Year: March 6, 1974 (CD Apr 24, 2013)
Label: Universal Music (Japan), UICY-75571
Style: Pop Rock, RockCountry: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Time: 36:04
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 237 Mb
Charts: US #20, AUS #61, CAN #16. US: Gold.
6 марта 1974 года вышел "Hard Labor" - одиннадцатый альбом американской рок-группы Three Dog Night. Для этого альбома группа заменила давнего продюсера Ричарда Подолора на Джимми Иеннера, который был известен своей продюсерской работой с Raspberrys.
Оригинальная обложка альбома, изображающая "рождение" винилового альбома, была сочтена слишком спорной и альбом продавался в картонном конверте, закрывающем большую часть обложки. Следующий тираж вышел с налепленным пластырем, закрывающим процесс "рождения". В последующих тиражах пластырь был напечатан прямо на обложке. В упаковку также входил прилагаемый к альбому "лист записи о рождении". Переиздание компакт-диска на MCA Records в 1990-х годах вернуло обложке ее первоначальный вид, на котором была изображена виниловая пластинка.
(fish-owner.livejournal.com/938532.html?ysclid=lwrpigiie7620381808)
Charts: US #20, AUS #61, CAN #16. US: Gold.
The original album cover, depicting the birth of a record album, was deemed too controversial and was first included with a manila file folder covering most of the cover. This was soon reworked with a huge Band-Aid covering the "birth". Subsequent printings had the Band-Aid printed directly on the cover. The packaging also includes an attached "birth record sheet" for the album. The CD reissue by MCA Records in the 1990s restored the cover to its original look showing the record.
Tom Von Malder of the Daily Herald called Hard Labor the band's finest record up to that point, applauding the production and finding the choice of songs representing the band at "its most competent, most mature level". Malder singled out "The Show Must Go On" and "I'd Be So Happy" as its two best, and "almost perfect", songs. Cash Box called Inner's production "immaculate as always" and wrote that the album was marked by "mood changes both subtle and obvious", making it a "fantastic study in theatrical and musical contrast". Billboard found the track listing a "fine mix of material" and wrote that the instrumental section was "tight and almost perfect".
Circus Raves writer Jon Tiven gave the record "two ears"—indicating an album to "listen to ... 'til the grooves grow old" and wrote that the band "are the best when they're transforming half-arsed songs into good ones, but they run into trouble when the original rendition of the tune was fine in the first place (e.g. 'The Show Must Go On')." Writing retrospectively, Joseph McCombs of AllMusic felt that the album's preference for songs with solo vocals rather than the group's previous use of harmonies led to the band "los[ing] much of their soul and spirit" and saw the album as "show[ing] the growing cracks in the band's armor". Like Malder, McCombs found "I'd Be So Happy" and "The Show Must Go On" the highlights of the album.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_Labor)
01. Prelude (01:01)
02. Sure As I'm Sittin' Here (04:46)
03. Anytime Babe (03:06)
04. Interlde I (00:18)
05. Put Out The Light (03:07)
06. Sitting In Limbo (04:56)
07. I'd Be So Happy (04:56)
08. Interlude II (00:19)
09. Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues) (04:46)
10. On The Way Back Home (04:20)
11. The Show Must Go On (04:23)
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