Hard 'n' Heavy

Hard 'n' Heavy
Studio album by Anvil
Released	May 25, 1981
Recorded	July–December 1980
Studio	Quest Recording, Oshawa, Ontario
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	41:00
Label	Attic
Producer	Dave Allison, Robb Reiner, Lips
Anvil chronology
Hard 'n' Heavy (1981) Metal on Metal (1982)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	4/10 [2]
Sounds	[3]

Hard 'n' Heavy is the debut studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Anvil. It was originally released independently under the band name "Lips". ^[4]

Critical reception

Reviewer Toots Daley from British magazine Kerrang! in beginning of 1982 expressed a joy from pleasant surprise made by this album. As per him the "main strength" of Anvil "lies in the guitar/vocal prowess of Lips who comes on like a young Steve Tyler crossed with a butch Rob Halford". ^[5]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"School Love"	Steve Kudlow, Robb Reiner	3:15
2.	"AC/DC"	Kudlow	4:41
3.	"At the Apartment"	Kudlow, Reiner	5:22
4.	"I Want You Both (With Me)"	Dave Allison	3:22
5.	"Bedroom Game"	Kudlow, Reiner	4:01

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Oooh Baby"	Kudlow, Reiner	2:56
7.	"Paint It Black" (The Rolling Stones cover)	Mick Jagger, Keith Richards	3:54
8.	"Oh Jane"	Allison, Kudlow, Reiner	4:54
9.	"Hot Child"	Allison, Kudlow	4:11
10.	"Bondage"	Kudlow	4:24

Personnel

Anvil

• Steve "Lips" Kudlow – lead guitar, lead vocals, production
• Dave Allison – rhythm guitar, lead vocals on "I Want You Both (With Me)" and "Oh Jane", production
• Ian Dickson – bass
• Robb Reiner – drums, production

Additional musicians

• Bess Ross – background vocals on "School Love", "I Want You Both (With Me)", "Bedroom Game", and "Ooh Baby"

Production

• Paul LaChapelle – engineer, mixing
• Dean Motter – art direction and design

References

1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. Hard 'n' Heavy at AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
2. Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 24. ISBN   978-1894959315.
3. Barton, Geoff (20 February 1982). "Hammer and tongues". Sounds . p. 31.
4. The ANVIL Homepage - Hard 'N' Heavy
5. Toots, Daley (1982). "Review: Anvil — Hard 'n' Heavy". Kerrang! . No. 10. London: Spotlight Publications Inc. p. 22. Retrieved 2021-04-23.