I'm Not So Tough

Studio album by Mindy McCready

Released

September 14, 1999

Genre

Country

Length

39:34

Label

BNA

Producer

Csaba Petocz
Billy Joe Walker, Jr.

Mindy McCready chronology

If I Don't Stay the Night
(1997)

I'm Not So Tough
(1999)

Mindy McCready
(2002)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Hartford Courant	(mixed)^[2]
People	(favorable)^[3]
Q	^[4]

I'm Not So Tough is the third album by American country music singer Mindy McCready. It was released on BNA Records in 1999. This album peaked at #17 on the US country charts and sold 144,000 copies. The album included the single "All I Want Is Everything". The track "Thunder and Roses" was later covered by Pam Tillis on her 2001 album of the same name. "Take Me Apart" was also covered by Tina Arena in 2004. The album was issued in the United Kingdom with three bonus tracks, including the single "One in a Million".^[5] The song "I'm Not So Tough" was a cover of the debut single of Dutch singer Ilse DeLange, recorded in 1998.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I'm Not So Tough"	Bruce Bouton, Hillary Lindsey, Robert Ellis Orrall	4:11
2.	"Tumble and Roll"	Al Anderson, Kim Carnes, Carolyn Dawn Johnson	3:08
3.	"All I Want Is Everything"	Matraca Berg, Marshall Chapman	2:45
4.	"Two Different Things"	Bouton, H. Lindsey, Gary Burr	4:24
5.	"Dream On"	Mark Selby, Tia Sillers	4:21
6.	"I've Got a Feeling"	Kevin "Swine" Grantt, Leslie Satcher	3:05
7.	"Thunder and Roses"	Marv Green, Chris Lindsey, Aimee Mayo	3:13
8.	"Over and Over"	Mayo, C. Lindsey	3:56
9.	"Lucky Me"	Tommy Lee James, Kim Richey, Jennifer Kimball	3:06
10.	"Hold Me"	Monty Criswell, Lee Thomas Miller	3:27
11.	"Take Me Apart"	Green, Mayo, Fiona Kernaghan	4:00

International Edition^[5]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I'm Not So Tough"	Bruce Bouton, Hillary Lindsey, Robert Ellis Orrall	4:11
2.	"Lucky Me"	Tommy Lee James, Kim Richey, Jennifer Kimball	3:06
3.	"Dream On"	Mark Selby, Tia Sillers	4:21
4.	"Two Different Things"	Bouton, H. Lindsey, Gary Burr	4:24
5.	"I Love You Too" (exclusive/bonus)	Marv Green, Chris Lindsey, Aimee Mayo
6.	"Thunder and Roses"	Green, Lindsey, Mayo	3:13
7.	"I've Got a Feeling"	Kevin "Swine" Grantt, Leslie Satcher	3:05
8.	"Tumble and Roll"	Al Anderson, Kim Carnes, Carolyn Dawn Johnson	3:08
9.	"One in a Million" (exclusive/bonus)	Beth Neilsen Chapman, Annie Roboff	3:25
10.	"I Don't Want You to Go" (exclusive/bonus)	Tommy Polk, Johnson
11.	"Hold Me"	Monty Criswell, Lee Thomas Miller	3:27
12.	"All I Want Is Everything"	Matraca Berg, Marshall Chapman	2:45
13.	"Take Me Apart"	Green, Mayo, Fiona Kernaghan	4:00
14.	"Over and Over"	Mayo, C. Lindsey	3:56

Personnel

Al Anderson – six-string bass guitar, 12-string electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Eddie Bayers – drums, percussion
Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar
Kim Carnes – background vocals
Paulinho De Costa – percussion
Glen Duncan – fiddle
Thom Flora – background vocals
Shannon Forrest – drums
Larry Franklin – fiddle
Paul Franklin – dobro, steel guitar
Wes Hightower – background vocals
Carl Jackson – background vocals
Carolyn Dawn Johnson – background vocals
Jeff King – electric guitar
Paul Liem – drums, percussion
Randy McCormick – Hammond organ, synthesizer
Mindy McCready – lead vocals
Liana Manis – background vocals
Brent Mason – electric guitar
Steve Nathan – piano
Jamie O'Neal – background vocals
Matt Rollings – Hammond organ, piano
Brent Rowan – electric guitar
John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
Leslie Satcher – background vocals
Lisa Silver – background vocals
Michael Spriggs – acoustic guitar
Chris Stone – recorder
Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
Lonnie Wilson – drums
Glenn Worf – bass guitar

Chart performance

Chart (1999)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	17
U.S. Billboard 200	155
Canadian RPM Country Albums	13

References

↑ Allmusic review
↑ Hartford Courant review
↑ People review
↑ Album reviews at CD Universe
1 2 I'm Not So Tough (CD). Mindy McCready. BMG. 1999. 74321692402.

Mindy McCready

Studio albums	Ten Thousand Angels (1996) If I Don't Stay the Night (1997) I'm Not So Tough (1999) Mindy McCready (2002) I'm Still Here (2010)

Notable singles	"Ten Thousand Angels" "Guys Do It All the Time" "Maybe He'll Notice Her Now" (with Richie McDonald) "A Girl's Gotta Do (What a Girl's Gotta Do)" "What If I Do" "You'll Never Know"

Related topics	BNA Records

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