Hard Labor

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Hard Labor
Hard Labor cover
Studio album by Three Dog Night
Released March 1974
Recorded  ???
Genre Pop/Rock
Length 35:51
Label Dunhill
Producer(s) Jimmy Ienner
Professional reviews
Three Dog Night chronology
Cyan
(1973)
Hard Labor
(1974)
Joy to the World: Their Greatest Hits
(1974)


Hard Labor is the eleventh album by American rock band Three Dog Night, released in 1974 (see 1974 in music).

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Prelude" – 1:00
  2. "Sure As I'm Sittin' Here" (John Hiatt) – 4:46
  3. "Anytime Babe" (Larry Weiss) – 3:07
  4. "Interlude I" – 0:19
  5. "Put out the Light" (Daniel Moore) – 3:06
  6. "Sitting in Limbo" (Gully Bright, Jimmy Cliff, Plummer) – 4:56
  7. "I'd Be So Happy" (Skip Prokop) – 4:48
  8. "Interlude II" – 0:21
  9. "Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)" (Allen Toussaint) – 4:48
  10. "On the Way Back Home" (Moore) – 4:16
  11. "The Show Must Go On" (David Courtney, Leo Sayer) – 4:24

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Production

  • Producer: Jimmy Ienner
  • Engineers: Greg Calbi, Roy Cicala, Dennis Ferrante, Jimmy Ienner, Jay Messina, Tom Rabstenek, John Stronach
  • Assistant engineers: Kalifornia Kurt Kinzel, Corky Stasiak
  • Remixing: Roy Cicala, Jay Messina
  • Arranger: Three Dog Night
  • Art direction: Ed Caraeff
  • Design: David Larkham
  • Photography: Ed Caraeff

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1974 Pop Albums 20

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1974 "Sure As I'm Sittin' Here" Pop Singles 16
1974 "The Show Must Go On" Pop Singles 4
1974 "Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)" Pop Singles 33