Stream Ryan Adams’s Easy Tiger

Ryan Adams just can't win. According to last year's Gummys vote, 42% of you wanted Adams to disappear for a year, while 28% wanted at least three records from him. Alas Ry's '07 release schedule will only please 20% of the voting public, as he's put all of his over Easy eggs in but one basket. And the record's frontloaded; no coincidence Ryan's provided advance listens of the LP's first four tunes, they are its best. But it isn't 'til "Off Broadway" and then "These Girls" that we get a break from the MOR he's injected into the Tiger. People expecting the second coming of Heartbreaker, now's the time to stop. This is safety-mode Gold-lite, without a song calling for a Bono/Corrs cover (though that, at least, is a good thing). But, hey, he's not dead, and we're all for that. Have a listen to the whole album Much Music.