Prisoner | ||||
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Studio album by Ryan Adams | ||||
Released | February 17, 2017 | |||
Recorded | 2016 | |||
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Length | 42:52 | |||
Label | PAX AM/Blue Note | |||
Producer | Ryan Adams | |||
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Singles from Prisoner | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 80/100 |
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AllMusic | |
Consequence of Sound | A |
Mojo | |
Slant Magazine | |
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Prisoner is the sixteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Ryan Adams. It was released on February 17, 2017. The album is Adams' first album of original material since his 2014 album, Ryan Adams, and was preceded by the singles "Do You Still Love Me?", "To Be Without You", and "Doomsday".
Prisoner received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 80 based on 29 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews."
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic rated the album four out of five stars, calls it "charming", and states, "it's not a record that wallows in hurt, it's an album that functions as balm for bad times." Writing for Slant Magazine, Jeremy Winograd rated the album four of five stars and states Prisoner is "one of Adams's most sonically artful albums to date."
Prisoner debuted at number eight on the US Billboard 200 with 45,000 album-equivalent units, of which 42,000 were pure album sales.
All tracks written by Ryan Adams, except where noted. All tracks produced by Adams.
Credits adapted from AllMusic.