THE WHO | It’s Hard [1982] Vinyl Review | States & Kingdoms

The Who | It’s Hard [1982]

We adore The Who, and haven’t talked about them here in quite some time. We’ll eventually go through all of their albums. Today it’s It’s Hard. What we have generally considered to be the last true Who album, it’s special for many reasons. Easy to overlook but there are some fantastic songs, and that unmistakeable sound that can only be The Who.

It's Hard is the tenth studio album by English rock band the Who. Released on 4 September 1982, it was the last to feature bassist John Entwistle, who died in 2002. It was also the second and final Who studio album with drummer Kenney Jones, as well as the last to be released on Warner Bros. Records in the US. It was released on Polydor Records in the UK, peaking at No. 11, and on Warner Bros. in the US where it peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. The US rights to both this album and Face Dances subsequently reverted to the band, who then licensed them to MCA Records(later Geffen Records, itself once distributed by WB) for reissue. The album achieved gold status by the RIAA in the US in November 1982. It was their last album for over two decades until Endless Wire in 2006.

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