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Repeated listening rewards
I guess I'm in the minority here but this is one of my favorite albums he's put out with the Cardinals. Great Replacements style rock with some of his best guitar driven hooks and the tone of the guitars on this record is great.The diversity is what is probably what is off putting to most listeners but this is an album that needs to be heard 5,6, or so times for the hooks to really sink in. Unlike Rock and Roll where the hooks were immediate and very quickly to get old this is a great guitar fueled masterpiece.I don't know we all like different sides of the artist and personally this is one of my favorites as I really thought Cardinology, Follow The Lights, and to a lesser extent, Easy Tiger, were boring and sub-par efforts.III/IV is a welcome return (from the vaults) and easily trumps the previous three releases a winner on all counts.
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December 18, 2010 (NH) | Helpful Votes: 14 | Rating: 5

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In 2007 Ryan Adams and the Cardinals entered Electric Lady recording
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 a 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 its entirety is
the Cardinals second double-album concept rock opera about the
80's, ninjas, cigarettes, sex, and pizza.
Enjoy volume III/IV, by Ryan Adams and The Cardinals, from the
turning point in the classic line up of the band featuring....
Catherine Popper on bass (her last with the band), Neal Casal
on guitar and vocals (his first with the band) Brad Pemberton on
the drums, Jon Graboff on the Steel Guitar (as well as a few
other things) and Jamie The Candyman Candiloro on piano and
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Ryan Adams & the Cardinals - Present a "concept rock opera about the 80s, ninjas, cigarettes, sex and pizza"
Can an artist record too much music? It is certainly an accusation thrown with monotonous regularity at Ryan Adams. Equally he divides opinion between those who see him as a precocious and prolific alt country genius who has recorded such masterpieces as "Heartbreaker" and "Gold" or alternatively a bratty, gabby, irritating rock star who sacrifices quality for quantity. (I'm in the first camp but understand the latter accusation!) Since his recent "retirement" from music it has been relatively quiet on the Ryan Adams front and despite a few singles on the Pax Am label and the oddball, sci-fi metal one-off "Orion" earlier this year there has been a complete absence of new material. It is therefore a very welcome development that we have this "taking stock" release in the form of a double album with his band the Cardinals entitled III/IV which Adams describes as a "concept rock opera about the 80's, ninjas, cigarettes, sex, and pizza". Ok its not that funny but it does accurately...
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December 14, 2010 (Cardiff) | Helpful Votes: 64 | Rating: 4

One of his more accessible albums
I think that it's easy to compare this album to the previous album Rock N Roll. First off, I happen to be one of the few people that actually liked Rock N Roll. Most of the die hard Ryan Adams fans hated that album. Well, my opinion, this album is better than Rock N Roll. It has a similar sound, but the songwriting is more consistent. Ryan clearly loves the Replacements, and it shows on this album. But I think that he could write a decent set of songs in any genre.If you want to hear 21 well written songs inspired by the Replacements, then get it. If you liked Rock N Roll, then you should love this.
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December 15, 2010 | Helpful Votes: 15 | Rating: 4

Ryan Adams & the Cardinals: A View of Other Windows

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Unprecedented intimacy and access
For roughly five years, singer/guitarist/diva Ryan Adams fronted a badass rock/Americana/alt-country band called the Cardinals. During this time, the Cardinals recorded, released, and toured on Jacksonville City Nights, Cold Roses, Easy Tiger, Follow the Lights, and Cardinology. Adams produced and the Cardinals served as Willie Nelson's backing band on Songbird.Guitarist Neal Casal was not only an integral member of the Cardinals, throughout his tenure with the band he chronicled the studio, the road, and everything in between. Adams is clearly the muse, the inspiration, and focus, but at the same time nobody else (with the possible exception of Casal himself) is reduced to bit player status. Telling and poignant photos of drummer Brad Pemberton, bassist Chris Feinstein (aka "Spacewolf"), and pedal steel guitarist Jon Graboff are plentiful, as are shots from the studio with Willie Nelson, from a soundstage with Henry Rollins, and from the road with Oasis...
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February 23, 2010 (San Diego, USA) | Helpful Votes: 5 | Rating: 5

See the life of a band from the lens of one their own
I was amazed at the intimacy of this book. Ryan Adams and the Cardinals are a HUGELY popular band. You've heard their music, seen them on the Tonight Show and Letterman and listened to them in movies, but some people don't know them by name. Even if you're not one of the people who offered me $300 for a $40 ticket to one of their shows once, you will be amazed by the truth the pictures in this book tell about life in a major rock band.Guitarist Neal Casal's voice, guitar and musicianship is second to none, but here, his eye for the visceral is on display. From the moment he first joined the band, he had the foresight to record as many moments as possible with his camera. I'VE NEVER HEARD OF ANYONE IN THE BAND doing this! That makes this a one-of-a-kind look at what it...
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February 20, 2010 (New Jersey, USA) | Helpful Votes: 7 | Rating: 5

