Everyone at the TTL office agrees: this is the most elaborate packaging job we've seen. Prisoner is the 16th studio album from Ryan Adams, a former member of alt-country outfit Whiskeytown, and Adams deals with isolation, healing, and self-reflection from his 2016 divorce to Mandy Moore over 12 tracks of raw, emotive, genuine rock & roll. The heartfelt project is now available as a 13 x 7" colored vinyl collection, with each disc sporting a different color and cover, and also included are 17 unreleased b-sides presented with original album cuts. There is even a hidden 13th single (look behind the backdrop of the "stage"), and the best part is, all the music comes housed in a bonkers fold-out 2-D action playset; there are action figures (Adams & his bandmates), cats, tigers, and a miniature stage w/ lights & sounds involved. We've never seen anything like this, and we're guessing the same is true for you. Extremely limited, act fast!

• each 7" vinyl features a different color and cover
• fold-out 2_D action playset w/ sound & lights
• hidden single behind the star backdrop of the stage
• music label: Pax Americana Record Company 2017

reviewed by Tofu Van 07/2017