Long Hard Climb

Long Hard Climb
Studio album by
Helen Reddy
ReleasedJuly 23, 1973
Recorded1973
GenreVocal, pop rock[1]
Length29:28
LabelCapitol
ProducerTom Catalano
Helen Reddy chronology
I Am Woman
(1972) 		Long Hard Climb
(1973) 		Love Song for Jeffrey
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideC[2]

Long Hard Climb is the fourth studio album by Australian-American pop singer Helen Reddy, released on July 23, 1973, by Capitol Records[3] and, aside from its primary focus on Top 40-friendly material, had her trying out New Orleans jazz ("Lovin' You") and the English-language version of a recent Charles Aznavour standard ("The Old Fashioned Way"). It debuted on Billboard's Top LP's & Tapes chart in the issue dated August 11, 1973, and reached number eight during its 43 weeks there,[4] and in Canada's RPM magazine it peaked at number 14.[5] On September 19 of that year, the Recording Industry Association of America awarded the album with Gold certification for sales of 500,000 copies in the United States.[6] On July 22, 2003, it was released for the first time on compact disc as one of two albums on one CD, the other album being her 1972 release I Am Woman.[7]

  1. ^ a b "Long Hard Climb - Helen Reddy". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: R". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 10 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ "Discography". Billboard. Vol. 86, no. 31. 3 August 1974. p. 52. ISSN 0006-2510.
  4. ^ Whitburn 2010, p. 646.
  5. ^ "RPM 100 Albums". RPM. 20 October 1973. p. 10.
  6. ^ RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for titles by Helen Reddy Archived 2015-09-03 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "I Am Woman/Long Hard Climb". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 21 May 2015.