Hard (Gang of Four album)

Infobox Album
Name = Hard
Type = studio
Longtype =
Artist = Gang of Four


Released = 1983
Recorded =
Genre = Post-punk, New Wave
Length =
Label = Warner Bros. Records
Producer = Howard Albert, Ron Albert, Jon King, Andrew Gill
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:4srn283c05na link]
*Review-Christgau|B|album=1327
*Pitchfork Media (3.8/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/18027-hard-and-solid-gold link]
Last album = "Songs of the Free" (1982)
This album = "Hard" (1983)
Next album = "At the Palace" (1984)

"Hard" is the fourth and final studio album by the English post-punk group Gang of Four. It was originally released in 1983 on Warner Bros. Records (see 1983 in music).

The album was later reissued as part of a two-CD package along with the band's 1981 album "Solid Gold".

Track listing

All tracks composed by Andy Gill and Jon King; except where indicated

#"Is It Love" (Gill)
#"I Fled"
#"Silver Lining"
#"Woman Town" (Gill)
#"A Man With a Good Car"
#"It Don't Matter"
#"Arabic"
#"A Piece of My Heart"
#"Independence"

Personnel

*Jon King - vocals, melodica
*Andrew Gill - guitar, vocals, additional drums
*Sara Lee - bass
*Jon Astrop - bass
*Alfa Anderson, Brenda White, Chuck Kirkpatric, John Sambatero - background vocals
*Mike Lewis - conductor of strings & horns