The Suicide Handbook is one of Ryan Adams' most legendary unreleased works, and it's become something of a holy grail among his fanbase. Here's what's known about it:
It was recorded around 2000-2001, during an incredibly prolific period for Adams - right around the time of Gold and shortly after Heartbreaker. The album is a deeply personal, raw, and dark collection of songs that leaned into his more introspective and emotionally heavy side, more in the vein of Heartbreaker than the classic-rock polish of Gold. The track list has circulated in various forms among fans and bootleg collectors over the years, though the exact sequencing and contents have never been officially confirmed - until now.
A1 Wild Flowers
A2 Perfect and True
A3 Tell It to My Heart
A4 She Wants to Play Hearts
A5 Pretenders
B1 Famous Eyes
B2 Touch, Feel & Lose
B3 Fire Cracker
B4 La Cienega Just Smiled
B5 For No One
C1 You Don't Know Me
C2 Bow to the Sad Lady
C3 Off Broadway
C4 Cracks in a Photograph
C5 I'm Waiting
D1 Cry on Demand
D2 Miss Sunflower
D3 Just Saying Hi
D4 California Love
D5 Idiots Rule the World
D6 Chicago