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Stay Hard
Stay Hard
Studio album by Raven
Released	14 February 1985
Recorded	1984
Studio	Pyramid Studios (Ithaca, New York)
Genres	Heavy metal; glam metal;
Length	35:56
Label	Atlantic
Producers	Raven, Michael Wagener, Tony Incigeri, Jon Zazula, Marsha Zazula
Raven chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	6/10^[3]

Stay Hard is the fourth studio album by English heavy metal band Raven, released in 1985. It was their first album recorded in the United States for the major label Atlantic Records, after the band had passed under American management.^[4] With this album, the band's more glam metal commercial sound was established.^[5]

"Hard Ride" is a re-recording of the song from Raven's debut album Rock Until You Drop.

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Gallagher, Mark Gallagher, and Rob Hunter.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Stay Hard"	2:59
2.	"When the Going Gets Tough"	3:34
3.	"On and On"	3:54
4.	"Get It Right"	4:49
5.	"Restless Child"	2:45

Side two
No.	Title	Length
6.	"Power and the Glory"	3:37
7.	"Pray for the Sun"	4:22
8.	"Hard Ride"	3:15
9.	"Extract the Action"	3:04
10.	"The Bottom Line"	3:37

CD reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
11.	"Gimme Just a Little"	3:56
12.	"Do or Die"	3:59

Personnel

Raven

John Gallagher – bass, vocals
Mark Gallagher – guitars
Rob Hunter – drums

Production

Michael Wagener – production on tracks 3 and 8, mixing
Norman Dunn – engineering
Alex Perialas, Peter Bombar – assistant engineering
George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York
Jon Zazula, Marsha Zazula, Tony Incigeri – executive production
Bob Defrin – art direction

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)^[2]

Year	Chart	Position
1985	Billboard 200	81

References

↑ "New Releases" (PDF). FMQB. 1 February 1985. p. 26. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
1 2 Anderson, Jason. "Raven - Stay Hard review". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
↑ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 285. ISBN 978-1894959315.
↑ "Raven (Gbr) - Stay Hard". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
↑ Sleazegrinder (15 November 2015). "The album that brought Raven's flight to an end". Loudersound.

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[1] "New Releases" (PDF). FMQB. 1 February 1985. p. 26. Retrieved 3 April 2023.

[allmusic-2] 1 2 Anderson, Jason. "Raven - Stay Hard review". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 November 2016.

[martin-3] Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 285. ISBN 978-1894959315.

[4] "Raven (Gbr) - Stay Hard". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 24 March 2011.

[5] Sleazegrinder (15 November 2015). "The album that brought Raven's flight to an end". Loudersound.

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v t e Raven
John Gallagher Mark Gallagher Mike Heller Paul Bowden Paul Sherrif Mike "Mick" Kenworthy Sean Taylor Pete Shore Rob "Wacko" Hunter Joe Hasselvander
Studio albums	Rock Until You Drop (1981) Wiped Out (1982) All for One (1983) Stay Hard (1985) The Pack Is Back (1986) Life's a Bitch (1987) Nothing Exceeds Like Excess (1988) Architect of Fear (1991) Glow (1994) Everything Louder (1997) One for All (2000) Walk Through Fire (2009) ExtermiNation (2015)
Live albums	Live at the Inferno (1984) Destroy All Monsters/Live in Japan (1996)
EPs	Mad (1986)
Related articles	Discography New wave of British heavy metal Neat Records

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