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The LP doesn't credit any interludes or preludes, and I haven't been able to find a release that has them on Discogs https://www.discogs.com/Three-Dog-Night-Hard-Labor/master/113349
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== Cover artwork ==
== Cover artwork ==
The original album cover, depicting the birth of a record album (shown at right), was deemed too controversial and was soon reworked with a huge bandage covering the "birth". The cover also includes an attached "birth record sheet" of the album. The label shown on the original cover's album is the same custom label used on the actual album. The CD reissue by [[MCA Records]] in the 1990s restored the cover to its original look showing the record.
The original album cover, depicting the birth of a record album (shown at right), was deemed too controversial and was soon reworked with a huge bandaid covering the "birth". The cover also includes an attached "birth record sheet" of the album. The label shown on the original cover's album is the same custom label used on the actual album. The CD reissue by [[MCA Records]] in the 1990s restored the cover to its original look showing the record.
Albums that had already been produced had a bandage attached to them. Subsequent albums had the bandage printed on.
Albums that had already been produced had a bandage attached to them. Subsequent albums had the bandage printed on.



Revision as of 07:51, 29 June 2019

Hard Labor
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 6, 1974
GenrePop, rock
Length35:51
LabelDunhill DSD-50168
ProducerJimmy Ienner
Three Dog Night chronology
Cyan
(1973)
Hard Labor
(1974)
Joy to the World: Their Greatest Hits
(1974)
Singles from Hard Labor

Hard Labor is the eleventh album by American rock band Three Dog Night, released in 1974.

Cover artwork

The original album cover, depicting the birth of a record album (shown at right), was deemed too controversial and was soon reworked with a huge bandaid covering the "birth". The cover also includes an attached "birth record sheet" of the album. The label shown on the original cover's album is the same custom label used on the actual album. The CD reissue by MCA Records in the 1990s restored the cover to its original look showing the record. Albums that had already been produced had a bandage attached to them. Subsequent albums had the bandage printed on.

Track listing

Side 1

  1. "Sure As I'm Sittin' Here" (John Hiatt) – 4:46
  2. "Anytime Babe" (Larry Weiss) – 3:07
  3. "Put Out the Light" (Daniel Moore) – 3:06
  4. "Sitting in Limbo" (Gully Bright, Jimmy Cliff) – 4:56

Side 2

  1. "I'd Be So Happy" (Skip Prokop) – 4:48
  2. "Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)" (Allen Toussaint) – 4:48
  3. "On the Way Back Home" (Moore) – 4:16
  4. "The Show Must Go On" (David Courtney, Leo Sayer) – 4:24

Personnel

Production

  • Producer: Jimmy Ienner
  • Engineers: Greg Calbi, Roy Cicala, Dennis Ferrante, Jimmy Ienner, Jay Messina, Tom Rabstenek, John Stronach
  • Assistant engineers: Corky Stasiak
  • Remixing: Roy Cicala, Jay Messina
  • Arranger: Three Dog Night
  • Art direction and photography: Ed Caraeff
  • Design: David Larkham

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States) | RPM (Canada)

Year Chart Position
1974 Japan Oricon 50
US Top 200 20[1]
Canada 16

Singles - Billboard (United States)

Year Single Chart Position
1974 "The Show Must Go On" US Pop Singles 4[2]
US Cash Box 1
US Record World 1
US Radio & Records 3
Canada Pop Singles 2
Germany Top 100 12
Netherlands Top 100 6
Belgium Ultratop 23
Japan Oricon Singles Chart 77
"Sure As I'm Sittin' Here" US Pop Singles 16[3]
US Cash Box 18
US Record World 22
Canada Pop Singles 18
"Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)" US Pop Singles 33[4]
US Cash Box 26
US Record World 24
Canada Pop Singles 25

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[5] Gold 500,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Three Dog Night, Hard Labor Chart Position Retrieved February 16, 2015
  2. ^ Three Dog Night, "The Show Must Go On" Chart Position Retrieved February 16, 2015
  3. ^ Three Dog Night, "Sure As I'm Sittin' Here" Chart Position Retrieved February 16, 2015
  4. ^ Three Dog Night, "Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)" Chart Position Retrieved February 16, 2015
  5. ^ "American album certifications – Three Dog Night – Hard Labor". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved February 14, 2019.