Expected release 05/06/26
1.Wild Flowers
2.Perfect and True
3.Tell It to My Heart
4.She Wants to Play Hearts
5.Pretenders
6.Famous Eyes
7.Touch, Feel & Lose
8.Firecracker
9.La Cienega Just Smiled
10.For No One
11.You Don’t Know Me
12.Bow to The Sad Lady
13.Off Broadway
14.Cracks in the Photograph
15.I’m Waiting
16.Cry On Demand
17.Miss Sunflower
18.Just Saying Hi
19.California Love
20.Idiots Rule the World
21.Chicago
The Suicide Handbook is Ryan Adams’ most elusive and mythic recordings. The album is a raw and intimate collection of songs that captures the songwriter at his most unguarded. Recorded at the beginning of his solo career and long circulating only through bootlegs, the album has earned a legendary status among die-hard fans and fans of the americana genre alike for its stark stripped-back beauty.
Acoustic arrangements and hushed, late-night vocals, these songs feel like private confessions set to tape. Adams leans into themes of heartbreak, isolation, and emotional vulnerability, delivering recordings that are as fragile as they are compelling. There’s an immediacy here that sets The Suicide Handbook apart from his studio releases. These are the original recordings in their rawest and un-touched formReleased officially for the first time, experience the record as a cohesive piece, bringing warmth and depth to its lo-fi origins. The analogue format enhances every subtle nuance, from the quiet creak of strings to the tremble in Adams’ voice.
For longtime fans and collectors alike, The Suicide Handbook stands as a haunting, deeply personal snapshot of an artist laying everything bare—an essential addition to the Ryan Adams collection.