Easy Tiger
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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." 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." 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) and has sold 217,000 copies in the U.S. and 500,000 worldwide. 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
In 2010, Adams would go on to release two further studio albums that stemmed from Easy Tigers 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.
"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", which was featured in the film Hancock
.
Ryan Adams
David Ryan Adams is an American alt-country/rock singer-songwriter, from Jacksonville, North Carolina. Initially part of the group Whiskeytown, Adams left the band and released his first solo album Heartbreaker in 2000...
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." 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." Easy Tiger marks the first appearances of guitarist Neal Casal
Neal Casal
Neal Casal is an American songwriter, singer, multi-instrumentalist and photographer who has maintained an acclaimed solo career as well as playing guitar for The Cardinals.-1990 - 1999:...
and bassist Chris Feinstein
Chris Feinstein
Christopher Todd Feinstein was an American musician, producer, writer and collaborator from Nashville, Tennessee....
, 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
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
with Adams highest first-week sales (61,000) and has sold 217,000 copies in the U.S. and 500,000 worldwide. 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
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
In 2010, Adams would go on to release two further studio albums that stemmed from Easy Tigers recording sessions: III/IV
III/IV
III/IV is the twelfth studio album by alt-country singer-songwriter Ryan Adams, released on December 14, 2010 through PAX AM. The album is his fifth with backing band The Cardinals, and was recorded in 2006 during the same sessions that yielded Easy Tiger...
, a double album recorded prior to Catherine Popper's departure, and Orion
Orion (album)
-Performers:* Ryan Adams – vocals and guitars* Jamie Candiloro – drums and synths* Dale Nixon – bass...
, a heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
collaboration between Adams and producer Jamie Candiloro.
Release and song information
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
Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Suzanne Crow is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and actress. Her music incorporates elements of rock, folk, hip hop, country and pop...
provides backing vocals on the track "Two", which was featured in the film Hancock
Hancock (film)
Hancock is a 2008 American action-comedy superhero film directed by Peter Berg and starring Will Smith, Jason Bateman, and Charlize Theron. It tells the story of a vigilante superhero, John Hancock from Los Angeles whose reckless actions routinely cost the city millions of dollars...
.
Track listing
Album
| Country | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
7 |
| Australia ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
32 |
| Belgium | 45 |
| Canada Canadian Hot 100 The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007... |
22 |
| Denmark GLF -Places:* Glenfinnan railway station, Scotland* Golfito Airport , Golfito, Costa Rica-Organizations:* GLF Feed Mill, Cooperative Grange League Federation Exchange* Gay Liberation Front... |
35 |
| Estonia Estonia Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies... |
15 |
| Italy | 82 |
| Ireland Irish Albums Chart The Irish Albums Chart is the Irish music industry standard albums popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on its behalf by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured electronically... |
14 |
| Holland MegaCharts MegaCharts is responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Mega Top 50 and the Mega Album Top 100 are the most known ones. Mega Charts also provides information to the Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, of which the Dutch Top... |
37 |
| New Zealand IFPI The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a not-for-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland... |
20 |
| Norway GLF -Places:* Glenfinnan railway station, Scotland* Golfito Airport , Golfito, Costa Rica-Organizations:* GLF Feed Mill, Cooperative Grange League Federation Exchange* Gay Liberation Front... |
5 |
| Sweden GLF -Places:* Glenfinnan railway station, Scotland* Golfito Airport , Golfito, Costa Rica-Organizations:* GLF Feed Mill, Cooperative Grange League Federation Exchange* Gay Liberation Front... |
10 |
| Switzerland Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
60 |
| UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
18 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | "Two/Halloweenhead" | UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
192 |
The Cardinals
- Ryan Adams - vocals, guitars
- Brad Pemberton - drums, percussion
- Jon Graboff - pedal steel guitar, guitars, vocals
- Neal Casal - guitars, piano, keyboards, vocals
- Chris Feinstein - bass, vocals
Other musicians
- Jamie Candiloro - piano, synths, keyboards
- Eric Gorfain - violin
- Daphne Chen - violin
- Leah Katz - viola
- Richard Dodd - cello
- Richard Worn - vocals
- Sheryl Crow - guitar, vocals
- Catherine Popper - bass, vocals
- Cindy Cashdollar - pedal steel guitar