| Easy Tiger | ||||
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| Studio album by Ryan Adams | ||||
| Released | June 25, 2007 June 26, 2007 (US) |
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| Recorded | Electric Lady Studios, Greenwich Village | |||
| Genre | Alternative country, country rock | |||
| Length | 42:33 | |||
| Label | Lost Highway Records | |||
| Producer | Jamie Candiloro | |||
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Easy Tiger is the ninth studio album by Ryan Adams released on June 26, 2007 on the Lost Highway label. Although the album is attributed solely to Adams, Easy Tiger features The Cardinals as his backing band, with Adams stating: "The only real concept of this record was complete and utter collaboration."[1] In an interview, Adams states that the album contains "very, very simple, very easy songs that, in my opinion, were written on the periphery of some more complex work."[2] Easy Tiger marks the first appearances of guitarist Neal Casal and bassist Chris Feinstein, following the departure of both J.P. Bowersock and Catherine Popper. Following the album's release, producer James Candiloro would go on to join The Cardinals as the band's pianist and keyboard player.
The album debuted at #7 on the Billboard 200 with Adams highest first-week sales (61,000)[3] and has sold 217,000 copies in the U.S. as of September 2008[update] and 500,000 worldwide.[4] Furthermore, the album debuted in Canada, Estonia and Switzerland where Ryan Adams has never had an album chart before. "Halloweenhead" was #45 in Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.[5]
In 2010, Adams would go on to release two further studio albums that stemmed from Easy Tiger's recording sessions: III/IV, a double album recorded prior to Catherine Popper's departure, and Orion, a heavy metal collaboration between Adams and producer Jamie Candiloro.
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The vinyl release of Easy Tiger is credited to "Ryan Adams & The Cardinals".
"Off Broadway" first appeared on the bootleg The Suicide Handbook, a compilation of unreleased demo recordings, and was performed as early as 2001. "These Girls" previously appeared as "Hey There, Mrs. Lovely" on Adams' unreleased 2000 album Destroyer.
Sheryl Crow provides backing vocals on the track "Two",[6] which was featured in the film Hancock.
All songs written and composed by Ryan Adams, Brad Pemberton, Neal Casal and Jon Graboff, unless otherwise stated.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Goodnight Rose" | 3:20 | |
| 2. | "Two" | Adams and Pemberton | 2:39 |
| 3. | "Everybody Knows" | 2:26 | |
| 4. | "Halloweenhead" | Adams | 3:23 |
| 5. | "Oh My God, Whatever, Etc." | Adams and Pemberton | 2:33 |
| 6. | "Tears of Gold" | 2:55 | |
| 7. | "The Sun Also Sets" | Adams and Pemberton | 4:11 |
| 8. | "Off Broadway" | Adams and Pemberton | 2:32 |
| 9. | "Pearls on a String" | 2:25 | |
| 10. | "Rip Off" | Adams and Pemberton | 3:12 |
| 11. | "Two Hearts" | 3:03 | |
| 12. | "These Girls" | 2:52 | |
| 13. | "I Taught Myself How to Grow Old" | Adams | 3:21 |
| 14. | "Nobody Listens to Silence" (UK/Japan bonus track) | Adams | 3:41 |
| 15. | "Alice" (Japan only bonus track) | Adams | 2:16 |
| Country | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US[3] | 7 |
| Australia[7] | 32 |
| Belgium[8] | 45 |
| Canada[9] | 22 |
| Denmark[10] | 35 |
| Estonia[11] | 15 |
| Italy[12] | 82 |
| Ireland[13] | 14 |
| Holland[14] | 37 |
| New Zealand[15] | 20 |
| Norway[16] | 5 |
| Sweden[17] | 10 |
| Switzerland[18] | 60 |
| UK[19] | 18 |
| Year | Single | Chart | Peak position |
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| 2007 | "Two/Halloweenhead" | UK Singles Chart[20] | 192 |
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