Ryan Adams already has several albums in store, despite releasing his latest studio album Prisoners just a year ago. The 43-year-old American singer-songwriter recently went on Twitter and revealed that he has written 17 new songs, and has four records “on a shelf.”
He went on to ask his followers whether they would be interested in hearing two Prisoners follow-ups, as well as his unreleased LP Black Hole, a live recording of his 2016’s show at New York’s Capitol Theatre with The Infamous Stringdusters, and a live recording of Adams covering Rolling Stones’ legendary double album Exile On Main St.
I wrote this album.
I have 17 new songs.I have 4 records on a shelf
Does anyone want to hear
Prisoner 2 & 3
Black Hole?
Live at Capitol Theater w v@stringdusters
Exile on Main Street cover live & rehearsal?I'm just asking to see if maybe I'm crazy & no one does. pic.twitter.com/mXyHitWfTK
— Ryan Adams (@TheRyanAdams) June 18, 2018
While Ryan Adams can’t make a mistake with any of these albums, his fans would certainly appreciate the most if he was to release album Black Hole, for which he revealed the cover on Tuesday as well.
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It is widely speculated that Adams recorded Black Hole more than 10 years ago, during the time he struggled with drugs and alcohol addiction. The singer has routinely teased the release of the album, and occasionally performed two of its tracks, “The Door” and “Catherine,” during live shows.
In some of his previous interviews, Ryan Adams explained why the album still remains unreleased.
“There’s one where the vocals and the performances are really f**ed-up,” he told NME back in 2014. “Then there’s a second version, which was the last thing I did when I was still messed up. Bits and pieces of that had to be stitched together to make the final product like a patchwork quilt because some of its vocal takes are too f**ed-up to release. But it’s really cool and the end result made me very happy.”
