Four vinyl LP Box set, includes DVD. Ryan Adams' first solo album expanded with unreleased outtakes, pre-album demos, exclusive photos, and a NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN DVD of a solo acoustic club show from 2000. Heartbreaker is a near perfect record, the kind that never gets dated, with songs that slowly work themselves into our subconscious musical heritage. It's also Bloodshot Records' best seller ever. Upon its release in 2000, it was immediately apparent that Ryan Adams had taken a momentous leap forward with his songwriting and songcraft, abilities that had been merely hinted at in his days with Whiskeytown. For such a fully formed, confident set of songs to come out of nowhere, with their easy amalgam of country and rock stylings, seemed impossible. Heartbreaker almost single handedly re-defined what was possible for roots music and moved firmly into the mainstream without a whiff of compromised quality. This raggedy folk-punk confessional, with its stripped down band and sparse arrangements combine to create a record full of soul-baring songs. Get yourself together because Ryan climbs all over your emotions with these tunes of desperation, loss and hope. It's a record you'll want to put on late at night when you're too drunk to fall asleep, but too sober to face staying awake and it features some hefty guest appearances from Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch, David Rawlings and Kim Richey to boot.
Track List
[Disc 1]
Argument With David Rawlings Concerning Morrissey
To Be Young (is To Be Sad, is To Be High)
My Winding Wheel
Amy
Oh My Sweet Carolina
Bartering Lines
Call Me on Your Way Back Home
Damn, Sam (I Love a Woman That Rains)
[Disc 2]
Come Pick Me Up
To Be the One
Why Do They Leave?
Shakedown on 9th Street
Don't Ask for the Water
In My Time of Need
Sweet Lil Gal (23RD/1st)
[Disc 3]
Hairdresser on Fire
To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High)
Petal in a Rainstorm
War Horse
Oh My Sweet Carolina
Come Pick Me Up
Punk Jam
When the Rope Gets Tight
When the Rope Gets Tight
Goodbye Honey
In My Time of Need
[Disc 4]
Bartering Lines
Come Pick Me Up
To Be the One
Don't Ask for the Water
In My Time of Need
Goodbye Honey
Petal in a Rainstorm
War Horse Demo
Locked Away
[Disc 5]
Oh My Sweet Carolina
Gimme Sunshine
Banter
To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High) [Live at the Mercury Lounge
Amy
Banter
Call Me on Your Way Back Home [Live at the Mercury Lounge, New York 200
Banter
Just Like a Whore
Wonderwall (Fragment)
Wonderwall (Complete Song)
Banter
Damn, Sam (I Love a Woman That Rains) [Live at the Mercury Lounge, New
Sweet Lil' Gal (23rd / 1st)
Come Pick Me Up
My Winding Wheel
Protection
Each record is protected within its record sleeve by a white vellum anti-dust sleeve.
Packaging
All items are shipped brand-new and unopened in original packaging. Every record is shipped in original factory-applied shrink wrap and has never been touched by human hands.
