stained love letters to himself, and hardly distinguish him as the guy who dropped out of high school to become Paul Westerberg."<ref>[http://www.villagevoice.com/2006-01-10/music/three-times-a-crybaby/ The Village Voice review]</ref> ''Prefix Magazine'' gave it a mixed review and said that "Despite the three or four keepers, ''29'' suggests that Adams is still struggling to nail down his musical identity."<ref>[http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/ryan-adams/29/14782/ Prefix Magazine review]</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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|[[Austrian Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://austriancharts.at/search.asp?search=Ryan+Adams&cat=a |title=Austrian Charts |publisher=austriancharts.at |accessdate=2008-11-25 |language=German }}</ref>
|[[Austrian Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://austriancharts.at/search.asp?search=Ryan+Adams&cat=a |title=Austrian Charts |publisher=austriancharts.at |access-date=2008-11-25 |language=de }}</ref>
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|Dutch Albums ([[Megacharts]])<ref name="Netherlands">{{cite web |url=http://dutchcharts.nl//showinterpret.asp?interpret=Ryan+Adams |title=Dutch Charts |publisher=dutchcharts.nl |accessdate=2008-11-25 |language=Dutch | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20081211093203/http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Ryan+Adams| archivedate= 11 December 2008 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>
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|align="center"| 73
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|German Albums ([[Media Control Charts]])<ref name="Germany">{{cite web |url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Adams%2CRyan/longplay |title=German Charts |publisher=musicline.de |accessdate=2008-11-25 |language=German | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20081211102602/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Adams%2CRyan/longplay| archivedate= 11 December 2008 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>
|German Albums ([[Media Control Charts]])<ref name="Germany">{{cite web |url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Adams%2CRyan/longplay |title=German Charts |publisher=musicline.de |access-date=2008-11-25 |language=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211102602/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Adams%2CRyan/longplay |archive-date=2008-12-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|align="center"|57
|align="center"|57
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|UK Albums ([[UK Albums Chart|OCC]])<ref name="UK">{{cite web |url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_A.HTM |title=UK Chart Log |publisher=zobbel.de |accessdate=2009-11-25}}</ref>
|UK Albums ([[UK Albums Chart|OCC]])<ref name="UK">{{cite web |url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_A.HTM |title=UK Chart Log |publisher=zobbel.de |access-date=2009-11-25}}</ref>
|align="center"| 91
|align="center"| 91
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|US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="US">{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p308331|pure_url=yes}} |title=American Charts |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=2008-11-25 }}</ref>
|US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="US">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p308331|pure_url=yes}} |title=American Charts |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=2008-11-25 }}</ref>
|align="center"| 144
|align="center"| 144
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==Personnel==
==Personnel==
* Ryan Adams&nbsp;— Vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, electric guitar
* Ryan Adams&nbsp;– vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, electric guitar
* Wayne Bergeron&nbsp;— Trumpet
* [[Wayne Bergeron]]&nbsp;– trumpet
* JP Bowersock&nbsp;— Electric guitar, mandolin, acoustic 12-string guitar, guitarone
* JP Bowersock&nbsp;– electric guitar, mandolin, acoustic 12-string guitar, guitarone
* Jennifer Condos&nbsp;— Bass
* [[Jennifer Condos]]&nbsp;– bass{{clarify|date=August 2017|bass guitar, double bass, bass drum, bass clarinet?}}
* Bruce Dukov&nbsp;— Violin
* Bruce Dukov&nbsp;– violin
* Endre Granat&nbsp;— Violin
* Endre Granat&nbsp;– violin
* Ethan Johns&nbsp;— Drums, bass, pedal steel guitar, chamberlin, synthesizer, acoustic guitar, ukulele, harpsichord, string arrangement, brass arrangement, conducting
* [[Ethan Johns]]&nbsp;– drums, bass, pedal steel guitar, chamberlin, synthesizer, acoustic guitar, ukulele, harpsichord, string arrangement, brass arrangement, conducting
* Alan Kaplan&nbsp;— Trombone
* Alan Kaplan&nbsp;– trombone
* Dennis Karmayzn&nbsp;— Cello
* Dennis Karmayzn&nbsp;– cello
* Phil Levy&nbsp;— Violin
* Phil Levy&nbsp;– violin
* David Low&nbsp;— Cello
* David Low&nbsp;– cello
* Rafael Rishik&nbsp;— Violin
* Rafael Rishik&nbsp;– violin
* Anatoly Rosinsky&nbsp;— Violin
* Anatoly Rosinsky&nbsp;– violin
* Lisa Sutton&nbsp;— Violin
* Lisa Sutton&nbsp;– violin


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{metacritic album|29/ryan-adams|29}}
* {{Metacritic album|title=29}}


{{Ryan Adams}}
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[[Category:2005 albums]]
[[Category:2005 albums]]

Latest revision as of 22:38, 22 November 2024

This article is about the rock album. For the country album, see 29 (EP).
29
Studio album by
Ryan Adams
ReleasedDecember 19, 2005 (2005-12-19)
RecordedAugust 2004
StudioThree Crow (Los Angeles, California)
Genre
Length48:54
LabelLost Highway
ProducerEthan Johns
Ryan Adams chronology
Jacksonville City Nights
(2005) 		29
(2005) 		Easy Tiger
(2007)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(69/100)[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Entertainment.ie[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[4]
Los Angeles Times[5]
NME(8/10)[6]
Pitchfork Media(6.8/10)[7]
PopMatters[8]
Robert ChristgauC[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
Stylus MagazineB−[11]

29 is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Ryan Adams, released on December 19, 2005, by Lost Highway Records. Produced by Ethan Johns, and recorded prior to the formation of backing band The Cardinals, the album was the last of three released in 2005. Session guitarist JP Bowersock would later go on to join the Cardinals, subsequently recording Cold Roses and Jacksonville City Nights alongside Adams. The album's cover art was drawn by Adams.

