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Two the Hard Way

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History
Track listing
Personnel
References
External links

{{Infobox album
| name = Two the Hard Way
| type = Album
| artist = Allman and Woman
| cover = TwoTheHardWay.jpeg
| alt =
| released = November 1977
| recorded = 1977
| venue =
| studio = Record Plant, Los Angeles; Sunset Sound, Hollywood; Record Plant, New York City
| genre = Pop rock, southern pop
| length = 38:35
| label = Warner Bros.
| producer = {{hlist|Gregg Allman|Johnny Sandlin|John Haeny}}
| chronology = Cher
| prev_title = Cherished
| prev_year = 1977
| next_title = Take Me Home
| next_year = 1979
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Gregg Allman
| type = album
| prev_title = Playin' Up a Storm
| prev_year = 1977
| title = Two the Hard Way
| year = 1977
| next_title = I'm No Angel
| next_year = 1986
}}{{Singles
| name = Two the Hard Way
| type = studio
| single1 = Move Me
| single1date = 1977
| single2 = You've Really Got a Hold on Me
| single2date = 1977
}}
}}{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|1|5}}^[1]
| rev2 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
| rev2Score = {{Rating|0|5}}}}

Two the Hard Way is a studio album by American singer-actress Cher and the third studio album by American rock singer Gregg Allman released in November 1977 by Warner Bros. Records. The album, billed to "Allman and Woman", was a critical and commercial failure.

History

The product of the two musicians' unlikely and turbulent relationship and marriage, it attempted an even more unlikely musical melding of Allman's Southern rock with Cher's idiosyncratic, personality-driven pop. The uncharacteristically airbrushed cover notwithstanding, Allman's musical ideas and singing generally took the lead.

The album was not well-received; the 1979 Rolling Stone Record Guide said "It's hard to imagine a more inappropriate combination ... It's the bottom of the barrel after a long fall for Gregg, and more of the same for Cher," and rated the album "Worthless". Two the Hard Way was not a commercial success either; by the time the 1983 edition of the same guide was published, the album was out of print. The album has never been issued on CD or iTunes. According to Billboard, Cher has ownership of the album's master tapes and Warner would be unable to reissue it without her consent or participation.^[2]

To promote the release of the album Cher and Allman did a mini tour called Two the Hard Way Tour.

Track listing

{{track listing
| headline = Side one
| title1 = Move Me
| writer1 = {{hlist|Fred Beckmeier|Vella M. Cameron|Steve Beckmeier|Jimmie Cameron}}
| length1 = 2:58
| title2 = I Found You Love
| writer2 = Alan Gordon
| length2 = 3:58
| title3 = Can You Fool
| writer3 = Michael Smotherman
| length3 = 3:21
| title4 = You've Really Got a Hold on Me
| writer4 = Smokey Robinson
| length4 = 3:18
| title5 = We're Gonna Make It
| writer5 = {{hlist|Billy Davis|Carl Smith|Raynard Miner|Gene Barge}}
| length5 = 3:15
| title6 = Do What You Gotta Do
| writer6 = Jimmy Webb
| length6 = 3:26
}}{{track listing
| headline = Side two
| title1 = In For the Night
| writer1 = {{hlist|Ed Sanford|Johnny Townsend}}
| length1 = 3:34
| title2 = Shadow Dream Song
| note2 = lead vocals by Gregg Allman
| writer2 = Jackson Browne
| length2 = 3:43
| title3 = Island
| note3 = lead vocals by Cher
| writer3 = Ilene Rappaport
| length3 = 4:25
| title4 = I Love Makin' Love to You
| writer4 = {{hlist|Benjamin Weisman|Evie Sands|Richard Germinero}}
| length4 = 3:49
| title5 = Love Me
| writer5 = {{hlist|Jerry Leiber|Mike Stoller}}
| length5 = 2:48
}}

Personnel

Cher – lead vocals, harmony vocals
Gregg Allman – lead vocals, harmony vocals, organ, producer
Ricky Hirsch, John Leslie Hug, Fred Tackett, Scott Boyer – guitar
Randall Bramblett, Harvey Thompson, Ronnie Eades – saxophone
Harrison Calloway, Jim Horn – horn
Ben Cauley – trumpet, flugelhorn
Dennis Good – trombone
Mickey Raphael – harmonica
Bobbye Hall – percussion
Willie Weeks – bass
Neil Larsen - piano, electric piano, clavinet, organ
Bill Stewart – drums
Clydie King, Doug Hayward, Pat Henderson, Russell Morris, Sherlie Matthews, Tim Schmit - backing vocals
Jimmy Webb - string and horn arrangements on "We're Gonna Make It" and "Do What You Gotta Do"
Ed Freeman - string arrangements
Sid Sharp - concertmaster

Technical

Johnny Sandlin – producer
John Haeny – producer on "You Really Got a Hold On Me" and "Do What You Gotta Do"
Tom Flye – engineer
David Pinkston – engineer
John Cabalka - art direction
Brad Kanawyer - design
Bob Jacobs - artwork, photo hand tinting
Harry Langdon - photography

References

1. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r418 |title=Two the Hard Way – Allman and Woman | AllMusic |first=William |last=Ruhlmann |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |accessdate=7 August 2011}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Ask Billboard: Sharing Cher On CD|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1044665/ask-billboard-cher-depeche-mode-the-cars-twenty-four-flowers|publisher=Billboard|date=2008-07-25|accessdate=2012-03-11}}

External links

Official Cher site
Official Gregg Allman site
Warner official site
{{IMDb name|0000333|Cher}}
{{IMDb name|0021523|Gregg Allman}}

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