Tough All Over (Gary Allan album)

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Tough All Over
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Studio album by
Gary Allan
ReleasedOctober 11, 2005
Recorded2005
Studio
  • Sound Kitchen (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • House of Gain (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre Country
Length47:13
Label MCA Nashville
Producer Mark Wright
Gary Allan
Gary Allan chronology
See If I Care
(2003)		Tough All Over
(2005)		 Greatest Hits
(2007)
Singles from Tough All Over
  1. "Best I Ever Had"
    Released: May 23, 2005
  2. "Life Ain't Always Beautiful"
    Released: January 17, 2006
  3. "What Kind Of Fool"
    Released: March 29, 2006
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly A [2]

Tough All Over is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Gary Allan. It was released on October 11, 2005, by MCA Nashville. This was the first album to feature Allan with a full head of hair, as he no longer wore a cowboy hat since the beginning of his music career in 1996. It was certified gold by the RIAA. Recorded after his wife's suicide, the album is more somber than his previous ones, with several songs described as "excruciatingly sad." [3]

Contents

Two songs from the album were released as singles: "Best I Ever Had" (a cover of a 2001 Vertical Horizon song) and "Life Ain't Always Beautiful". Both placed in the Top 10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.

Critical acclaim

Rhapsody ranked the album number 7 on its "Country's Best Albums of the Decade" list. [4] Country Universe said the album was the 3rd best of the decade. [5] The Engine 145 country music blog ranked it number 7 on the "Top Country Albums of the Decade" list. [6]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tough All Over" Jim Lauderdale, Odie Blackmon3:21
2."Best I Ever Had" Matt Scannell 4:11
3."I Just Got Back from Hell" Harley Allen, Gary Allan 4:03
4."Ring" Kostas 3:47
5."Promise Broken" Deric Ruttan, Margaret Findley3:11
6."Nickajack Cave (Johnny Cash's Redemption)" Jamie O'Hara 4:15
7."Life Ain't Always Beautiful" Tommy Lee James, Cyndi Goodman 3:44
8."He Can't Quit Her" Casey Beathard, Ed Hill 3:32
9."What Kind of Fool"O'Hara3:57
10."Puttin' Memories Away"Allan, Matt Warren3:32
11."No Damn Good"O'Hara, Allan, Blackmon3:44
12."Putting My Misery on Display"Allan6:07
Total length:47:13

Personnel

As listed in liner notes. [7]

Strings by the Nashville String Machine.

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification
United States (RIAA) [13] Gold

References

  1. ↑ Jurek, Thom. "Tough All Over review". Allmusic . Retrieved July 15, 2011.
  2. ↑ Nash, Alanna (October 17, 2005). "Tough All Over review". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on August 29, 2007. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
  3. ↑ Sanneh, Kelefa (May 29, 2006). "Rascal Flatts and Gary Allan: The Yin and Yang of Stoicism". New York Times . Retrieved March 13, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Country’s Best Albums of the Decade" Archived January 19, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved January 12, 2010.
  5. ↑ "The 100 Greatest Albums of the Decade, Conclusion: #10-#1". www.countryuniverse.net. December 10, 2009. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Top Country Albums of the Decade (#10-#1) - Engine 145". Archived from the original on October 24, 2014. Retrieved February 15, 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
  7. ↑ Tough All Over (CD). Gary Allan. MCA Nashville. 2005. B0003711.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ↑ "Gary Allan Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Gary Allan Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2006". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2006". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  13. ↑ "American album certifications – Gary Allan – Tough All Over". Recording Industry Association of America.
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