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Universal acclaim- based on 21 Ratings
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Positive: 20 out of 21
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Mixed: 1 out of 21
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Negative: 0 out of 21
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JDec 24, 2004Best cd of the year, best Ryan Adam's cd and best of the 2 parts of Love is hell! Astonidhing Can't believe that this cd only has an overall of 71, it's even better than Elliott Smith postume album
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ZachJMay 16, 2006
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MaikenSNov 7, 2005Simply love it.
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LeoYJan 5, 2006Fantastic album with brilliant 3 song sequence starting from Shadowlands to Avalanche
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NastyRFeb 3, 2006Heartland rock, so charming and impassioned that i always shake like a milk. His best album (with second part together) and one of the best of new century
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JoeyPFeb 1, 2004I can understand why his company didn't want to release it, it does not contain a song which would be a hit. But Adams is right: this is a masterpiece - beautifully crafted and emotionally played. Vunerable and tender. Brilliant!
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DanielGDec 16, 2003Some of his finest songs...
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Sep 5, 2011
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BrianMDec 16, 2003This one takes a few listens before the good songs shine through. The album is more personal than Rock N Roll and has a lot more depth. It's more enjoyable and fulfilling than Rock N' Roll.
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BenJDec 17, 2003A considerable improvement on the uneven "Rock and Roll", this record offers the nearest Adams' has come to matching "Heartbreaker". Love Is Hell Part 2 is equally enjoyable, and gives a glimpse as to what might have happened if Adams had been able to release this as a single album...the question is though, which songs would he had left off?!
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Q MagazinePart 1's eight deluxe country rock essays all impress. [Feb 2004, p.98]
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A collection of preposterously cheerless (and charmless) songs that try much too hard to achieve a poignancy-- or anything, really-- that might hide their complete insignificance.
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Some of the most focused, artful, and affecting work of his career. [Review applicable to both Part 1 and Part 2]