Hard Times (Laughing Hyenas album)

Hard Times
Studio album by Laughing Hyenas
Released January 23, 1995
Recorded June 1994 at Easley Recording Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
Genre Garage punk, blues rock, alternative rock[1]
Length 43:07
Label Touch and Go Records
Producer Al Sutton
Laughing Hyenas
Laughing Hyenas chronology

Crawl
(1992)		 Hard Times
(1995)

Hard Times is the third and final studio album by the American band Laughing Hyenas, released in 1995 through Touch and Go Records.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
Entertainment Weekly (A-)[3]

Allmusic staff writer Mark Deming gave the record four and a half stars, noting the Rolling Stone influence and praising it 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 a A-, saying the album "has the malaise-fueled, foot-to-the-pedal pull of the Stooges or the Stones."[3]

Track listing

No. Title Length
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"   4:53
7. "Each Dawn I Die"   6:27

Personnel

Laughing Hyenas
Additional musicians and production
  • Doug Easley – production, engineering, guitar
  • Laughing Hyenas – production
  • Davis McCain – production, engineering

References

  1. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/hard-times-r218485/review
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Demming, Mark. "allmusic ((( Hard Times > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved February 6, 2010.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 columnist (1995-01-27). "Hard Times". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2009-05-20.