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Hard Workin' Man

{{Short description|Album by Brooks & Dunn}}

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{{Infobox album

| name = Hard Workin' Man

| type = studio

| artist = Brooks & Dunn

| cover = HardWorkinMan.jpg

| alt =

| released = February 23, 1993

| recorded = 1992–1993

| venue =

| studio = {{unbulleted list|Sound Shop (Nashville, Tennessee)|The Castle (Franklin, Tennessee)}}

| genre = Country

| length = 42:47

| label = Arista

| producer = {{hlist|Don Cook|Scott Hendricks|"Boot Scootin' Boogie (Dance Mix)" produced by Don Cook, Scott Hendricks, and Brian Tankersley}}

| prev_title = Brand New Man

| prev_year = 1991

| next_title = Waitin' on Sundown

| next_year = 1994

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Hard Workin' Man

| type = Studio

| single1 = Hard Workin' Man

| single1date = February 1, 1993

| single2 = We'll Burn That Bridge

| single2date = May 3, 1993

| single3 = She Used to Be Mine

| single3date = August 30, 1993

| single4 = Rock My World (Little Country Girl)

| single4date = December 6, 1993

| single5 = That Ain't No Way to Go

| single5date = March 28, 1994

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r123614}}

| rev2 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev2Score = C{{cite web|author=David Browne |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,305703,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011040544/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,305703,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 11, 2008 |title=Hard Workin' Man Review |publisher=EW.com |date=February 26, 1993 |access-date=February 20, 2012}}

}}

Hard Workin' Man is the second studio album by American country music duo Brooks & Dunn. Like its predecessor, Brand New Man, the album had a string of top 5 hits on the US Hot Country chart. Its singles were "Hard Workin' Man" (#4), "Rock My World (Little Country Girl)" (#2), "She Used To Be Mine" (#1), "We'll Burn That Bridge" (#2), and "That Ain't No Way To Go" (#1). The album also featured a remixed dance version of the country number-one hit "Boot Scootin' Boogie", from the previous album.

Track listing

{{ Track listing

| collapsed =

| headline =

| total length =

| title1 = Hard Workin' Man

| writer1 = Ronnie Dunn

| length1 = 2:58

| title2 = We'll Burn That Bridge

| writer2 = Dunn, Don Cook

| length2 = 2:57

| title3 = Mexican Minutes

| writer3 = Jim Messina, Kent Robbins

| length3 = 3:40

| title4 = Heartbroke Out of My Mind

| writer4 = Dunn

| length4 = 3:25

| title5 = She Used to Be Mine

| writer5 = Dunn

| length5 = 3:56

| title6 = Rock My World (Little Country Girl)

| writer6 = Bill LaBounty, Steve O'Brien

| length6 = 3:42

| title7 = That Ain't No Way to Go

| writer7 = Kix Brooks, Dunn, Cook

| length7 = 3:37

| title8 = Texas Women (Don't Stay Lonely Long)

| writer8 = Brooks

| length8 = 3:39

| title9 = Our Time Is Coming

| writer9 = Brooks, Dunn

| length9 = 4:39

| title10 = I Can't Put Out This Fire

| writer10 = Brooks, Dunn

| length10 = 3:39

| title11 = Boot Scootin' Boogie (Dance Mix)

| writer11 = Dunn

| length11 = 6:29

}}

Chart performance

=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (1993)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| Canadian Albums (RPM)

| 41

scope="row"| Canadian Country Albums (RPM)

| 1

{{album chart|Billboard200|9|artist=Brooks & Dunn|rowheader=true}}
{{album chart|BillboardCountry|2|artist=Brooks & Dunn|rowheader=true}}

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (1993)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1993/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1993|work=Billboard|access-date=July 5, 2021|archive-date=January 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150124023932/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1993/the-billboard-200|url-status=dead}}

| 51

scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1993/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1993|work=Billboard|access-date=July 5, 2021|archive-date=September 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906022244/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1993/top-country-albums|url-status=dead}}

| 10

scope="col"| Chart (1994)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1994/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1994|work=Billboard|access-date=July 5, 2021|archive-date=January 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150124051559/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1994/the-billboard-200|url-status=dead}}

| 73

scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1994/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1994|work=Billboard|access-date=July 5, 2021|archive-date=September 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906024501/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1994/top-country-albums|url-status=dead}}

| 9

scope="col"| Chart (1995)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1995/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1995|work=Billboard|access-date=July 5, 2021|archive-date=September 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906024706/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1995/top-country-albums|url-status=dead}}

| 50

Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|title=Hard Workin' Man|artist=Brooks and Dunn|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=1993|certyear=1995|accessdate=August 14, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|title=Hard Workin' Man|artist=Brooks & Dunn|award=Platinum|number=5|relyear=1993|certyear=2002|accessdate=August 14, 2024}}

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Personnel

Brooks & Dunn

  • Kix Brooks – lead vocals on tracks 3, 6, 8, 10 and backing vocals
  • Ronnie Dunn – lead vocals on tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9 and backing vocals

Additional musicians

References

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{{Brooks & Dunn}}

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Category:1993 albums

Category:Brooks & Dunn albums

Category:Arista Records albums

Category:Albums produced by Don Cook

Category:Albums produced by Scott Hendricks