Hard 'n' Heavy
1981 studio album by Anvil
Hard 'n' Heavy | ||||
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Studio album by Anvil | ||||
Released | May 25, 1981 | |||
Recorded | July–December 1980 | |||
Studio | Quest Recording Studios, Oshawa, Canada | |||
Genre | Heavy metal, hard rock[1] | |||
Length | 41:00 | |||
Label | Attic | |||
Producer | Dave Allison, Robb Reiner, Lips | |||
Anvil chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 4/10[2] |
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Hard 'n' Heavy is the debut studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Anvil. It was originally released independently under the band name "Lips".[4]
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".[5]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "School Love" | Steve Kudlow, Robb Reiner | 3:15 |
2. | "AC/DC" | Kudlow | 4:41 |
3. | "At the Apartment" | Kudlow, Reiner | 5:22 |
4. | "I Want You Both (With Me)" | Dave Allison | 3:22 |
5. | "Bedroom Game" | Kudlow, Reiner | 4:01 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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6. | "Oooh Baby" | Kudlow, Reiner | 2:56 |
7. | "Paint It, Black" (The Rolling Stones cover) | Mick Jagger, Keith Richards | 3:54 |
8. | "Oh Jane" | Allison, Kudlow, Reiner | 4:54 |
9. | "Hot Child" | Allison, Kudlow | 4:11 |
10. | "Bondage" | Kudlow | 4:24 |
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
References
- ^ a b Rivadavia, Eduardo. Hard 'n' Heavy at AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 24. ISBN 978-1894959315.
- ^ Barton, Geoff (20 February 1982). "Hammer and tongues". Sounds. p. 31.
- ^ The ANVIL Homepage - Hard 'N' Heavy
- ^ Toots, Daley (1982). "Review: Anvil — Hard 'n' Heavy". Kerrang!. No. 10. London: Spotlight Publications Inc. p. 22. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
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Anvil
- Steve "Lips" Kudlow
- Robb "Robbo" Reiner
- Chris Robertson
- Dave "Squirrely" Allison
- Ian "Dix" Dickson
- Sebastian Marino
- Mike Duncan
- Ivan Hurd
- Glenn Gyorffy
- Sal Italiano
- Hard 'n' Heavy
- Metal on Metal
- Forged in Fire
- Strength of Steel
- Pound for Pound
- Worth the Weight
- Plugged in Permanent
- Absolutely No Alternative
- Speed of Sound
- Plenty of Power
- Still Going Strong
- Back to Basics
- This Is Thirteen
- Juggernaut of Justice
- Hope in Hell
- Anvil Is Anvil
- Pounding the Pavement
- Legal at Last
- Impact Is Imminent
- One and Only
- Backwaxed
- Anthology of Anvil
- Monument of Metal