29 (album)

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
Three Crow Studios, L.A. CA.
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]

  1. ^ Critic reviews at Metacritic
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ Entertainment.ie review
  4. ^ Entertainment Weekly review
  5. ^ Los Angeles Times review
  6. ^ NME review
  7. ^ 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]