It Ain't Easy (Long John Baldry album)

It Ain't Easy
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1971
RecordedJanuary – February 1971
StudioMorgan Studios, London
IBC Studios, London
GenreBlues rock
Length37:29
LabelWarner Music
ProducerRod Stewart, Elton John
Long John Baldry chronology
Wait For Me
(1969)
It Ain't Easy
(1971)
Everything Stops for Tea
(1972)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideC[2]
The Vinyl DistrictA−[3]

It Ain't Easy is a 1971 album by Long John Baldry. It marked his return to the edgier blues sound that he performed in the mid-60s.[1] It was Baldry's fifth solo album.

  1. ^ a b Planer, Lindsay Planer. "It Ain't Easy - Long John Baldry | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  3. ^ Little, Michael H. (8 December 2017). "Graded on a Curve: Long John Baldry, It Ain't Easy". The Vinyl District.