It Ain't Easy (Chris Smither album)
# It Ain't Easy (Chris Smither album)

It Ain't Easy is an album by American singer/songwriter Chris Smither, released in 1984. The original contained 12 songs.

## Reception

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Robert Christgau | (B+) |

Writing for Allmusic, critic Brett Hartenbach wrote of the album "Smither never treats the songs as if they were museum pieces... There's not a false moment on the entire record. Highly recommended." Music critic Robert Christgau wrote of the album "...it's damn hard to make a consistently interesting album out of your voice and an acoustic guitar. Smither comes within a dud original and a few extraneous covers of bring it off..."

## Track listing

All tracks composed by Chris Smither; except where indicated

* "Footloose"
* "It Ain't Easy" (Ron Davies)
* "John Hurt Medley" (Mississippi John Hurt)
* "No Money Down" (Chuck Berry)
* "Green Rocky Road" (Len Chandler, Robert Kaufman)
* "Guilty" (Randy Newman)
* "Maybellene" (Chuck Berry)
* "Rosalie"
* "One Plus One"
* "Ninety Nine Year Blues" (Julius Daniels)
* "The Glory of Love" (Billy Hill)
* "Sitting on Top of the World" (Lonnie Chatmon, Walter Vinson)
* "Once in a Very Blue Moon" (Patrick Alger, Eugene Levine)
* "So Long, Harry Truman" (Danny O'Keefe)

## Personnel

* Chris Smither – vocals, guitar
