''The Hardest Love'' is the second
studio album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...
by Australian singer and songwriter
Dean Lewis, released on 4 November 2022.
It was initially announced on 2 September 2022 for release on 7 October 2022 before being delayed.
Lewis experimented with various producers on the album and upon release, explained the lengthy creation process: "I started writing the album in this hotel on Sunset in West Hollywood. I wrote in Nashville for a while, then I came back to
LA and then went to
London... there's a famous quote that says people have their whole life to write their first album, and then six months to write the next one. I feel like I've had double the amount of time for this album than the first one."
The album cover is a photo taken by Darren Craig, taken at night in Los Angeles.
Track listing
Charts
References
2022 albums
Dean Lewis albums
Island Records albums
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