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Easy Tiger (2007)

Ryan Adams
Reviewed by Sean Howe | Jun 22, 2007
EW's GRADE
A-

Details Release Date: Jun 26, 2007; Lead Performance: Ryan Adams; Genre: Alternative Country

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Alt-country stars are partying like it's 1999! Just as Wilco's new Sky Blue Sky is free of the guitar wankery that's defined them this millennium, frontman Jeff Tweedy's old rival Ryan Adams has reined in those jam-band tendencies for Easy Tiger, his most concise collection since his 2000 debut. Despite an awful lot of math (in one song, ''Two hearts, one of them will break...three words is all it takes''; in another, ''It takes two when it used to take one''), Easy Tiger keeps it simple: beguiling melodies, an ace band, and Adams' elastic tenor. A-
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Originally posted Jun 22, 2007 Published in issue #941-942 Jun 29, 2007 Order article reprints

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