Ryan Adams – Heartbreaker (25th Anniversary Edition Vinyl LP)
£28.00
Celebrating a quarter-century of Ryan Adams’ 2000 debut solo album release Heartbreaker. This release features 11 re-imagined tracks from the record that helped define a generation of alt-country and Americana. Newly re-worked with fresh emotion and stripped-back intensity, these new versions offer a deeper take on the originals with a sprinkling of strings. Available online and in-store at BOLLOrecords Glasgow.
- Description
Description
Originally released in 2000, Heartbreaker marked the beginning of Ryan Adams’ solo career after the dissolution of his alt-country band, Whiskeytown. Celebrated for its raw vulnerability, minimal production, and poetic songwriting, Heartbreaker quickly became a cult classic—anchored by haunting ballads like “Come Pick Me Up” and “Oh My Sweet Carolina.” Now, 25 years on, Adams has revisited the record that launched him, presenting a re-worked and re-imagined anniversary edition that brings new depth to an already revered album.
This isn’t just a remaster or a nostalgic repackaging—it’s a complete reinvention. The 25th anniversary edition of Heartbreaker reinterprets the original tracks with fresh arrangements, updated instrumentation, and vocals that reflect Adams’ artistic evolution over the last two decades. There’s a noticeable shift in tone: some songs are more expansive and atmospheric, while others have been stripped back further, highlighting their emotional core.
Adams has described the process as a “conversation with my younger self,” and it shows. The raw heartbreak of the original still lingers, but it’s tempered by experience, self-awareness, and subtle maturity. The new version of “To Be the One” trades fragility for quiet confidence, while “Call Me on Your Way Back Home” gains cinematic warmth.
Long-time fans will find this reimagining both surprising and deeply respectful to the source material. New listeners, meanwhile, are offered an entry point that’s sonically richer, yet still emotionally devastating. Whether it’s your first time hearing Heartbreaker or your fiftieth, this anniversary edition reminds us why the album endures: timeless songwriting, delivered with unfiltered honesty.
- Damn, Sam (I Love a Woman That Rains)
- My Winding Wheel
- To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High)
- Why Do They Leave?
- Oh My Sweet Carolina
- Amy
- Bartering Lines
- Shakedown on 9th Street
- In My Time of Need
- Come Pick Me Up
