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{{Infobox album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = How Hard It Is
| name = How Hard It Is
| Type = studio
| type = studio
| Artist = [[Big Brother and the Holding Company]]
| artist = [[Big Brother and the Holding Company]]
| Cover = How Hard It Is.jpg
| cover = How Hard It Is.jpg
| Released = 1971
| alt =
| Recorded =
| released = August 1971
| recorded =
| Genre = [[Rock music|Rock]]
| Length = 37:23
| venue =
| studio = CBS Studios, San Francisco, California
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| Label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| Producer = Roscoe Segel, Roy Segal
| genre = [[Rock music|Rock]]
⚫
| length = 37:23
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| Last album = ''[[Be a Brother]]''<br />(1970)
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| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| This album = '''''How Hard It Is'''''<br />(1971)
| producer = Roscoe Segel, Roy Segal
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| Next album = ''[[Cheaper Thrills]]''<br />(1984)
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| prev_title = [[Be a Brother]]
| prev_year = 1970
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| next_title = [[Cheaper Thrills]]
| next_year = 1984
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}} <ref>{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r30579|first=Joe|last=Viglione}}</ref>
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}} <ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r30579|first=Joe|last=Viglione}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
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| rev2 =
|rev2Score = C<ref>{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: B|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=B&bk=70|accessdate=February 21, 2019}}</ref>
| rev2Score =
}}
}}


'''''How Hard It Is''''' is an [[album]] by [[Big Brother and the Holding Company]], released in 1971.
'''''How Hard It Is''''' is the fourth and final studio [[album]] by [[Big Brother and the Holding Company]], released in August 1971. The track "Buried Alive in the Blues" was originally written by guest singer [[Nick Gravenites]] for Janis Joplin who died before she could record her vocal. It was included as an instrumental by the [[Full Tilt Boogie Band]] on her final album ''[[Pearl (Janis Joplin album)|Pearl]]'' released the year before.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
#"How Hard It Is" (David Getz, Sam Andrew) – 4:21
#"How Hard It Is" (David Getz, Sam Andrew) – 4:21
#"You've Been Talkin' 'Bout Me, Baby" (Ray Rivera) – 3:27
#"You've Been Talkin' 'Bout Me, Baby" (Ray Rivera, [[Gale Garnett]], Walter Hirsch) – 3:27
#"House on Fire" (Getz, Louis Rappaport) – 3:56
#"House on Fire" (Getz, Louis Rappaport) – 3:56
#"Black Widow Spider" (Andrew) – 3:32
#"Black Widow Spider" (Andrew) – 3:32
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==Personnel==
==Personnel==
;Big Brother and the Holding Company
*[[Sam Andrew]] - guitar, vocals
*[[Sam Andrew]] - guitar, vocals
*David Schallock - guitar
*David Schallock - lead guitar
*Mike Finnegan - vocals, keyboards
*[[James Gurley]] - bass
*[[James Gurley]] - bass
*Peter Albin - guitar, bass
*Peter Albin - guitar, bass, mandolin, vibraslap
*David Getz - drums, percussion, piano
*David Getz - drums, percussion, marimba, piano
with:
*[[Kathi McDonald]] - vocals
*[[Nick Gravenites]] - vocals
*[[Kathi McDonald]] - vocals on "Black Widow Spider"
*[[Mike Finnigan]] - vocals, keyboards on "How Hard It Is", "You've Been Talkin' 'Bout Me, Baby", "House on Fire", "Shine On" and "Buried Alive in the Blues"
*[[Nick Gravenites]] - vocals on "Buried Alive in the Blues"
;Technical
*David Brown, George Engfer, George Horn, Mike Larner - recording
*Dennis Nolan - artwork


==References==
==References==
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{{Big Brother and the Holding Company}}
{{Big Brother and the Holding Company}}

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Latest revision as of 03:33, 1 September 2022

How Hard It Is
Studio album by
Big Brother and the Holding Company
ReleasedAugust 1971
StudioCBS Studios, San Francisco, California
GenreRock
Length37:23
LabelColumbia
ProducerRoscoe Segel, Roy Segal
Big Brother and the Holding Company chronology
Be a Brother
(1970) 		How Hard It Is
(1971) 		Cheaper Thrills
(1984)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Christgau's Record GuideC[2]

How Hard It Is is the fourth and final studio album by Big Brother and the Holding Company, released in August 1971. The track "Buried Alive in the Blues" was originally written by guest singer Nick Gravenites for Janis Joplin who died before she could record her vocal. It was included as an instrumental by the Full Tilt Boogie Band on her final album Pearl released the year before.

Track listing

[edit]
  1. "How Hard It Is" (David Getz, Sam Andrew) – 4:21
  2. "You've Been Talkin' 'Bout Me, Baby" (Ray Rivera, Gale Garnett, Walter Hirsch) – 3:27
  3. "House on Fire" (Getz, Louis Rappaport) – 3:56
  4. "Black Widow Spider" (Andrew) – 3:32
  5. "Last Band on Side One" (Roscoe Segel, Andrew) – 1:57
  6. "Nu Boogaloo Jam" (Dan Nudelman, Andrew) – 3:24
  7. "Maui" (Segel, Andrew) – 3:27
  8. "Shine On" (Getz, Peter Albin, Andrew) – 5:25
  9. "Buried Alive in the Blues" (Nick Gravenites) – 3:59
  10. "Promise Her Anything But Give Her Arpeggio" (David Schallock) – 3:55

Personnel

[edit]
Big Brother and the Holding Company
  • Sam Andrew - guitar, vocals
  • David Schallock - lead guitar
  • James Gurley - bass
  • Peter Albin - guitar, bass, mandolin, vibraslap
  • David Getz - drums, percussion, marimba, piano

with:

  • Kathi McDonald - vocals on "Black Widow Spider"
  • Mike Finnigan - vocals, keyboards on "How Hard It Is", "You've Been Talkin' 'Bout Me, Baby", "House on Fire", "Shine On" and "Buried Alive in the Blues"
  • Nick Gravenites - vocals on "Buried Alive in the Blues"
Technical
  • David Brown, George Engfer, George Horn, Mike Larner - recording
  • Dennis Nolan - artwork

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Viglione, Joe. How Hard It Is at AllMusic
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 21, 2019.


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