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“Let It Ride” by Ryan Adams And The Cardinals
From the album Cold Roses (2005)
“Let It Ride” by Ryan Adams And The Cardinals appears on 7 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2009 and 2024. It was first released in 2005 on the album Cold Roses. Its best result is #140 on the WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,789 indie & aaa song of all time.
"Let It Ride" rolls out of Cold Roses, the 2005 album Ryan Adams made with the Cardinals, and it's Adams wearing every hat he owns: he wrote it and plays acoustic and electric guitar, piano and harmonica. Around him, J. P. Bowersock adds electric guitar, Catherine Popper plays bass, Brad Pemberton drums, and Cindy Cashdollar brings lap steel, steel and resonator guitar, while Rachael Yamagata sits in on piano and joins the harmonies. Tom Schick produced it and mixed it with Adams.
With that much steel in the room it plays loose-limbed and easy, a dusty back-road song with four voices leaning into the harmonies.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 140 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
| 2009 | 599 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Essential Songs | 913 |
| 2010 | 203 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) | 885 |
| 2013 | 147 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2014 | 843 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) | 885 |
| 2016 | 760 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 | 913 |
| 2024 | 647 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
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