It Ain't Easy (Janie Fricke album)

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It Ain't Easy
Studio album by Janie Fricke
Released	September 1982
Genre	Countrypolitan
Label	Columbia
Producer	Bob Montgomery
Janie Fricke chronology
Sleeping with Your Memory (1981) It Ain't Easy (1982) Greatest Hits (1982)
Singles from It Ain't Easy
"It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy" Released: August 1982 "You Don't Know Love" Released: January 17, 1983 "He's a Heartache (Looking for a Place to Happen)" Released: May 21, 1983

It Ain't Easy is the name of a 1982 Country music album by country recording artist Janie Fricke. This was one of her most successful albums. The album featured her four big hits that year; "He's a Heartache (Looking for a Place to Happen)", "Tell Me a Lie", "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy", and "You Don't Know Love"; the first three becoming #1 hits in that year.^[1] The album rose on the US Country Albums Chart, breaking into the top twenty and peaking at #15.

Track listing[]

1. "He's a Heartache (Looking for a Place to Happen)" (Jeff Silbar, Larry Henley) 2:57
2. "Who Better Than an Angel" (Silbar, Tim DuBois, Sam Lorber) 3:10
3. "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy" (Shawna Harrington-Burkhart, Mark Gray, Les Taylor) 3:35
4. "Too Hard on My Heart" (Rendy Caneer, Eric Johnson, Bob Shelton) 3:04
5. "Little More Love" (Bruce Channel, Didier Daily) 3:33
6. "Love Have Mercy" (Jan Buckingham, Wood Newton) 2:35
7. "Tell Me a Lie" (Mickey Buckins, Barbara Wyrick) – 3:55
8. "You Don't Know Love" (Don King, Beckie Foster) 3:21
9. "Heart to Heart Talk" (Danny Morrison, John Reid, Johnny Slate) 2:28
10. "Tryin' to Fool a Fool" (John Schweers) 2:45

Personnel[]

• Background Vocals: Janie Fricke, Judy Rodman, Bill Warren, Tony Wiggins, Benny Wilson
• Piano: Ron Oates
• Bass guitar: Bob Wray
• Drums: James Stroud
• Guitar: Don Gorman (track 1), Dann Huff, Kenny Mims
• Guitar Solo: Don Gorman (track 1)
• Keyboards: Shane Keister
• Lead Vocals: Janie Fricke

Chart performance[]

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