Hard Times for Lovers
Studio album by
Judy Collins
ReleasedFebruary 1979[1]
GenreFolk
LabelElektra
ProducerGary Klein
Judy Collins chronology
So Early in the Spring
(1977) 		Hard Times for Lovers
(1979) 		Running for My Life
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

Hard Times for Lovers is the twelfth studio album by American singer and songwriter Judy Collins, released by Elektra Records in 1979.

It was Collins's first new recording since Bread and Roses, in 1976; it earned some extra publicity as a result of the back cover of the Francesco Scavullo-photographed sleeve art, depicting most of a nude Collins as seen from the back. The album was still something of a commercial disappointment, however,[1] peaking at No. 54 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts.[4]

Track listing

  1. "Hard Times for Lovers" (Hugh Prestwood) – 3:56
  2. "Marie" (Randy Newman) – 3:11
  3. "Happy End" (Henry Gaffney) – 3:12
  4. "Desperado" (Glenn Frey, Don Henley) – 3:34
  5. "I Remember Sky" (Stephen Sondheim) – 4:00
  6. "Starmaker" (Bruce Roberts, Carole Bayer Sager) – 4:28
  7. "Dorothy" (Hugh Prestwood) – 4:37
  8. "I'll Never Say Goodbye" (Theme from the Universal Picture The Promise) (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, David Shire) – 3:41
  9. "Through the Eyes of Love" (Theme from Ice Castles) (Marvin Hamlisch, Carole Bayer Sager) – 3:28
  10. "Where or When" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:38

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References

  1. ^ a b "Calendar: February". Rolling Stone. Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. (307/308): 56. December 27, 1979.
  2. ^ "Hard Times for Lovers Review by Bruce Eder". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  3. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 154.
  4. ^ "US Albums and Singles Charts > Judy Collins". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
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