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"I defend The Hard Way to the death, because I almost died in the process of making it," Steve Earle told a reporter in 2000, and he wasn't just being melodramatic. Earle's well-documented addiction to heroin and cocaine was spiraling out of control in 1990 while he was holed up in Memphis recording The Hard Way. And while his 1988 album Copperhead Road showed him moving away from country and more toward hard rock -- and earned him a minor crossover hit in the process -- his record label was hoping for a major commercial breakthrough so that his sales might begin to match his good press. The resulting album is a bit of a mess, often sloppy and overbearing, where his country sides had been dynamic and precise, and Earle's voice was starting to show the strain of his lifestyle. Even his songwriting, usually peerless, wasn't at its best here, with "When the People Find Out," "Regular Guy," and "Justice in Ontario" sounding like they were tossed together fast to round out the album (the latter sounds like a transparent stroke to his Canadian fan base, where Copperhead Road went multi-platinum). But even his weakest studio album has plenty to recommend it, the all-too-biographical "Have Mercy" and "West Nashville Boogie," and "Billy Austin," a deeply moving ballad about a man on death row. The Hard Way isn't much of an album by Earle's standards, but it's still got enough heart, soul, and fire to prove Earle couldn't throw away his talent, no matter how hard he tried.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
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Joe Hardy, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Earle, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Mark Coddington, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Dukes, MainArtist
℗ 1990 Geffen Records
Joe Hardy, Producer - Maria McKee, ComposerLyricist - Steve Earle, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - The Dukes, MainArtist - Patrick Sugg, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1990 Geffen Records
Joe Hardy, Producer - Maria McKee, ComposerLyricist - Steve Earle, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - The Dukes, MainArtist
℗ 1990 Geffen Records
Joe Hardy, Producer - Steve Earle, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - The Dukes, MainArtist
℗ 1990 Geffen Records
Joe Hardy, Producer - Steve Earle, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - The Dukes, MainArtist
℗ 1990 Geffen Records
Joe Hardy, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Earle, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Mark Coddington, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Dukes, MainArtist
℗ 1990 Geffen Records
Joe Hardy, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Earle, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Mark Coddington, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Dukes, MainArtist
℗ 1990 Geffen Records
Joe Hardy, Producer - Steve Earle, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - The Dukes, MainArtist
℗ 1990 Geffen Records
Joe Hardy, Producer - Steve Earle, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - The Dukes, MainArtist
℗ 1990 Geffen Records
Joe Hardy, Producer - Steve Earle, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - The Dukes, MainArtist
℗ 1990 Geffen Records
Joe Hardy, Producer - Steve Earle, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - The Dukes, MainArtist
℗ 1990 Geffen Records
Joe Hardy, Producer - Steve Earle, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - The Dukes, MainArtist
℗ 1990 Geffen Records
Joe Hardy, Producer - Steve Earle, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - The Dukes, MainArtist
℗ 1990 Geffen Records
Resenha do Álbum
"I defend The Hard Way to the death, because I almost died in the process of making it," Steve Earle told a reporter in 2000, and he wasn't just being melodramatic. Earle's well-documented addiction to heroin and cocaine was spiraling out of control in 1990 while he was holed up in Memphis recording The Hard Way. And while his 1988 album Copperhead Road showed him moving away from country and more toward hard rock -- and earned him a minor crossover hit in the process -- his record label was hoping for a major commercial breakthrough so that his sales might begin to match his good press. The resulting album is a bit of a mess, often sloppy and overbearing, where his country sides had been dynamic and precise, and Earle's voice was starting to show the strain of his lifestyle. Even his songwriting, usually peerless, wasn't at its best here, with "When the People Find Out," "Regular Guy," and "Justice in Ontario" sounding like they were tossed together fast to round out the album (the latter sounds like a transparent stroke to his Canadian fan base, where Copperhead Road went multi-platinum). But even his weakest studio album has plenty to recommend it, the all-too-biographical "Have Mercy" and "West Nashville Boogie," and "Billy Austin," a deeply moving ballad about a man on death row. The Hard Way isn't much of an album by Earle's standards, but it's still got enough heart, soul, and fire to prove Earle couldn't throw away his talent, no matter how hard he tried.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
Sobre o álbum
- 1 disco(s) - 13 faixa(s)
- Duração total: 00:55:47
- Artistas principais: Steve Earle The Dukes
- Compositor: Various Composers
- Gravadora: Geffen*
- Género: Blues/Country/Folk Country
© 2016 Geffen Records ℗ 2016 Geffen Records
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