Rock N Roll [UK Bonus Track]

Personnel: Ryan Adams (keyboards, bass guitar); Johnny McNab (guitar); Joe McGinty (piano); Jonathan Flaugher, Johnny Pisano , Tony Shanahan, Jamie Candiloro (bass guitar); Paul Garisto, Johnny T (drums); Parker Posey, Melissa Auf der Maur, Billie Joe Armstrong (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Jamie Candiloro.
Recording information: STratosphere Sound, New York, NY.
Photographers: Bob Gruen; Richard Kern.
As the album's title indicates, this is Ryan Adams' full-on rock outing. Here the former Whiskeytown leader/enfant terrible eschews all twang in favor of indulging his alt-rock id, and the result is a whirlwind tour through rock & roll history as filtered through his trademark swagger. Adams wears his influences brazenly, like patches sewn on his jean jacket, from the T-Rex stomp of "Shallow" to the snotty Nirvana/Smashing Pumpkins hybrid of "Note to Self: Don't Die" to a number of Replacements-influenced tracks, including "This Is It" and "Do Miss America." Ever the contrarian, Adams leaves the only truly subdued song on ROCK N ROLL for the title track, a move which nods towards the melancholy pop of his simultaneous release, LOVE IS HELL PART 1.