dinals - Follow The Lights (EP) B-My first impression of this EP was that it was "soft". I wondered if Adams was trying to capitalize or continue the soft rock success of Easy Tiger (which was released four months prior), or simply wanted a venue to showcase a few new songs.
Easy Tiger was a good album; some hailed it as his best effort since 2001’s Gold. So you can hardly blame him for this side dish EP that Pitchfork Media music critic Stephen M. Deusner described as a “satellite orbiting planet Tiger.”
Follow the Lights actually features several re-vamped tracks from various albums- Cold Roses, Rock N Roll, Songbird (Willie Nelson & the Cardinals) and Jacksonville City Nights, plus an awful version of Alice in Chains Down in a Hole (why oh why Ryan!?).
But after three or fours listens this album has begun to win me over. The live studio version of If I am a Stranger is awesome and I love the toned-down Cardinals version of This is it (from the underrated and trashy Rock N Roll album).
Follow the Lights is a satisfying EP that will be most appreciated by fans of his music.
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