Love Is Hell
Ryan Adams
Love Is Hell
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Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | |||
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Political Scientist full track | 4:32 | 24,484 | |
| 2 |
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Afraid Not Scared full track | 4:13 | 25,667 | |
| 3 |
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This House Is Not for Sale full track | 3:54 | 25,873 | |
| 4 |
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Anybody Wanna Take Me Home (long version) full track | 0:00 | 172 | |
| 5 |
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Love Is Hell full track | 3:19 | 27,028 | |
| 6 |
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Wonderwall full track | 4:07 | 89,490 | |
| 7 |
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The Shadowlands full track | 5:19 | 24,911 | |
| 8 |
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World War 24 full track | 4:16 | 21,441 | |
| 9 |
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Avalanche full track | 5:07 | 21,336 | |
| 10 |
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My Blue Manhattan full track | 2:22 | 19,933 | |
| 11 |
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Please Do Not Let Me Go full track | 3:35 | 23,806 | |
| 12 |
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City Rain, City Streets full track | 3:47 | 17,760 | |
| 13 |
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I See Monsters full track | 3:54 | 22,035 | |
| 14 |
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English Girls Approximately full track | 5:40 | 24,918 | |
| 15 |
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Thank You Louise full track | 2:50 | 18,135 | |
| 16 |
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Hotel Chelsea Nights full track | 5:10 | 20,663 |
About this album
‘Love Is Hell’ is the fifth studio album by 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. A full length version of the album was released when the EPs proved to be more of a commercial success than anticipated. Adams describes the album as sounding: “a lot like Heartbreaker, but better and more severe. It’s complex and it’s damaged,” and states that it “was the record I needed to make,”
Concerning the album, president of Lost Highway, Luke Lewis, notes that:
“It was a big departure. I told him I thought he could do better, but I tell him that all the time. On a business level, I could’ve done fine with Love Is Hell. But we both knew…he was suffering from overhype. I said, ‘Are you sure this is gonna be the statement you wanna make?’… His young ass was hanging out there. If wasn’t good, he was gonna get whacked by a lot of people.”
Adams states that:
“it was, ‘This isn’t the record that Ryan should make’, but I think I should have the license to express myself however I want to. And if you have enough faith and trust in an artist to sign them to your fucking label, and you’re an ‘artists’ label’, then I think it has to be a consensual relationship. If I do make a record that totally sucks, then the public forum will take care of it. They’ll get rid of you themselves - the survival of the fittest
Concerning the album, president of Lost Highway, Luke Lewis, notes that:
“It was a big departure. I told him I thought he could do better, but I tell him that all the time. On a business level, I could’ve done fine with Love Is Hell. But we both knew…he was suffering from overhype. I said, ‘Are you sure this is gonna be the statement you wanna make?’… His young ass was hanging out there. If wasn’t good, he was gonna get whacked by a lot of people.”
Adams states that:
“it was, ‘This isn’t the record that Ryan should make’, but I think I should have the license to express myself however I want to. And if you have enough faith and trust in an artist to sign them to your fucking label, and you’re an ‘artists’ label’, then I think it has to be a consensual relationship. If I do make a record that totally sucks, then the public forum will take care of it. They’ll get rid of you themselves - the survival of the fittest
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Shouts
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yellbird wrote:
just love this one
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cereal_boxes wrote:
Ryan's best, and one of my fav albums ever
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absolia wrote:
this album is a masterpiece. ironic considering how little faith his label had in it, when they forced him to write rock n roll. a sweet and intense boy gave me this album. thanks aryn <3
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Kissandra wrote:
Great album
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lucyalaska wrote:
wow, I had never really got this album until now great album to hear at night.. especially if you're feeling bitter-sweet..
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TheCureForDeath wrote:
Definitley his best album. You can listen to the thing in it's entirety and love it!
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PowerHour24 wrote:
His albums range in their sound and energy, but the mellow, searching sound of this one makes it my favorite, its also the best flowing and pure quality from start to finish.
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Jspark wrote:
One of those albums where you HAVE to listen to it in its entirety.
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white_emo_punk wrote:
excellent album. I can't stop listening to it.
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Sun_Child wrote:
this album has treated me really well lately.
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Subtitulo wrote:
one of my all time favorites. words cant describe.
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jacozzi wrote:
just incredible...this record made me crying and smiling
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philbird wrote:
My personal favourite record. Not just Ryan's best, but the best I've heard in a long, long time.
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kreuzer5 wrote:
this album is amazing
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