Tougher Than Nails

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Tougher Than Nails
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1, 2004
Genre Country
Label Broken Bow
Producer Joe Diffie (tracks 1, 4-10, 12)
Buddy Cannon (tracks 2, 3, 11)
Lonnie Wilson (all tracks)
Joe Diffie chronology
In Another World
(2001)
Tougher Than Nails
(2004)
Homecoming: The Bluegrass Album
(2010)
Singles from Tougher Than Nails
  1. "Tougher Than Nails"
    Released: May 2004
  2. "If I Could Only Bring You Back"
    Released: September 2004
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Tougher Than Nails is the tenth studio album by American country music artist Joe Diffie. His only album for Broken Bow Records, it was released on June 1, 2004. It The title track was a Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in 2004, but the second single ("If I Could Only Bring You Back") failed to make Top 40.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tougher Than Nails" Max T. Barnes, Kendell Marvel, Phil O'Donnell3:10
2."Nothin' but the Radio" Frank J. Myers, George Teren3:26
3."Good News, Bad News"Danny Wells, Chris Wallin3:47
4."The More You Drink, The Better I Look"Joe Diffie, Shawn Camp 2:24
5."Am I"Diffie, Billy Yates 2:56
6."Movin' Train"Diffie3:31
7."If I Could Only Bring You Back"Chip Davis, Myers3:54
8."What Would Waylon Do" Leslie Satcher, Wynn Varble 3:16
9."Something I Do for Me"Diffie, Harley Allen 3:44
10."Daddy's Home"Diffie, Jimmy Yeary 3:37
11."This Time Last Year"Gilles Godard, Bobby Tomberlin, Robbie Wittkowski3:10
12."My Redneck of the Woods"O'Donnell, Craig Morgan 3:58

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (2004)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums42
U.S. Billboard Independent Albums16

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