I'm Not So Tough

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

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