Hard Labor

Hard Labor is the eleventh album by American rock band Three Dog Night, released in 1974.

This article is about the music album. For the article on physically challenging work, see Manual labour. For the penal sentence, see Penal labour. For other uses, see Hard labor (disambiguation).
Hard Labor
Studio album by
Three Dog Night
ReleasedMarch 6, 1974
Recorded1973
GenrePop, rock
Length35:51
LabelDunhill DSD-50168
ProducerJimmy Ienner
Three Dog Night chronology
Cyan
(1973)		 Hard Labor
(1974)		 Joy to the World: Their Greatest Hits
(1974)
Singles from Hard Labor

Cover artwork

The original album cover, depicting the birth of a record album (shown at right), was deemed too controversial and was first included with a manila file folder covering most of the cover. This was soon reworked with a huge Band-Aid covering the "birth". The cover also includes an attached "birth record sheet" of the album. The label shown on the original cover's album is the same custom label used on the actual album. The CD reissue by MCA Records in the 1990s restored the cover to its original look showing the record. Albums that had already been produced had a Band-Aid attached to them. Subsequent albums had the Band-Aid printed directly on the cover.

Track listing

Side 1
  1. "Prelude" - 1:00
  2. "Sure As I'm Sittin' Here" (John Hiatt) – 4:45
  3. "Anytime Babe" (Larry Weiss) – 3:07
  4. "Put Out the Light" (Daniel Moore) – 3:06
  5. "Sitting in Limbo" (Gully Bright, Jimmy Cliff) – 5:03

Side 2
  1. "I'd Be So Happy" (Skip Prokop) – 4:48
  2. "Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)" (Allen Toussaint) – 4:48
  3. "On the Way Back Home" (Moore) – 4:16
  4. "The Show Must Go On" (David Courtney, Leo Sayer) – 4:24

Personnel

Production
  • Producer: Jimmy Ienner
  • Engineers: Greg Calbi, Roy Cicala, Dennis Ferrante, Jimmy Ienner, Jay Messina, Tom Rabstenek, John Stronach
  • Assistant engineers: Corky Stasiak
  • Remixing: Roy Cicala, Jay Messina
  • Arranger: Three Dog Night
  • Art direction and photography: Ed Caraeff
  • Design: David Larkham

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States) | RPM (Canada)

Year Chart Position
1974 Japan Oricon 50
US Top 200 20[1]
Canada 16

Singles - Billboard (United States)

Year Single Chart Position
1974 "The Show Must Go On" US Pop Singles 4[2]
US Cash Box 1
US Record World 1
US Radio & Records 3
Canada Pop Singles 2
Germany Top 100 12
Netherlands Top 100 6
Belgium Ultratop 23
Japan Oricon Singles Chart 77
"Sure As I'm Sittin' Here" US Pop Singles 16[3]
US Cash Box 18
US Record World 22
Canada Pop Singles 18
"Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)" US Pop Singles 33[4]
US Cash Box 26
US Record World 24
Canada Pop Singles 25

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[5] Gold 500,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

References
  1. Three Dog Night, Hard Labor Chart Position Retrieved February 16, 2015
  2. Three Dog Night, "The Show Must Go On" Chart Position Retrieved February 16, 2015
  3. Three Dog Night, "Sure As I'm Sittin' Here" Chart Position Retrieved February 16, 2015
  4. Three Dog Night, "Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)" Chart Position Retrieved February 16, 2015
  5. "American album certifications – Three Dog Night – Hard Labor". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved February 14, 2019. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
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