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===Chart performance===
===Chart performance===
The album debut at #86 on the [[List of RPM number-one albums of 1983]] for the week of 12 February.<ref>http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6225b&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=bb0e7somh8osmahbvuk8ubb1u5</ref> The recording reached it's highest position at #22 for the weeks of 2 April and 9 April.<ref>http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6212a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=bb0e7somh8osmahbvuk8ubb1u5</ref><ref>http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6224a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=bb0e7somh8osmahbvuk8ubb1u5</ref>The album was on this Top 100 albums chart for 30 weeks ending at position #84.<ref>http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4310b&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=bb0e7somh8osmahbvuk8ubb1u5</ref>
The album debut at #86 on the [[List of Canadian number-one albums of 1983]] for the week of 12 February.<ref>http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6225b&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=bb0e7somh8osmahbvuk8ubb1u5</ref> The recording reached it's highest position at #22 for the weeks of 2 April and 9 April.<ref>http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6212a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=bb0e7somh8osmahbvuk8ubb1u5</ref><ref>http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6224a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=bb0e7somh8osmahbvuk8ubb1u5</ref>The album was on this Top 100 albums chart for 30 weeks ending at position #84.<ref>http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4310b&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=bb0e7somh8osmahbvuk8ubb1u5</ref>


The album was ranked at #90 by ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' for the year 1983 on their [[RPM Year-End]] chart.<ref>http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4435&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=bb0e7somh8osmahbvuk8ubb1u5</ref>
The album was ranked at #90 by ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' for the year 1983 on their [[RPM Year-End]] chart.<ref>http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4435&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=bb0e7somh8osmahbvuk8ubb1u5</ref>

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Music for the Hard of Thinking was the third studio album for Canadian pop music group Doug and the Slugs. It was released domestically in 1982 on Bennett's own record label Ritdong[1][2] and internationally in 1983 on RCA.[3] This recording helped get the band nominated for a 1983 Juno Award.[4][5]

The album produced three singles. The most successful, "Who Knows How to Make Love Stay", peaked at #25 on the Canadian Singles Chart.[6] "Making It Work", peaked at #29.[7][8] The third single "Nobody but Me" did not chart in Canada.[9]


Recording

The album was released on cassette (domestically)[10] and as an LP record (domestic & international).[3]


Reception

Critical response

Music critic Rudyard Kennedy of Allmusic stated:[11]

What makes this album a real keeper, though, is that if you dig a little deeper and get to the words hiding under the Slugs' peppy, poppy grooves, you'll find that the characters in singer/songwriter Doug Bennett's tunes are rarely as upbeat as the songs they inhabit. In fact, some of Bennett's narrators are cynical, sleazy misanthropes right out of Randy Newman (particularly the failed lotharios of "Operator" and "Take It or Leave It"), giving Music for the Hard of Thinking an unexpected depth that grows upon repeated listenings.

Chart performance

The album debut at #86 on the List of Canadian number-one albums of 1983 for the week of 12 February.[12] The recording reached it's highest position at #22 for the weeks of 2 April and 9 April.[13][14]The album was on this Top 100 albums chart for 30 weeks ending at position #84.[15]

The album was ranked at #90 by RPM for the year 1983 on their RPM Year-End chart.[16]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."If You Don't Come"4:00
2."No No No"3:18
3."Making It Work"3:27
4."Take It or Leave It"3:10
5."St. Laurent Summer"4:30
6."Who Knows How"4:00
7."Operator"3:01
8."Cover of Love"3:10
9."When the Doorbell Rings"3:22
10."She's Looking At Me"3:00
Total length:34:58

Personnel

  • Production:[17]
    • Glen Kolotkin - Engineer, Producer
    • Ritchie Cordell - Producer
    • Ron Cote - Engineer

References

Citations
  1. ^ "Artist: Bennett, Doug". jam.canoe.ca. Jam!. 27 November 2004. Retrieved 11 March 2012. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  2. ^ "Doug and the Slugs". The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada. The Historica Dominion Institute. thecanadianencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 11 March 2012. {{cite web}}: External link in |agency= (help)
  3. ^ a b ""Music for the Hard of Thinking" (sound recording) / Doug and the Slugs", collectionscanada.gc.ca, Ottawa: Library and Archives Canada, 1982, OCLC 9514563, AMICUS No. 32567176, retrieved 11 March 2012, KKL1-0480 RCA Victor {{citation}}: External link in |work= (help)
  4. ^ "Artist: Doug And The Slugs". jam.canoe.ca. Jam!. 1 December 2004. Retrieved 11 March 2012. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  5. ^ "Juno Awards Database". junoawards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 11 March 2012. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  6. ^ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6239&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=bb0e7somh8osmahbvuk8ubb1u5
  7. ^ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6231&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=bb0e7somh8osmahbvuk8ubb1u5
  8. ^ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6279&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=bb0e7somh8osmahbvuk8ubb1u5
  9. ^ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=bb0e7somh8osmahbvuk8ubb1u5&q1=%22Nobody+but+Me%22&q2=&interval=50
  10. ^ ""Music for the Hard of Thinking" (sound recording) / Doug and the Slugs", collectionscanada.gc.ca, Ottawa: Library and Archives Canada, 1982, AMICUS No. 5592539, retrieved 11 March 2012, KKK1-0480 RCA Victor {{citation}}: External link in |work= (help)
  11. ^ Kennedy, Rudyard. "Music for the Hard of Thinking » Review". allmusic.com. Allmusic. Retrieved 11 March 2012. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  12. ^ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6225b&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=bb0e7somh8osmahbvuk8ubb1u5
  13. ^ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6212a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=bb0e7somh8osmahbvuk8ubb1u5
  14. ^ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6224a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=bb0e7somh8osmahbvuk8ubb1u5
  15. ^ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4310b&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=bb0e7somh8osmahbvuk8ubb1u5
  16. ^ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4435&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=bb0e7somh8osmahbvuk8ubb1u5
  17. ^ a b "Music for the Hard of Thinking » Credits". allmusic.com. Allmusic. Retrieved 11 March 2012. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)

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