Too Tough to Tame
1989 studio album by John Anderson
Too Tough to Tame | ||||
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Studio album by John Anderson | ||||
Released | August 8, 1989 | |||
Studio | Sound Stage Studios, Nashville, TN | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Label | Universal/Capitol Nashville | |||
Producer | Jimmy Bowen | |||
John Anderson chronology | ||||
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Singles from Too Tough to Tame | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Entertainment Weekly | B[2] |
Too Tough to Tame is the eleventh studio album by American country music artist John Anderson. It was released on August 8, 1989, and was originally on the Universal Records label, which became Capitol Nashville. The album featured the singles "Who's Lovin' My Baby" and "Tryin' to Make a Living on the Road," which was the first Anderson single to not chart since "Swoop Down Sweet Jesus" in 1975. It was the first album of his career to not feature a Top 40 Hit.
Track listing
- "Too Tough to Tame" - (John Anderson, Max D. Barnes) 2:55
- "Guitars That Won't Stay in Tune" (Troy Seals, Eddie Setser) - 2:06
- "The Tears That I Cry" - (Anderson, Paul Kennerley) 3:21
- "Tryin' to Make a Living on the Road" (Anderson, Lionel Delmore) - 2:45
- "Maybe Go Down" (Paul Overstreet) - 3:45
- "Who's Lovin' My Baby" (Curtis Wright) - 3:21
- "When the Darkness Falls" (Anderson, Kennerley) - 3:02
- "She Worships the Quicksand That I Walk On" (Ken Bell, Tony Stampley) - 2:37
- "Bamboo Annie" - (Anderson, Delmore) 2:49
- "There Was a Time When I Was Alone" (Anderson, Delmore) - 3:15
Personnel
- Donna Anderson - background vocals
- John Anderson - acoustic guitar, lead vocals, background vocals
- Eddie Bayers - drums
- Glen Hardin - piano
- Mike Jordan - organ, synthesizer
- Vernon Pilder - acoustic guitar
- Buck Reid - steel guitar
- Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
- Joe Spivey - fiddle, mandolin
- Billy Joe Walker Jr. - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Deanna Anderson Wall - background vocals
- Curtis Young - background vocals
- Reggie Young - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Chart
Singles
Year | Song | Chart | Position |
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1989 | "Who's Lovin' My Baby" | Hot Country Singles | 66 |
1990 | "Tryin' to Make a Livin' on the Road" | Canadian Country Singles | 88 |
References
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John Anderson
- John Anderson
- John Anderson 2
- I Just Came Home to Count the Memories
- Wild & Blue
- All the People Are Talkin'
- Eye of a Hurricane
- Tokyo, Oklahoma
- Countrified
- Blue Skies Again
- 10
- Too Tough to Tame
- Seminole Wind
- Solid Ground
- Country 'til I Die
- Paradise
- Takin' the Country Back
- Nobody's Got It All
- Easy Money
- Bigger Hands
- Goldmine
- Years
- Greatest Hits (1984)
- Greatest Hits Volume II
- Greatest Hits (1996)
- "Your Lying Blue Eyes"
- "She Just Started Liking Cheatin' Songs"
- "1959"
- "I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday)"
- "Chicken Truck"
- "I Just Came Home to Count the Memories"
- "Would You Catch a Falling Star"
- "Wild and Blue"
- "Swingin'"
- "Goin' Down Hill"
- "Black Sheep"
- "Let Somebody Else Drive"
- "She Sure Got Away with My Heart"
- "Eye of a Hurricane"
- "It's All Over Now"
- "Down in Tennessee"
- "Honky Tonk Crowd"
- "Somewhere Between Ragged and Right" (with Waylon Jennings)
- "Straight Tequila Night"
- "When It Comes to You"
- "Seminole Wind"
- "Let Go of the Stone"
- "Money in the Bank"
- "I Fell in the Water"
- "I've Got It Made"
- "I Wish I Could Have Been There"
- "Bend It Until It Breaks"
- "Mississippi Moon"
- "Paradise"
- "Somebody Slap Me"
- "If Her Lovin' Don't Kill Me"
- "Years"
- "Tuesday I'll Be Gone"