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style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/MusicHound" title="MusicHound">MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="3.5/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="3.5/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" 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Citizen">Ottawa Citizen</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="4/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="4/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, 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style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="3/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="3/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-RS_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/Select_(magazine)" title="Select (magazine)">Select</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="5/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="5/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>The Hard Way</b></i> is the fourth <a href="/wiki/Studio_album" class="mw-redirect" title="Studio album">studio album</a> by <a href="/wiki/Steve_Earle" title="Steve Earle">Steve Earle</a>, released in 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Earle is backed by the Dukes.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The album is dedicated to Emilio Lorenzo Ensenat (1930–90). </p><p>The album peaked at No. 100 on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It peaked at No. 22 on the <a href="/wiki/UK_Albums_Chart" title="UK Albums Chart">UK Albums Chart</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Hard_Way_(Steve_Earle_album)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The album was produced by Joe Hardy and Earle. It was recorded at <a href="/wiki/Sound_Emporium_Studios" title="Sound Emporium Studios">Sound Emporium Studios</a>, in Nashville, and at <a href="/wiki/Ardent_Studios" title="Ardent Studios">Ardent Studios</a>, in Memphis.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Critical_reception">Critical reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Hard_Way_(Steve_Earle_album)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Critical reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i> noted the Springsteen influence, writing that the album contains "no fewer than two racing-in-the-streets songs and no fewer than two Death Row laments."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Lone Star Music Magazine</i> wrote that "although it’s admittedly over-long at just under an hour and burdened with even more of a hair-metal production aesthetic than <i>Copperhead Road</i>, it’s loaded with genuinely great songs."<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Observer" title="Dallas Observer">Dallas Observer</a></i> called "Billy Austin" "storytelling at its stark, bleakest best."<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Track_listing">Track listing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Hard_Way_(Steve_Earle_album)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Track listing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All songs written by Steve Earle unless otherwise noted. </p> <ol><li>"The Other Kind" - 5:09</li> <li>"Promise You Anything" - 2:43 (Earle, <a href="/wiki/Maria_McKee" title="Maria McKee">Maria McKee</a>, Patrick Sugg)</li> <li>"Esmeralda's Hollywood" - 6:01 (Earle, Maria McKee)</li> <li>"Hopeless Romantics" - 2:45</li> <li>"This Highway's Mine (Roadmaster)" - 3:54</li> <li>"Billy Austin" - 6:16</li> <li>"Justice in Ontario" - 4:47</li> <li>"Have Mercy" - 4:41</li> <li>"When the People Find Out" - 4:10</li> <li>"Country Girl" - 4:11</li> <li>"Regular Guy" - 3:17</li> <li>"West Nashville Boogie" - 3:09</li> <li>"Close Your Eyes" - 4:44</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Hard_Way_(Steve_Earle_album)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Steve Earle - <a href="/wiki/Lead_vocal" class="mw-redirect" title="Lead vocal">lead vocal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Acoustic_guitar" title="Acoustic guitar">acoustic guitar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Electric_guitar" title="Electric guitar">electric guitars</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mandolin" title="Mandolin">mandolin</a>, Mandoblaster, <a href="/wiki/Six-string_bass_guitar" class="mw-redirect" title="Six-string bass guitar">6-string bass</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guitar_synthesizer" title="Guitar synthesizer">guitar synthesizer</a> on "Billy Austin", percussion programme on "This Highway's Mine", harmonies on "Justice In Ontario" and "Hopeless Romantics"</li></ul> <dl><dt>The Dukes</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bucky_Baxter" title="Bucky Baxter">Bucky Baxter</a> - Mullins <a href="/wiki/Pedal_steel_guitar" title="Pedal steel guitar">pedal steel guitar</a></li> <li>Ken Moore - organ, synthesizer, string arrangements on "Esmeralda's Hollywood"</li> <li>Dwayne "Zip" Gibson - electric guitars, vocals</li> <li>Kelly Looney - bass, vocals</li> <li>Craig Wright - drums</li></ul> <p>with: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Barlow_Jarvis" title="John Barlow Jarvis">John Jarvis</a> - piano</li> <li>Lester Snell - organ on "When the People Find Out" and director of chorus</li> <li>Patrick Earle - percussion</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stacey_Earle" title="Stacey Earle">Stacey Earle Mims</a> - harmony on "Promise You Anything"</li> <li>The Christ Missionary Baptist Church Choir - chorus on "When the People Find Out"</li> <li>Amy Dotson, Billy Baker, Billy Steele, Chip Phillips, Chuck Allen, Craig Wright, Denis Colby, Doug Baker, Ian Earle, <a href="/wiki/Justin_Townes_Earle" title="Justin Townes Earle">Justin Townes Earle</a>, Katryna Haddrick, Kelly Looney, Ken Moore, Patrick Earle, Peter Keppler, Robyn Gibson, Scot Bonner, Stacey Earle Mims, Tommy McRae, Zip Gibson - 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<li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mountain_(Steve_Earle_album)" title="The Mountain (Steve Earle album)">The