Great Album!
This is a great album, albeit a slightly quiter and more melancholy album. Ryan Adams is a genius again. a decent buy, but i would search for the parts 1 and 2 together and save a little bit o' money.
David Sylvian meets Radiohead's Thom Yorke
K. When listening to Ryan Adams' "Love is Hell, Part 1" there are the inevitable moments when one is reminded of Radiohead's Thom Yorke, in particular from the band's "Bends"-to-"O. Computer" period. But then, out from a corner, arises a completely different Ryan Adams, one that sounds a bit more like David Sylvian. So, in the end, I am left scratching my head and wondering how on earth could I have taken SO LONG to discover this guy.
Only coincidence would bring his music to my hands, but now I am on a discovery mission to dig back into his catalog with the hope to find more musical jewels like this one. Only "Avalanche" seems to not fit in with the rest of the album, but otherwise, it's an album I have not taken out of my CD player since I first picked it up.
Kill me now (instead of making me listen to this cd again!)
What a waste of valuable time and money. This sucked big time. And for his sorry a** version of "Wonderwall" being better than Oasis'. . . can you say tone-deaf?? There goes another CD for the trash heap!.
If You Don't Get It You're a Zombie
The stream of consciousness poetry, the gorgeous atmospheres, the eerie vocals -- and most important the melodies. Both Pt 1 and Pt 2 are some of the finest moments in pop music -- in ages. So, yeah, Wonderwall appears on disc 1, it's like a little icing on an already superb cake -- and better than the Oasis version. Both discs deserve six stars -- that would be 12 total. Anyone kvetching about these discs should go back to their Guns and Roses collection and leave Adams alone.
For Ryan Adams Fans
This is a good album. I love this Adams boy. So is there something here I may be missing? This entire album (I'm include volume 2 in this review because I see them as one) is well done, but I can't help but feel the old Ryan is wearing his musical influences on his sleeve. "Political Scientist" is a straight channel of Jeff Buckley, I hear a lot of Thom Yorke in "Afraid not Scared" and a couple tracks that have a straight U2 sound. These are fantastic songs, though, so don't let that discourage you. One reveiwer pointed out the Springsteen connection and these songs are where I feel the album falls flat. He uses this sound for 6 or 7 songs outta the entire 2 ep set, and while there's nothing wrong with trying to bring some o' the Boss out in your music, they are the least interesting tracks on here. They lack the depth and creativity that makes me appreciate Adams so much. Overall it's a solid album and the not Springsteenesque songs make the full set worthwhile of you know you like Ryan Adams.
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