Two the Hard Way

Infobox Album | Name = Two the Hard Way
Type = Album
Artist = Allman and Woman


Released = November 1977
Recorded = 1977
Length = 31:35
Genre = Pop/Rock
Label = Warner Bros. Records
Producer = Gregg Allman, Johnny Sandlin and John Haeny
Reviews = * Allmusic (Rating|1|5) [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:t9v8b5c4tsqf]
Last album = "Cherished"
(1977)
This album = "Two the Hard Way"
(1977)
Next album = "Take me Home"
(1979)
Misc = Singles
Name = Two the Hard Way
Type = studio
single 1 = Move Me
single 2 = You've Really Got A Hold On Me

"Two the Hard Way" was a 1977 album by Gregg Allman and Cher, billed as Allman and Woman.

The product of the two singers' unlikely and turbulent relationship and marriage, it attempted an even more unlikely musical melding of Allman's Southern rock with Cher's idiosyncratic, personality-driven pop. The uncharacteristically airblown cover notwithstanding, Allman's musical ideas and singing generally took the lead.

The album was not well-received; the 1979 "Rolling Stone Record Guide" said "It's hard to imagine a more inappropriate combination ... It's the bottom of the barrel after a long fall for Gregg, and more of the same for Cher," and rated the album "Worthless". Allman and Woman was not a commercial success either; by the time the 1983 edition of the same guide had come out, the album was out of print.

The album was a commercial flop, failed to chart and had sold 550.000 copies worldwide.

Track listing

Producers

*Track 3 and 7 are producers by Gregg Allman and Johnny Sandlin.
*Track 4 and 6 are producers by John Haeny.
*The other track are producers by Johnny Sandlin.

Personnel

* Keyboards: Gregg Allman and Neil Larsen
* Vocals: Gregg Allman, Cher, Clydie King, Venetta Fields, Pat Henderson, Doug Hayward, Russell Morris, Timothy B. Schmit and Sherlie Matthews
* Guitar: Ricky Hirsch, John Leslie Hug, Fred Tackett and Scott Boyer
* Saxophone: Randall Bramblett, Harvey Thompson and Ronnie Eades
* Horn: Harrison Calloway and Jim Horn
* Trumpet: Ben Cauley
* Trombone: Dennis Good
* Harmonica: Mickey Raphael
* Percussion: Bobbye Hall
* Bass: Willie Weeks
* Drums: Bill Stewart