| It Ain't Easy | ||||
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| Released | 1984 | |||
| Recorded | 1984 | |||
| Genre | Blues, folk | |||
| Length | 56:02 | |||
| Label | Adelphi | |||
| Chris Smither chronology | ||||
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It Ain't Easy is an album by American singer/songwriter Chris Smither, released in 1984. The original contained 12 songs.
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau | (B+) [2] |
Writing for Allmusic, critic Brett Hartenbach wrote of the album "Smither never treats the songs as if they were museum pieces... There's not a false moment on the entire record. Highly recommended." [1] Music critic Robert Christgau wrote of the album "...it's damn hard to make a consistently interesting album out of your voice and an acoustic guitar. Smither comes within a dud original and a few extraneous covers of bring it off..." [2]
All tracks composed by Chris Smither; except where indicated
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