Hard Times (Laughing Hyenas album)

Hard Times
Studio album by Laughing Hyenas
Released January 23, 1995 (1995-01-23)
Recorded June 1994 (1994-06)
Studio Easley Recording Studios, Memphis, TN
Genre Punk blues, alternative rock
Length 43:07
Label Touch and Go
Producer Doug Easley, Laughing Hyenas, Davis McCain
Laughing Hyenas chronology
Crawl
(1992)		 Hard Times
(1995)

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]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Entertainment WeeklyA-[3]

Allmusic staff writer Mark Deming gave the record four and a half stars, noting the Rolling Stones influence and praising it 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 a A-, saying the album "has the malaise-fueled, foot-to-the-pedal pull of the Stooges or the Stones."[3]

Track listing

All songs written and composed 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

Personnel

Adapted from the Hard Times liner notes.[4]

Laughing Hyenas
Additional musicians and production

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1995 Touch and Go CD, CS, LP TG136

References

  1. ↑ Christe, Ian; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Laughing Hyenas". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Deming, Mark. "Hard Times". Allmusic. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  3. 1 2 columnist (January 27, 1995). "The Latest in Indie Music". Entertainment Weekly: 46-49. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  4. ↑ Hard Times (booklet). Laughing Hyenas. Chicago, Illinois: Touch and Go Records. 1995.

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