Class Mythology is an EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 by American alt-country band Ryan Adams

Ryan Adams

David Ryan Adams is an American alt-country/rock singer-songwriter, from Jacksonville, North Carolina. Initially part of the group Whiskeytown, Adams left the band and released his first solo album Heartbreaker in 2000...

 and the Cardinals, released on April 16, 2011 on PAX AM

PAX AM

Pax Americana Recording Company, also known as just PAX-AM, is a record label founded by Ryan Adams in 2004. Adams initially started the label in order to release demo recordings of material that his former record label, Lost Highway Records, would not release...

. Limited to 2500 copies, the EP was released in celebration of Record Store Day

Record Store Day

Record Store Day is an internationally celebrated day observed the third Saturday of April each year. Its purpose, as conceived by independent record store employee Chris Brown, is to celebrate the art of music...

, and consists of unreleased tracks recorded for Cardinology

Cardinology

Cardinology is the tenth studio album by Ryan Adams, and his fourth album with The Cardinals, released on October 28, 2008. This album completed Adams' contract with Lost Highway, and marks his final recording session with the Cardinals. A vinyl version included a bonus 7", a comic book, and a...

(2008).

The release comprises two coloured seven-inch vinyls, a small poster of deceased bassist Chris Feinstein

Chris Feinstein

Christopher Todd Feinstein was an American musician, producer, writer and collaborator from Nashville, Tennessee....

, and a sticker.

Track listing

All songs written by David Ryan Adams

1. "Go Ahead and Rain"
2. "Invisible Red"
3. "Your Name Is on Fire"
4. "Future Sparrow"

Personnel

Ryan Adams & the Cardinals

• Ryan Adams
  Ryan Adams
  David Ryan Adams is an American alt-country/rock singer-songwriter, from Jacksonville, North Carolina. Initially part of the group Whiskeytown, Adams left the band and released his first solo album Heartbreaker in 2000...
  
   – vocals, guitar, collage art
• Neal Casal
  Neal Casal
  Neal Casal is an American songwriter, singer, multi-instrumentalist and photographer who has maintained an acclaimed solo career as well as playing guitar for The Cardinals.-1990 - 1999:...
  
   – guitar, vocals, photographs
• Chris Feinstein
  Chris Feinstein
  Christopher Todd Feinstein was an American musician, producer, writer and collaborator from Nashville, Tennessee....
  
   – bass guitar
• Jon Graboff
  Jon Graboff
  Jon Graboff is a multi-instrumentalist and record producer. Between 2005 and 2009, he was a member of The Cardinals, primarily as a pedal steel guitarist...
  
   – pedal steel guitar, acoustic guitar
• Brad Pemberton
  Brad Pemberton
  Brad Pemberton is an American drummer, primarily known for his role in Ryan Adams and the Cardinals. Pemberton previously played in Iodine , and was a member of Adams' touring band The Pinkhearts. He is currently touring with Brendan Benson.-Discography:-References:...
  
   – drums

Technical personnel

• Tom Schick – producer, mixing
• Andy West – package design