Hard Labor
Hard Labor | ||||
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Released | March 6, 1974 | |||
Recorded | 1973 | |||
Genre | Pop, rock | |||
Length | 35:51 | |||
Label | Dunhill DSD-50168 | |||
Producer | Jimmy Ienner | |||
Three Dog Night chronology | ||||
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Singles from Hard Labor | ||||
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Hard Labor is the eleventh album by American rock band Three Dog Night, released in 1974.
Cover artwork
The original album cover, depicting the birth of a record album (shown at right), was deemed too controversial and was first included with a manila file folder covering most of the cover. This was soon reworked with a huge Band-Aid covering the "birth". The cover also includes an attached "birth record sheet" of the album. The label shown on the original cover's album is the same custom label used on the actual album. The CD reissue by MCA Records in the 1990s restored the cover to its original look showing the record. Albums that had already been produced had a Band-Aid attached to them. Subsequent albums had the Band-Aid printed directly on the cover.
Track listing
Side 1
- "Prelude" - 1:00
- "Sure As I'm Sittin' Here" (John Hiatt) – 4:45
- "Anytime Babe" (Larry Weiss) – 3:07
- "Put Out the Light" (Daniel Moore) – 3:06
- "Sitting in Limbo" (Gully Bright, Jimmy Cliff) – 5:03
Side 2
- "I'd Be So Happy" (Skip Prokop) – 4:48
- "Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)" (Allen Toussaint) – 4:48
- "On the Way Back Home" (Moore) – 4:16
- "The Show Must Go On" (David Courtney, Leo Sayer) – 4:24
Personnel
- Mike Allsup - banjo, guitars
- Jimmy Greenspoon - keyboard
- Danny Hutton - lead vocals (tracks A6, B4), background vocals
- Jimmy Iovine
- Skip Konte - keyboard, ARP, chamberlin
- Chuck Negron - lead vocals (tracks A3, B1, B4, B5), background vocals
- Jack Ryland - bass
- Joe Schermie - bass
- Floyd Sneed - percussion, drums
- Cory Wells - lead vocals (tracks A2, A5, B3, B4), background vocals
Production
- Producer: Jimmy Ienner
- Engineers: Greg Calbi, Roy Cicala, Dennis Ferrante, Jimmy Ienner, Jay Messina, Tom Rabstenek, John Stronach
- Assistant engineers: Corky Stasiak
- Remixing: Roy Cicala, Jay Messina
- Arranger: Three Dog Night
- Art direction and photography: Ed Caraeff
- Design: David Larkham
Charts
Album - Billboard (United States) | RPM (Canada)
Year | Chart | Position |
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1974 | Japan Oricon | 50 |
US Top 200 | 20[1] | |
Canada | 16 |
Singles - Billboard (United States)
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1974 | "The Show Must Go On" | US Pop Singles | 4[2] |
US Cash Box | 1 | ||
US Record World | 1 | ||
US Radio & Records | 3 | ||
Canada Pop Singles | 2 | ||
Germany Top 100 | 12 | ||
Netherlands Top 100 | 6 | ||
Belgium Ultratop | 23 | ||
Japan Oricon Singles Chart | 77 | ||
"Sure As I'm Sittin' Here" | US Pop Singles | 16[3] | |
US Cash Box | 18 | ||
US Record World | 22 | ||
Canada Pop Singles | 18 | ||
"Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)" | US Pop Singles | 33[4] | |
US Cash Box | 26 | ||
US Record World | 24 | ||
Canada Pop Singles | 25 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA)[5] | Gold | 500,000^ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ Three Dog Night, Hard Labor Chart Position Retrieved February 16, 2015
- ^ Three Dog Night, "The Show Must Go On" Chart Position Retrieved February 16, 2015
- ^ Three Dog Night, "Sure As I'm Sittin' Here" Chart Position Retrieved February 16, 2015
- ^ Three Dog Night, "Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)" Chart Position Retrieved February 16, 2015
- ^ "American album certifications – Three Dog Night – Hard Labor". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved February 14, 2019.