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Generally favorable reviews- based on 51 Ratings
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Positive: 34 out of 51
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Mixed: 7 out of 51
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Negative: 10 out of 51
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bouzyrougeOct 28, 2006
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ahOct 28, 2006This is (the sh)it (R)yan has hinted he has had in him all along. Note to self: head up (own) arse.
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JojoS.Mar 17, 2006"So Alive" or the title song are such emotional (and great!) songs! I really wonder what some of the critics / users consider "emotional" if not those songs. Every Ryan Adams album is different and that's a great thing. If you like good music, here's another Ryan Adams album full of it, although it's not the album of the millenium by any means.
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meccaJan 17, 2006why all the bad comments...the album is brilliant...his voice is amazing and fits the songs perfectlly...the name says it all about this album!
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KatrinaOct 16, 2005All the negative criticism around this album bums me out. Rock N Roll is by far my favourite Ryan Adams disc...and to be perfectly honest, I find most of his other work (excluding Whiskeytown) pretty much unlistenable after the first go around. RnR isn't really anything groundbreaking...but it's still a lot of fun.
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PaulHJul 11, 2005Ryan Adams worst album, this is worst then even Bryan Adams could do, and that's saying alot.
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ZachL.Jun 30, 2005This is the perfect record if you're looking for just straight up rock and roll (hince the name). Adams work in the past was deeper and more emotional, but why are we comparing this album to his old material? This is a solid, fun record. Enough said.
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BurntSiennaApr 28, 2005This is a fun, rockin album. Is he just goofing around? Probably. But, who the hell cares? While I love earlier and gloomier Adams/Whiskeytown work, this has, to my own surprise, become my favorite Adams album. I just don't understand the damning reviews.
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justinjJan 17, 2005Rock n Roll is just that! Etched with screamin rifts overlaying a solid backbone of drums. If you're searching for the emotion then you're listening to hard.
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BenjaminBunnyJun 20, 2004Tons of fun. You may or may not like Ryan's shtick this time around but "Rock N Roll" is nothing if not an exceptionally listenable (ocasionally brilliant) full-length album.
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ElmokeysSmithMay 27, 2004
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[Anonymous]Feb 22, 2004Its says something about simplicity
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berkbFeb 22, 2004great album! nothing else to say!
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alejandroaDec 11, 2003crafty writing, infectous guitars, winsome vocals... what more do you want of rock and roll... adams writes (brilliant) songs the way most people breath.
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nickdDec 8, 2003This record does not exist. It's cheesy, piss-poor, lame, and just awful. Go and buy Love is Hell parts 1 and 2 instead - despite being brilliant records, it's the equivalent of giving Lost Highway the middle finger.
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zacksDec 7, 2003complete and utterly souless and derivative
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KevinHDec 7, 2003
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BenJNov 19, 2003
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BenJNov 19, 2003
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SteveGNov 15, 2003Continuing a frightening decline from the brilliance of Heartbreaker
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MatthewMNov 14, 2003Like many of my favorite songs and cd's, I had to listen to this one several times before i fully enjoyed it. Yes it is different from his previous work but what is wrong with change?
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MattCNov 13, 2003
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JeremySNov 12, 2003The reason that most reviews are negative, isn't because it's different than his alt-country sound. It's because most of the songs are poorly written, lack any emotion, and are soulless. I'd love to hear an album in this style if it were worth a damn.
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JustanOpinionNov 11, 2003
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chrisNov 10, 2003I have been a fan for some time. This album demonstrates what you get when you write an record an album in two weeks. I've taken prettier dumps than this.
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DanielGNov 7, 2003
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EricRNov 5, 2003This is better Westerberg than either of Westerberg's new records. Critics hate this guy because he's talented, prolific, and gets laid alot. His toss-offs are better than a lot of other people's "A" material. If you like Whiskeytown or the Replacements, you will like this album.
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OlafK.Nov 4, 2003
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nickWNov 3, 2003Amped and rocking, Ryans on a rampage-check out the Love is Hell eps for the lost quiet album. Ryan proves he can play any style of music-jazz album up next?
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marcvanderhammNov 2, 2003it's just great! so fresh and really rock 'n roll, if you like the 'piano, sad' ryan adams, check out the EP's he putting out: Love is Hell, the 'real next album' he sort of cancelled, but now released as two EP's
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AaronHNov 1, 2003
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C.D.Oct 31, 2003
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ErnieSOct 31, 2003This is probably Adams' strongest work since Heartbreaker -- sure, it may not be the most emotional piece of work ever, but it's enjoyable because it doesn't try so fucking hard to be something deep. You know what came out of him being too deep, at least after Heartbreaker? Crap. So, this is at least a change.
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BrianMOct 30, 2003Rock n Roll is much better than Gold, but fans of Heartbreaker will again be disappointed. This record sounds more like U2, the Smiths and The Replacements and nothing like the alt-country that made him popular.
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Awards & Rankings
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An uproarious set of rock songs that audaciously ape the styles of several of his current iPod icons.
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It's not so much that Rock N Roll is incorrigibly written as that the record is unforgivably careless, unwilling to commit to anything including itself.
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UncutPerhaps the most inappropriately-titled album since The Best Of Sting. [Dec 2003, p.116]