It's Hard to Believe It: The Amazing World of Joe Meek
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| It's Hard to Believe It: The Amazing World of Joe Meek | |
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| Compilation album by various artists | |
| Released | 19 September 1995 |
| Genre | Pop |
| Length | 53:22 |
| Label | Razor & Tie |
| Compiler | Dennis Diken |
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B[3] |
| Rolling Stone |  [4] |
| Spin | 8/10[5] |
It's Hard to Believe It: The Amazing World of Joe Meek is a compilation album of songs produced by English record producer Joe Meek and released in the 1960s. The album was released on 19 September 1995 on the Razor & Tie label, making it the first collection of Meek's music to be released in the United States.[6] It was compiled and annotated by Dennis Diken, the drummer for the Smithereens, who first became interested in Meek's work through the song "Telstar", a song released by the Tornados in 1962 that Meek had written and produced. Diken told the Phoenix New Times' Serene Dominic that he held a private party to celebrate the album's release, featuring a performance by a band whose members included Marshall Crenshaw and Richard Barone, as well as Diken himself.[7]
