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Ashes & Fire by Ryan Adams
Ashes & Fire is an album by Ryan Adams, released in 2011. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 17 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Lucky Now”, on 16 lists with a best position of #6.
Ashes & Fire, Ryan Adams' thirteenth studio album, came out on PAX AM and Capitol in October 2011, his first record since Ménière's disease led him to break up the Cardinals in 2009 and step away from music. He made it with producer Glyn Johns, and the result is hushed and unhurried.
Adams has said the album is preoccupied with time, a look back at the places and pieces of his own life, California among them, and the arrangements are spare enough to give those reflections plenty of room, with a voice that sounds at peace. "Lucky Now", his first release for Capitol, set the tone, and "Dirty Rain" also found its way onto the countdowns. It debuted at number 7 in the US and number 9 in the UK, his best showing there.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Ashes & Fire on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucky Now | 16 | #6 | – | 2011–2026 | |
| 2 | Dirty Rain | 1 | #37 | – | 2011 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.