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Hard to Be a Rock'n Roller is the reissue of Norwegian glam metal band Wig Wam's debut album 667.. The Neighbour of the Beast. It was released in Scandinavia on January 10, 2005, and featured a re-arranged tracklist and the addition of an instrumental track titled "The Drop" and a radio edit of "Hard to Be a Rock'n Roller".

After Wig Wam won the Melodi Grand Prix competition in march 2005 with the single "In My Dreams" and gained entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 held in Kyiv, the album was reissued to include the single for release in Europe and renamed Hard to Be a Rock'n Roller.. In Kiev! The band placed ninth at the Eurovision Song Contest with "In My Dreams" and following the band's performance, the album was reissued for releases in Scandinavia and Asia, titled Hard to Be a Rock'n Roller.. and Hard to Be a Rock'n Roller.. In Tokyo! respectively. The album and "In My Dreams" were both certified platinum in Norway, and marked an international breakthrough for the band.

Track listing

*Hard to Be a Rock'n Roller*
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hard to Be a Rock'n Roller (Radio Edit)"	Trond Holter Åge Sten Nilsen	3:43
2.	"667"		0:50
3.	"The Best Song in the World"	Holter Nilsen	3:11
4.	"Crazy Things"	Holter Bernt Jansen Nilsen	3:07
5.	"Bless the Night"	Holter Nilsen	3:50
6.	"The Drop"	Holter	3:59
7.	"No More Living on Lies"	Holter	3:54
8.	"Out Of Time"	Holter	4:04
9.	"Mine All Mine"	Holter	3:42
10.	"Tell Me Where to Go"	Jansen	4:13
11.	"Car-Lyle"	Holter Jansen Nilsen	3:55
12.	"Erection"	Holter	2:10
13.	"I Turn to You" (Melanie C cover)		4:09
14.	"A Long Way"	Nilsen	4:26
15.	"Hard to Be a Rock'n Roller"	Holter Nilsen	5:07
Total length:			54:20

*Hard to Be a Rock'n Roller..*
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"In My Dreams"	Trond Holter	3:02
2.	"Hard to Be a Rock'n Roller"	Holter Åge Sten Nilsen	5:07
3.	"Bless the Night"	Holter Nilsen	3:50
4.	"I Turn to You" (Melanie C cover)		4:09
5.	"Out of Time"	Holter	4:04
6.	"Mine All Mine"	Holter	3:42
7.	"The Drop"	Holter	3:59
8.	"Tell Me Where to Go"	Bernt Jansen	4:13
9.	"No More Living on Lies"	Holter	3:54
10.	"Erection"	Jansen	2:10
11.	"Car-Lyle"	Holter Jansen Nilsen	3:55
12.	"The Best Song in the World"	Holter Nilsen	3:11
13.	"A Long Way"	Nilsen	4:26
14.	"Crazy Things"	Holter Jansen Nilsen	3:07
Total length:			52:49

*Hard to Be a Rock'n Roller.. in Kiev!*
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"In My Dreams"	Trond Holter	3:02
2.	"667"		0:50
3.	"The Best Song in the World"	Holter Åge Sten Nilsen	3:11
4.	"Crazy Things"	Holter Bernt Jansen Nilsen	3:07
5.	"Bless the Night"	Holter Nilsen	3:50
6.	"The Drop"	Holter	3:59
7.	"No More Living on Lies"	Holter	3:54
8.	"Out Of Time"	Holter	4:04
9.	"Mine All Mine"	Holter	3:42
10.	"Tell Me Where to Go"	Jansen	4:13
11.	"Car-Lyle"	Holter Jansen Nilsen	3:55
12.	"Erection"	Holter	2:10
13.	"I Turn to You" (Melanie C cover)		4:09
14.	"A Long Way"	Nilsen	4:26
15.	"Hard to Be a Rock'n Roller"	Holter Nilsen	5:07
Total length:			53:39

*Hard to Be a Rock'n Roller.. in Tokyo!*
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"In My Dreams"	Trond Holter	3:02
2.	"667"		0:50
3.	"The Best Song in the World"	Holter Åge Sten Nilsen	3:11
4.	"Crazy Things"	Holter Bernt Jansen Nilsen	3:07
5.	"Bless the Night"	Holter Nilsen	3:50
6.	"The Drop"	Holter	3:59
7.	"No More Living on Lies"	Holter	3:54
8.	"Out Of Time"	Holter	4:04
9.	"Mine All Mine"	Holter	3:42
10.	"Tell Me Where to Go"	Jansen	4:13
11.	"Car-Lyle"	Holter Jansen Nilsen	3:55
12.	"Erection"	Holter	2:10
13.	"I Turn to You" (Melanie C cover)		4:09
14.	"A Long Way"	Nilsen	4:26
15.	"Hard to Be a Rock'n Roller"	Holter Nilsen	5:07
16.	"I Was Made for Loving You" (Kiss cover)		4:04
17.	"Dschingshis Khan" (Live, Dschinghis Khan cover)		3:18
18.	"Ballroom Blitz" (Live, Sweet cover)		5:09
Total length:			66:10

Release history

Title	Region	Date
Hard to Be a Rock'n Roller	Scandinavia	January 10, 2005 (2005-01-10)
Hard to Be a Rock'n Roller.. in Kiev!	Europe	March 15, 2005 (2005-03-15)
Hard to Be a Rock'n Roller..	Scandinavia	June 28, 2005 (2005-06-28)
Hard to Be a Rock'n Roller.. in Tokyo!	Asia	August 23, 2006 (2006-08-23)

Personnel

Wig Wam

Glam (Åge Sten Nilsen) – vocals, acoustic guitar, artwork
Teeny (Trond Holter) – guitars, backing vocals, production, mixing
Flash (Bernt Jansen) – bass, backing vocals
Sporty (Øystein Andersen) – drums

Additional personnel

Morten Lund – mastering
Jonas Groth – backing vocals ("In My Dreams")
Erik "Hawk" Hauksson – backing vocals
Trude Holter – backing vocals
Stian Joneid – backing vocals
Eivind Skaavdal – production, mixing ("In My Dreams")
Thomas Siqueland – mixing ("I Turn To You", "No More Living On Lies")
Ole "Dr. Evil Rude" Evenrude – production ("I Turn To You", "No More Living On Lies")
Jon Edvard Brandt – film production
Odd Steinar Tøllefsen – cover art photography
Tom Andreasen – cover art photography

References

Blabbermouth (2006-06-01). "WIG WAM Sign Japanese Deal With KING RECORDS". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
Cavuoto, Robert (2023-02-14). "TROND HOLTER of WIG WAM Reflects About "Out of the Dark" Album: "We All Inspire Each Other to Write Great Songs in a Friendly and Competitive Way"". Sonic Perspectives. Retrieved 2023-10-23.

v t e Wig Wam
Åge Sten Nilsen Trond Holter Bernt Jansen Øystein Andersen
Studio albums	667.. The Neighbour of the Beast / Hard to Be a Rock'n Roller Wig Wamania Non Stop Rock'n Roll Wall Street Never Say Die Out of the Dark
Singles	"I Turn to You" "Crazy Things" "Hard to Be a Rock'n Roller" "In My Dreams" "Bless the Night" "Gonna Get You Someday" "Daredevil Heat" "At the End of the Day" "Bygone Zone" "Do Ya Wanna Taste It" "Wall Street" "The Bigger The Better" "Never Say Die" "Kilimanjaro" "Out of the Dark" "High n Dry" "Forevermore"
Live albums	Live in Tokyo
Video albums	Made in Japan

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