| How Hard It Is | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | August 1971 | |||
| Studio | CBS Studios, San Francisco, California | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 37:23 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Roscoe Segel, Roy Segal | |||
| Big Brother and the Holding Company chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | C[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.
- ^ Viglione, Joe. How Hard It Is at AllMusic
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 21, 2019.