Hard Time Hungrys [Import]

Bobby Bare | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 7, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Edsel Records UK
• ASIN: B000006080
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #625,950 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hard Time Hungrys

2. The Farmer Feeds Us All

3. Alimony

4. Two For A Dollar

5. Back Home in Huntsville Again

6. Daddy's Been Around The House Too Long

7. Warm And Free

8. Able Bodied Man

9. $100,000 In Pennies

10. Bottles And Boxes

11. Truck Driver, Truck Driver

12. The Unemployment Line

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Silverstein, Bare Genious, June 17, 2000

By 

Bill Rucker (Seymour, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hard Time Hungrys (Audio CD)

This is a very special album, bringing together the poetic genious of Shel Silverstein and the expressive talents of the Great Bobby Bare. This album, conceived by Silverstein tells the story of the "real" people in society. The battlers at the bottom of the ladder who are losers because of when and where they were born, not what they can do. This album will bring a tear to your eye with "Two For A Dollar", which paints the picture of the dispersal of treasured family furniture and effects through the impersonal reality of an auction sale. It takes you into the hard world of prison with "Back Home In Huntsville Again" and shows the family dislocation caused when "Daddy's Been Around The House Too Long". It will have you smiling with "Warm and Free" as we learn how to make the best of an opportunity. "$100,000 In Pennies" teaches us with a smile that even a successful crime can have problems. "Bottles And Boxes" contributed by Roger Murrah is a classic in the vein of "Streets of London". The album finishes in the "Unemployment Line".

It takes true genious to use a single subject to evoke a range of emotions. This album achieves this eloquently. When you have listened to it a few times you will realise that you have laughed, cried and loved, all based on the fact that for some, life is hard or just dead unfair. But it is done so well that that you will feel lifted by the experience of hearing it, and, if you have a soul, a lot closer to those people in society who are doing it "hard". This album introduced me to Shell Silverstein and Bobby Bare, it was a revelation for me. If you have any poetry in your soul you must hear it! Then you will find you must have to have it

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hard Times Hungry, October 7, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Hard Time Hungrys (Audio CD)

I bought this album in 1976 on stereo-8 tape. I played it endlessly during my years living in Asia to remind me of the "real world". Anyway I lost that tape years ago and only by accident learned it was still available. I've looked for it on and off for years.

It's truly an amazing musical experience for me.

5.0 out of 5 stars current, May 21, 2009

By 

skookum (kenai.ak.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hard Time Hungrys (Vinyl)

One of my all time favorite albums,I used to have it and have been looking for a new one for years,it's comfort sound(as opposed to food)for me.I think they should rerelease it,it fits with what's happening with the country/world today.