This article is about the music album. For the article on physically challenging work, see manual labour. For the penal sentence, see Penal labour.

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

Track listing

1. "Prelude" - 1:00
2. "Sure As I'm Sittin' Here" (John Hiatt) - 4:46
3. "Anytime Babe" (Larry Weiss) - 3:07
4. "Interlude I" - 0:19
5. "Put out the Light" (Daniel Moore) - 3:06
6. "Sitting in Limbo" (Gully Bright, Jimmy Cliff, Plummer) - 4:56
7. "I'd Be So Happy" (Skip Prokop) - 4:48
8. "Interlude II" - 0:21
9. "Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)" (Allen Toussaint) - 4:48
10. "On the Way Back Home" (Moore) - 4:16
11. "The Show Must Go On" (David Courtney, Leo Sayer) - 4:24

Personnel

• Mike Allsup - banjo, guitar
• Jimmy Greenspoon - keyboard
• Danny Hutton - vocals
• Jimmy Iovine
• Skip Konte - keyboard, ARP, chamberlain
• Chuck Negron - vocals
• Jack Ryland - bass
• Joe Schermie - bass
• Floyd Sneed - percussion, drums
• Cory Wells - vocals

Production

• Producer: Jimmy Ienner
• Engineers: Greg Calbi, Roy Cicala, Dennis Ferrante, Jimmy Ienner, Jay Messina, Tom Rabstenek, John Stronach
• Assistant engineers: Kalifornia Kurt Kinzel, Corky Stasiak
• Remixing: Roy Cicala, Jay Messina
• Arranger: Three Dog Night
• Art direction: Ed Caraeff
• Design: David Larkham
• Photography: Ed Caraeff

Charts

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Three Dog Night albums | 1974 albums