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2012 studio album by Lee Brice
Hard 2 Love country music artist Lee Brice . It was released on April 24, 2012 by Curb Records .[ 1] A Woman Like You ”, “Hard to love ” and “I Drive Your Truck ”.
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."[ 3] 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."[ 2]
As of November 6, 2013, the album has sold 471,000 copies in the U.S.[ 4]
Title Writer(s) 1. "Hard to Love " 3:40 2. "A Woman Like You " Johnny Bulford Phil Barton Jon Stone 3:27 3. "That's When You Know It's Over" 3:19 4. "Parking Lot Party " 3:27 5. "Don't Believe Everything You Think" 3:07 6. "I Drive Your Truck " 3:54 7. "See About a Girl" 3:57 8. "Friends We Won't Forget" Brice Rob Hatch Lance Miller 3:39 9. "Life Off My Years" 4:33 10. "Seven Days a Thousand Times" 3:23 11. "Beer" 3:18 12. "That Way Again" 4:55 13. "One More Day" 4:29
Compiled from liner notes.[ 5]
"Hard to Love" Ben Glover – background vocals
Tommy Harden – drums, percussion
Mark Hill – bass guitar
Jedd Hughes – acoustic guitarKyle Jacobs – background vocalsMike 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 guitarLee 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 – drumsJimmie 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 – harmonicaTully 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
Steve Blackmon – editing on "See About a Girl"
Drew Bollman – recording
Lee Brice – production (tracks 2-5, 9–13)
Dan Frizsell – engineering
Don Hart – string arrangements and conducting on "That Way Again"
Kyle Jacobs – production (tracks 1, 6, 7) Doug Johnson – production (tracks 8, 11) , engineeringMatt McClure – production (tracks 1, 6, 7) , recording, overdubbing, engineering, mixing
Justin Niebank – recording, mixing
Ed Seay – engineering
Jon Stone – production (tracks 2-5, 9, 10, 12, 13)
Hank Williams – mastering
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