Hard Times (Peter Skellern album)

Hard Times
Studio album by Peter Skellern
Released	1975
Genre	Pop
Label	Island Records
Producer	Meyer Shagaloff
Peter Skellern chronology
Hold On to Love (1975) Hard Times (1975) Kissing in the Cactus (1977)

Hard Times is the fifth album by singer, songwriter and pianist Peter Skellern (born 14 March 1947, Bury, Lancashire^[1]) released in 1975 on the Island Records label. Despite much radio airplay, "Hard Times" failed as a single and the LP slipped into decades of obscurity. As a result of this commercial failure, Skellern changed record companies again, signing with Phonogram under their Mercury subsidiary and immediately enjoying a minor hit with a cover of "Love is the Sweetest Thing".^[2]

Track listing

All tracks written by Peter Skellern except "Make Love, Not War" written by John Burrows, John Harding and Peter Skellern.

Side 1

1. "Hard Times”
2. "I Guess You Wish You’d Gone Home"
3. "Baby What a Fool I’ve Been”
4. "Down in the Cellar"
5. ”Goodbye, America Keep You Well”

Side 2

1. "Snake Bite"
2. "Make Love, Not War” (From the musical revue Loud Reports)
3. "A Capella”
4. "Let’s Sleep Late"
5. "And Then You’ll Fall"

Musicians

• Keyboards: Peter Skellern (acoustic and electric piano, percussion, organ and moog)
• Vocals: Peter Skellern
• Drums: Rob Townsend
• Bass: George Ford
• Guitars: Mick Green, Brian Alterman
• Tablas: Chris Karan
• Strings: Arranged by Andrew Price Jackman
• Background vocals: Madeline Bell, Joy Yates, Joanne Williams
• Guitar on "Make Love Not War": George Harrison

Production

• Producer: Meyer Shagaloff by arrangement with Johnny Stirling for Pendulum Music Ltd
• Engineer: Trevor Vallis
• Tape operators: Dave & Vaughan
• Recorded at: Mayfair Sound Studios
• Cover illustration: Tony Wright
• Album design: Eckford Stimpson

References