At the end of 2010, Ryan Adams released III/IV, a two disc album containing material he had previously recorded with the Cardinals back in 2006 during and around the Easy Tiger sessions. It’s an all-over-the-map hodgepodge of vastly disparate songs.
(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
Someone I love and who loves me
(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
Yeah, that and maybe the world
(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
Someone that loves me the way of
Star Wars, Wizards and Ninja Wars
Star Wars, Wizards and Ninja Wars
But if, as a whole, they never fully quite take flight as a full album, on their own they soar. With elements of the “Who gives a fuck?” attitude of Rock N Roll and the solid musicality and blended country/rock/pop tone of his Cardinals collaborations, III/IV ultimately delivers even as its disjointed disappoints.
