Jacksonville City Nights is the seventh studio album by American

United States

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 alternative country

Alternative country

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 singer-songwriter Ryan Adams

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 September 27, 2005 on Lost Highway. The album is Adams' second with The Cardinals, and the second in a trilogy of albums released in a seven-month timespan during 2005. By 2007, the album had sold 100,000 copies in the United States and 158,000 worldwide. The album was recorded live in the studio, without overdubs. The title is a reference to Adams' hometown of Jacksonville, North Carolina

Jacksonville, North Carolina

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, which has been referenced throughout his career.

Several limited American releases contained a DVD

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 entitled September (which was originally intended to be the title of the album), which featured a 20 minute documentary about the band on the road and in the studio. Former bass player Catherine Popper is featured in the photograph on the album cover.

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...	33
Belgium (Flanders) Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts...	66
Germany 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...	72
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...	43
New Zealand	40
Norway GLF -Places:* Glenfinnan railway station, Scotland* Golfito Airport , Golfito, Costa Rica-Organizations:* GLF Feed Mill, Cooperative Grange League Federation Exchange* Gay Liberation Front...	16
Sweden GLF -Places:* Glenfinnan railway station, Scotland* Golfito Airport , Golfito, Costa Rica-Organizations:* GLF Feed Mill, Cooperative Grange League Federation Exchange* Gay Liberation Front...	27
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...	59

The Cardinals

• Ryan Adams - vocals, acoustic guitar, piano
• J.P. Bowersock - electric guitars
• Catherine Popper - bass, piano, background vocals
• Brad Pemberton - drums, percussion
• Jon Graboff - pedal steel, background vocals

Other musicians

• Claudia Chopek: Violin
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• David Gold: Violin & Viola
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• Bob Hoffnar: Pedal steel.
• Byron Isaacs: Background vocals.
• Norah Jones
  Norah Jones
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  : Piano & vocals.
• Julia Kent: Cello
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• Joe McGinty: Piano.
• Michael Panes: Violin.
• Johnny T: Drums.
• Glenn Patscha: Piano & background vocals.

The Nashville String Machine

The Nashville String Machine

Nashville String Machine

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perform on the song "My Heart Is Broken" and are:

• Bergen White: Arranger and conductor.
• Violins: Carl Gorodetsky, Pamela Sixfin, Conni Ellisor, Allan Umstead, David Angell, Cathy Umstead & Mary Kathryn Vanosdale.
• Violas: Kris Wilkinson, Gary Vanosdale & Jim Grosjean.
• Cellos: Carole Rabinowitz & Bob Mason.