''The Hard Way'' is the third studio album by American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

singer

Clint Black Clint Patrick Black (born February 4, 1962) is an American country music singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. Signed to RCA Nashville in 1989, Black's debut album '' Killin' Time'' produced four straight number one singles on the ...

. It was released on July 14, 1992 and he co-produced the album with

James Stroud James Stroud is an American musician and record producer who works in pop, rock, R&B, soul, disco, and country music. He played with the Malaco Rhythm Section for Malaco Records. In the 1990s, he was the president of Giant Records (a subsidiar ...

. It includes the '' Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks top-ten hits "We Tell Ourselves" 2 "Burn One Down" 4 and the number-one hit "When My Ship Comes In". While not as commercially successful as his first two albums, ''The Hard Way'' was certified platinum by the RIAA.

Track listing

Personnel

Band

Eddie Bayers Eddie Bayers (born January 28, 1949) is an American session drummer who has played on 300 gold and platinum albums. He received the Academy of Country Music 'Drummer of the Year Award' for fourteen years, has three times won the Nashville Music ...

— drums *Clint Black — harmonica, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, lead vocals, background vocals *

Larry Byrom Steppenwolf was an American-Canadian rock band that was prominent from 1968 to 1972. The group was formed in late 1967 in Los Angeles by lead singer John Kay, keyboardist Goldy McJohn, and drummer Jerry Edmonton, all formerly of the Canadian ...

— acoustic guitar * Lenny Castro — percussion * Eric Darken — percussion *

Jerry Douglas Gerald Calvin "Jerry" Douglas (born May 28, 1956) is an American Dobro and lap steel guitar player and record producer. Career In addition to his fourteen solo recordings, Douglas has played on more than 1,600 albums. As a sideman, he h ...

— Dobro *Sonny Garrish — steel guitar *Dick Gay — drums *Rob Hajacos — fiddle *

Dann Huff Dann Lee Huff (born November 15, 1960) is an American record producer and songwriter. For his work as a producer in the country music genre, he has won several awards, including the ''Musician of the Year'' award in 2001, 2004, and 2016 at the Co ...

— electric guitar *Jeff Huskins — fiddle *Jana King — background vocals *Liana Manis — background vocals * Hayden Nicholas — electric guitar,

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Mark O'Connor Mark O'Connor (born August 5, 1961) is an American fiddle player and composer whose music combines bluegrass, country, jazz and classical. A three-time Grammy Award winner, he has won six Country Music Association Musician Of The Year awards ...

— fiddle *Jeff Peterson — steel guitar *

Don Potter Donald Steele Potter (21 April 1902 – 7 June 2004) was an English sculptor, wood carver, potter and teacher. Don Potter was born in Newington, near Sittingbourne, Kent, the son of a school teacher, and attended a private school. He joined ...

— acoustic guitar *

Matt Rollings Matt Rollings is a Grammy Award-winning American composer, keyboard player and record producer. Known mainly for playing in Lyle Lovett's Large Band, Rollings has worked with many artists, not all country. Matt won the 'Best Traditional Pop Voc ...

— piano *

Leland Sklar Leland Bruce Sklar (born May 28, 1947) is an American bassist and session musician. Sklar rose to prominence as a member of James Taylor's backing band, which coaleced into a group in its own right, The Section. This group of musicians so frequ ...

— bass guitar *Jake Willemain — bass guitar *Dennis Wilson — background vocals *Curtis Young — background vocals *Martin Young — acoustic guitar * Reggie Young — electric guitar

Production

*Clint Black — producer *

— producer *

Lynn Peterzell Lynn Meyer Peterzell (January 10, 1955 – September 8, 1994) was a country music audio engineer from Nashville, Tennessee. Lynn Peterzell was raised in Pascagoula, Mississippi by Frances and Milton Peterzell. He was the third of five children ...

— engineer

Chart performance

Album

Singles

References

*''The Hard Way'' D liner notes 1992.

RCA Records RCA Records is an American record label currently owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside RCA's former long-time rival Columbia Records; also A ...

. * Artist Chart History (Singles) Billboard. Retrieved on January 1, 2007. * Artist Chart History (Albums) Billboard. Retrieved on January 1, 2007. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hard Way 1992 albums Clint Black albums RCA Records albums Albums produced by James Stroud Albums produced by Clint Black