The album has sold 81,000 copies in the United States and 153,000 worldwide.[12] In November 2009, the album was number 54 on a list of "The 100 best pop albums of the Noughties" by The Times music critics.[13]

Recording notes

[edit]

29 was recorded over two weeks during the first half of August 2004 at producer Ethan Johns' North Hollywood studio, Three Crows. According to Johns, only two songs were completely written before the sessions began – "Night Birds" and "Elizabeth, You Were Born To Play That Part". The remaining tracks were written in the studio. To give the music a sense of spontaneity and immediacy, several of the songs on the album were first takes.[14]

The album is a loose concept album, with each song representing a single year in Adams' twenties.[7]

Reception

[edit]

The album received a score of 69 out of 100 on Metacritic based on "generally favorable reviews".[1] Uncut gave it all five stars and said it was "not easy listening, yet [Adams has] never made a more beautiful album."[1] Yahoo! Music UK gave it nine stars out of ten and said, "At last Ryan Adams has made a record every bit as good as his heroes."[15] The A.V. Club gave it a B and said that Adams' music "takes some sifting, but the gold always glitters."[16] The New York Times gave it a favorable review and called it "Cohesive in its fragility."[1] E! Online gave it a B− and said that Adams "fails to come up with an album that keeps up the standard set here by a couple of standout tracks such as 'Strawberry Wine' and 'Nightbirds'."[1]

Other reviews are average or mixed: The Guardian gave it a score of three stars out of five and said, "Committed Adams-heads will love it; others will wonder why he commands such loyalty."[17] The Village Voice gave it an average review and said, "Adams mines American Beauty and Workingman's Dead respectably, but his attempts at early-'70s Neil Young piano ballads come off as tear-stained love letters to himself, and hardly distinguish him as the guy who dropped out of high school to become Paul Westerberg."[18] Prefix Magazine gave it a mixed review and said that "Despite the three or four keepers, 29 suggests that Adams is still struggling to nail down his musical identity."[19]

Track listing

[edit]

All tracks are written by Ryan Adams

No.TitleLength
1."29"5:48
2."Strawberry Wine"7:58
3."Nightbirds"3:51
4."Blue Sky Blues"5:18
5."Carolina Rain"5:25
6."Starlite Diner"3:51
7."The Sadness"6:43
8."Elizabeth, You Were Born to Play That Part"5:07
9."Voices"4:53

Charts

[edit]
Chart
(2005) 		Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart[20] 73
Dutch Albums (Megacharts)[21] 73
German Albums (Media Control Charts)[22] 57
UK Albums (OCC)[23] 91
US Billboard 200[24] 144

Personnel

[edit]
  • Ryan Adams – vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, electric guitar
  • Wayne Bergeron – trumpet
  • JP Bowersock – electric guitar, mandolin, acoustic 12-string guitar, guitarone
  • Jennifer Condos – bass[clarification needed]
  • Bruce Dukov – violin
  • Endre Granat – violin
  • Ethan Johns – drums, bass, pedal steel guitar, chamberlin, synthesizer, acoustic guitar, ukulele, harpsichord, string arrangement, brass arrangement, conducting
  • Alan Kaplan – trombone
  • Dennis Karmayzn – cello
  • Phil Levy – violin
  • David Low – cello
  • Rafael Rishik – violin
  • Anatoly Rosinsky – violin
  • Lisa Sutton – violin

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c d e Critic reviews at Metacritic
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ Entertainment.ie review
  4. ^ Entertainment Weekly review
  5. ^ Los Angeles Times review
  6. ^ NME review
  7. ^ a b Pitchfork Media review
  8. ^ PopMatters review
  9. ^ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
  10. ^ Rolling Stone review
  11. ^ Stylus Magazine review Archived 2007-12-30 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ Hasty, Katie (2007-06-03). "Busy and bored, Adams tames "Tiger"". Reuters/Billboard. Archived from the original on 2007-01-06. Retrieved 2007-06-04. The first of the trio, "Cold Roses," has sold 159,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. "Jacksonville City Nights" has moved 100,000, and "29" has shifted 81,000.
  13. ^ "The 100 best pop albums of the Noughties". The Times. London. 2009-11-21. Retrieved 2010-04-23.[dead link‍]
  14. ^ Scoppa, Bud (2006-03-24). "Production Notes: Ethan Johns / Ryan Adams". Paste. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
  15. ^ "Yahoo! Music UK review". Archived from the original on 2006-01-10. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
  16. ^ The A.V. Club review
  17. ^ "CD: Ryan Adams, 29". The Guardian. 2005-12-02. Archived from the original on 2020-09-17.
  18. ^ The Village Voice review
  19. ^ Prefix Magazine review
  20. ^ "Austrian Charts" (in German). austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
  21. ^ "Dutch Charts" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Archived from the original on 11 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
  22. ^ "German Charts" (in German). musicline.de. Archived from the original on 2008-12-11. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
  23. ^ "UK Chart Log". zobbel.de. Retrieved 2009-11-25.
  24. ^ "American Charts". AllMusic. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
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