Tough All Over (Gary Allan album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Tough All Over
| type = studio
| artist = Gary Allan
| cover = Tough All Over.jpg
| alt =
| released = October 11, 2005
| recorded = 2005
| venue =
| studio = *Sound Kitchen (Nashville, Tennessee)
- House of Gain (Nashville, Tennessee)
| genre = Country
| length = 47:13
| label = MCA Nashville
| producer = Mark Wright
Gary Allan
| prev_title = See If I Care
| prev_year = 2003
| next_title = Greatest Hits
| next_year = 2007
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Tough All Over
| type = studio
| single1 = Best I Ever Had
| single1date = May 23, 2005
| single2 = Life Ain't Always Beautiful
| single2date = January 17, 2006
| single3 = What Kind Of Fool
| single3date = March 29, 2006
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r792998|pure_url=yes}}|title=Tough All Over review|last=Jurek|first=Thom|work=Allmusic|accessdate=July 15, 2011}}
| rev2 = Entertainment Weekly
| rev2Score = A{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1117146,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070829144029/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1117146,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 29, 2007|title=Tough All Over review|last=Nash|first=Alanna|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|accessdate=July 15, 2011|date=October 17, 2005}}
| noprose = yes
}}
Tough All Over is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Gary Allan. It was released in October 2005 via MCA Nashville. It was certified gold by the RIAA. Recorded after his wife's suicide, this album is more somber than his previous ones, with several of its songs described as "excruciatingly sad."{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/29/arts/music/29flat.html |title=Rascal Flatts and Gary Allan: The Yin and Yang of Stoicism |first=Kelefa |last=Sanneh |work=New York Times |date=May 29, 2006 |accessdate=March 13, 2009 }}
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.[http://blog.rhapsody.com/2009/11/countdec.html "Country’s Best Albums of the Decade"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100119010448/http://blog.rhapsody.com/2009/11/countdec.html |date=January 19, 2010 }} Retrieved January 12, 2010. Country Universe said the album was the 3rd best of the decade.{{cite web |url=http://www.countryuniverse.net/2009/12/10/the-100-greatest-albums-of-the-decade-conclusion-10-1/ |title=The 100 Greatest Albums of the Decade, Conclusion: #10-#1 |website=www.countryuniverse.net |date= 10 December 2009|access-date=March 17, 2010}} The Engine 145 country music blog ranked it number 7 on the "Top Country Albums of the Decade" list.{{cite web |url=http://www.engine145.com/top-country-albums-of-the-decade-10-1/ |title=Top Country Albums of the Decade (#10-#1) - Engine 145 |accessdate=February 15, 2010 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024114246/http://www.engine145.com/top-country-albums-of-the-decade-10-1/ |archivedate=October 24, 2014 }} Retrieved February 10, 2010.
Track listing
{{tracklist
| title1 = Tough All Over
| writer1 = Jim Lauderdale, Odie Blackmon
| length1 = 3:21
| title2 = Best I Ever Had
| writer2 = Matt Scannell
| length2 = 4:11
| title3 = I Just Got Back from Hell
| writer3 = Harley Allen, Gary Allan
| length3 = 4:03
| title4 = Ring
| writer4 = Kostas
| length4 = 3:47
| title5 = Promise Broken
| writer5 = Deric Ruttan, Margaret Findley
| length5 = 3:11
| title6 = Nickajack Cave (Johnny Cash's Redemption)
| writer6 = Jamie O'Hara
| length6 = 4:15
| title7 = Life Ain't Always Beautiful
| writer7 = Tommy Lee James, Cyndi Goodman
| length7 = 3:44
| title8 = He Can't Quit Her
| writer8 = Casey Beathard, Ed Hill
| length8 = 3:32
| title9 = What Kind of Fool
| writer9 = O'Hara
| length9 = 3:57
| title10 = Puttin' Memories Away
| writer10 = Allan, Matt Warren
| length10 = 3:32
| title11 = No Damn Good
| writer11 = O'Hara, Allan, Blackmon
| length11 = 3:44
| title12 = Putting My Misery on Display
| writer12 = Allan
| length12 = 6:07
| total_length = 47:13
}}
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Tough All Over |others=Gary Allan |year=2005 |type=CD |publisher=MCA Nashville |id=B0003711}}
- Gary Allan - lead vocals
- David Campbell - string arrangements on track 7
- Perry Coleman - background vocals
- Chad Cromwell - drums
- Eric Darken - percussion
- Kenny Greenberg - acoustic guitar on track 2, electric guitar on tracks 2, 7, 8 and 12
- Wes Hightower - background vocals
- Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson - harmonica on tracks 1 & 7
- Jake Kelly - acoustic guitar
- Steve Nathan - B3 organ, synthesizer, piano
- Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
- Brent Rowan - electric guitar
- John Wesley Ryles - background vocals
- Hank Singer - fiddle
- Russell Terrell - background vocals
- Robby Turner - steel guitar
- John Willis - acoustic guitar
- Reese Wynans - B3 organ on tracks 3 and 10
Strings by the Nashville String Machine.
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (2005)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| {{album chart|Billboard200|3|artist=Gary Allan|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 11, 2020}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardCountry|1|artist=Gary Allan|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 11, 2020}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (2005)
! scope="col"| Position |
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| scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2005/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2005|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=November 11, 2020}}
| 52 |
| scope="col"| Chart (2006)
! scope="col"| Position |
| scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2006|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=November 11, 2020}}
| 176 |
| scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2006|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=November 11, 2020}}
| 31 |
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Certifications
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References
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