Hard Road (Stevie Wright album)
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Hard Road is the debut solo album from Australia
n singer Stevie Wright. The album's first single "Evie (Part 1)
" was hugely successful and the title track was latter covered on Rod Stewart's
1974 album Smiler
. The album itself reach #2 on the Australian albums charts in 1974 was the 16th highest selling album in Australia that year. The compact disc is currently out-of-print and has become quite rare.
Singles - Charting positions
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n singer Stevie Wright. The album's first single "Evie (Part 1)
Evie (song)
Evie is an Australian rock song released as a single in 1974 by Australian music legend and former frontman of The Easybeats, Stevie Wright.It was written by Harry Vanda and George Young...
" was hugely successful and the title track was latter covered on Rod Stewart's
Rod Stewart
Roderick David "Rod" Stewart, CBE is a British singer-songwriter and musician, born and raised in North London, England and currently residing in Epping. He is of Scottish and English ancestry....
1974 album Smiler
Smiler (album)
Smiler is Rod Stewart's fifth album, and final album for Mercury Records, released in 1974 . It became the first album by Rod Stewart as a solo artist to become critically panned. Although it reached number 1 in the UK album chart, it stalled at number 13 in the US...
. The album itself reach #2 on the Australian albums charts in 1974 was the 16th highest selling album in Australia that year. The compact disc is currently out-of-print and has become quite rare.
Alternative covers
There are four different album covers for the album: The original Australian release, the Polydor release, the Atco release and the Australian compact disc reissue cover.Side 1
- Hard Road (Harry Vanda - George Young) - 3:02
- Life Gets Better (Stevie Wright) - 3:10
- The Other Side (Stevie Wright) - 2:32
- I Got You Good (Stevie Wright) - 3:16
- Dancing in the Limelight (Stevie Wright) - 2:36
- Didn't I Take You Higher (Harry Vanda - George Young) - 5:57
Side 2
- Evie - 11:01
Part 1 (Let Your Hair Down) (Harry Vanda - George Young)
Part 2 (Evie) (Harry Vanda - George Young)
Part 3 (I'm Losing You) (Harry Vanda - George Young) - Movin' On Up (Stevie Wright) - 3:16
- Commando Line (Stevie Wright) - 3:58
Chart positions
Album - Charting positions| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Go-Set Go-Set Go-Set was the first Australian pop music newspaper, published weekly from 2 February 1966 to 24 August 1974, and was founded in Melbourne by Phillip Frazer, Peter Raphael and Tony Schauble... Australian Albums |
2 |
| 1974 | Kent Music Report Kent Music Report The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to 1998... Top 25 Albums of 1974 |
16 |
Singles - Charting positions
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | "Evie (Part 1)" | Go-Set Singles Chart | 2 |