I have a long-standing love for Ryan Adams during the Whiskeytown years. He wrote songs brimming with Westerberg-ian talent, music that country fans thought wasn't going to come around again. The solo years post-"Heartbreaker" weren't as kind, and my love of Adams waned significantly...until this album. It could probably have been pared down to a single disc, but "Let It Ride," "If I Am a Stranger" and "When Will You Come Back Home?" mark the return of the songwriter I loved.

Cold Roses is an amazing album from Ryan Adams, one of the best singer-songwriters of our generation. If you don't have the money to buy this record, steal it from Target or something.

This CD should be a part of every music lover's collection - his style is always in flux, never quite definable as belonging to a specific genre - it's nothing less than fanfreakintabulous. The lyrics, the music, his voice, they crawl inside of you and flow through your veins "like a long black ribbon." Damn I love this man... Damn I love this band.

Within an occasionally bewildering onslaught of releases from broken-hearted troubadour/enfant terrible/alt-country wunderkid Ryan Adams comes a real treasure. I own everything he's ever released, and while I'd be hard-pressed to choose a favourite, Cold Roses is definitely up there. (via ryan-adams.com)

Love, love, LOVE Mr. Adams and this 2-disc album is indeed a MUST HAVE in my collection.