2012 studio album by Lee Brice
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.[1] The album includes the number one singles "A Woman Like You”, “Hard to love” and “I Drive Your Truck”.
Critical reception
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."[3] 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."[2]
Personnel
Compiled from liner notes.[5]
Musicians
- "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"
- "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
Technical
- Steve Blackmon – editing on "See About a Girl"
- Drew Bollman – recording
- Lee Brice – production (tracks 2-5, 9–13)
- Dan Frizsell – engineering
- Don Hart – string arrangements and conducting on "That Way Again"
- Kyle Jacobs – production (tracks 1, 6, 7)
- Doug Johnson – production (tracks 8, 11), engineering
- Matt McClure – production (tracks 1, 6, 7), recording, overdubbing, engineering, mixing
- Justin Niebank – recording, mixing
- Ed Seay – engineering
- Jon Stone – production (tracks 2-5, 9, 10, 12, 13)
- Hank Williams – mastering
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