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III/IV

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Ryan Adams Format: Audio CD

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Disc: 1

1	Breakdown Into The Resolve
2	Dear Candy
3	Wasteland
4	Ultraviolet Light
5	Stop Playing With My Heart
6	Lovely And Blue
7	Happy Birthday
8	Kisses Start Wars
9	The Crystal Skull
10	Users

Disc: 2

1	No
2	Numbers
3	Gracie
4	Icebreaker
5	Sewers At The Bottom Of The Wishing Well
6	Typecast
7	Star Wars
8	My Favorite Song
9	P.S.
10	Death And Rats
11	Kill The Lights

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In 2007 Ryan Adams and the Cardinals entered Electric LandLady studios on 8th street in NYC and went in for a session intended to last two weeks. Six months and over 60 tracks later, they emerged with the album EASY TIGER. But it was only glimpse into the depth of the work the band had undertaken and the vast amount of material that was recorded. As the sessions wound around into the deep winter months a double album emerged, a rock record that felt more like a hybrid of all the records that the band had mutually consumed as kids... from influences as wide as KISS and the Cars. Originally hidden away in the vault while the band hit the road to support EASY TIGER, and now for the first time here in it's entirety is the Cardinals second double-album concept rock opera about the 80's, ninjas, cigarettes, sex, and pizza.

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Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.15 x 5.65 x 0.21 inches; 2.88 Ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Pax-Am
Item model number ‏ : ‎ PAX700302
Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2010
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ November 9, 2010
Label ‏ : ‎ Pax-Am
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004BCT2HK
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Vic Bradley

Worth the wait...what's next?

Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2011

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Buy RYAN ADAMS new III/IV now!...especially if you like The Strokes, Todd Rundgren, 80s power pop, Pretenders...his most rockin' record all the way through in ages...outtakes from Easy Tiger (Bonus CD) ...but this sounds so different than that wonderful album. Most of the tunes on this 2 CD set would have radically changed the vibe of that disc. Welcome back Ryan and Cardinals...keep 'em comin'.

Now, I'm one of these guys who can't believe that this guy isn't just the biggest thing ever but then again, I wouldn't want that because then he'd be even more pissy about the state of the bidness and maybe even quit again and I like him right where he is--big enough to be always striving for more vision and more expression. This guy is a craftsman first and foremost but not in the Steely Dan/Eagles pristine production way. More in the intense ability he has to make basic rock n roll songs sound unique and compelling through myriad sections, leaps of melodic faith, and memorable riffs. The thing about almost ALL of his records and the last couple in particular are how much is revealed on subsequent listens. Just when you think there are no hooks, they pull ya back in. On the next listen you feel inundated with them. This is music that is not obvious. My how refreshing in today's rock world.

For those who don't know this guy HE RIPS! Any of his numerous previous albums are full of well-crafted songs, compassionate vocals and bottom line just a glimpse into one of the eras most prolific and accomplished singer/songwriters. And the Cardinals are what The Band used to be for Robbie Robertson...a songwriter's best friend: a group that can play any style you throw at them well.

There's a pretty direct paean to Tom Petty on the first disc's "Stop Playing With My Heart". BUt from past releases, you'll know that Adams is most definitely not afraid to wear his influences on his sleeve. I hear Todd R mostly in some of his vocal phrasing ("Kisses Start Wars" and the tune that immediately follows it "Crystal Skull", for instance). There's a edgy hint of Costello-esque in the slashing rhythm guitar figures here and there, but not much Dead or country or Neil on this release (but don't miss his last 3-4 for that tip). "NUMBERS" reminds me of X playing a Pete Townshend tune circa Sell Out until the bridge which is pure Ryan. "Sewers At the Bottom of the Wishing Well" melds The Clash with The Byrds. How hip is that! He even gets a bit Freddie Mercury in "Star Wars" which is just a weirdly cool song. He gets slagged for being prolific but bottom line is, I've downloaded buckets of unreleased outtakes from this guy that put many of the present day chartbusters to shame. Rock on, baby.

Adams' albums are like those of Neil Young or David Bowie in that you always know who he is, that it will be interesting, that it may just be very different and unexpected from what you previous know but that it will always be quality and always be compelling. Sure we all have our favorites (I'm a Cold Roses and Easy Tiger guy), and like Neil and Bowie, there are always masterpieces to exist alongside near misses and blunders. But in the big picture, such is life. That these guys consistently just put it out there, diving in, heart first, craft second, critics/audience/sales somewhere farther down the list is a call for discerning listeners to keep supporting them, keep listening, keep buying tickets. Give these sonic poets their canvas and let `em run with it.

