20:20 was a planned box set release by singer-songwriter Ryan Adams, rumored to have a scheduled release in late 2007.[1] Adams stated that the box set would include albums that he "really wanted to be records".[2]
| 20:20 | |
|---|---|
| Box set by | |
| Released | Unreleased |
| Genre | Alternative country |
| Producer | Various |
Background
editAccording to Adams, the box set was to include five unreleased albums: The Suicide Handbook, 48 Hours, Pink Hearts, Darkbreaker and Black Hole.[1] Adams stated that the five albums would be: "collected into a box-set called 20:20. There'll also be a couple of disks, one of rare stuff that nobody has heard and one of b-sides from all the singles that we made. It will be interesting to get all that stuff in one place."[1]
Cardinals member and frequent collaborator, James Candiloro, was said to be compiling the box set,[2] while author Stephen King wrote the liner notes.[3]
As of 2024, the box set remains unreleased.[4]
The albums
editRyan has stated that The Suicide Handbook was made for Lost Highway as the follow-up to Heartbreaker and called it his "most majestic piece ever".[1] 48 Hours was recorded after Gold in forty-eight hours, hence the title, and is in the country rock genre.[5] Pink Hearts, or The Pink Hearts Sessions, is named for his "Nashville Punk" band The Pink Hearts with whom he toured Gold.[6] Darkbreaker was made in L.A. after Jacksonville City Nights (2005) and is, according to Adams, the sound of him "falling apart".[1] The album contains songs that were recorded for the Cameron Crowe movie Elizabethtown but not used.[5] The final album to be included was Black Hole which Adams called "a real serious effort to make a rock record" and confirms that it was the last album he recorded "in the last days of the drugs".[1] Adams told the NME in 2014 that the album was a "really cool" composite of two recorded versions of the album and was considering releasing it for Record Store Day 2015.[7] In the end Adams did not follow this plan through, re-releasing "Come Pick Me Up" instead.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Q Magazine Sep 2007 pg.64
- ^ a b Murray, Noel (2 June 2007). "Interviews: Ryan Adams". A.V. Club. Archived from the original on 19 September 2008. Retrieved 13 September 2008.
- ^ Luerssen, John D (1 July 2007). "RYAN ADAMS: Grows Up". American Songwriter. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ^ Pitter, Charles (13 October 2014). "Jacksonville EP". PopMatters. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ^ a b Hyden, Steven (3 September 2014). "The Ryan Adams Conundrum: How Many Incredible Unreleased Albums Does He Have, and Does That Hurt the Ones That Do Come Out?". Grantland. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ^ Kemp, Rob (9 April 2001). "Ryan Adams Reflects On Pneumonia, Gold". MTV. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ^ Earls, John (22 September 2014). "Ryan Adams plans to release 'lost' album 'Blackhole'". NME. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ^ "RSD Exclusive Release – Ryan Adams". Retrieved 8 May 2015.