1. Hard 2 Love by country artist Lee Brice (Released April 24th, 2012) his 2nd
studio album.
Artist Background
Lee grew up in Sumter, South Carolina. He was given a full-ride football
scholarship to the University of Clemson but after a arm injury he quit to
pursue country music.
His professional music career began in 2007 when he started as a songwriter for
acts such as Jason Aldean, Garth Brooks, The Eli Young Band & Tim McGraw.
In late 2007 Lee sign with Curb Records, this is where he released his first
single entitled “She Aint Right, which peaked at #29 on the country charts and
was supposed to be included on his debut album entitled “Picture of Me“, but the
album was never released.
In August 2009, Lee“s fourth single “Love Like Crazy“ charted. His is also the
name of his debut album which was release in June of 2010.
Album Background
In late 2011, “A Women Like You“ was released, this is his sixth overall single
and first off his debut album “Hard 2 Love“.
Other singles off the album include “Hard 2 Love“, “I Drive Your Truck“ and
“Party People“.
Track by Track Review:
1. Hard to Love “ I like the rock acoustic guitar sound and feel to this
song, its very catchy lyrically. I can see this song climbing both the pop and
country charts. This song is about a man who is basically questioning how his
lover tolerates him.
2. A Women Like You “ I love the complete acoustic feel to this song, its
again very catchy and personal as its about a discussion between Lee and his
soon to be wife and how he would be if he was still single.
3. That's When You Know It's Over “ I like this song, it has a nice rolling
drum beat that leads into a splash of instrumentation, with some riffy guitars
that“s pairing nicely with the drums to support the well written lyrics.
4. Parking Lot Party “ I love the fun party feel of this song. It“s a jammier
and rocker for sure. I like the short, catchy live sounding vocals and crowd
background. I especially like the acoustic group vocals at the end.
5. Don't Believe Everything You Think “ I could see this song being sung by
Tim McGraw, as Lee really does sound like him in this song. This song is classic
guitar laced song with a reassuring love theme of “don“t believe every rumor“
6. I Drive Your Truck “ This is the first song I heard from this album. I
love how the slow piano opening bursts into a fast tempo expression of how a
friend is remembered by simply driving a friend“s truck. This song is laced with
emotion, especially in the chorus.
I like how the end of this song flows seamlessly in the next track.
7. See About A Girl “ I like the slow tempo to this song. A very personal
song lyrically about Lee“s girlfriend.
8. Friend We Won“t Forget “ I really love the rock feel to this song. This
song seems very personal lyrics as they are about memories growing up in the
south and in a small town. With that being said the meaning could be the theme
of anyone“s life.
9. Years Off My Life “ This song is my second favorite off the album. It“s a
faster tempo fast paced song about looking back on life and talking about how he
won“t take years off his life.
10. Seven Days a Thousand Times “ This song is another love ballad about
meeting a girl on spring break, falling in love and having to leave her after a
week.
11. Beer “ A feel good party song about how much Lee loves beer and partying.
This song starts slow then picks up tempo during the chorus, exploding into a
drum lead jamming session.
12. That Way Again “ An acoustic song that is very powerful. Its about a
relationship that seems to have faded or last its spark so the girl is trying to
regain that spark. The lyrics are very well preformed.
13. One More Day “ This is very solid song, very beautiful lyrically.. it
deals with the fact that Lee is away from his wife and baby all the time. I like
the changes in tempo from slow to fast as the song progresses.
Favorite Songs: That's When You Know It's Over, Parking Lot Party, I Drive Your
Truck, Years Off My Life, Beer, One More Day

2. Positives
• I love how personal this album is as far as the love songs towards Lee•s
soon to be wife.
• I like the rock feel on this album really on the •party themed song•, even
on the ballads the vocals, which remind me of a young Garth Brooks or Tim
McGraw. The instrumental work is good as well.
Downsides
• I didn•t like the fact that this album didn•t take any huge risks, there
was really no hugely memorable song although they are still good.
Final Review:
To recap,
This album is a very solid release.
After first listening to his album I must admit that I was a little
disappointed, I kind of expected Lee to take some risk with this album; the
songs are good/catchy but now what I was expecting.
This album follows Lee•s own musical style:
Ive noticed that Lee doesn•t really have a flashy musical style, rather his
style is more simple and laid back; this album kind of stayed •by the book; with
mostly ballad and party theme rocked combined with all the classic country tone
and rocking instrumentals mix with a lot of diversity with vocal tones and
instrumentation used on most tracks.
As I said before I wish Lee would•ve taken some risks on this album (with the
topic etc•.)
I see a lot of potential in Lee as both a song writer and artist. I can•t wait
to see how he grows on his next record.
My rating: 6-6.5. a solid(good) release that is only missing a few
risky/experimental elements.
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