Pleasure and Pain is the seventh album from the country rock band Dr. Hook. It featured two U.S. top 10 hits, "Sharing the Night Together" and "When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman". Both songs also became chart hits in the UK, Canada and Australia.
This particular Dr. Hook album was pressed with two different track line-ups. The first pressing, whose track listing is below, did not include the song "All the Time in the World", as subsequent re-pressings did.
In September 1979, the album was certified gold by the RIAA.
Track listing "Sharing the Night Together" (Ava Aldridge, Eddie Struzick) – 2:58 "Sweetest of All" (Shel Silverstein) – 2:42 "Storms Never Last" (Jessi Colter) – 3:25 "I Don't Want to Be Alone Tonight" (Silverstein) – 3:30 "Knowing She's There" (Silverstein, Dennis Locorriere) – 3:26 "Clyde" (J. J. Cale) – 4:38 "When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" (Even Stevens) – 3:02 "Dooley Jones" (Hazel Smith, Walter Carter) – 3:48 "I Gave Her Comfort" (Silverstein, Locorriere) – 3:15 "You Make My Pants Want to Get Up and Dance" (Sam Weedman) – 3:07
Personnel Music Ray Sawyer – lead vocals Dennis Locorriere – lead guitar, lead vocals, bass, harmonica Rik Elswit – rhythm guitar, vocals Billy Francis – keyboards, backing vocals Jance Garfat – bass John Wolters – drums, percussion, vocals Bob "Willard" Henke – guitar, keyboards, vocals Marilyn Martin – backing vocals Nancy Nash – backing vocals
Michael Kanarek – artwork
Charts Year Chart Peakposition1979Australia Kent Music Report301979Billboard 20066
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