Hard 2 Love (Lee Brice album) explained
Hard 2 Love is the second studio album by American country music artist Lee Brice. It was released on April 24, 2012 by Curb Records.[1] The album includes the number one singles "A Woman Like You”, “Hard to love” and “I Drive Your Truck”.
Critical reception
At USA Today, Brian Mansfield rated the album three-and-a-half stars out of four, remarking that the release "is as well-crafted a set of country tunes as you'll hear all year." Stephen Thomas Erlewine rated the album three-and-a-half stars out of five, observing how "Perhaps the album could use a song that grabbed you by the throat but it's sturdy and quietly persuasive, its strengths sounding clearer and bolder with each listen."
Commercial performance
As of November 6, 2013, the album has sold 471,000 copies in the U.S.[2]
Personnel
Compiled from liner notes.[3]
Musicians
- "Hard to Love"
- Ben Glover – background vocals
- Tommy Harden – drums, percussion
- Mark Hill – bass guitar
- Jedd Hughes – acoustic guitar
- Kyle Jacobs – background vocals
- Mike Johnson – steel guitar
- Jeff King – electric guitar
- Matt McClure – background vocals
- Jerry McPherson – electric guitar
- Jason Webb – Hammond B-3 organ
- "A Woman Like You"
- Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
- Jim "Moose" Brown – piano
- Pat McGrath – acoustic guitar, resonator guitar
- Russ Pahl – steel guitar
- Brian Pruitt – drums, percussion
- Adam Shoenfeld – electric guitar
- "That's When You Know It's Over"
- "Parking Lot Party"
- Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
- Lee Brice – electric guitar
- Shawn Fichter – drums
- Jedd Hughes – electric guitar
- Tony Lucido – bass guitar
- "Don't Believe Everything You Think"
- Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
- Perry Coleman – background vocals
- Shawn Fichter – drums, percussion
- Jedd Hughes – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Charles Judge – Rhodes piano, synthesizer
- Tony Lucido – bass guitar
- Russ Pahl – steel guitar
- Ilya Toshinsky – mandolin
- "I Drive Your Truck"
- Tommy Harden – drums
- Mark Hill – bass guitar
- Jedd Hughes – acoustic guitar
- Mike Johnson – steel guitar
- Jeff King – electric guitar
- Jerry McPherson – electric guitar
- Russell Terrell – background vocals
- Jason Webb – piano, Hammond B-3 organ
- "See About a Girl"
- Mark Hill – bass guitar
- Dennis Holt – drums, percussion
- Kyle Jacobs – piano
- Jeff King – electric guitar
- Phillip Lammonds – mandolin
- Jerry McPherson – electric guitar
- Pat McGrath – acoustic guitar, mandolin
- Sara Reeveley – phone call
- Russell Terrell – background vocals
- Jason Webb – piano
- "Friends We Won't Forget"
- Lee Brice – acoustic guitar
- Pat Buchanan – electric guitar
- Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar
- Tully Kennedy – electric guitar
- Rich Redmond – drums
- Ed Seay – background vocals
- Reggie Smith – Hammond B-3 organ
- Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
- Jon Stone – background vocals
- "Life Off My Years"
- Tom Bukovac – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Perry Coleman – background vocals
- Shawn Fichter – drums
- Jedd Hughes – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Charles Judge – Hammond B-3 organ, synthesizer, percussion
- Tony Lucido – bass guitar
- Marcus Myers – dulcimer
- Russ Pahl – steel guitar
- Ilya Toshinsky – mandolin
- "Seven Days a Thousand Times"
- Tom Bukovac – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Perry Coleman – background vocals
- Charles Judge – piano, synthesizer, programming
- Chris McHugh – drums
- Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
- Jon Stone – background vocals
- Ilya Toshinsky – mandolin
- "Beer"
- Lee Brice – acoustic guitar
- Pat Buchanan – electric guitar
- Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar
- Chris Janson – harmonica
- Tully Kennedy – electric guitar
- Rich Redmond – drums
- Ed Seay – background vocals
- Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
- Reggie Smith – Hammond B-3 organ
- Jon Stone – background vocals
- "That Way Again"
- David Angell – violin
- Lee Brice – acoustic guitar
- John Catchings – cello
- David Davidson – violin
- Reg Smith – Hammond B-3 organ
- Kristin Wilkinson – viola
- "One More Day"
- Lee Brice – acoustic guitar
- Tom Bukovac – 12-string guitar
- Shawn Fichter – drums, percussion
- Jedd Hughes – electric guitar
- Tony Lucido – bass guitar
- Reg Smith – piano
Technical
- Steve Blackmon – editing on "See About a Girl"
- Drew Bollman – recording
- Lee Brice – production
- Dan Frizsell – engineering
- Don Hart – string arrangements and conducting on "That Way Again"
- Kyle Jacobs – production
- Doug Johnson – production, engineering
- Matt McClure – production, recording, overdubbing, engineering, mixing
- Justin Niebank – recording, mixing
- Ed Seay – engineering
- Jon Stone – production
- Hank Williams – mastering
Charts
Year-end charts
Singles
Notes and References
- News: Bjorke. Matt. Lee Brice - Hard 2 Love Song-By-Song. April 18, 2012. Roughstock. April 12, 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120511043916/http://www.roughstock.com/blog/lee-brice-hard-2-love-song-by-song. May 11, 2012.
- Web site: Country Album Chart News: The Week of November 6, 2013: Duck Dynasty's the Robertson Family Score #1 Album with "Duck the Halls" Christmas Recording | New Country Music, Listen to Songs & Video | Roughstock.com . November 6, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131113174126/http://www.roughstock.com/blog/country-album-chart-news-the-week-of-november-6-2013-duck-dynasty-s-the-robertson-family-score-1-album-with-duck-the-halls-christmas-recording . November 13, 2013 .
- Hard 2 Love . Lee Brice . 2012 . CD booklet . Curb Records . 79316.
- Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2012. Billboard. April 10, 2021.
- Top Country Albums – Year-End 2012. Billboard. April 10, 2021.
- 2013 Year-End Charts – Billboard 200 Albums . Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . December 13, 2013.
- Top Country Albums – Year-End 2013. Billboard. April 10, 2021.
- [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=lee brice|chart=Canada Country}} Lee Brice Album & Song Chart History - Canada Country]. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. November 20, 2013.
