Love Is Hell is the fifth studio
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. A full-length version of the album was released when the EPs proved to be more of a commercial success than anticipated.
The
Oasis cover, "
Wonderwall", was released as a single in the UK on June 28, 2004. A shorter version of "Anybody Wanna Take Me Home" originally appeared on
Rock N Roll. However, the 'longer' version of the song on
Love Is Hell 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 during the same sessions as the album.
Adams describes the album as sounding "a lot like
Heartbreaker, but better and more severe. It's complex and it's damaged," In a 2007 interview, Adams notes that he loves to play songs from the album live, and that the songs are "usually tunes that
The Cardinals and myself get really excited about when they come up in the set."
Love Is Hell features guest contributions from
Marianne Faithfull (backing vocals on...
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