Hard Times, Good Times

by Zoo

Hard Times, Good Times cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: March 1972
  • Label: Riviera
  • Country: France
  • Length: 38:47
  • Community rating: 3.45/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Operating within the fertile French progressive scene, this release integrates deep funk grooves and sophisticated jazz-rock improvisation into its symphonic framework. The band relies heavily on prominent brass interplay and driving basslines, creating a dynamic tension between structured art-rock and loose, rhythmic jamming. It is highly regarded by European fusion collectors for its instrumental proficiency and energetic delivery.

Genres

Tracklist

  1. What Am I To Be (6:05)
  2. Down In Memphis (3:54)
  3. Captain (3:56)
  4. Faces (4:40)
  5. Delusions And Dreams (3:10)
  6. Four Strings (3:58)
  7. Second-class Games (3:57)
  8. Hard Times, Good Times (3:25)
  9. Queen Of The Green Eyes (3:26)
  10. La Feuille (2:16)

Credits

  • Zoo - primary artist, arranged by
  • Bernard Bonhomme - artwork
  • Nicole Claveloux - artwork
  • Michel Herv茅 - bass, percussion, written-by
  • Christian Devaux - drums, written-by
  • Daniel Carlet - flute, violin, baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, written-by
  • Andr茅 Herv茅 - guitar, organ, piano, electric piano [fender], percussion, written-by
  • Michel Ripoche - violin, tenor saxophone, trombone, written-by

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