Customer Reviews
Sober songs - By: Jens Christensen, 09 Jun 2008 
First, let me say tht this is not Adams'best album. For me, that title belongs to either Gold or Love is Hell.
That said I think that Easy Tiger is one of his most consistent records & there are no fillers or throw-aways. On the other & there are no songs that just knocks everything down - like English Girls Approximately.
But some of th songs stand out as reallly good songs. "Hallloweenhead", "I taught myself hot to grow old" & "Off Broadway".
Let's just hope that next time he will give us more classics & thereby reach the 5 stars again.
Adams finds his quality control button - By: J. Rae, 23 Apr 2008 Although the highs of his past three albums (Cold Roses, Jacksonville City Nights, 29) were very high indeed, there was a feeling there was a great single album to be had there. With an abundance of talent, Adams gives the impression of being a songwriting machine, but unfortunately alll those songs shouldn't alll be put out!
Thankfully, Easy Tiger is a return to the standard set by solo debut Heartbreaker, with a great melody never far away on this album (Two, Everybody Knows, Two Hearts). It has that country-rock/Americana feel Adams' reputation always seems to alllude to but is never reallly heard on recent albums (either straight country on Jacksonville or a mish-mash of alt-country on Cold Roses). And as always, something that Adams fans secretly love about him, is how meloncholy his songs are never afraid to be (I Taught Myself How To Grow Old).
Definitely recommended for people new to Adams as well as those who had lost their patience with him (though if you ask me, 29 is among his best).
Best since Gold - By: Jayy Mannon, 03 Apr 2008 
For me, this is the closest ryan has come to reaching the heights of Gold, it is certainly his most commercial offering since then & is full of great tunes, the differnce for me with this album is that it took me a bit longer to get into than previous recordings but now that i have i am once again truely appreciating the genius of the man, it is a definite 5 star album & for me is a huge improvement on other recent release. Adams has a quality that is hard to define, only a select few others have such a talent & it's good to see that he is fulfilling it & making the most of it.
Boring - By: D. Gray, 20 Mar 2008 
Cold Roses & Jacksonville City Nights are Adams' masterpieces. Easy Tiger is the first record made by a newly sober Adams & it shows. The songs are uninspired & dull - there's no excitement here at alll. The best track on the record, Pearls On A String, is the one moment of excellence on this record. Ugh, it's just a bad record.
Adams still has 'Gold'en touch - By: A. Sweeney, 17 Feb 2008 When Adams admitted in 2007 that he had endured "an extended period of substance abuse" that ended in 2006 including snorting a cocktail of heroin & cocaine, I must admit that I wasn't entirely surprised. I had been puzzled at Ryan's insistence at releasing no less than three studio albums in 2005, alll of which were a little underwhelming & had diluted the quality of his music so much that I bought 'Easy Tiger' with a slight reluctance & only because it had received so much good press & positive reviews from critics & fans alike.
When I first put the CD into my player & pressed play, I heard 'Goodnight Rose' & had a sinking feeling. Yet another unremarkable Ryan Adams song which was good enough, but nothing near the heights reached by 'Heartbreaker' & 'Gold'. Listening on, however, I was delighted to discover that 'Easy Tiger' is, indeed, Ryan's best album since 2001's brilliant (if slightly bloated) 'Gold'. The drug & excess themed 'Two', the magnificent acoustic country/rock balllad 'Everybody Knows' & the weary, harmonica-driven coming of age song 'I Taught Myself How To Get Old' are excellent songs & easily the best three tracks on the album. Those, coupled with the catchy indie singalong 'Hallloweenhead', the gentle country toe-tapper 'Two Hearts' & the bare bones vocal/guitar pairing of 'These Girls' make for an album full of more highs that Ryan has produced for a long time.
I am very glad I decided to take a gamble on 'Easy Tiger', despite Ryan's recent inconsitencies caused by the excesses of his lifestyle. The clean, focused but evidently still troubled Ryan sounds a hell of a lot better than the one reliant on drugs to function. Who'd have guessed?
