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| Studio album by Ryan Adams | |||||
| Released | May 4, 2004 (US) June 27, 2007 (Japan) |
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| Recorded | New York, September 2 to September 6, 2002 and New Orleans, February 2003 | ||||
| Genre | Alternative country | ||||
| Length | 68:01 | ||||
| Label | Lost Highway | ||||
| Producer | Ryan Adams, John Porter | ||||
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Love Is Hell is an album by alternative country artist Ryan Adams, released on May 4, 2004. The album was originally released as two EPs, Love Is Hell pt. 1 and Love Is Hell pt. 2, at the insistence of Lost Highway, who deemed that the album was not commercially viable. This version of the album was released when the EPs proved to be more of a commercial success than anticipated. The album reached number 64 on the UK album charts. In an interview for an Australian magazine Ryan Adams said of Love Is Hell:
| “ | It's done. We went into the studio on Monday (2nd Sept) and we finished on Friday (6th Sept). I stopped for two hours on Wednesday to go to the art show, then we went back that night and cut two more tracks. It's 11 songs, no B-sides, and it's called Love is Hell. I can't even listen to it yet because it's so spooky. It sounds like someone possessed. It's like someone on the edge of a nervous breakdown. Or on the verge of a nervous breakthrough. The minute it was done I felt better. It's definitely the most intense record I've ever done. | ” |
"Wonderwall", a cover of a song originally by Oasis, was released as a single in the UK on June 28, 2004. A short version of "Anybody Wanna Take Me Home" originally appeared on his previous album Rock N Roll. The version of the song on this album does not fade-out/back-in as it does on Rock N Roll. Love Is Hell was released in Japan on June 27, 2007 with a bonus disc of tracks recorded in the same sessions as the album.
Track listing
The album:
- "Political Scientist" - 4:33
- "Afraid Not Scared" - 4:13
- "This House Is Not For Sale" - 3:53
- "Anybody Wanna Take Me Home" - 5:31
- "Love Is Hell" - 3:19
- "Wonderwall" - 4:09
- "The Shadowlands" - 5:18
- "World War 24" - 4:17
- "Avalanche" - 5:09
- "My Blue Manhattan" - 2:23
- "Please Do Not Let Me Go" - 3:37
- "City Rain, City Streets" - 3:49
- "I See Monsters" - 3:57
- "English Girls Approximately" - 5:42
- "Thank You Louise" - 2:52
- "Hotel Chelsea Nights" - 5:10
Japanese version bonus disc:
- "Halloween" - 3:52
- "Caterwaul" - 5:41
- "Fuck The Universe" - 7:29
- "Twice As Bad As Love" - 4:14
- "Father's Son" - 3:36
- "Gimme Sunshine" - 3:55
- "Black Clouds" - 4:48
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| Albums | Heartbreaker · Gold · Demolition · Rock N Roll · Love Is Hell · Cold Roses · Jacksonville City Nights · 29 · Easy Tiger · Follow the Lights |
| Singles | "New York, New York" · "Answering Bell" · "Nuclear" · "So Alive" · "This Is It" · "Wonderwall" · "Let It Ride" · "Easy Plateau" · "Two" · "Halloweenhead" |
| See also | Whiskeytown · The Cardinals · Lost Highway Records |