Great Work
This is a beautiful book, full of beautiful pictures. I love everything about it. I've been a RA&C fan for a long time, and have waited for something like this, that would provide a glimpse into the lives of the musicians on the road and in the studio.The presentation is also notably great; a really high quality hardback book with matte/glossy cover, and very heavy pages.
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February 23, 2010 | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 5

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Ryan Adams and the Cardinals: A View of Other Windows reveals an unprecedented, intimate look at Ryan Adams and his band the Cardinals through the evocative photography of lead guitarist, Neal Casal. An intensely personal collection of 200 photographs, Casal has captured the exhilaration of the stage and studio while sometimes exposing the solitary aspects of the creative process and life on the road. With an introduction by Ryan Adams and an afterword by legendary musician Phil Lesh, this collection will be revered by fans and is the official documentation of the beloved band.

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Ryan Adams: Easy Tiger Live DVD

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(1) Tears Of Gold, (2) Oh My God, Whatever, Etc. (3) Pearls On A String Top to learn more

GREAT DVD FOR THE COMPLETIST
This DVD packaged in a cardboard CD sized envelope contains 3 tracks and was never released commercially. However there's a lot of these floating about so it was certainly no "Limited Edition". A great DVD for the Ryan Adams'fan but do yourself a favor and shop around. I picked one up for a couple of bucks and you can do so as well. Note: This is not the "September" DVD as one seller claims."September" is a worthy addition to your collection and is a promotional only DVD like this one but as I stated this isn't it.
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January 8, 2008 (Atlanta) | Helpful Votes: 10 | Rating: 4

Not Bad
Very short. Not as interesting as the show I saw on the ovation channel, where he does songs from Easy Tiger with the Cardinals and a live audience. But if you're a fan it is enjoyable.
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November 17, 2008 (mburgwva) | Helpful Votes: 3 | Rating: 4

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III/IV

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December 18, 2010 (NH) | Helpful Votes: 14 | Rating: 5

December 14, 2010 (Cardiff) | Helpful Votes: 64 | Rating: 4

December 15, 2010 | Helpful Votes: 15 | Rating: 4

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Last Days

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Film-Making 101
A few weeks ago I had an interesting experience. Trying to escape my family, I decide to spend the afternoon at the theater, catching up on some of the movies I've missed so far this summer. I began with Mr. and Mrs. Smith, the Brad Pitt-Angelia Jolie action/comedy, and followed that up with Gus Van Sant's latest, Last Days. Smith had shoot-outs, car chases and fight sequences galore while in Last Days, well, nothing much seemed to happen. Yet one film had me bored to tears (literally!), while the other kept me riveted to my seat. Want to guess which is which?If you don't know the answer, I suggest a little experiment. Rent both films when they're released on DVD (Last Days comes out the 25th of October) and just try sitting through the inane, incoherent Mr. and Mrs. Smith after having just watched what I consider to be the best film of the year so far. That being said, though, I strongly recommend seeing Last Days on the big screen. So much of my appreciation of...
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September 8, 2005 (Toledo, OH) | Helpful Votes: 91 | Rating: 5

Give it a chance - you might be surprised
I didn't expect to like this film given the plethora of bad reviews and held off watching it for a while. During the opening sequence where 'Kurt' (let's not pretend he's meant to be anyone else) staggers inexplicably through the woods I started to have my doubts but wasn't too concerned given I had readied myself for a potential dud. Yet as the film film progressed I became less and less concerned with the reasoning behind the unfolding events and started to simply 'feel' the tone of the film and where GVS was coming from in his interpretation of a modern tragedy.Essentially the only narrative in this film is that Cobain (given the name Blake in this) had left this earth before he pulled the trigger, it doesn't seek to document the potential real life sequence of events, it is simply a rumination and in my view a beautifully realised one to the point where I considered it a work of art.If you aren't interested or indifferent to Cobain then I'm not sure how you could enjoy...
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August 4, 2006 (Sydney, Australia) | Helpful Votes: 5 | Rating: 5

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"An official selection in the 2005 Cannes Film festival, Gus Van Sant's Last Days is inspired by the final hours of Kurt Cobain. The film introduces us to Blake (Michael Pitt), a brilliant, but troubled musician. Success has left him in a lonely place, where livelihoods rest on his shoulders and old friends regularly tap him for money and favors. The film follows Blake through a handful of hours spent in and near his wooded home...a fugitive from his own life. Top to learn more