Mountain</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(with the <a href="/wiki/Del_McCoury_Band" title="Del McCoury Band">Del McCoury Band</a>)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Transcendental_Blues" title="Transcendental Blues">Transcendental Blues</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jerusalem_(Steve_Earle_album)" title="Jerusalem (Steve Earle album)">Jerusalem</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Revolution_Starts_Now_(album)" title="The Revolution Starts Now (album)">The Revolution Starts Now</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Washington_Square_Serenade" title="Washington Square Serenade">Washington Square Serenade</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Townes_(album)" title="Townes (album)">Townes</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I%27ll_Never_Get_Out_of_This_World_Alive_(album)" title="I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive (album)">I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Low_Highway" title="The Low Highway">The Low Highway</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Terraplane_(album)" title="Terraplane (album)">Terraplane</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Colvin_%26_Earle" title="Colvin & Earle">Colvin & Earle</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(with <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Colvin" title="Shawn Colvin">Shawn Colvin</a>)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ghosts_of_West_Virginia" title="Ghosts of West Virginia">Ghosts of West Virginia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/J.T._(album)" title="J.T. (album)">J.T.</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Jeff" title="Jerry Jeff">Jerry Jeff</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilation albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Early_Tracks_(album)" title="Early Tracks (album)">Early Tracks</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Essential_Steve_Earle" title="Essential Steve Earle">Essential Steve Earle</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ain%27t_Ever_Satisfied:_The_Steve_Earle_Collection" title="Ain't Ever Satisfied: The Steve Earle Collection">Ain't Ever Satisfied: The Steve Earle Collection</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Devil%27s_Right_Hand:_An_Introduction_to_Steve_Earle" title="The Devil's Right Hand: An Introduction to Steve Earle">The Devil's Right Hand: An Introduction to Steve Earle</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sidetracks_(album)" title="Sidetracks (album)">Sidetracks</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/20th_Century_Masters_%E2%80%93_The_Millennium_Collection:_The_Best_of_Steve_Earle" title="20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Steve Earle">20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Steve Earle</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Shut_Up_and_Die_Like_an_Aviator" title="Shut Up and Die Like an Aviator">Shut Up and Die Like an Aviator</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_1_Live_in_Concert_(Steve_Earle_album)" title="BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert (Steve Earle album)">BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Together_at_the_Bluebird_Caf%C3%A9" title="Together at the Bluebird Café">Together at the Bluebird Café</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(with <a href="/wiki/Guy_Clark" title="Guy Clark">Guy Clark</a> and <a href="/wiki/Townes_Van_Zandt" title="Townes Van Zandt">Townes Van Zandt</a>)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Just_an_American_Boy" title="Just an American Boy">Just an American Boy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_from_Austin,_TX_(Steve_Earle_album)" title="Live from Austin, TX (Steve Earle album)">Live from Austin, TX</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_Montreux_2005" title="Live at Montreux 2005">Live at Montreux 2005</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Notable singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/What%27ll_You_Do_About_Me" title="What'll You Do About Me">What'll You Do About Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Little_Bit_in_Love" title="A Little Bit in Love">A Little Bit in Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hillbilly_Highway_(song)" title="Hillbilly Highway (song)">Hillbilly Highway</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Guitar_Town_(song)" title="Guitar Town (song)">Guitar Town</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Someday_(Steve_Earle_song)" title="Someday (Steve Earle song)">Someday</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Goodbye%27s_All_We%27ve_Got_Left" title="Goodbye's All We've Got Left">Goodbye's All We've Got Left</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Nowhere_Road_(song)" title="Nowhere Road (song)">Nowhere Road</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sweet_Little_%2766" title="Sweet Little '66">Sweet Little '66</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Copperhead_Road_(song)" title="Copperhead Road (song)">Copperhead Road</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Six_Days_on_the_Road" title="Six Days on the Road">Six Days on the Road</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Devil%27s_Right_Hand" title="Devil's Right Hand">Devil's Right Hand</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/When_You_Fall_in_Love" title="When You Fall in Love">When You Fall in Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sometimes_She_Forgets" title="Sometimes She Forgets">Sometimes She Forgets</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Galway_Girl_(Steve_Earle_song)" title="Galway Girl (Steve Earle song)">Galway Girl</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Earle_discography" title="Steve Earle discography">Discography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E-Squared_Records" title="E-Squared Records">E-Squared Records</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Steve_Earle_Show" class="mw-redirect" title="The Steve Earle Show">The Steve Earle Show</a></i></li> 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