Long Hard Climb

Long Hard Climb is the fourth studio album by Australian-American pop singer Helen Reddy, released on 23 July 1973 by Capitol Records and, aside from its primary focus on Top 40-friendly material, had her trying out New Orleans jazz ("Lovin' You") and the English-language version of a recent Charles Aznavourstandard ("The Old Fashioned Way"). It debuted on Billboard's Top LP's & Tapes chart in the issue dated 11 August 1973, and reached number eight during its 43 weeks there, and in Canada's RPM magazine it peaked at number 14. On September 19 of that year, the Recording Industry Association of America awarded the album with Gold certification for sales of 500,000 copies in the United States. On 22 July 2003, it was released for the first time on compact disc as one of two albums on one CD, the other album being her 1972 release I Am Woman.