Hard 'n' Heavy

Hard 'n' Heavy is the debut studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Anvil. It was originally released independently under the band name "Lips".[3]

Hard 'n' Heavy
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 25, 1981
RecordedJuly–December 1980
StudioQuest Recording Studios, Oshawa, Canada
GenreHeavy metal, hard rock[1]
Length41:00
LabelAttic
ProducerDave Allison, Robb Reiner, Lips
Anvil chronology
Hard 'n' Heavy
(1981)
Metal on Metal
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal4/10[2]

Critical reception

Reviewer Toots Daley from British magazine Kerrang! in beginning of 1982 expressed a joy from pleasant surprise made by this album. As per him the "main strength" of Anvil "lies in the guitar/vocal prowess of Lips who comes on like a young Steve Tyler crossed with a butch Rob Halford".[4]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."School Love"Steve Kudlow, Robb Reiner3:15
2."AC/DC"Kudlow4:41
3."At the Apartment"Kudlow, Reiner5:22
4."I Want You Both (With Me)"Dave Allison3:22
5."Bedroom Game"Kudlow, Reiner4:01
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Oooh Baby"Kudlow, Reiner2:56
7."Paint It, Black" (The Rolling Stones cover)Mick Jagger, Keith Richards3:54
8."Oh Jane"Allison, Kudlow, Reiner4:54
9."Hot Child"Allison, Kudlow4:11
10."Bondage"Kudlow4:24

Personnel

Anvil

Additional musicians

Production

References

  1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. Hard 'n' Heavy at AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  2. Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 24. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  3. The ANVIL Homepage - Hard 'N' Heavy
  4. Toots, Daley (1982). "Review: Anvil — Hard 'n' Heavy". Kerrang!. No. 10. London: Spotlight Publications Inc. p. 22. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
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