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Hard Grind is the third album by Little Axe, released on June 11, 2002 by On-U Sound Records.[6][7]

Hard Grind

Studio album by

Little Axe

Released

June 11, 2002

Recorded

On-U Sound Studios and Konk Studios, London, England

Genre

Blues
dub

Length

48:35

Label

On-U Sound

Producer

Skip McDonald, Adrian Sherwood

Little Axe chronology

Slow Fuse
(1996)

Hard Grind
(2002)

Champagne & Grits
(2004)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Alternative Press	[2]
NME	8/10[3]
Q	[4]
Vibe	[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Skip McDonald and Adrian Sherwood.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dark as the Night Cold as the Ground"	2:52
2.	"Blues Story II"	5:13
3.	"Run Here Boy"	5:34
4.	"One Drop Blues"	3:41
5.	"All Night Party"	3:45
6.	"Midnight Dream"	4:03
7.	"A Long Way to Go"	4:04
8.	"Walk Right Shoes"	3:37
9.	"Down to the Valley"	5:31
10.	"Tight Like That"	5:28
11.	"Seek That Truth"	4:47

Personnel

Musicians

Tony Duffy – guitar (1)
Alan Glen – harmonica (2, 3, 5, 6, 10)
Kieran Kiely – pipes (3)
Keith LeBlanc – drums (2, 6-11)
Carlton "Bubblers" Ogilvie – keyboards, melodica, backing vocals (4, 10)
Jayme McDonald – vocals (6)
Skip McDonald – guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, producer
Nick Plytas – keyboards (2)
Ghetto Priest – backing vocals (7, 9-11)
Bim Sherman – vocals (11), backing vocals (9)
Doug Wimbish – bass guitar (3, 5-9, 11)

Technical personnel

Alan Branch – engineering
Nick Coplowe – engineering
Darren Grant – engineering
Kevin Metcalfe – mastering
Adrian Sherwood – producer

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom	2002	On-U Sound	CD	ON-U CD 1001
United States	2002	Fat Possum	CD	80357-2

In pop culture

The song "Down to the Valley" was featured in the 2003 Disney film Holes.

References

Jurek, Thom. "Hard Grind". Allmusic. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
columnist (August 2002). "Little Axe - Hard Grind". Alternative Press: 76.
columnist (June 1, 2002). "Little Axe - Hard Grind". NME: 37.
columnist (June 2002). "Little Axe - Hard Grind". Q: 116.
columnist (August 2002). "Little Axe - Hard Grind". Vibe: 165.
"Skip Mcdonald: Discography". tackhead.com. 2004. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
Parker, David (2001). "Album: Little Axe - 'Hard Grind'". skysaw.org. Retrieved September 30, 2014.

External links

Hard Grind at Discogs (list of releases)

v t e Little Axe
Studio albums	The Wolf that House Built Slow Fuse Hard Grind Champagne & Grits Stone Cold Ohio Bought for a Dollar, Sold for a Dime If You Want Loyalty Buy a Dog
with Tackhead	Tackhead Tape Time Friendly as a Hand Grenade Strange Things For the Love of Money
with Strange Parcels	Disconnection

Tackhead

Keith LeBlanc
Skip McDonald
Adrian Sherwood
Doug Wimbish

Studio albums

Remix albums

Tackhead Sound Crash (2006)

Compilations

Singles

as The Maffia

As the Veneer of Democracy Starts to Fade (1985)
Mark Stewart (1987)
Metatron (1990)
Control Data (1996)
Edit (2008)

as Fats Comet

"Stormy Weather"
"Rockchester"

as Strange Parcels

Disconnection (1994)

Articles	On-U Sound Records Discography
Groups	Dub Syndicate Jungle Funk Living Colour