Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cardinology

Like this a whole lot better than "Cold Roses", which I thought was a one-dimensional "Sweetheart of the Rodeo" tribute album. The melodies are generally more engaging, there are some rousing pop-rockers like "Magick". Adams also does some vocal acrobatics as in the chorus to "Let us Down Easy". The chords to most of the songs, however, are cliched and contrived in the alt-country genre, you can sorta figure out how it'll go. Not too bad anyway. I really disliked "Cold Roses". This I'm quite warm to.