The Hard Way (Clint Black album)

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The Hard Way
Studio album by Clint Black
Released	July 14, 1992
Recorded	1991–1992
Studio	Studio Sound (Burbank, California); Moonee Ponds (Los Angeles); Eleven Eleven, Mesa (Nashville)
Genre	Neotraditional country
Length	34:09
Label	RCA Nashville
Producer	James Stroud, Clint Black
Clint Black chronology
Put Yourself in My Shoes (1990) The Hard Way (1992) No Time to Kill (1993)
Singles from The Hard Way
"We Tell Ourselves" Released: June 22, 1992 "Burn One Down" Released: October 1992 "When My Ship Comes In" Released: January 11, 1993

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Chicago Tribune	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B− [3]
Los Angeles Times	[4]
Q	[5]
Robert Christgau	C [6]

The Hard Way is the third studio album by American country music singer Clint Black. It includes the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks top-ten hits "We Tell Ourselves"[#2], "Burn One Down"[#4], and the number-one hit "When My Ship Comes In". Released on July 14, 1992, it was co-produced by Black and James Stroud. While not as commercially successful as his first two albums, The Hard Way was certified platinum by the RIAA.