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CBlaze

Plan 9 from Ryan Adams & the Cardinals

Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2011

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This album reminds me of a b-movie - it's certainly not the best thing I have ever heard - but it's incredibly fun. The lyrics lack depth in places - the music will resort to going into a nice little guitar chug - but in so many places all over this album there is pure unadulterated fun! I approach this album as something to tap my foot along to - it's loud enough to drown out my coworkers... erm... I mean... my thoughts with positive fun rock `n roll. I love hearing this band just rock out and have fun - it's honest and ready for a good time - thus am I.

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Mike M

More Genius from DRA

Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2011

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I've listened to Cardinals III/IV pretty much everday since it came out in dec. its so great, i cant beleive it.
Adams 2005 releases have been favorites for a while, but this music is different. in 21 songs, Adams blends a lifetime of styles. the opening track "breakdown into the resolve" has a powerchord attack in the chorus that's real exciting. "wasteland" is a pure harmony and pop gem. "stop playing with my heart" maybe a salute to elvis costello? "happy birthday" is an admission by Adams of his substance abuse struggles, with some great synthesizer work. I love the song "Users" it reminds me of the best Jackson Browne songs of the 80's. "No" is a great song that seems like it could be used in a scifi movie soundtrack, in it we get Adams' plaintive wail. " Icebreaker" is a hardrocking, almost heavy metal tune that really delivers. "sewers at the bottm of the wishing well" should be a radio hit, why isnt this on college radio or XMU? "kill the lights" would make Paul Westerberg proud.

Ryan Adams could stop recording now (please, don't), before he's reached the age of 40, and he'd already be the most accomplished singer/songwriter america has produced in the last 30 years. sorry for gushing, but he's so far ahead of everybody else. i'm 48, much older than his demographic, but i really havent heard anybody (Bob Pollard, Frank Black, et al.) equal the quality of his work.

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Craig Russell

Emptying the Vault...

Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2011

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Everyone knows these are basically b-sides, right? Ryan Adams has got to be the most prolific songwriter this side of Paul Westerberg.

Sure there's some filler on here, but the good stuff makes III/IV easily worth it. Both sides begin extremely strong: Breakdown, Dear Candy, Wasteland/No, Numbers, Gracie. Reminds me of a heavier/poppier Cold Roses or Easy Tiger. Bottom line: I'm happy this was released. A fitting swan-song for the Cardinals, if that's the way it goes...

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David Reyes

Classic Double Album.

Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2010

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Ryan Adams is a genius. There's not a bad song in this double album.
Cardinals iii/iv is one of the best double albums I've listen to in quite awhile.
I'm still baffled that Ryan Adams is not selling millions of albums. Or that he's
not getting nominated for a Grammy award. You would think if someone overrated like
Justin Bieber is getting nominated for a Grammy award, shouldn't Ryan Adams get nominated too.
It just doesn't make much sense to me why Ryan Adams is not getting the recognition he obviously deserves. Hopefully this album will garnered new fans and shut the obnoxious critics mouths up. I've
been a fan of Ryan Adams since 2002 and I'm always amazed by his talent. He writes poetry and it's brilliant. He write music and it's brilliant too everything Ryan Adams does turns to gold. It's time
for Ryan Adams to be put on a pedestal that other artist who are half as talented as he is are put on. Ryan Adams is one of the best singer-songwriters of his time, and once the naysayers listen to this album they will definitely know why.

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Andrew Sweeney

Not one of Adams' best

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 7, 2017

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I'm currently making my way through my album collection, listening to music I haven't given a spin for quite a long time and the next release on the shelf is another Ryan Adams & The Cardinals album, III/IV. The majority of the album is quite upbeat, indie/rock-flavoured and frequently reminds me of eighties indie acts such as The Cure and The Smiths. Not a bad thing in itself, of course, but Adams really doesn't quite capture the allure of his influences on this album. Still, Ultraviolet Light is an early highlight, a mid-paced classy rocker with a touch more depth than many of the songs around it, Happy Birthday has a good melodic hook and is quite pleasing to the ears overall and Star Wars has an unusual charm that raises it above the standard of much of the material. Kill The Lights is probably the only other song on the whole two disc offering that really catches my attention and it's the kind of urgent, raucous affair that just about makes the purchase of this album worthwhile. Only just, though.

