The Bad Plus eleventh studio recording, It's Hard spans both era and inspiration as The Bad Plus offer new perspectives on classic songs from the 1970s to the 2010s. Tracks include "Time After Time" (Cyndi Lauper), "Don't Dream It's Over" (Crowded House), "The Beautiful Ones" (Prince), "Games Without Frontiers" (Peter Gabriel), "The Robots" (Kraftwerk), and more.