Rock n Roll (Ryan Adams album)

Rock n Roll
Studio album by
Ryan Adams
ReleasedNovember 4, 2003
RecordedStratosphere Sound
Chelsea, Manhattan, New York
GenreRock, indie rock
Length48:43
LabelLost Highway
ProducerJames Barber
Ryan Adams chronology
Demolition
(2002) 		Rock n Roll
(2003) 		Love Is Hell
(2004)
Singles from Rock n Roll
  1. "So Alive"
    Released: January 19, 2004
  2. "This Is It"
    Released: March 22, 2004

Rock n Roll is the fourth studio album by Ryan Adams, released on November 4, 2003. The album features the hit single "So Alive", and includes guest appearances by Adams's then-girlfriend, actress Parker Posey, former Hole and Smashing Pumpkins bass player Melissa Auf der Maur, and Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong. Adams describes the album as "the most rock thing I have ever done,"[1] and notes that in spite of the album's mixed reception, recording it was "fun as fuck."[2]

The album was recorded in two weeks, in response to Lost Highway's refusal to release Love Is Hell.[3][4] The ensuing standoff was resolved "by being very diplomatic," according to Adams. Rock n Roll became the primary product, while Love Is Hell was released quietly as two separate EPs, and eventually combined into a single release.

The album was recorded at Stratosphere Sound, guitarist James Iha's studio in Chelsea, Manhattan, New York.[5][6]

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  3. ^ Posey, Parker (December 2003). "Ryan Adams: behind closed doors, one of music's most idiosyncratic heartbreakers gets intimate with his paramour, actress Parker Posey, opening up about finding his voice and getting his rock on". BNET. Archived from the original on 2006-01-12. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
  4. ^ Watson, Ian (January 2004). "Ryan Adams". Rolling Stone (Australia), January 2004. Rolling Stone.
  5. ^ Weiss, David (December 15, 2012). "Stratosphere Sound Studios to Close — Reflections from Co-Owner Adam Schlesinger". SonicScoop.
  6. ^ Simmons, Sylvie (2003-11-21). "I've been jumping off bridges". The Guardian. Retrieved 2008-08-19.