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Hard Times (Laughing Hyenas album)

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Hard Times
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 23, 1995 (1995-01-23)
RecordedJune 1994 (1994-06)
StudioEasley Recording Studios, Memphis, TN
GenrePunk blues, post-hardcore
Length43:07
LabelTouch and Go
ProducerDoug Easley, Laughing Hyenas, Davis McCain
Laughing Hyenas chronology
Crawl
(1992)
Hard Times
(1995)

Hard Times is the third and final studio album by the American band Laughing Hyenas, released on January 23, 1995 by Touch and Go Records.[1]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[3]

AllMusic critic Mark Deming noted the Rolling Stones influence and praised the album for "starting at the dark, scary heart of Exile on Main Street and moving on into places where few bands would dare to go".[2] Entertainment Weekly gave it an A−, saying the album "has the malaise-fueled, foot-to-the-pedal pull of the Stooges or the Stones".[3]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Laughing Hyenas, except "Home of the Blues" by Johnny Cash, Douglas L. McAlphin and Glenn Douglas Tubb

No.TitleLength
1."Just Can't Win"5:32
2."Hard Time Blues"7:19
3."You're So Cruel"4:41
4."Stay"7:57
5."Slump"6:14
6."Home of the Blues" (Johnny Cash cover)4:53
7."Each Dawn I Die"6:27

Personnel

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Adapted from the Hard Times liner notes.[4]

Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1995 Touch and Go CD, CS, LP TG136

References

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  1. ^ Christe, Ian; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Laughing Hyenas". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  2. ^ a b Deming, Mark. "Hard Times". AllMusic. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  3. ^ a b columnist (January 27, 1995). "The Latest in Indie Music". Entertainment Weekly. pp. 46–49. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  4. ^ Hard Times (booklet). Laughing Hyenas. Chicago, Illinois: Touch and Go Records. 1995.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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