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.

Tracklist
1. Prangin Out
2. War of the Sexes
3. The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living
4. All Goes Out the Window
5. Memento Mori
6. Can't Con an Honest John
7. When You Wasn't Famous
8. Never Went to Church
9. Hotel Expressionism
10. Two Nations
11. Fake Streets Hats
12. When You Wasn't Famous (live From the Astoria)
13. Alone With the TV