| III/IV | ||||
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| Released | December 14, 2010 | |||
| Recorded | Electric Lady (New York City) | |||
| Genre | Alternative country, country rock, rock | |||
| Length | 66:55 | |||
| Label | PAX AM | |||
| Producer | Jamie Candiloro | |||
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III/IV is the 12th studio album by alt-country singer-songwriter Ryan Adams, released on December 14, 2010 through PAX AM. The album is his fifth with backing band The Cardinals, and was recorded in 2006 during the same sessions that yielded Easy Tiger. A double album, III/IV was recorded prior to bassist Catherine Popper's departure, and also marks guitarist and backing vocalist Neal Casal's recording debut for the band. According to Adams, the album remained unreleased until 2010, as his former label, Lost Highway, had previously rejected it.[1]
According to producer and keyboardist Jamie Candiloro, the album's title stems from "the idea that Cold Roses [is] volumes one and two, and this was a logical step that the Cardinals had taken forward as a band effort. The tracks shared the democratic process of a band. It will always be an amazing look into the world of a great band during one of its most versatile line-ups."[2]
Orders from the PAX AM online store also received a download card for 11 bonus demos from the album.[3][4]
The album peaked at #59 on the Billboard 200 chart in January 2011.[5] It has sold over 47,000 copies.[6]
- ^ Simpson, Dave (22 September 2011). "Ryan Adams: 'Things got broken and I couldn't fix them'". The Guardian. London.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
paxamwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Dan Ward. "Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - III/IV". DailyDischord.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
- ^ Greg Gaston. "Album Review: Ryan Adams, III/IV". CrawDaddy.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
- ^ https://www.billboard.com/artist/ryan-adams-%26-the-cardinals/chart-history/billboard-200
- ^ "Ryan Adams Mellows Out: 'I'm Not the Guy I Was'". Billboard.com. Retrieved 19 October 2012.