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Hard Times in America
EP by Willie Nile
Released	1992 (1992)
Recorded	New Breed Studios, NYC
Genre	Rock
Length	20:02
Label	Polaris Records
Producers	Willie Nile Stewart Lerman Martin Briley
Willie Nile chronology
Places I Have Never Been (1991) Hard Times in America (1992) Beautiful Wreck of the World (1999)

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Hard Times in America is an extended play musical recording by American singer-songwriter Willie Nile. The EP was released in 1992 by Polaris Records, Inc.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hard Times in America"	Nile	4:43
2.	"Seeds of a Revolution"	Nile	4:01
3.	"Someday"	Nile, Martin Briley	3:47
4.	"Sorry"	Nile	3:12
5.	"Heart Of Wonder"	Nile	4:12

No.	Title	Length
Total length:		20:02

Personnel

Musicians

• Willie Nile – acoustic guitar, vocals, piano, keyboards
• Richard Kennedy – electric & acoustic guitars background vocals
• Frank Vilardi – drums
• Brian Stanley – bass guitar
• David Kumin – keyboards
• Paul Ossola – bass guitar on "Seeds Of A Revolution"
• Martin Briley – guitar & keyboards on "Someday", background vocals
• Steve Holley – drums & percussion on "Someday"
• Mark Johnson – background vocals
• Frankie Lee – background vocals

Production and additional personnel

• Record producer by Stewart Lerman, Willie Nile, Martin Briley
• Engineered by Dominic Maita, Steve Addabbo
• Mixing by Stewart Lerman, Dominic Maita, Steve Addabbo
• Mastering by Ricky Essig at Frankford-Wayne Mastering Labs, NYC
• Art direction by Dennis Loren
• Photography Patti Mitchell, Kristian Lawing