“Ryan Adams’ drug problems and public tantrums have often overshadowed his music. But Cardinology may put an end to that. His first release in a year — notable for a guy who put out three (albeit spotty) full-lengths in 2005 — it’s the record he has spent the past few years promising but never quite […]”
“People have been feeling disappointed by Ryan Adams for almost as long as they've been liking him, and-- although he always seemed to be more successful the more closely he's hewn to his country roots-- here he apes the melodically sound but insular self he displayed on Easy Tiger or Cold Roses or Love Is Hell.”
