It Ain't Easy (Chris Smither album)
It Ain't Easy | ||||
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Studio album by Chris Smither | ||||
Released | 1984 | |||
Recorded | 1984 | |||
Genre | Blues, folk | |||
Length | 56:02 | |||
Label | Adelphi | |||
Chris Smither chronology | ||||
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It Ain't Easy is an album by American singer/songwriter Chris Smither, released in 1984. The original contained 12 songs.
Reception
Professional ratings | |
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Robert Christgau | (B+) [2] |
Writing for Allmusic, critic Brett Hartenbach wrote of the album "Smither never treats the songs as if they were museum pieces... There's not a false moment on the entire record. Highly recommended."[1] Music critic Robert Christgau wrote of the album "...it's damn hard to make a consistently interesting album out of your voice and an acoustic guitar. Smither comes within a dud original and a few extraneous covers of bring it off..."[2]
Track listing
- "Footloose" (Smither)
- "It Ain't Easy" (Ron Davies)
- "John Hurt Medley" (Mississippi John Hurt)
- "No Money Down" (Chuck Berry)
- "Green Rocky Road" (Chandler, Kaufman)
- "Guilty" (Randy Newman)
- "Maybellene" (Chuck Berry)
- "Rosalie" (Smither)
- "One Plus One" (Smither)
- "Ninety Nine Year Blues" (Daniels)
- "The Glory of Love" (Hill)
- "Sitting on Top of the World" (Chatmon, Vinson)
- "Once in a Very Blue Moon" (Alger, Levine)
- "So Long, Harry Truman" (Danny O'Keefe)
Personnel
- Chris Smither – vocals, guitar
References
- 1 2 Hartenbach, Brett. "It Ain't Easy > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
- 1 2 Christgau, Robert. "It Ain't Easy > Review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
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