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It Ain't Easy (Three Dog Night album)

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Released
  
March 31, 1970

Length
  
32:24

Artist
  
Three Dog Night

Producer
  
Richard Podolor

Genres
  
Rock music, Pop music

Recorded
  
1969–70

It Ain't Easy (1970)
  
Naturally (1970)

Release date
  
31 March 1970

Label
  
Dunhill ABC

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Studio
  
American Recording Company

Similar
  
Three Dog Night albums, Rock music albums

It Ain't Easy is the fourth album by American rock band Three Dog Night, released in 1970. According to lead singer Chuck Negron's book Three Dog Nightmare, the album's working title was The Wizards of Orange, with a cover featuring the band's members wearing orange make-up and body stockings to appear as if they were posing in the nude. The band's record company, ABC/Dunhill, rejected the original album title and cover art, although some configurations of their first "greatest hits" album, 1971's Golden Bisquits, would later be packaged using It Ain't Easy's original cover photo.

Contents

Side one

  1. "Woman" (Andy Fraser, Paul Rodgers) – 4:40
  2. "Cowboy" (Randy Newman) – 3:42
  3. "It Ain't Easy" (Ron Davies) – 2:46
  4. "Out in the Country" (Roger Nichols, Paul Williams) – 3:08
  5. "Good Feeling 1957" (Alan Brackett, John Merrill) – 3:46

Side two

  1. "Rock and Roll Widow" (Danny Hutton, Chuck Negron, Cory Wells, Mike Allsup, Jimmy Greenspoon, Joe Schermie, Floyd Sneed) – 2:56
  2. "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" (Newman) – 3:18
  3. "Your Song" (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) – 4:01
  4. "Good Time Living" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) – 4:06

Personnel

  • Mike Allsup – guitar
  • Jimmy Greenspoon – keyboards
  • Danny Hutton – lead vocals (tracks A4-group unison, A2, B3), background vocals
  • Chuck Negron – lead vocals (tracks A4-group unison, A2), background vocals
  • Joe Schermie – bass guitar
  • Floyd Sneed – drums
  • Cory Wells – lead vocals (tracks A4-group unison, B2), background vocals

    • Production

  • Producer: Richard Podolor
  • Engineer: Bill Cooper
  • Arranger: Three Dog Night
  • Roadie, lighting: Dennis Albro
  • Roadie, sound: Lee Carlton

    • Charts

    Album – Billboard (North America)

    Singles – Billboard (North America)

    Songs

    1Woman4:42
    2Cowboy3:44
    3It Ain't Easy2:48

    References

    It Ain't Easy (Three Dog Night album) Wikipedia
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