The Hard Way (Steve Earle album)

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The Hard Way
File:Steve Earle & the Dukes - The Hard Way.jpg
Studio album by Steve Earle
Released July 1, 1990
Genre Country rock
Length 55:47
Label MCA
Steve Earle chronology
Copperhead Road
(1988)Copperhead Road1988
The Hard Way
(1990)
Train a Comin'
(1995)Train a Comin'1995
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Rolling Stone 4/5 stars link

The Hard Way is the fourth studio album by Steve Earle (back by The Dukes), released in 1990.

Track listing

All songs written by Steve Earle unless otherwise noted.

  1. "The Other Kind" - 5:09
  2. "Promise You Anything" - 2:43 (Earle, Maria McKee and Patrick Suggs)
  3. "Esmeralda's Hollywood" - 6:01 (Earle, Maria McKee)
  4. "Hopeless Romantics" - 2:45
  5. "This Highway's Mine (Roadmaster)" - 3:54
  6. "Billy Austin" - 6:16
  7. "Justice in Ontario" - 4:47
  8. "Have Mercy" - 4:41
  9. "When the People Find Out" - 4:10
  10. "Country Girl" - 4:11
  11. "Regular Guy" - 3:17
  12. "West Nashville Boogie" - 3:09
  13. "Close Your Eyes" - 4:44

Personnel

The Dukes

  • Bucky Baxter: Mullins pedal steel guitar
  • Ken Moore: organ, synthesizer and string arrangements on "Esmeralda's Hollywood"
  • Zip Gibson: electric guitars and vocals
  • Kelly Looney: bass and vocals
  • Craig Wright: drums
  • John Jarvis: piano
  • Lester Snell: organ on "When The People Find Out"
  • Patrick Earle: percussion
  • Stacey Earle Mims: harmony on "Promise You Anything"

References


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