''Music for the Hard of Thinking'' is the third studio album for Canadian

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group

Doug and the Slugs Doug and the Slugs are a Canadian pop music group formed in 1977 in Vancouver, British Columbia. The band enjoyed a number of Canadian top 40 hits in the 1980s, most notably "Too Bad" (1980), "Who Knows How To Make Love Stay" (1982), "Making It W ...

. It was released domestically in 1982 on Bennett's own record label Ritdong and internationally in 1983 by

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. This recording helped get the band nominated for a 1983 Juno Award. The album produced three singles. The most successful, "Who Knows How to Make Love Stay", peaked at #25 on the Canadian Singles Chart. "Making It Work", peaked at #29. The third single "Nobody but Me" did not chart in Canada. Canadian cheese brand, Tre Stelle, uses a sample of this song, substituting some lyrics to match their slogan.

Recording

The album was released on

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(domestically) and as an

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(domestic & international).

Reception

Critical response

Music critic Rudyard Kennedy of

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stated:

Chart performance

The album debuted at #86 on the Canadian

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charts for the week of 12 February 1983. The recording reached its highest position at #22 for the weeks of 2 and 9 April 1983 and stayed in the top 100 albums chart for a total of 30 weeks. The album was ranked at #90 by ''

'' for the year 1983 on their

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chart.

Track listing

Personnel

*Doug and the Slugs: ** Doug Bennett -

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, album design **Rick Baker - guitar, backing vocals **Steve Bosley - bass, backing vocals **John Burton - electric guitar, backing vocals **Simon Kendall -

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' vocals **John "Wally" Watson - drums, backing vocals *Production: **Glen Kolotkin - Engineer, Producer **Ritchie Cordell - Producer **Ron Cote - Engineer

References

External links

Doug and the Slugs
official website
Doug and the Slugs
at

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Doug and the Slugs
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