Running Hard (track)
by Renaissance
Running Hard appears on the following album(s) by Renaissance:
- Live At Carnegie Hall (track #5) (1976)
- Turn Of The Cards (track #1) (this album) (1974)
- BBC Sessions (track #11) (1999)
- Tales Of 1001 Nights, Vol. 1 (track #4) (compilation) (1990)
- 'Unplugged' 'Live' At The Academy Of Music, Philadelphia USA (track #12) (2000)
- 50th Anniversary - Ashes Are Burning (An Anthology - Live In Concert) (track #3) (2021)
- At The Royal Albert Hall Part 2 (track #1) (1997)
- Day Of The Dreamer (track #9) (2000)
- British Tour '76 (track #2) (2006)
- Live At The BBC Sight & Sound (track #6) (2016)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 12/29/2025 11:53 | Exist-en-ciel | 76,621 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/09/2024 18:42 | 2,142 | 88/100 | |
| ! | 06/14/2024 11:40 | 9,676 | 77/100 | |
| ! | 06/10/2024 07:24 | platus | 32,040 | 76/100 |
| ! | 02/07/2024 17:16 | Fevernova | 34,263 | 82/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 4% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 81.7/100, a mean average of 84.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 8.6.
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Very whimsical song, more so than anything on Ashes Are Burning. Perhaps a little melodramatic, but still a fine song that highlights Renaissance's best in tandem—Haslam's voice, Tout's keys, and string arrangements.
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