Pretty much every Ryan Adams song from his mellow, acoustic, alt-country phase is a good listen. They’re not all mind-blowing (though a few are) but you can’t go wrong putting them on in the background while you go about your daily life.
I feel the opposite about his harder-edged albums, which sound more like noise than music. Is it just that he’s really good at the one and not so good at the other? Or maybe it’s just my tastes.
He got it all just right, the smooth and the rough, on his best album, Gold. But other than that, I find I need to stick with the acoustic stuff.
Sit down and write me a letter
When you’re feeling better
Drop me a line
I wanna know how it all works out
I had a feeling we were fading out
I didn’t know that people faded out so fast
That people faded out
When there was love enough left to fix it
But, there it is
There it is, we are only one push from the nest
There it is, we are only one argument from deaf
There it is, the sun rises
But the, the sun also sets, the sun sets, the sun also sets
When you get these feelings, next time, next time
Oh, be sure, you’re gonna tear someone apart
I wanna know how it all works out
I had a feeling we were fading out
I didn’t know that people faded out
That people faded out so fast
I wanna show you what I’ve got inside
But you know those parts of me died
Just like that they faded out, they faded out so fast
And there was love enough left to fix it
But, there it is
There it is, we are only one shove from the nest
There it is, we are only one argument from deaf
There it is, we are only one moment from death
There it is, we are only one push from the nest
There it is, there it is
There it is, we are only one push from the nest
There it is, we are only one moment from death
There it is, the sun rises
But the, the sun also sets, the sun sets, the sun also sets
Meet Me In Montauk 
I’m not sure I’ve heard his harder-edged stuff, but I do like the more acoustic ones I’ve heard.
I love this song and love the notion that it references Hemingway. My favorite Ryan Adams is Chin Up, Cheer Up