Hard (Gang of Four album)

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Hard
Studio album by Gang of Four
Released	1983
Genre	Post-punk, New Wave
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer	Howard Albert, Ron Albert, Jon King, Andrew Gill
Professional reviews
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Gang of Four chronology
Songs of the Free (1982) Hard (1983) At the Palace (1984)

Hard is the fourth and final studio album by the English post-punk group Gang of Four. It was originally released in 1983 on Warner Bros. Records (see 1983 in music).

The album was later reissued as part of a two-CD package along with the band's 1981 album Solid Gold.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks composed by Andy Gill and Jon King; except where indicated

1. "Is It Love" (Gill)
2. "I Fled"
3. "Silver Lining"
4. "Woman Town" (Gill)
5. "A Man With a Good Car"
6. "It Don't Matter"
7. "Arabic"
8. "A Piece of My Heart"
9. "Independence"

[edit] Personnel

• Jon King - vocals, melodica
• Andrew Gill - guitar, vocals, additional drums
• Sara Lee - bass
• Jon Astrop - bass
• Alfa Anderson, Brenda White, Chuck Kirkpatric, John Sambatero - background vocals
  • Mike Lewis - conductor of strings & horns