The Hard Way (Steve Earle album)

The Hard Way
Studio album by Steve Earle
Released July 1, 1990
Genre Country rock
Length 55:47
Label MCA
Steve Earle chronology

Copperhead Road
(1988)
The Hard Way
(1990)
Train a Comin'
(1995)
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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

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