It's Hard is the tenth studio album by the English rock band The Who. It is… Read Full Bio ↴It's Hard is the tenth studio album by the English rock band The Who. It is the last Who album to feature bassist John Entwistle and drummer Kenney Jones, as well as the last Who album to be released on Warner Bros. Records in the United States. It is also their last album until 2006's Endless Wire. It was released in 1982 on Polydor in the UK, peaking at number 11, and released on Warner Bros. in the US where it peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts. The US rights to both this album and Face Dances subsequently reverted to the band, who then licensed them to MCA Records for reissue.
The album received a five-star review in Rolling Stone.
The first track, "Athena" peaked at number 28 on the Billboard Pop Singles charts.
The album cover, designed by Graham Hughes, depicts a young boy playing Atari's Space Duel arcade game. It is a reference to Tommy, with the pinball machine that the main character played updated to the times.
In 1997, MCA re-released the album with new mixes for "Athena" and "Eminence Front" that corrected problems with the original 1982 mix. The lead vocals on both songs had been hard-panned to opposite channels, and Townshend and Daltrey shared a vocal flub on "Eminence Front."
Pete Townshend has been sometimes noted to give a brief history of "Eminence Front" before playing it in concert. He would explain what the song was about, and finish by saying the album's name (It's Hard).
The album received a five-star review in Rolling Stone.
The first track, "Athena" peaked at number 28 on the Billboard Pop Singles charts.
The album cover, designed by Graham Hughes, depicts a young boy playing Atari's Space Duel arcade game. It is a reference to Tommy, with the pinball machine that the main character played updated to the times.
In 1997, MCA re-released the album with new mixes for "Athena" and "Eminence Front" that corrected problems with the original 1982 mix. The lead vocals on both songs had been hard-panned to opposite channels, and Townshend and Daltrey shared a vocal flub on "Eminence Front."
Pete Townshend has been sometimes noted to give a brief history of "Eminence Front" before playing it in concert. He would explain what the song was about, and finish by saying the album's name (It's Hard).
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It's Hard
The Who Lyrics
A Man Is A Man You talk about crazy affairs You talk about crazy affairs Yo…
Athena I had no idea how much I need her In peaceful…
Cooks County People are sufferin' I say it again People are sufferin' I s…
Cry If You Want Once it was just innocence Brash ideas and insolence But y…
Dangerous Can you feel it? watching you in the darkness Can you…
Eminence Front The sun shines And people forget The spray flies as the spee…
I've Known No War I've known no war I've known no war And if I ever…
It's Hard Any tough can fight, few can play Any tough can fight,…
It's Your Turn Up here on the ledge Up here on the ledge I'm getting…
One At A Time One at a time One at a time Always ready to fight…
One Life's Enough There's a scene There's a scene Indelible, it hangs before m…
Why Did I Fall For That The streets of the future littered with remains The streets …
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on Won't Get Fooled Again - Original Album Version
It was Racist
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on Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
The Who have so many great songs it's difficult to even describe.
Philip Kassabian
on See Me, Feel Me
Yet another excellent song by The Who one of the best bands of the 1960's.
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on I Can't Explain
A really good song by The Who.
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on I Can See for Miles
A song that definitely gets stuck in your head.
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on My Generation
An amazing song by The Who.