I'm Not So Tough

{{About|the album by Mindy McCready|the song by Ilse DeLange|Ilse DeLange discography#Singles{{!}}Ilse DeLange discography§Singles}}

{{Infobox album

| name = I'm Not So Tough

| type = Studio

| artist = Mindy McCready

| cover = I'm Not So Tough.jpg

| alt =

| released = September 14, 1999{{cite magazine|title=A Quick List of Country Albums|magazine=Radio & Records|page=106|date=August 27, 1999|issue=1314}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Country|rock}}

| length = 39:34

| label = BNA Records

| producer = {{hlist|Csaba Petocz|Billy Joe Walker, Jr.}}

| prev_title = If I Don't Stay the Night

| prev_year = 1997

| next_title = Mindy McCready

| next_year = 2002

| misc = {{Singles

| name = I'm Not So Tough

| type = studio

| single1 = One in a Million

| single1date = June 14, 1999{{cite magazine|title=Going for Adds: Country|magazine=Radio & Records|page=87|date=June 11, 1999|issue=1303}}

| single2 = All I Want Is Everything

| single2date = August 30, 1999{{cite magazine|title=Going for Adds: Country|magazine=Radio & Records|page=114|date=August 27, 1999|issue=1314}}

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r425573|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

|rev2 = Hartford Courant

|rev2score = (mixed)[https://www.courant.com/1999/09/16/im-not-so-tough-mindy-mccready/ Hartford Courant review]

|rev3 = People

|rev3score = (favorable)[http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20129234,00.html People review]

|rev4 = Q

|rev4score = {{rating|3|5}}[http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1155563&style=music Album reviews at CD Universe]

}}

I'm Not So Tough is the third studio album by American country music artist Mindy McCready, released September 14, 1999 via BNA Records; it was her last album with the label before getting dropped.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-IiADwAAQBAJ&dq=Mindy+McCready+%22I%27m+Not+So+Tough%22&pg=PA120 |title=How Celebrity Lives Affect Our Own |date=December 4, 2018 |publisher=Lexington Books |isbn=9781498577847 |editor-last=M. Madere |editor-first=Carol |pages=120}} The album was produced with new collaborators Billy Joe Walker Jr. and Csaba Petocz.

The album itself received a much more mixed reception from music critics. Furthermore, it was not as commercially successful as her previous two releases; it reached number 17 on the US Top Country Albums chart. Only two singles in total were released from the album, "One in a Million" and "All I Want Is Everything", the former only being included on the international edition of the album. The two singles both hit number 57 on the US Hot Country Songs chart. As of 2013, the album has sold 144,000 copies, a commercial failure compared to her previous albums.{{Cite web |last=Leigh |first=Spencer |date=February 19, 2013 |title=Mindy McCready: Talented but Troubled Country Singer |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/mindy-mccready-talented-but-troubled-country-singer-8500346.html |access-date=October 1, 2024 |website=The Independent}}

Content

The song "Thunder and Roses" would be covered by Pam Tillis for her 2001 studio album of the same name, where it would be released as a single. The title track was initially recorded by Dutch singer Ilse DeLange in 1998 as her debut single. "Take Me Apart" would be covered by Tina Arena in 2004. The international edition bonus track "I Don't Want You to Go" would be recorded by co-writer Carolyn Dawn Johnson in 2001 for her debut studio album Room with a View, where it became a top-ten hit for her in 2002. Lead single "One in a Million" is only included on non-US editions of the album.{{cite AV media notes |title=I'm Not So Tough |others=Mindy McCready |year=1999 |type=CD |publisher=BMG |id=74321692402}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = North American edition

| total_length = 39:34

| title1 = I'm Not So Tough

| writer1 = {{hlist|Bruce Bouton|Hillary Lindsey|Robert Ellis Orrall}}

| length1 = 4:11

| title2 = Tumble and Roll

| writer2 = {{hlist|Al Anderson|Kim Carnes|Carolyn Dawn Johnson}}

| length2 = 3:08

| title3 = All I Want Is Everything

| writer3 = {{hlist|Matraca Berg|Marshall Chapman}}

| length3 = 2:45

| title4 = Two Different Things

| writer4 = {{hlist|Bouton|H. Lindsey|Gary Burr}}

| length4 = 4:24

| title5 = Dream On

| writer5 = {{hlist|Mark Selby|Tia Sillers}}

| length5 = 4:21

| title6 = I've Got a Feeling

| writer6 = {{hlist|Kevin "Swine" Grantt|Leslie Satcher}}

| length6 = 3:05

| title7 = Thunder and Roses

| writer7 = {{hlist|Marv Green|Chris Lindsey|Aimee Mayo}}

| length7 = 3:13

| title8 = Over and Over

| writer8 = {{hlist|Mayo|C. Lindsey}}

| length8 = 3:56

| title9 = Lucky Me

| writer9 = {{hlist|Tommy Lee James|Kim Richey|Jennifer Kimball}}

| length9 = 3:06

| title10 = Hold Me

| writer10 = {{hlist|Monty Criswell|Lee Thomas Miller}}

| length10 = 3:27

| title11 = Take Me Apart

| writer11 = {{hlist|Green|Mayo|Fiona Kernaghan}}

| length11 = 4:00

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = International Edition

| total_length =

| title1 = I'm Not So Tough

| writer1 = {{hlist|Bouton|H. Lindsey|Orrall}}

| length1 = 4:11

| title2 = Lucky Me

| writer2 = {{hlist|James|Richey|Kimball}}

| length2 = 3:06

| title3 = Dream On

| writer3 = {{hlist|Selby|Sillers}}

| length3 = 4:21

| title4 = Two Different Things

| writer4 = {{hlist|Bouton|H. Lindsey|Burr}}

| length4 = 4:24

| title5 = I Love You Too

| note5 = Bonus track

| writer5 = {{hlist|Green|C. Lindsey|Mayo}}

| length5 =

| title6 = Thunder and Roses

| writer6 = {{hlist|Green|C. Lindsey|Mayo}}

| length6 = 3:13

| title7 = I've Got a Feeling

| writer7 = {{hlist|Grantt|Satcher}}

| length7 = 3:05

| title8 = Tumble and Roll

| writer8 = {{hlist|Anderson|Carnes|Johnson}}

| length8 = 3:08

| title9 = One in a Million

| note9 = Bonus track

| writer9 = {{hlist|Beth Neilsen Chapman|Annie Roboff}}

| length9 = 3:25

| title10 = I Don't Want You to Go

| note10 = Bonus track

| writer10 = {{hlist|Tommy Polk|Johnson}}

| length10 =

| title11 = Hold Me

| writer11 = {{hlist|Criswell|Miller}}

| length11 = 3:27

| title12 = All I Want Is Everything

| writer12 = {{hlist|Berg|Chapman}}

| length12 = 2:45

| title13 = Take Me Apart

| writer13 = {{hlist|Green|Mayo|Kernaghan}}

| length13 = 4:00

| title14 = Over and Over

| writer14 = {{hlist|Mayo|C. Lindsey}}

| length14 = 3:56

}}

Personnel

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Charts

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! Chart (1999)

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Canadian Country Albums (RPM){{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=4990&|title=RPM Country Albums for November 8, 1999|work=RPM|date=17 July 2013 |access-date=October 1, 2024}}

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{{album chart|BillboardCountry|17|artist=Mindy McCready}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|155|artist=Mindy McCready}}

References