| Cardinology | ||||
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| Released | October 28, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | Electric Lady (New York City) | |||
| Genre | Alternative country, rock | |||
| Label | Lost Highway Records | |||
| Producer | Tom Schick | |||
| Ryan Adams and the Cardinals chronology | ||||
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| Alternate cover | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (72/100) [1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Blender |  [3] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A− [4] |
| Los Angeles Times | [5] |
| musicOMH | [6] |
| Paste | (6.4/10) [7] |
| Pitchfork Media | (4.7/10) [8] |
| PopMatters |   [9] |
| Robert Christgau |  [10] |
| Rolling Stone | [11] |
| Spin | (7/10) [12] |
| USA Today | [13] |
Cardinology is the tenth studio album by Ryan Adams, and fourth album with his backing band The Cardinals, released on October 28, 2008. The album completed Adams' contract with Lost Highway Records,[14] and marks his final recording session with The Cardinals. Following the album's release and subsequent tour, Adams disbanded the band and entered a self-imposed hiatus until the release of Ashes & Fire, in 2011.
According to Adams, the album "[is] about the moment when you recognise the difference between ego and pride and your sense of service to your friends, family or yourself. Once you've had that epiphany, you can't really turn around and pretend that you haven't. It's about accountability."
The album was placed at #14 on Rolling Stone's 50 Best Albums of 2008 list.[15] The magazine also placed "Magick" at #13 on the 100 Best Singles of 2008 list.[16] The album has sold over 250,000 copies worldwide.[citation needed] In April 2011, Adams released an EP, Class Mythology, featuring four unreleased tracks recorded for Cardinology.
- ^ Critic reviews at Metacritic
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Blender review Archived February 11, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Entertainment Weekly review". Archived from the original on 2012-10-03. Retrieved 2008-10-26.
- ^ Los Angeles Times review
- ^ "Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cardinology (Lost Highway)". musicOMH. Archived from the original on March 13, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
- ^ Paste review
- ^ Pitchfork Media review
- ^ PopMatters review
- ^ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
- ^ Rolling Stone review
- ^ Spin review
- ^ USA Today review
- ^ Cohen, Jonathan (2008-10-24). "Ryan Adams finds groove with band the Cardinals". Reuters. Retrieved 2008-10-28.
- ^ Rollingstone
- ^ Rollingstone