The Hard Stuff (George Thorogood and the Destroyers album)

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The Hard Stuff
George Thorogood - Hard Stuff.jpg
Studio album by
George Thorogood and the Destroyers
ReleasedMay 30, 2006
Recorded2006
StudioArdent Studios
Castle Oaks Studios
Glenwood Place Studios
Genre Boogie rock, blues rock
Length56:40
Label Eagle
Producer Jim Gaines
The Delaware Destroyers
Tom Hambridge
George Thorogood and the Destroyers chronology
Ride 'Til I Die
(2003)		The Hard Stuff
(2006)		 The Dirty Dozen
(2009)

The Hard Stuff is the thirteenth studio album by American blues rock band George Thorogood and the Destroyers. It was released in 2006 by the label Eagle Records. [1] The album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Top Blues Album chart. [2] [3] It was their first album recorded after the departure of long time saxophone player Hank "Hurricane" Carter, a 23-year member of the band. [4] [5]

Contents

Release

Eagle Records released The Hard Stuff on May 30, 2006. [6] [7] The album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Top Blues Album chart. [2] [3]

Critical reception

The Hard Stuff received generally positive reviews from critics.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Classic Rock Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
The TradesA- [10]

AllMusic's Tim Sendra says "While the record doesn't exactly capture the loose, rock hard feel of albums he cut in his glory days, it is no patch on them and should remind people that Thorogood is a master of good time rockin' blues." [11] A Billboard reviewer wrote "Thorogood shows not the slightest inclination to reinvent the wheel, happy to keep rolling down the hard -rocking road of which he is a master." [12]

Track listing

The Hard Stuff Track Listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Hard Stuff" George Thorogood, Jim Suhler, Tom Hambridge 3:51
2."Hello Josephine" Dave Bartholomew, Antoine "Fats" Domino Jr. 3:05
3."Moving" Chester Arthur Burnett 4:13
4."I Got My Eyes On You"Mike Morgan3:32
5."I Didn't Know"Thorogood, Hambridge2:56
6."Any Town U.S.A."Thorogood, Suhler, Hambridge4:16
7."Little Rain" Ewart Abner, Jimmy Reed 4:09
8."Cool It!"Suhler3:01
9."Love Doctor"Richard Fleming, Hambridge3:39
10."Dynaflow Blues" Johnny Shines 3:45
11."Rock Party"Holland K. Smith4:22
12."Drifter's Escape" Bob Dylan 3:15
13."Give Me Back My Wig" Theodore Roosevelt "Hound Dog" Taylor 4:25
14."Takin' Care Of Business" Rudy Toombs 4:12
15."Huckle Up Baby"Bernard Besman, John Lee Hooker 3:59
Total length:56:40

Personnel

Delaware Destroyers

Additional musicians

Technical

References

  1. ↑ Billboard Staff (April 27, 2006). "Thorogood Rocks 'Hard' On New Album". Billboard .
  2. 1 2 "George Thorogood Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on December 3, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Top Blues Albums - June 17, 2006" (PDF). Billboard . June 17, 2006. p. 71 – via World Radio History.
  4. ↑ uDiscover Team (March 8, 2020). "George Thorogood - Prodigiously-Talented Boogie Blues Guitarist". uDiscover Music.
  5. ↑ "Henry G. "Hank" Carter III - Spicer-Mullikin Funeral Homes & Crematory". Spicer-Mullikin Funeral Homes & Crematory.
  6. ↑ "GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS The Hard Stuff" (PDF). Billboard . June 3, 2006. p. 60 – via World Radio History.
  7. ↑ "George Thorogood: Still bad to the bone or just plain bad?". The Morning Call . October 5, 2021.
  8. ↑ The Hard Stuff at AllMusic
  9. ↑ Jeffries, Neil (January 2014). "George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Ride 'Til I Die/The Hard Stuff". Classic Rock (192): 122.
  10. ↑ The Trades review
  11. ↑ Sendra, Tim. "The Hard Stuff Review". AllMusic.
  12. ↑ "Billboard - Reviews" (PDF). Billboard . June 3, 2006. p. 60 – via World Radio History.
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