It's Hard

For the Who song, see It's Hard (song). For the Eleanor Friedberger song, see Rebound (Eleanor Friedberger album). For the album by The Bad Plus, see It's Hard (The Bad Plus album).

It's Hard
Studio album by
the Who
ReleasedSeptember 1982 (1982-09)
RecordedJune 1982
StudioTurn Up-Down Studio at Glyn Johns' home in Surrey, England
Genre
Length46:36
Label
ProducerGlyn Johns
The Who chronology
Hooligans
(1981) 		It's Hard
(1982) 		Who's Greatest Hits
(1983)
Singles from It's Hard
  1. "Athena"
    Released: August 1982[1]
  2. "Eminence Front"
    Released: December 1982[2]
  3. "It's Hard"
    Released: February 1983

It's Hard is the tenth studio album by English rock band the Who. Released in September 1982, it was the final Who album to feature bassist John Entwistle, who died in 2002. 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. Records in the US. It was released on Polydor Records in the UK, peaking at No. 11, and on Warner Bros. in the US where it peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart.[3] 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. The album achieved gold status by the RIAA in the US in November 1982. It was their last album for over two decades until Endless Wire in 2006.

  1. ^ "Billboard".
  2. ^ "Billboard".
  3. ^ "Artist Chart History – The Who". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 June 2008.