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Two the Hard Way is a studio album by American singer-actress Cher and the third studio album by American rock singer Gregg Allman released in November 1977 by Warner Bros. Records. The album, billed to "Allman and Woman", was a critical and commercial failure.

Two the Hard Way
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1977
Recorded1977
StudioRecord Plant, Los Angeles; Sunset Sound, Hollywood; Record Plant, New York City
GenrePop rock
Length38:35
LabelWarner Bros.
Producer
  • Gregg Allman
  • Johnny Sandlin
  • John Haeny
Cher chronology
Cherished
(1977)
Two the Hard Way
(1977)
Take Me Home
(1979)
Gregg Allman chronology
Playin' Up a Storm
(1977)
Two the Hard Way
(1977)
I'm No Angel
(1987)
Singles from Two the Hard Way
  1. "Move Me"
    Released: 1977
  2. "You've Really Got a Hold On Me"
    Released: 1977
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[3]

History


The product of the two musicians' unlikely and turbulent relationship and marriage, it attempted an even more unlikely musical melding of Allman's Southern rock with Cher's idiosyncratic, personality-driven pop. The uncharacteristically airbrushed cover notwithstanding, Allman's musical ideas and singing generally took the lead.

In conjunction with the release of the album Cher and Allman did a 21-show tour called the "Two the Hard Way Tour", consisting of seven shows in Japan and 14 in Europe. The tour ended abruptly when Cher parted ways with Allman and returned to the United States.

The album was not well received; the 1979 Rolling Stone Record Guide said "It's hard to imagine a more inappropriate combination ... It's the bottom of the barrel after a long fall for Gregg, and more of the same for Cher," and rated the album "Worthless". Two the Hard Way was not a commercial success either; by the time the 1983 edition of the same guide was published, the album was out of print.

The album was never officially re-issued on CD or 8-track, although it has been bootlegged. In 2008, Billboard correspondent Keith Caulfield stated that Cher owned the rights to the master tapes of this album (as well as three solo albums she made in the mid-1970s) and hence she would have to approve any reissues.[4] The song "Can You Fool?" was included in the 1989 Allman Brothers compilation album Dreams, which is still in print.

For many years "Can You Fool?" was the only Allman and Woman song to have been officially made available online. However, on October 8, 2021, Cher released all 11 tracks, "restored and remastered", on her YouTube channel. A few days later, she also released several live videos produced in November 1977 for the BBC TV series, The Old Grey Whistle Test.


Track listing


Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Move Me"
  • Fred Beckmeier
  • Vella M. Cameron
  • Steve Beckmeier
  • Jimmie Cameron
2:58
2."I Found You Love"Alan Gordon3:58
3."Can You Fool"Michael Smotherman3:21
4."You've Really Got a Hold on Me"Smokey Robinson3:18
5."We're Gonna Make It"
  • Billy Davis
  • Carl Smith
  • Raynard Miner
  • Gene Barge
3:15
6."Do What You Gotta Do"Jimmy Webb3:26
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."In For the Night"
  • Ed Sanford
  • Johnny Townsend
3:34
2."Shadow Dream Song" (lead vocals by Gregg Allman)Jackson Browne3:43
3."Island" (lead vocals by Cher)Ilene Rappaport4:25
4."I Love Makin' Love to You"
3:49
5."Love Me"
  • Jerry Leiber
  • Mike Stoller
2:48

Personnel


Technical


References


  1. Ruhlmann, William (2011). "Two the Hard Way – Allman and Woman". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  2. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 136.
  3. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 1051.
  4. "Ask Billboard: Sharing Cher On CD". Billboard. 2008-07-25. Retrieved 2012-03-11.



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Two the Hard Way — совместный альбом американской певицы и актрисы Шер и американского рокера Грегга Оллмэна, выпущенный в ноябре 1977 на лейбле Warner Bros. Records. Альбом был раскритикован и успеха не имел, было продано около 550 тыс. копий LP в мире.



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