Ryan Adams & Cardinals - Cardinology
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Free Music Review: Classic
Hit: 5 Stars
That is all that needs to be said about this great great LP! as a whole this cd is one of the strongest since GOLD. and GOLD had its filler but this cd is good from start to finish!
RYAN ADAMS IS THE SONGWRITING GENIOUS OF OUR MILLENIUM...forget conor oberst and the others that copied ryan adams sound over the years.
Free Music Review: Another Ryan Adams winner!
Hit: 5 Stars
Just got it in the mail and can't stop playing it. Been a Ryan Adams fan for a while but am now just realizing how much good music He and the Cardinals have made. I am going to be buying a lot more of their stuff. Really really enjoying it all. A definite buy!Free Music Review: this is refined!
Hit: 5 Stars
to all those ryan adams fans claiming this album is not as good as earlier stuff its cause you obviously aren't hearing the fine subtlties of this album. this album is some of his best work! especially cobwebs, and sink ships, and the entire album.Free Music Review: radical ryan bumps us again!!!!.....
Hit: 5 Stars
......and so again that little imp trumps us again with his groovy little tunes and groin-strained lyrics of unrequieted luv!...'cobwebs' is the one for me this time!!!!!!.........Free Music Review: This Album Is Like A Storm Tower If It Had Firepower
Hit: 4 Stars
Ever the creative genius, Ryan Adams is always on the lookout for the next great song, and ever dedicated to the craft of the music, Adams tends to recharge his creative juices by doing something completely different from his previous work. In this case, it means going under the banner of Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, even though a few of his previous albums were with the Cardinals as his band. Whatever works for the man. Cardinology is a laid-back effort, with less studio processing, and nearly a complete return to Adams' Alt Country roots.
Highlights Include:
Fix It
Magick
Let Us Down Easy
Sink Ships
Some have compared the album to what Bono would sound like if he went alternative country, but it has the traits of a John Mayer album. Adams per usual is always has poignant and catchy lyrics, and he sure knows how to craft a song. And he doesn't get stuck in any ruts either. Some songs sound like his previous work, a gospel album, or a good old fashioned garage rock album. Of course I'm referring to the album highlight "Magick." While ever so short, the song packs a hard punch in the short time it has, becoming sort of garage rock political anthem, complete with missile strikes and zombies. The lyrics are superb on every fashion, and the melody is simply stunning. It's certainly the best upbeat track Adams has ever done. Frankly, instead of the mellow and reflective sound the album has, I would have much preferred a lot more tracks like this, and I think Adams would have done an amazing job with it, that was still separate from his "Rock N' Roll" album.
On the downside, quite a few tracks are very forgettable, and others fail to make that much of an impression, even though they have their perfectly good elements to them. It's almost as if the mellow mood drags the album down, and kills it by the end of the album, because as soon as the album peaks with Magick, it's mostly downhill from there. The sound has been done better by Adams, and compared to a few of its competitors in 2008, it's simply blown away for the most part.
If you've ever heard Ryan Adams and the Cardinals live, you'll also know that they're simply entrancing to listen to. Their energy, and the sheer skill in how they take their craft, it's a great show. This energy and skill doesn't translate to the album however, and I think this is the album's ultimate downfall. It just doesn't showcase the real Ryan Adams and the Cardinals.
This album happens to be Adams' last album for a while as it seems he's taken an indefinite hiatus from music, and he leaves on one of his strongest efforts. But the thing about Adams is he always had the potential to break into genius, and after a decade of searching for his magnum opus in a variety of different styles, he never quite found it. Ultimately, I think Adams got discouraged, as did many who followed his career. There would always be those strong tracks, but ultimately something or other wouldn't work, and the work would founder. I personally think he'll find his magnum opus when he returns, but until then, Adams leaves Cardinology as his last work. It's a mighty fine work, but not a particularly solid one.