Cardinology | 
 enlarge | Artist: Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
Label: Lost Highway
Category: Music
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Rating:  51 reviews
Sales Rank: 138
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.3
UPC: 602517872592
EAN: 0602517872592
ASIN: B001GJ7ZMK
Release Date: October 28, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Born Into A Light | | • | Go Easy | | • | Fix It | | • | Magick | | • | Cobwebs | | • | Let Us Down Easy | | • | Crossed Out Name | | • | Natural Ghost | | • | Sink Ships | | • | Evergreen | | • | Like Yesterday | | • | Stop |
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Album Description
The Cardinals--Ryan Adams (vocals, guitar, keys), Neal Casal (guitar, vocals), Chris Feinstein (bass, vocals), Jon Graboff (pedal steel, vocals) and Brad Pemberton (drums)--have confirmed an October 28 release for Cardinology, the band's latest collection of all-new studio material for the Lost Highway label.
Album Description
Although the album's title may lead you to believe that this is a compilation, Cardinology is, in fact, a new album! Like its predecessor Easy Tiger, which TIME magazine hailed as "a career breakthrough," Cardinology is a concise and focused collection of twelve unadorned gems. The Cardinals are: Ryan Adams (vocals, guitar, keys), Neal Casal (guitar, vocals), Chris Feinstein (bass, vocals), Jon Graboff (pedal steel, vocals) and Brad Pemberton (drums).
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| Customer Reviews: Read 46 more reviews...
 Practically Perfect December 31, 2008
nicknacks (St. Louis, MO USA)
I'm not sure what the demographics and qualifications of the consumer reviewers are on this site but I don't hold myself out as any more qualified. I will say, though, that I own almost everything Ryan Adams has released, from Whiskeytown on down. Like many "warm weather" fans, a number of the reviewers here somehow claim some metaphysical expertise in analyzing how "Cardinology" compares against his earlier work. Many of them would rather he'd re-released "Gold" with the songs played backwards. With almost each successive release, I am terribly pleased with all of his newer material. His stuff is so deep, diverse and rich - musically and lyrically - that the old stuff never gets old and the new seems to carve its own place in the burgeoning body of work. I'm on the site today to buy "29", which I somehow missed when I was so engaged in enjoying "Cold Roses" and "Jacksonville City Nights." "Cardinology" is Ryan Adams' musical synchronicity. If you see him and the Cardinals live, then you'll truly get it. Until then, get this release. You won't be sorry, whether you're a newbie fan or one that pines for some rescue blues.
Easy Tiger, Part Deux December 28, 2008
MW Richter (FL USA)
This to me could be Easy Tiger, Part Two...incidentally, East Tiger, along with Cardinology, are the only two Ryan Adams albums I've kept. I've bought a lot of his stuff and, in my humble opinion, most of it is a rambling mess. Cardinology does sound like an attempt at producing a more refined, focused and, gulp, commercial sound. But you still get yer country, folk, pop and rock all mashed together to produce some beautiful and, yes, catchy music. True, Side Two bogs a little, but Side One is awesome. I guess it becomes a question of which Ryan you like...the prolific but scattered sketchbook artist who releases tons of demos with some buried nuggets or the Ryan attempting to make the great but compromised (reigned in?) "classic" rock record. Both are underrated...
 Yawn December 24, 2008
thebowmanator (Charlotte, NC USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is not a bad album, it is just boring. There are no bad songs, but only a couple of good ones. I've followed Ryan Adams's career since Whiskeytown and pretty much enjoy everything he puts out. Maybe this one will grow on me, because I really want to like it. It just feels out of place and flat. I won't lose faith in the guy though, since his track record suggests that he will release something new soon. If you really loved Easy Tiger, Cold Roses, or even older stuff like Heartbreaker, then Cardinology will probably disappoint you.
 Sound great live! December 22, 2008
Jonny 5 (West Covina, C.A.)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I saw them live at the Staples Center on December 4th. They opened for OASIS and sounded very good. So good, that after hearing their music, I purchased their cd at the concert. OASIS was great by the way.
Good but not great December 20, 2008
I am a huge fan of Ryan Adams, solo and w/ the Cardinals. This new CD of his is good but not great like Easy Tiger. There isn't anything that quite catches my ear, no song I want to listen to over and over again. Perhaps Ryan should take some time off instead of making one project after another. I still am glad it's part of my collection though.
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