Hard Labor


Hard Labor is the eleventh album by American rock band Three Dog Night, released in 1974.

Cover artwork

The original album cover, depicting the birth of a record album, was deemed too controversial and was first included with a manila file folder covering most of the cover. This was soon reworked with a huge Band-Aid covering the "birth". The cover also includes an attached "birth record sheet" of the album. The label shown on the original cover's album is the same custom label used on the actual album. The CD reissue by MCA Records in the 1990s restored the cover to its original look showing the record. Albums that had already been produced had a Band-Aid attached to them. Subsequent albums had the Band-Aid printed directly on the cover.

Track listing

Side 1

  1. "Prelude" - 1:00
  2. "Sure As I'm Sittin' Here" – 4:45
  3. "Anytime Babe" – 3:07
  4. "Put Out the Light" – 3:06
  5. "Sitting in Limbo" – 5:03

    Side 2

  6. "I'd Be So Happy" – 4:48
  7. "Play Something Sweet " – 4:48
  8. "On the Way Back Home" – 4:16
  9. "The Show Must Go On" – 4:24

    Personnel

Album - Billboard | RPM
YearChartPosition
1974Japan Oricon50
1974US Top 20020
1974Canada16

Singles - Billboard
YearSingleChartPosition
1974"The Show Must Go On"US Pop Singles4
1974"The Show Must Go On"US Cash Box1
1974"The Show Must Go On"US Record World1
1974"The Show Must Go On"US Radio & Records3
1974"The Show Must Go On"Canada Pop Singles2
1974"The Show Must Go On"Germany Top 10012
1974"The Show Must Go On"Netherlands Top 1006
1974"The Show Must Go On"Belgium Ultratop23
1974"The Show Must Go On"Japan Oricon Singles Chart77
1974"Sure As I'm Sittin' Here"US Pop Singles16
1974"Sure As I'm Sittin' Here"US Cash Box18
1974"Sure As I'm Sittin' Here"US Record World22
1974"Sure As I'm Sittin' Here"Canada Pop Singles18
1974"Play Something Sweet "US Pop Singles33
1974"Play Something Sweet "US Cash Box26
1974"Play Something Sweet "US Record World24
1974"Play Something Sweet "Canada Pop Singles25

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