Gus Van Sant's Last Days is a film about the death of Kurt Cobain. While the name of the main character has been changed from Kurt to Blake and the setting of the suicide changed from a greenhouse in Seattle to a greenhouse in upstate New York, there's no mistaking this film is the product of Van Sant's imagination pursuing the final, lonely moments of the great '90s icon. Rock biopic fans seeking a traditionally gratifying plot should run as fast as they can from this movie and see Rock Star or Sid and Nancy instead; Gus Van Sant's methodology is all about the slow, oppressive creep of time. One shot lingers excruciatingly long on some random foliage outside Blake's (Michael Pitt, The Dreamers) mansion. In another, he makes cereal. Then he sits on a bench for awhile. Or mumbles dialogue to a Yellow Pages ad salesman played by a real-life Yellow Pages ad salesman. Or gradually collapses while watching a Boyz 2 Men video. Meanwhile, Blake's parasitical hangers-on are slightly more animated, occupying his chilly house and clearly on their way to becoming as existentially destitute as he. Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon appears, pretty much reprising an interventionist role she must have played with the real-life Cobain, but this rock star is far beyond rescuing from the brink. Later, when Blake ventures into town to see a punk show, he is cornered by an acquaintance played by Harmony Korine, who tells him a hilarious story about playing Dungeons and Dragons with Jerry Garcia. Where the accumulation of small moments like these don't add up to much drama, they create a pervading sense of dread and sad inevitability. In his life, Cobain railed against all that was phony and hyped; by crafting a visual poem resolutely defiant of rock star spectacle, Van Sant honors the late singer as sincerely as he can, by keeping it real. --Ryan Boudinot Top to learn more

Self-Indulgence or Art -- Let's Split The Difference
Remember the days when Gus Van Sant made pictures with actual dialogue? I do. I remember them fondly. "Drugstore Cowboy" is a movie I fell in love when I saw it in the theater, it still has a place in my heart. "My Own Private Idaho", while deeply flawed, was so ambitious. And "To Die For" is a sublime, sly comedy.I think it's fair to say that Van Sant has been on a minimalist streak in recent years: minimal dialogue, minimal plot, minimal action, minimal narrative drive. His last three pictures were characterized by all this and filmed in loooong, stagnant shots. There was "Gerry", then "Elephant" and now "Last Days".I will never criticize a filmmaker for working outside the mainstream and for developing a unique visual perspective. But it is easy for me to see why so many people hate these movies! But it's also easy for me to see why some people hold them in such high regard. And I won't say either group is wrong. With these films, it is largely a...
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September 24, 2006 (Albuquerque, NM) | Helpful Votes: 14 | Rating: 3

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Ashes & Fire

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An album for the faithful--we have been rewarded!
I love Ryan Adams, and you need to know that up front. That said, I've been a little let down by Easy Tiger, which I loved at first, but which has not stayed in my CD player as much as say Cold Roses (probably his masterpiece!) or the somewhat misunderstood genius of 29. I was worried that this CD could be a return to more Easy Tiger style stuff, which was good but not very memorable. I am so pleased to be wrong. Dirty Rain, the first track, starts us off on an easy midtempo folky song with a great melody and a fantastic vocal, full of the passion and grit that we've missed a little recently. You've probably heard Ashes & Fire by now if you are a Ryan Adams fan, and it is a good one. I haven't heard him use the waltz beat very much, and he uses it well. The vocal on "Kindness" is absolutely transcendent, it reminds me of the best vocals from Cold Roses, and the use of the organ subtly in the background is very welcome. I love the piano touches, which are not overboard, and I...
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October 11, 2011 (Philadelphia, PA USA) | Helpful Votes: 47 | Rating: 5

Ryan continues to be a genius musician!
This is an album that I have waited for....the songs are not from his wild rock n roll side but instead from his mellower and deeper side of him. Each song is perfectly written and performed. If you love his songs like Damn Sam, La Cienega Just Smiled, Come Pick Me Up, you won't be disappointed. He really is Brilliant! This is the side of Ryan that first made me notice him. Of course, he's a natural as a rock and roller and he is at the top on my list, but this more mellow side is what I love about his music.
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October 20, 2011 (Mesa, AZ United States) | Helpful Votes: 14 | Rating: 5

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Ryan Adams' new album Ashes & Fire was recorded at Sunset Sound Factory in Hollywood and produced by Glyn Johns, renowned for his work with the likes of The Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Clash, The Who and The Rolling Stones--and whose son Ethan produced previous Ryan Adams albums Heartbreaker, Gold and 29.

