Hard 'N' Heavy (with Marshmallow)

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| name = Hard 'N' Heavy (with Marshmallow)

| type = Studio album

| released = February 1969

| genre = Psychedelic pop,{{cite web|title=Paul Revere & the Raiders: Essential|first=Stephen|last=Haag|url=https://www.popmatters.com/141391-paul-revere-the-raiders-essential-2496026709.html|date=2011-06-28|website=PopMatters|accessdate=2 January 2018}}

bubblegum pop{{cite book|first= Gary|last= Pig Gold|editor1-first= Gary|editor1-last= Graff |editor2-first= Daniel |editor2-last= Durchholz |year= 1998 |title= MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |chapter= Paul Revere & the Raiders/Paul Revere & the Raiders featuring Mark Lindsay/Raiders/Pink Fuzz|publisher= Visible Ink Press |location= Detroit |pages= 938–939}}{{cite book|first= Glynis|last= Ward|editor1-first= Kim |editor1-last= Cooper|editor2-first= David|editor2-last= Smay|year= 2001|title= Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth|chapter= Survival of the Grooviest: Paul Revere & the Raiders|publisher= Feral House|location= Los Angeles|pages= 87–88}}

| producer = Mark Lindsay

| prev_title = Something Happening

| prev_year = 1968

| next_title = Alias Pink Puzz

| next_year = 1969

|italic_title=no

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}

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Hard 'N' Heavy (with Marshmallow) is the tenth studio album by Paul Revere and the Raiders, released in 1969.{{cite web |last1=Eder |first1=Bruce |title=Paul Revere & the Raiders - Hard 'N' Heavy (With Marshmallow) Album Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/hard-n-heavy-with-marshmallow-mw0000604485#review |website=AllMusic |access-date=16 January 2024 |language=en}} It entered the Billboard 200 on 5 April 1969 at number 122, spending 19 weeks on the chart peaking at number 51 on 10 May 1969.{{cite web |title=Billborad Database - Hard 'N' Heavy (With Marshmallow)|url=https://elpee.jp/album/Hard%20%27N%27%20Heavy%20%28With%20Marshmallow%29/Paul%20Revere%20%26%20The%20Raiders/ |website=elpee.jp |access-date=16 January 2024}} The sound of the album has been compared to the Rolling Stones with both garage rock and light psychedelia sounds.{{cite book |last1=Segretto |first1=Mike |title=33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute: A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999 |date=15 July 2022 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4930-6460-1 |pages=219–220 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jtNtEAAAQBAJ&dq=hard+%27n%27+heavy+(with+marshmallow)&pg=PA219 |language=en}}

Singles

"Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon" was released as a single and spent 12 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 peaking at number 18.{{cite web |title=Billborad Database - "Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon"|url=https://elpee.jp/single/Mr.%20Sun%2C%20Mr.%20Moon/Paul%20Revere%20%26%20The%20Raiders%20Featuring%20Mark%20Lindsay/ |website=elpee.jp |access-date=16 January 2024}} The track was later included in the Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood soundtrack.{{cite magazine |last1=Houghton |first1=Cillea |title=3 Songs You Didn't Know Mark Lindsay Wrote for Paul Revere & the Raiders |url=https://americansongwriter.com/3-songs-you-didnt-know-mark-lindsay-wrote-for-paul-revere-the-raiders/ |magazine=American Songwriter |access-date=16 January 2024 |date=31 December 2023}}

Track listing

All songs written by Mark Lindsay (except where noted).

=Side 1=

"Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon"
"Money Can't Buy Me"
"Time After Time" (Allison, Lindsay)
"Ride On My Shoulder"
"Without You" (Allison, Lindsay)
"Trishalana"

=Side 2=

"Out On That Road" (Allison, Lindsay)
"Hard And Heavy 5 String Soul Banjo" (Weller)
"Where You Goin' Girl" (Weller)
"Cinderella Sunshine"
"Call On Me"

=Bonus Tracks (2000 Sundazed CD Reissue)=

"Do Unto Others" (single version)
"Cinderella Sunshine" (single version)
"Theme From It's Happening"
"Judge GTO Breakaway"

Personnel

Mark Lindsay – lead vocals, producer
Paul Revere – keyboards, vocals
Freddy Weller - guitar, vocals
Keith Allison - bass, guitar, piano, organ, vocals
Joe Correro Jr. – drums, congas, vocals

References

Category:1969 albums

Category:Paul Revere & the Raiders albums

Category:Columbia Records albums