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It’s Hard
Rock · 1982 · 11 tracks

It’s Hard

The Who

Polished eighties rock defined by sharp synthesizers and nuclear-age anxiety. A clinical, high-energy farewell to the band's original studio era.

September 4, 1982 · MCA Records

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A tense, high-gloss reflection on social decay and personal aging in the digital age.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks
01
Athena
3:49
02
It’s Your Turn
3:41
03
Cooks County
3:50
04
It’s Hard
3:46
05
Dangerous
3:20
07
I’ve Known No War
5:59
08
One Life’s Enough
2:21
09
One at a Time
3:03
10
Why Did I Fall for That
3:25
11
A Man Is a Man
3:56
12
Cry If You Want
4:39
Moments Worth Listening For
The aggressive, stuttering synthesizer loop that opens Athena, signaling a hard pivot into the eighties.
The massive, orchestral-scale build-up in I’ve Known No War that recalls the band's earlier operatic ambitions.
The driving, relentless bassline in Cry If You Want that serves as a defiant final statement for the era.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does It’s Hard sound next to the rest of The Who's catalogue?

Anxious+3.5σ

Anxious saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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