The Who – It’s Hard (1982/2014) [24bit/96kHz]

The Who – It’s Hard (1982/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time ~ 69:43 minutes | 1.44 GB | Genre: Rock
Official Digital Download – Source: WEB | © Geffen Records
Recorded: June 1982, Turn Up-Down Studio at Glyn Johns’ home in Surrey, England, UK

It’s Hard is the tenth studio album by the English rock band The Who. It is the last Who album to feature their bassist John Entwistle (before his death in 2002) and their drummer Kenney Jones, as well as the last to be released on Warner Bros. Records in the US. It was their last album until 2006’s Endless Wire with the last two members of the original 1964 lineup. It was released in 1982 on Polydor Records in the UK, peaking at #11, and on Warner Bros. in the US where it peaked at #8 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. The US rights to both this album and Face Dances subsequently reverted to the band, who then licensed them to MCA Records (later Geffen Records, itself once distributed by WB) for reissue. The album achieved gold status by the RIAA in the US in November 1982.

Driven by Pete Townshend’s arching musical ambitions, It’s Hard was an undistinguished final effort from the Who. Featuring layers of synthesizers and long-winded, twisting song structures, the album featured few memorable melodies and little energy, with only the anthemic “Athena” and the terse “Eminence Front” making a lasting impression. -Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Tracklist
1 Athena 3:46
2 It’s Your Turn 3:39
3 Cooks Country 3:52
4 It’s Hard 3:47
5 Dangerous 3:35
6 Eminence Front 5:39
7 I Have Known No War 5:56
8 One Life’s Enough 2:21
9 One At A Time 3:19
10 Why Did I Fall For That 3:56
11 A Man Is A Man 3:56
12 Cry If You Want 5:18
13 It’s Hard (Live) 4:56
14 Eminence Front (Live) 5:44
15 Dangerous (Live) 3:48
16 Cry If You Want (Live) 7:12