| From Hell to Paradise | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | The Mavericks |
| Cover: | maverickshell.jpg |
| Released: | May 12, 1992 |
| Recorded: | October 1991–February 1992 |
| Genre: | |
| Length: | 36:13 |
| Label: | MCA Nashville |
| Producer: | Richard Bennett Steve Fishell Raul Malo |
| Prev Title: | The Mavericks |
| Prev Year: | 1990 |
| Next Title: | What a Crying Shame |
| Next Year: | 1994 |
From Hell to Paradise is the second album by the American country music band the Mavericks.[1] [2] It was released in May 1992 on MCA Nashville Records. The only album to feature David Lee Holt on lead guitar comprises ten songs, including re-recordings of four from their first album, The Mavericks (1990): "Mr. Jones", "The End of the Line (Jim Baker)", "This Broken Heart" and "A Better Way".
Two cover songs appear on the album: "Excuse Me (I Think I've Got a Heartache)" and "Hey Good Lookin'", which were previously recorded by Buck Owens and Hank Williams, respectively. The latter cover was one of two singles released, and it peaked at #74 on the Billboard country charts in 1992. The other, "I Got You" b/w "A Better Way", failed to chart.
The Austin American-Statesman wrote that Raul Malo "sings like the reincarnation of Del Shannon, and the Texas twang of guitarist David Holt ... helps offset the production's tendency toward slickness."[3]
All songs written by Raul Malo except where noted.