The Hard Way (Clint Black album)

Infobox Album
Name = The Hard Way
Type = Studio album
Artist = Clint Black


Released = July 14, 1992
Recorded = Studio Sound, Burbank, California; Moonee Ponds, Los Angeles, California; Eleven Eleven Studio and Mesa Recording, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre = Country
Length = 34:09
Label = RCA
Producer = James Stroud and Clint Black
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:sx6atr4lkl3x link]
Last album = "Put Yourself in My Shoes" (1990)
This album = "The Hard Way" (1992)
Next album = "No Time to Kill" (1993)

"The Hard Way" is a 1992 (see 1992 in music) album by country singer Clint Black. It was his third album and the first one he co-produced with James Stroud.

It includes the hit songs "We Tell Ourselves", "Burn One Down", and "When My Ship Comes In".

Track listing

All songs written by Clint Black and Hayden Nicholas except where noted.

#"We Tell Ourselves" – 4:42
#"The Hard Way" – 3:22
#"Something To Cry About" – 3:55
#"Buying Time" – 3:36
#"When My Ship Comes In" – 3:36
#"A Woman Has Her Way" (Black, David Bellamy, Jerry Lynn Williams) – 2:51
#"There Was Never A Train" – 2:42
#"The Good Old Days" – 2:29
#"Burn One Down" (Black, Nicholas, Frankie Miller) – 3:51
#"Wake Up Yesterday" – 3:43

Personnel

Band

*Eddie Bayers—drums
*Clint Black—harmonica, electric guitar, vocals, background vocals
*Larry Byrom—acoustic guitar
*Lenny Castro—percussion
*Eric Darken—percussion
*Jerry Douglas—Dobro
*Sonny Garrish—steel guitar
*Dick Gay—drums
*Rob Hajacos—fiddle
*Dann Huff—electric guitar
*Jeff Huskins—fiddle
*Jana King—background vocals
*Liana Manis—background vocals
*Hayden Nicholas—electric guitar, electric sitar
*Mark O'Connor—fiddle
*Jeff Peterson—steel guitar
*Don Potter—acoustic guitar
*Matt Rollings—piano
*Leland Sklar—bass guitar
*Jake Willemain—bass guitar
*Dennis Wilson—background vocals
*Curtis Young—background vocals
*Martin Young—acoustic guitar
*Reggie Young—electric guitar

Production

*Clint Black—producer
*James Stroud—producer
*Lynn Peterzell—engineer

Chart positions

From Billboard.

Album

Singles

References

*"The Hard Way" [CD liner notes] . 1992. RCA Records.
* [http://wc08.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0pfixqwgld0e~T2 "The Hard Way" Credits] . Allmusic. Retrieved on January 10, 2007.
* [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?JSESSIONID=wT4vGsqY1fRHhh12jv1zftTndTKy4jsQn9DBpZ9l6pTGhLcmhR4N!-787278679&model.vnuArtistId=2270&model.vnuAlbumId=732156 Artist Chart History (Singles)] . Billboard. Retrieved on January 1, 2007.
* [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=2270&model.vnuAlbumId=732156 Artist Chart History (Albums)] . Billboard. Retrieved on January 1, 2007.