| Hard Times | ||||
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| Released | January 23, 1995 | |||
| Recorded | June 1994 | |||
| Studio | Easley Recording Studios, Memphis, TN | |||
| Genre | Punk blues, post-hardcore | |||
| Length | 43:07 | |||
| Label | Touch and Go | |||
| Producer | Doug Easley, Laughing Hyenas, Davis McCain | |||
| Laughing Hyenas chronology | ||||
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Hard Times is the third and final studio album by the American band Laughing Hyenas, released on January 23, 1995 by Touch and Go Records. [1]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A− [3] |
AllMusic critic Mark Deming noted the Rolling Stones influence and praised the album 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 an A−, saying the album "has the malaise-fueled, foot-to-the-pedal pull of the Stooges or the Stones". [3]
All tracks are written by Laughing Hyenas, except "Home of the Blues" by Johnny Cash, Douglas L. McAlphin and Glenn Douglas Tubb.
| 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" (Johnny Cash cover) | 4:53 |
| 7. | "Each Dawn I Die" | 6:27 |
Adapted from the Hard Times liner notes. [4]
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| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| United States | 1995 | Touch and Go | CD, CS, LP | TG136 |
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