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Hard 'n' Heavy
Studio album by Anvil
Released	May 25, 1981
Recorded	July–December 1980
Studio	Quest Recording Studios, Oshawa, Canada
Genre	Heavy metal, hard rock
Length	41:00
Label	Attic
Producer	Dave Allison, Robb Reiner, Lips
Anvil chronology
Hard 'n' Heavy (1981) Metal on Metal (1982)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	4/10
Sounds

Hard 'n' Heavy is the debut studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Anvil. It was originally released independently under the band name "Lips".

Critical reception

Reviewer Toots Daley from British magazine Kerrang! in beginning of 1982 expressed a joy from pleasant surprise made by this album. As per him the "main strength" of Anvil "lies in the guitar/vocal prowess of Lips who comes on like a young Steve Tyler crossed with a butch Rob Halford".

Track listing

Personnel

Anvil

• Steve "Lips" Kudlow – vocals, guitar
• Dave Allison – guitar, lead vocals on "I Want You Both (With Me)" and "Oh Jane"
• Ian Dickson – bass
• Robb Reiner – drums

Additional musicians

• Bess Ross – background vocals

Production

• Paul LaChapelle – engineer, mixing
• Dean Motter – art direction and design

References

1. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. Hard 'n' Heavy at AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
2. Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 24. ISBN 978-1894959315.
3. Barton, Geoff (20 February 1982). "Hammer and tongues". Sounds. p. 31.
4. The ANVIL Homepage - Hard 'N' Heavy
5. Toots, Daley (1982). "Review: Anvil — Hard 'n' Heavy". Kerrang!. No. 10. London: Spotlight Publications Inc. p. 22. Retrieved 2021-04-23.

• 1981 debut albums
• Anvil (band) albums
• Attic Records albums