Ryan Adams always was a prolific writer, we learn now again in the deluxe version of Strangers Almanac accompanying booklet with some interesting band history to Whiskeytown and with some tales of producer Jim Scott for making of the album. He reported, among others amused that Ryan Adams wanted to record only recently re-written songs immediately. Adams: "Oh, the old, which I've written this yesterday here I just wrote in the bar, you have to listen to him." It had a lot (still very good) songs failed on the regular album, which was made up in the Deluxe version later. In addition, the fan is here (acoustic or live) serves the same multiple versions of some songs, with "Somebody Remembers The Rose" is represented by no less than three versions. In addition, located on the Deluxe version two soundtrack songs (from the films "Hope Floats" and "End of Violence"), a Johnny Cash cover of "I Still Miss Someone" and much more.
When "regular" album My favorites are the beautiful ballad "Dancing with the Women at the Bar" (this song is also again on CD 2 with a "early version") and "Avenues". Also very nice "Loose Ring", which shows that a song can also get by with little text or word and text repetitions, yet its effect is not missed (three times you may guess which word here most occurs). Following a similar "text recipe" works the last song of the "regular" Strangers Almanac album - the atmospherically dense "Not Home Anymore".
Conclusion: Here, Ryan Adams / Whiskeytown fan is really plentiful served with a wonderful song material and may continue to even choose at the Deluxe version of many songs of his favorite version!
