Hard 'n' Heavy explained

Hard 'n' Heavy
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Anvil
Cover:	Hardnheavy.JPG
Released:	May 25, 1981
Recorded:	July–December 1980
Studio:	Quest Recording Studios, Oshawa, Canada
Genre:	Heavy metal, hard rock
Length:	41:00
Label:	Attic
Producer:	Dave Allison, Robb Reiner, Lips
Next Title:	Metal on Metal
Next Year:	1982

Hard 'n' Heavy is the debut studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Anvil. It was originally released independently under the band name "Lips".^[1]

Critical reception

Reviewer Toots Daley from British magazine Kerrang! in beginning of 1982 expressed a joy from pleasant surprise made by this album. As per him the "main strength" of Anvil "lies in the guitar/vocal prowess of Lips who comes on like a young Steve Tyler crossed with a butch Rob Halford".^[2]

Personnel

Anvil

• Steve "Lips" Kudlow – vocals, guitar
• Dave Allison – guitar, lead vocals on "I Want You Both (With Me)" and "Oh Jane"
• Ian Dickson – bass
• Robb Reiner – drums

Additional musicians

• Bess Ross – background vocals

Production

• Paul LaChapelle – engineer, mixing
• Dean Motter – art direction and design

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716184939/http://my.tbaytel.net/~[e-mail]/anvil/hrdnhvy.htm The ANVIL Homepage - Hard 'N' Heavy
2. Toots. Daley. 1982. Review: Anvil — Hard 'n' Heavy. Kerrang!. 10. 22. London. Spotlight Publications Inc.. 2021-04-23.