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Length
  
47:34

Release date
  
24 February 2004

Genres
  
Power pop, Rock music

Artist
  
Owsley

Label
  
Lakeview Entertainment

Producers
  
Owsley, Keith Thomas

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Released
  
February 24, 2004 (2004-02-24)

Recorded
  
2001–2003 Circa (studio) The Outhouse (Nashville, TN) The Sound Kitchen (Nashville, TN) The Bennett House (Nashville, TN) Emerald Tracking Room (Nashville, TN)

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The Hard Way is the second and final studio album released by American rock musician Owsley.

Contents

It was released in 2004 on the independent Lakeview label, five years after his debut album. Some of the delay was attributed to legal difficulties with his former label, Giant Records.

Critics have described the album as having a "heavier" and "more mature" sound compared to his debut album, and note musical influences of Big Star, Todd Rundgren, Tom Petty and Paul McCartney and Wings. Critic Susanne Ault of Billboard wrote, "The music straddles indie and pop sensibilities without ever stepping one foot clearly onto one side or the other. While The Hard Way rolls along competently, the midtempo guitar hooks and straightahead vocals lack the necessary punch to reach mainstream consciousness."

The album was recorded over the span of three years, at different studios in Tennessee, as well as at his home recording studio in Anniston, Alabama. As recording formats and equipment, Owsley used a Studer 16-track 2" at 15 ips, an MCI 16-track 2" at 30 ips, the Otari Radar II multitrack hard disk recorder, and Pro Tools.

The lead single is "Be with You".

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Personnel

  • Will Owsley – vocals (on all tracks), backing vocals (on all tracks), electric guitars (on all tracks), acoustic guitar (on tracks 3, 8), bass (on tracks 5, 6, 8), piano (on tracks 6, 7), producer (all tracks), engineer
  • Jonathan Hamby – Hammond B-3; piano (on track 4), Chamberlin strings (on track 5), synthesizer (on track 9)
  • Keith Thomas – strings (on tracks 1, 6), producer (track 1), photography
  • John Painter – Chamberlin strings (on track 2)
  • Chris McHugh – drums (on all tracks), percussion (on all tracks)
    • Additional musicians
  • Tom Bukovac – electric guitar (on track 1), acoustic guitar (on track 1), bass (on track 2)
  • Gordon Kennedy – electric guitar (on track 7), background vocals (on track 7)
  • Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass (on tracks 1, 7)
  • Michael Rhodes – bass (on tracks 3, 9, 10)
  • Millard Powers – bass (on track 4)
  • Rebecca Walker – backing vocals (on track 10)
  • Simon Petty – harmonica (on track 8)
  • James Michael – vocal production (on track 8)
    • Production
  • Scot McCracken – executive producer, creative director
  • Paul David Hager – mixer, engineer
  • Mark Ralston – assistant mixer
  • F. Reid Shippen – engineer
  • Dan Shike – engineer
  • Jeff Balding – engineer
  • Shane Wilson – engineer
  • J. R. McNeely – engineer
  • Billy Whittington – engineer
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Jill Simonsen – package design
  • Lisa Robinson – stylist

    • Songs

    1Be With You4:37
    2Rise5:22
    3She's the One3:55

    References

    The Hard Way (Owsley album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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