( March 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic considered the album to be an "undistinguished final effort" with "few memorable melodies and little energy". Puterbaugh also proclaimed that the song " I've Known No War" was "a song that could become an anthem to our generation much the way ' Won't Get Fooled Again' did a decade ago." Robert Christgau, on the other hand, icily disparaged the "prolix" nature and "operatic pretensions" of Townshend's musical ideas, as well as his "book-club poetry". Parke Puterbaugh of Rolling Stone gave it the magazine's highest rating (5 stars) and commented that it was "their most vital and coherent album since Who's Next". " I've Known No War" features the orchestra arrangement from the 1979 Quadrophenia film version of "I've Had Enough".Ĭritical reviews on its release in 1982 were polarized. In a 1985 interview, Townshend said, " Face Dances and It’s Hard were made by a band who were very unsure about whether or not they wanted to be making a record, and I think that’s a terrible doubt." Īlternate takes exist of " Eminence Front" featuring Roger Daltrey on lead vocals and "One Life's Enough" featuring Pete Townshend on lead vocals. He stated the record company wanted them to make a new record, then do a tour for the album, so in many ways they were forced to release it. In 1994, Daltrey said " It's Hard should never have been released" and that he also had arguments with Townshend over the release of the album. In 1997, MCA Records re-released the album with new mixes for several songs, correcting problems evident in the original mixes for "Athena" and " Eminence Front". "Dangerous", "It's Your Turn" and "One at a Time" were written by Entwistle, but he only sang lead vocals on "One at a Time" with Daltrey singing lead on the two others. The first track on the album, " Athena", peaked at No.
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This is intended as a contemporary update to the song " Pinball Wizard," from the album Tommy.
The album cover, designed and photographed by Graham Hughes, depicts a young boy playing an Atari Space Duel arcade game. It was their last album for over two decades until Endless Wire in 2006.
The album achieved gold status by the RIAA in the US in November 1982. The US rights to both this album and Face Dances subsequently reverted to the band, who then licensed them to MCA Records (later Geffen Records, itself once distributed by WB) for reissue. It was released on Polydor Records in the UK, peaking at No. It was also the second and final Who studio album with drummer Kenney Jones, as well as the last to be released on Warner Bros. Released on 4 September 1982, it was the last to feature bassist John Entwistle, who died in 2002. It's Hard is the tenth studio album by English rock band the Who.
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