''The Roads Don't Love You '' is the second album by

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singer-songwriter

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, released in the Republic of Ireland on 28 October 2005, 31 October 2005 in the United Kingdom, and 15 November 2005 in North America. In 2006, Gemma received a nomination for Best Irish Female at the 2006 Ireland Music Awards where she also performed live and picked up the award. The title is taken from a line in the

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song "Long Vermont Roads". During the tour supporting the release of ''The Roads Don't Love You'' in America, a short EP titled ''Sampler'' was released. The album was finally made available in the US as a download through iTunes in July 2014.

Background and recording

The recording of this album was heavily influenced by Hayes' move to

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. Heading stateside with some demos, Hayes called upon assistance from

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(producer) and

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(mixer) to help with the recording of the album. The recording of ''The Roads Don't Love You'' came after a longer period of self-doubt by Hayes following the critical acclaim of her debut album. Following the release of this album, both Hayes and Source Records parted ways due to restructuring at Virgin Records. Hayes continued to promote the album in

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and the US and went on to release two singles from the album.

Track listing

All songs written by

. #"Two Step" #"Another For The Darkness" #" Happy Sad" #"Easy On The Eye" #"Keep Me Here" #"

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" #"Nothing Can" #"Helen" #"Something In My Way" #"Horses" #"Tomorrow" #*"Pull Me In" (

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Sampler Track listing

All songs written by

. #"Easy On The Eye" #" Hanging Around" #" Happy Sad" #"Nothing Can"

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roads Don't Love You, The Gemma Hayes albums 2005 albums