Easy Tiger
by Ryan Adams
Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 29
  3. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. The Guardian
    60
    You find yourself pleading for some of that wild profligacy he has been criticised for on past records.
  2. New Musical Express (NME)
    60
    His many personas have made for an oddly characterless record.
  3. Prefix Magazine
    60
    The album is a tightrope walker, constantly straddling the line between sincerity and unapologetic rocking.
  5. cokemachineglow
    55
    Tiger plays like a huge pastiche of past releases.

Awards & Rankings

77
#77 Most Discussed Album of 2007

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User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 58 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 54 out of 58
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 58
  3. Negative: 1 out of 58
  1. ChrisF.
    Oct 24, 2007
    7
    Love the guy but this one's going to collect some dust. I've listened a good 10X and there's nothing jumping out at me. Love the guy but this one's going to collect some dust. I've listened a good 10X and there's nothing jumping out at me. Suffers in comparison to his back catalogue.… Full Review »
  2. ScottY.
    Sep 14, 2007
    8
    Not quite as good as Cold Roses but still worth buying.
  3. JR
    Aug 31, 2007
    10
    "Easy Tiger" is an exceptional album; Ryan Adams has reached a new level as an artist. Every song on the album is brilliantly crafted, every "Easy Tiger" is an exceptional album; Ryan Adams has reached a new level as an artist. Every song on the album is brilliantly crafted, every emotional note expressed musically or lyrically is pitch perfect. As great as so much of his prior work has been, much of it seems affected, as if he wanted to prove the breadth of his musical range and the inexhaustibility of his lyrical imagination. On this album, he does what great musical artists do - he recedes behind songs that transport the listener to a different place. The critics have not been so kind, but read their reviews - they have all written the same review, and it is the same review they have written for all of his previous records. One might make the same criticism of these critics that they make of Adams - they seem to believe that their every thought, however poorly informed, is worthy of speaking, writing, and sharing with the world.… Full Review »
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