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The Hard and the Easy

The Hard and The Easy
Album Cover-The Hard And The Easy.jpg
Studio album by Great Big Sea
Released 2005 (Canada)
Genre Folk
Length 41:22
Label Warner Music Canada
Producer Alan Doyle, Sean McCann & Bob Hallett
Great Big Sea chronology
Something Beautiful*
(2004)
The Hard and The Easy
(2005)
Fortune's Favour
(2008)
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Allmusic 3.5/5 stars

The Hard and The Easy is the seventh studio album by Great Big Sea. It was released on October 11, 2005 in Canada and October 25, 2005 in the US. It reached gold status by October 25, 2005.

The album is a compilation of traditional Newfoundland songs, many of which were collected together in the Gerald S. Doyle song books. Its title is derived from a line in the folk song "Tickle Cove Pond", which appears as the closing track on the album.

The album was nominated for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year by a group at the 2006 Juno Awards.

The album offered through iTunes came with a digital copy of the booklet. In addition, a live version of "The Old Black Rum" was offered to those who signed up for the pre-order.

The CD version of the album came with a bonus DVD featuring back-stories, commentary and informal performances of many of the album tracks.


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