Hard Labor

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

Cover Artwork

The original album cover, depicting of the birth of a record album (shown at right), was deemed too controversial and was soon reworked with a huge bandage 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.

Track listing

Side 1

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

Side 2

1. "I'd Be So Happy" (Skip Prokop) – 4:48
2. "Interlude II" – 0:21
3. "Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)" (Allen Toussaint) – 4:48
4. "On the Way Back Home" (Moore) – 4:16
5. "The Show Must Go On" (David Courtney, Leo Sayer) – 4:24

Personnel

• Mike Allsup - banjo, guitar
• Jimmy Greenspoon - keyboard
• Danny Hutton - vocals
• Jimmy Iovine
• Skip Konte - keyboard, ARP, chamberlain
• Chuck Negron - vocals
• Jack Ryland - bass
• Joe Schermie - bass
• Floyd Sneed - percussion, drums
• Cory Wells - 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: Ed Caraeff
• Design: David Larkham
• Photography: Ed Caraeff

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)