The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living is the third studio album by Mike Skinner, under the music project The Streets. It was released on 10 April 2006 in the United Kingdom and 25 April 2006 in North America. It is also the shortest The Streets album released so far, with a running time of just 37 minutes and 12 seconds. The Mitchell Brothers and Ted Mayhem, two of Skinner's protégés, make guest appearances on the album.
The album deals with the ideas of celebrity and success, partly in relation to Skinner's greater fame after the success of the first two The Streets albums.[1] There are several references to recreational drug use.
The final track, "Fake Streets Hats", is about an incident that happened during the 2004 edition of the Dutch Lowlands festival, where a drunk Mike Skinner openly protested against the handing out of white hats with "The Streets" written on them, because he thought they were fake, and thus illegal merchandise. The hats actually were promotional material from his label, Warner.[2] Mike Skinner also sees the song as a personal reflection on plagiarism in general.
Critical response for the album was generally positive, scoring 72/100 on Metacritic. However, this score is lower than his previous two albums, scoring 90/100 and 91/100 respectively. In a mixed review, Prefix Magazine said "With about half the tracks on this record falling short, Skinner would seem to be teetering on the edge of irrelevance. But even the failed tracks here sound interesting, and if he's lost his way somewhat thematically, it's all in the name of searching for his new voice." In a much more positive review, The Village Voice Consumer Guide said "His comic timing and mixture of slangs--not to mention his musical conception... are all so much more fully developed that he's actually made a record that's fun to play in the background." Spin named Skinner "the perfect poet for this snooze of a topic." In a negative review, Stylus Magazine described the album as "an exercise in empty nothingness. But it’s not Bacchanalian coked-out excess nothingness, it's the joyless hollow-eyed actions of a man who is waiting for the next fix and doesn't care what bullshit has to come out of his lips in order to get paid."
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The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living is the third studio album by Mike Skinner under the music project The Streets It was released on 10 April 2006 in the United Kingdom and 25 April 2006 in North America It is also the shortest The Streets album released so far with a running time of just 37 minutes and 12 seconds The Mitchell Brothers and Ted Mayhem two of Skinner s proteges make guest appearances on the album The Hardest Way to Make an Easy LivingStudio album by The StreetsReleased10 April 2006RecordedOctober November 2005GenreAlternative hip hop electronicLength37 18LabelLocked OnProducerMike SkinnerThe Streets chronologyA Grand Don t Come for Free 2004 The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living 2006 Everything Is Borrowed 2008 Contents 1 Content 2 Critical reception 3 Track listing 4 Charts 4 1 Weekly charts 4 2 Year end charts 5 ReferencesContent editThe album deals with the ideas of celebrity and success partly in relation to Skinner s greater fame after the success of the first two The Streets albums 1 There are several references to recreational drug use The final track Fake Streets Hats is about an incident that happened during the 2004 edition of the Dutch Lowlands festival where a drunk Mike Skinner openly protested against the handing out of white hats with The Streets written on them because he thought they were fake and thus illegal merchandise The hats actually were promotional material from his label Warner 2 Mike Skinner also sees the song as a personal reflection on plagiarism in general Critical reception editProfessional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingMetacritic72 100 3 Review scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 4 The A V ClubB 5 Entertainment WeeklyA 6 NME8 10 7 Pitchfork7 0 10 8 Q nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 9 Robert ChristgauA 10 Rolling Stone nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 11 Slant Magazine nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 12 Under the Radar9 10 13 Critical response for the album was generally positive scoring 72 100 on Metacritic However this score is lower than his previous two albums scoring 90 100 and 91 100 respectively In a mixed review Prefix Magazine said With about half the tracks on this record falling short Skinner would seem to be teetering on the edge of irrelevance But even the failed tracks here sound interesting and if he s lost his way somewhat thematically it s all in the name of searching for his new voice In a much more positive review The Village Voice Consumer Guide said His comic timing and mixture of slangs not to mention his musical conception are all so much more fully developed that he s actually made a record that s fun to play in the background Spin named Skinner the perfect poet for this snooze of a topic In a negative review Stylus Magazine described the album as an exercise in empty nothingness But it s not Bacchanalian coked out excess nothingness it s the joyless hollow eyed actions of a man who is waiting for the next fix and doesn t care what bullshit has to come out of his lips in order to get paid Track listing editAll tracks are written by Mike Skinner Prangin Out 3 49 War of the Sexes 3 26 The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living 3 13 All Goes Out the Window 3 32 Memento Mori 2 36 Can t Con an Honest John 3 40 When You Wasn t Famous 3 18 Never Went to Church 3 32 Hotel Expressionism 3 33 Two Nations 3 05 Fake Streets Hats 3 12Charts editWeekly charts edit Chart 2006 PeakpositionAustralian Albums ARIA 14 16Austrian Albums O3 Austria 15 42Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 16 19Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 17 72Danish Albums Hitlisten 18 9Dutch Albums Album Top 100 19 70French Albums SNEP 20 122German Albums Offizielle Top 100 21 25Irish Albums IRMA 22 3New Zealand Albums RMNZ 23 21Norwegian Albums VG lista 24 16Scottish Albums OCC 25 1Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 26 19Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 27 19UK Albums OCC 28 1US Billboard 200 29 68US Top Dance Electronic Albums Billboard 30 1US Independent Albums Billboard 31 3 Year end charts edit Chart 2006 PositionUK Albums OCC 32 104US Top Dance Electronic Albums Billboard 33 20References edit The Streets The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living the Guardian 19 March 2006 Retrieved 2 December 2022 Een gelouterde Skinner De Volkskrant 13 April 2006 Reviews for The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living by The Streets Metacritic Retrieved 2 August 2016 https www allmusic com album r836018 The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living The Streets Music Review The Streets The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living Music Review The A V Club avclub com 26 April 2006 Retrieved 2 August 2016 The Streets Producer Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living CD Album cduniverse com Retrieved 2 August 2016 The Streets The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living NME 7 April 2006 Retrieved 2 August 2016 Pytlik Mark The Streets The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living Pitchfork com April 10 2006 May 2006 p 116 Robert Christgau Album The Streets The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living robertchristgau com Retrieved 2 August 2016 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