Hard 2 Love

Lee Brice | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 24, 2012)
• Original Release Date: 2012
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Curb Records
• ASIN: B007971HH2
• In-Print Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Music
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (80 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #894 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

After much success as a hit songwriter for a litany of country music s most virile chart toppers from Garth Brooks and Kenny Chesney to Jason Aldean and Tim McGraw, Lee Brice is now focusing his creative talents on propelling his own right as a superstar. Hard 2 Love follows Brice s critically-acclaimed debut album Love Like Crazy, which spawned Billboard s Most Played Country Song of 2010 by virtue of its title track. Billboard remarkably repeated the honor in 2011 with the Brice-penned "Crazy Girl" hitting #1 for the Eli Young Band racking up "most played" song numbers in the country genre, and being nominated by the ACM in the prestigious "Song of the Year" category. Notable too in chart history, Brice penned Garth Brooks' "More Than A Memory" the only song in Billboard history to debut at the top of the Hot Country Songs chart.

Undeniably, Lee Brice s focus on center stage with a 2012 studio project is built on a massive platform of success as one of Nashville s hottest hit writers. Add to the mix the obvious facts that pure, authentic vocal talent and rough-hewn good looks are the ingredients for superstardom. Hard 2 Love boldly showcases what all the excitement is about. Powerful vocals and top drawer songs provide a stellar collection that invests Brice both professionally and personally with honest, raw emotion. "Everything on the album reflects who I am right now and where I am in my life, " he noted in a recent interview.

Songs such as "Parking Lot Party, " "Beer, " and"Life Off My Years" portray the nuts and bolts realism of the "man s man" spin on life in today s reality series-driven culture. The title track "Hard To Love, " "A Woman Like You, " "Ring In My Pocket, " and "One More Day" shed a more personal insight into the heart of the man and the creative, personal journey he s on.

Co-produced by Lee Brice, Kyle Jacobs, Jon Stone, Doug Johnson, and Matt McClure, some of Nashville s finest writers have been marshaled into creative service on Hard 2 Love with Lee s major league troop "A-Team" writing buddies including Billy Montana, Jerrod Niemann, John Ozier, Jon Stone, and Eric Church. Brice co-wrote eight of the 13 tracks.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Lee Brice On His Way To Superstardom! April 26, 2012

By M. Mariba TOP 1000 REVIEWER

Format:Audio CD

This is a wonderful sophomore album release from one of the best country music rising singer-songwriters Lee Brice titled 'Hard 2 Love' : it's a follow-up to his critically acclaimed debut 'Love Like Crazy'. He has managed to successfully navigate from song-writing chart-topping songs to other country music stars to superstardom himself. This new CD (13 tracks) certainly solidifies his musical career as a serious singer-songwriter (he co-wrote eight of thirteen tracks) : great melodical guitars, incredible lyrics & vocals. Lee Brice sings about love found/lost and more in this album. Stand-outs/gems/solid tracks include "A Woman Like You", "That's When You Know It's Over", "I Drive Your Truck", "Life Off My Years", "Seven Days A Thousand Times" & "That Way Again". Great tracks include "Hard To Love" (great opening title track), "Parking Lot Party", "Don't Believe Everything You Think", "See About A Girl", "Friends We Won't Forget", "Beer" (fun track with great harmonica) & "On More Day". There is no weak track or CD filler in this CD release.

On overall, Lee Brice has certainly solidified his musical career in this wonderful sophomore release. A well deserved 5 star performance & a highly recommended CD listening!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars First album was better, but this is still good. May 29, 2012

By Luke Sabbann

Format:MP3 Music

I'd definitely recommend his first album before this one, but Hard 2 Love is still pretty great (as long as you can get past the STUPID album name and cover). I've been a big Lee Brice fan for a while, but I'm a little worried that he's veering towards the female demographic, due to his success with the slower, prettier songs. Also, there are too many little "audio blurbs" in between the songs on his album. (It reminded me way too much of his friend Jerrod Niemann's album.)

Thank God he's still got some fun, fast, loud songs on the album. Let's hope he can continue his country rock success!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Good collection of songs May 7, 2012

By Charlie

Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase

I've heard the song "A Woman Like You" on country radio and loved it. Instead of just downloading that song I decided to take a chance on the CD. I'm glad I did. There's a good collection of songs on it well worth the price.