Hard 2 Love (Lee Brice album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Hard 2 Love
| type = studio
| artist = Lee Brice
| cover = Hard2LoveBrice.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2012|04|24}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Country
| length = 49:05
| label = Curb Records
| producer = {{hlist|Lee Brice|Kyle Jacobs|Doug Johnson|Matt McClure|Jon Stone}}
| prev_title = Love Like Crazy
| prev_year = 2010
| next_title = I Don't Dance
| next_year = 2014
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Hard 2 Love
| type = studio
| single1 = A Woman Like You
| single1date = October 17, 2011
| single2 = Hard to Love
| single2date = May 14, 2012
| single3 = I Drive Your Truck
| single3date = December 3, 2012
| single4 = Parking Lot Party
| single4date = May 13, 2013
}}
}}
Hard 2 Love is the second studio album by American country music artist Lee Brice. It was released on April 24, 2012 by Curb Records.{{cite news|last=Bjorke|first=Matt|title=Lee Brice - Hard 2 Love Song-By-Song|url=http://www.roughstock.com/blog/lee-brice-hard-2-love-song-by-song/|accessdate=April 18, 2012|newspaper=Roughstock|date=April 12, 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511043916/http://www.roughstock.com/blog/lee-brice-hard-2-love-song-by-song|archivedate=May 11, 2012}} The album includes the number one singles "A Woman Like You”, “Hard to love” and “I Drive Your Truck”.
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r2431870|pure_url=yes}}|title=Hard 2 Love review|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|work=Allmusic|accessdate=May 4, 2012}}
| rev2 = USA Today
}}
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." 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."
Commercial performance
Track listing
{{tracklist
| title1 = Hard to Love
| writer1 = {{hlist|Billy Montana|John Ozier|Ben Glover}}
| length1 = 3:40
| title2 = A Woman Like You
| writer2 = {{hlist|Johnny Bulford|Phil Barton|Jon Stone}}
| length2 = 3:27
| title3 = That's When You Know It's Over
| writer3 = {{hlist|Lee Brice|Jerrod Niemann|Stone}}
| length3 = 3:19
| title4 = Parking Lot Party
| writer4 = {{hlist|Brice|Thomas Rhett|Rhett Akins|Luke Laird}}
| length4 = 3:27
| title5 = Don't Believe Everything You Think
| writer5 = {{hlist|Brice|Jim Collins|Stone}}
| length5 = 3:07
| title6 = I Drive Your Truck
| writer6 = {{hlist|Jessi Alexander|Connie Harrington|Jimmy Yeary}}
| length6 = 3:54
| title7 = See About a Girl
| writer7 = {{hlist|Brice|Phillip Lammonds|Kyle Jacobs}}
| length7 = 3:57
| title8 = Friends We Won't Forget
| writer8 = {{hlist|Brice|Rob Hatch|Lance Miller}}
| length8 = 3:39
| title9 = Life Off My Years
| writer9 = {{hlist|Eric Church|Michael P. Heeney|Jeff Hyde}}
| length9 = 4:33
| title10 = Seven Days a Thousand Times
| writer10 = {{hlist|Brice|Montana|Stone}}
| length10 = 3:23
| title11 = Beer
| writer11 = {{hlist|Chris Tompkins|Mark Irwin|Joe Collins}}
| length11 = 3:18
| title12 = That Way Again
| writer12 = {{hlist|Brice|Montana|Stone}}
| length12 = 4:55
| title13 = One More Day
| writer13 = {{hlist|Brice|Reg Smith}}
| length13 = 4:29
}}
Personnel
=Musicians=
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;"Hard to Love"
- Ben Glover – background vocals
- Tommy Harden – drums, percussion
- Mark Hill – bass guitar
- Jedd Hughes – acoustic guitar
- Kyle Jacobs – background vocals
- Mike 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"
- J. T. Corenflos – electric guitar
- Dennis Holt – drums
- Charles Judge – Hammond B-3 organ, synthesizer, programming
- Jeff King – electric guitar
- Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
- Pat McGrath – acoustic guitar
- Russ Pahl – steel guitar
- Ilya Toshinsky – mandolin
;"Parking Lot Party"
- Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
- Lee 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 – drums
- Jimmie 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 – harmonica
- Tully 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
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=Technical=
- Steve Blackmon – editing on "See About a Girl"
- Drew Bollman – recording
- Lee Brice – production {{small|(tracks 2-5, 9–13)}}
- Dan Frizsell – engineering
- Don Hart – string arrangements and conducting on "That Way Again"
- Kyle Jacobs – production {{small|(tracks 1, 6, 7)}}
- Doug Johnson – production {{small|(tracks 8, 11)}}, engineering
- Matt McClure – production {{small|(tracks 1, 6, 7)}}, recording, overdubbing, engineering, mixing
- Justin Niebank – recording, mixing
- Ed Seay – engineering
- Jon Stone – production {{small|(tracks 2-5, 9, 10, 12, 13)}}
- Hank Williams – mastering
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2012)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{album chart|Billboard200|5|artist=Lee Brice|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 10, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardCountry|2|artist=Lee Brice|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 10, 2021}} |
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=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2012)
! scope="col"| Position |
|---|
| scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2012|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=April 10, 2021}}
| 110 |
| scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2012|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=April 10, 2021}}
| 25 |
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2013)
! scope="col"| Position |
|---|
| scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2013/top-billboard-200-albums |title=2013 Year-End Charts – Billboard 200 Albums |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |accessdate=December 13, 2013}}
| 125 |
| scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2013/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2013|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=April 10, 2021}}
| 29 |
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=Singles=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="5"| Peak chart positions |
|---|
| style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="45"| US Country ! width="45"| US Country Airplay ! width="45"| US ! width="45"| CAN Country ! width="45"| CAN |
| 2011
| align="left"| "A Woman Like You" | 1 | — | 33 | — | 49 |
| rowspan="2"| 2012
| align="left"| "Hard to Love" | 4 | 1 | 27 | — | 51 |
| align="left"| "I Drive Your Truck"
| 6 | 1 | 47 | 3 | 53 |
| 2013
| align="left"| "Parking Lot Party" | 11 | 6 | 62 | 8 | 79 |
| colspan="7" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Certifications
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|title=Hard 2 Love|artist=Lee Brice|award=Platinum|certyear=2017|relyear=2012}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|nosales=true|noshipments=true}}
References
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{{Lee Brice}}
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