Hard Times for Lovers

Hard Times for Lovers
Studio album by
Judy Collins
ReleasedFebruary 1979[1]
GenreFolk
LabelElektra
ProducerGary Klein
Judy Collins chronology
So Early in the Spring
(1977) 		Hard Times for Lovers
(1979) 		Running for My Life
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

Hard Times for Lovers is the twelfth studio album by American singer and songwriter Judy Collins, released by Elektra Records in 1979.

It was Collins's first new recording since Bread and Roses, in 1976; it earned some extra publicity as a result of the back cover of the Francesco Scavullo-photographed sleeve art, depicting most of a nude Collins as seen from the back. The album was still something of a commercial disappointment, however,[1] peaking at No. 54 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts.[5]

Track listing

  1. "Hard Times for Lovers" (Hugh Prestwood) – 3:56
  2. "Marie" (Randy Newman) – 3:11
  3. "Happy End" (Henry Gaffney) – 3:12
  4. "Desperado" (Glenn Frey, Don Henley) – 3:34
  5. "I Remember Sky" (Stephen Sondheim) – 4:00
  6. "Starmaker" (Bruce Roberts, Carole Bayer Sager) – 4:28
  7. "Dorothy" (Hugh Prestwood) – 4:37
  8. "I'll Never Say Goodbye" (Theme from the Universal Picture The Promise) (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, David Shire) – 3:41
  9. "Through the Eyes of Love" (Theme from Ice Castles) (Marvin Hamlisch, Carole Bayer Sager) – 3:28
  10. "Where or When" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:38

Personnel

Production notes

  • Produced by Gary Klein
  • Arranged and conducted by Lee Holdridge and Nick DeCaro
  • Frank DeCaro – music contractor and album supervisor
  • Linda Gerrity – production coordination
  • Art direction by Nancy Greenberg
  • Mastered by Bernie Grundman and Zal Schreiber
  • Assistant engineering by Pete Lewis, Linda Tyler, Don Henderson
  • Engineer, remixing by John Mills, Armin Steiner
  • Photography by Francesco Scavullo

Charts

Chart performance for Hard Times for Lovers
Chart (1979) Peak
position
Canada Top 100 Albums (RPM)[6] 56
US Top LPs & Tapes (Billboard)[7] 54
US Top 100 Albums (Cash Box)[8] 45
US The Album Chart (Record World)[9] 67

References

  1. ^ a b "Calendar: February". Rolling Stone (307/308). Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc.: 56 December 27, 1979.
  2. ^ "Hard Times for Lovers Review by Bruce Eder". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). "Collins, Judy". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th Concise ed.). New York: Muze UK Ltd. pp. 338–339. ISBN 978-1-84609-856-7.
  4. ^ Evans, Paul (1992). "Judy Collins". In DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly (eds.). The Rolling Stone Album Guide: Completely New Reviews: Every Essential Album, Every Essential Artist (3rd ed.). New York: Random House. p. 154. ISBN 0-679-73729-4.
  5. ^ "US Albums and Singles Charts > Judy Collins". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  6. ^ "RPM Top 100 Albums" (PDF). RPM. Vol. 31, no. 8. May 19, 1979. ISSN 0315-5994.
  7. ^ "Billboard Top LPs & Tapes" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 91, no. 17. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. April 28, 1979. p. 99. ISSN 0006-2510.
  8. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Cash Box. Vol. XL, no. 48. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. April 14, 1979. p. 58. ISSN 0008-7289.
  9. ^ "Albums" (PDF). Record World. Vol. 35, no. 1567. New York: Record World Pub. Co. April 14, 1979. p. 64. ISSN 0034-1622.