If 2005's Cold Roses is the kind of album that restored my high opinion of Ryan Adams, then 2010's III/IV is the kind of messy, flabby, sprawling release, mired by a lack of quality control, that re-confirms some of the reasons I fell out of love with him just over a decade ago. It's a record you really need to listen to quite a few times to pick out the decent tracks, but are reticent to do so because of the other tracks you have to trudge through to do so. To be fair, it is comprised of studio cuts recorded around 2007 which weren't selected to feature on the Easy Tiger album and passed over for Cardinology, so, considering that fact alone, it's perhaps understandable if it isn't quite a classic. There are some really rather enjoyable songs to be found here though, and it really doesn't sound like it's an out-takes and rarities type release, but you truly can be forgiven if you came to the conclusion that it would have made a reasonably good single album rather than the mixed bag this double CD release turned out to be. Unfortunately, even if you harvested the cream of this release's crop, you'd still be left with a selection of songs that would really struggle to compare favourably with the best of Ryan's output. On the whole, it's an album that I'd personally say wasn't worth trying to get to know well just for its very few highlights and it's a release that only Ryan's most ardent fans could grow to love.

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Loony Jim

Ryan Adams übliche Songs aus den "Easy Tiger"-Sessions

Reviewed in Germany on March 5, 2011

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Es ist ein wenig verwirrend: Vor fünf Jahren hatte Adams als Ryan Adams & The Cardinals zwei Alben aufgenommen und danach ein drittes, "Easy Tiger", das er allerdings als eigene Platte deklarierte, ohne die Begleiter zu erwähnen. Das Betriebsklima zwischen der Band und Ryan war erstmal hin. Es verbesserte sich wieder, als 2008 das Album "Cardinology" erschien und Ryan Adams großzügig auf seinen Namenszug verzichtete. Die Band hieß nun nur noch The Cardinals. Im Jahr darauf quittierte er den Dienst. Einerseits erklärte Adams, chronisch am Gehör erkrankt zu sein, während er, anderseits, unter verschiedenen Künstlernamen an die Grenzen der Musik vorstieß. Als Werewolph spielte er Black Metal und als Sleazy Handshake dröhnenden Garagenrock. Der Rest der Cardinals fragt sich vermutlich immer noch, was Ryan Adams reitet, wenn er musiziert, da reicht ihr ehemaliger Sänger ihre Alben Nummer drei und Nummer vier nach und benennt die Scheiben etwas kryptisch "III/IV" (Pax Am). Es sind Aufnahmen der "Easy Tiger"-Sessions. Die Stücke heißen "Wasteland" und "The Crystal Skull", "No", "Star Wars" oder "Death And Rats". Es sind die üblichen Ryan-Adams-Songs. Schon deshalb geht es auch in Ordnung, dass sein Name wieder oben auf dem Titel steht und neben ihm die Band, die nicht genau weiß, ob sie überhaupt noch existiert. Ein Ryan Adams typisches, grundsolides Doppel-Album, nicht mehr aber auch nicht weniger, daher gibt es von mir drei von fünf Sternen.

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scott walker

Good but not what i expected.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 28, 2013

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Great double album. A lot more heavier and rockier than i expected. Not to say it's metal or anything, just more distortion a rocking tunes. Had heard Ryan Adams in an interview saying it was maybe an album he shouldn't have recorded, but it is definitely worth a buy. Not every track is golden but i found most of them were. I did have to re check that it was a Ryan Adams and the Cardinals record i was listening to though.

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J. Morgan

Yet another great album !

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 10, 2013

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The first cd has 8 really really great tracks on it, more in the style of some of the tracks that are on Easy Tiger or Love Is Hell. The second cd isn't as quite as good, but still has 5 or 6 really great tracks. There's no country or acoustic stuff on here, more of his electric style, not as heavy as Rock n Roll though. After a few listens to this album I literally couldn't stop listening to it, pretty much everyday for weeks, and still can't help put it on all the time. If you like tracks like "Tonight" from Cold Roses, or "Rip Off" from Easy Tiger then you'll love this album.

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KPB

Disappointing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 17, 2012

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Like a lot of fans I can usually find diamonds amongst the rough with any Ryan Adams album, and also think a lot of them are 'growers' over time ("29" especially for me). However, I think Lost Highway (his former label) were right to put this one on the shelf. Its an unrelenting sequence of pretty poor quality rock tracks with very little variety and even less subtlety.

If you're looking for the usual blend of alt-country, melody-drenched rock and the odd sprinkle of punk thrown in, look elsewhere - this is a set of totally one-paced rock numbers with trashy lyrics, and most of it should have stayed in the archive.

Sorry Ryan, but you're unconvincing as a punk rocker and should (and perhaps will, given the sublime Ashes and Fire) stick to what you're fantastic at.

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