"All great records start with great songs," commented Dan McCarroll, President of Capitol and Virgin Records. "Ashes & Fire will remind you why Ryan Adams is at the front of the line as one of his generation's most gifted artists."

From the slow burning stunner of an opener "Dirty Rain" through the infectious shuffle of the title track and irresistible harmonies of "Lucky Now," to the closing lament of "I Love You But I Don't Know What To Say," Ashes & Fire is arguably the most cohesive and beautiful album of Adams' distinguished career.

Ashes & Fire also features guest turns from Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench as well as Norah Jones who contributes piano and backing vocals on several tracks, including the lilting, acoustic overtures of "Come Home," the sumptuous ballad "Save Me" and the heartfelt "Kindness." Top to learn more

Very Solid Outing
First of all, I find that people really don't seem to understand Ryan Adams. Since "Gold" he has released pretty sonically-thematic albums, he tends to save the acoustic songs for an album, the rockers for another, etc. He's such a prolific songwriter, I can't say I disagree with his method. I'll bet he has a big electric album coming soon also for all of you who want that side of him. I've also heard that this quieter album and his subsequent solo acoustic tour have to do with his current hearing problems from playing with Whiskeytown and the Cardinals electric for all these years. That said, I find the melodies to be strong and reminiscent of the Gram Parsons reference he's been trying to shake for all these years with his different adopted personae but has outlived. I think Glyn Johns definitely brings a decidedly classic-rock, California country-rock vibe to this album with his production. It reminds me of Neil Young's "After the Goldrush" quite a bit actually. "Dirty...
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October 18, 2011 (Austin, TX) | Helpful Votes: 16 | Rating: 4

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I certainly know people who don't appreciate Ryan Adams the way I do, and I'm convinced it's because they don't "get" him. although they do enjoy songs about vikings and dragons, so they could possibly appreciate songs about space. I mean, he's got a song called "Ghorgon Master of War" for crying out loud and he screams, "Ghorgon.

The reality is, it’s impossible to write off this album as a failure simply because Orion isn’t full of songs by the Ryan Adams we’ve come to know and appreciate. That being said, Adams’ twelfth proper album, Orion — and its serious sci-fi thrash aesthetic — is a genuine exhibition of both artistic catharsis and genre experimentation, unlike anything we’ve seen from the notoriously shifty alt-country... While the sound itself is oftentimes off-putting and bizarre, Orion ‘s take-no-prisoners attitude cannot be knocked. On its own, Orion can be respected as a well crafted work to be held up amongst others in this seemingly deceased style of play. Employing producer Jamie Candiloro on drums and Dale Nixon (a pseudonym of Black Flag founder, and hardcore mainstay Greg Ginn) on bass, Adams transforms himself into a bombastic ’80s ax-wielding god of metal, on an album full of wailing guitar,... By the middle of the album, the true musicality of Ryan Adams begins to seep through the cracks and subsequently exemplifies his innate ability to transcend genre without coming off as completely contrived.

If it’s a waste of your time then didn’t you just waste your time commenting on it. People are free to release whatever they want for their fans that want to listen and buy these types of things, just like people are free to ignore that music if... always, without fail every single time Ryan puts out something that clearly isnt meant to be taken as seriously as his LPs, these comments get filled with the retrospective ”ooh, now i realize Ryan’s sucked this whole time because of one single... There’s way too much good Ryan Adams music that hasn’t been exposed, and it’s kind of disheartening when shit like this is what people are gonna be hearing. look, if it hasn’t occurred to a few of you after this long that there are at least 3 to 8 different musical personas in this guy that surface at random, and you never know which one you’re going to get, then move on. dont expect an artist to the... If he recorded himself taking a shit, like a mean one after chipotle or something and screaming out loud cause it burns, well, i probably wouldn’t buy it, but it would comfort me to know it existed…in a weird sorta way. As for Ryan, he has a pretty solid fanbase and I’m pretty sure he does just fine for himself. I’m glad Ryan’s getting away from boring music like Cardinology and some of the bland Cardinal members. what a mack daddy pimping his way all the way to the bank, handing out the back of his hand as needed cause he is incapable of sucking.

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Ryan Adams - Live At Sheffield City Hall

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Sonic boom on the frontier

by Rich Tupica Tuesday, May 1 — When the eccentrically swaggering alt-country star Ryan Adams first spun the “Deadmalls and Nightfalls” LP, Frontier Ruckus' long and wistful second album, the acclaimed songwriter professed his admiration for the band
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Adam DeRousse pitched a complete game for C-SE, striking out 16 batters. Orion 5-1, Illini West 3-7: The Chargers bounced back in the nightcap to earn a split of the West Central Conference doubleheader in Carthage, Ill. Evan McGaughey hit a two-run