The Hard Way (Clint Black album)
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ReleasedJuly 14, 1992
Recorded1991–1992
StudioStudio Sound (Burbank, California); Moonee Ponds (Los Angeles); Eleven Eleven, Mesa (Nashville)
| The Hard Way | ||||
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| Released | July 14, 1992 | |||
| Recorded | 1991–1992 | |||
| Studio | Studio Sound (Burbank, California); Moonee Ponds (Los Angeles); Eleven Eleven, Mesa (Nashville) | |||
| Genre | Neotraditional country | |||
| Length | 34:09 | |||
| Label | RCA Nashville | |||
| Producer | James Stroud, Clint Black | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Chicago Tribune | [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B− [3] |
| Los Angeles Times |  [4] |
| Q | [5] |
| Robert Christgau | C [6] |
The Hard Way is the third studio album by American country music singer Clint Black. It includes the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks top-ten hits "We Tell Ourselves"[#2], "Burn One Down"[#4], and the number-one hit "When My Ship Comes In". Released on July 14, 1992, it was co-produced by Black and James Stroud. While not as commercially successful as his first two albums, The Hard Way was certified platinum by the RIAA.
The Hard Way has been described as a neotraditional country album with elements of pop compared to 1970s singer-songwriters such as Jimmy Buffett, James Taylor, and Dan Fogelberg.[3]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Clint Black and Hayden Nicholas except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "We Tell Ourselves" | 4:39 | |
| 2. | "The Hard Way" | 3:22 | |
| 3. | "Something to Cry About" | 3:55 | |
| 4. | "Buying Time" | 3:36 | |
| 5. | "When My Ship Comes In" | 3:33 | |
| 6. | "A Woman Has Her Way" | Black, David Bellamy, Jerry Lynn Williams | 2:51 |
| 7. | "There Never Was a Train" (omitted from cassette version) | 2:42 | |
| 8. | "The Good Old Days" | 2:29 | |
| 9. | "Burn One Down" | Black, Nicholas, Frankie Miller | 3:51 |
| 10. | "Wake Up Yesterday" | 3:43 |
