Jacksonville City Nights

Jacksonville City Nights
Studio album by
Ryan Adams and The Cardinals
ReleasedSeptember 26, 2005
RecordedNew York City, NY. Nashville, TN.
GenreCountry rock, alternative country
Length46:16
LabelLost Highway Records
ProducerTom Schick
Ryan Adams chronology
Cold Roses
(2005) 		Jacksonville City Nights
(2005) 		29
(2005)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(72/100) [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]
Chicago Tribune(favorable) [3]
Entertainment WeeklyC+ [4]
The Music Box [5]
Paste(average) [6]
Pitchfork Media(7.7/10) [7]
PopMatters [8]
Rolling Stone [9]
Uncut [1]
USA Today [10]

Jacksonville City Nights is the seventh studio album by American alternative country singer-songwriter Ryan Adams, released on September 26, 2005, and released in the US on September 27, 2005 on Lost Highway. The album is Adams' second with The Cardinals, and the second in a trilogy of albums released in a seven-month timespan during 2005. By 2007, the album had sold 100,000 copies in the United States and 158,000 worldwide.[11] The album was recorded live in the studio, without overdubs. The title is a reference to Adams' hometown of Jacksonville, North Carolina, which has been referenced throughout his career.

Several limited American releases contained a DVD entitled September (which was originally intended to be the title of the album), which featured a 20 minute documentary about the band on the road and in the studio. Bassist Catherine Popper is featured in the photograph on the album cover.

  1. ^ a b Critic reviews at Metacritic
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ Chicago Tribune review
  4. ^ Dombal, Ryan (2005-09-30). "Jacksonville City Nights Review". Entertainment Weekly: 94. Archived from the original on 2009-04-25. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
  5. ^ The Music Box review
  6. ^ Paste review
  7. ^ Pitchfork Media review
  8. ^ PopMatters review
  9. ^ Rolling Stone review
  10. ^ USA Today review
  11. ^ 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.