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Cry Tough is a 1976 album from Nils Lofgren. The follow-up to his solo debut, Cry Tough is another offering of Lofgren-penned pop/rock. Notable for the title track and the songs "It's Not a Crime", "Mud In Your Eye" and "Can't Get Closer", "Cry Tough" also includes Al Kooper on keyboards.

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Cry Tough
Studio album by Nils Lofgren
Released	April 1976
Recorded	1976
Studio	Record Plant, Sausalito, CA Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA Bias Studios, Falls Church, VA
Genre	Heartland rock
Length	37:14
Label	A&M
Producer	David Briggs, Al Kooper
Nils Lofgren chronology
Back It Up!! (1975) Cry Tough (1976) I Came to Dance (1977)
Singles from Cry Tough
"Cry Tough" Released: April 1976 "It's Not a Crime" Released: September 1976

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Village Voice	B−[2]

The album charted on the US Billboard 200 for sixteen weeks and peaked at number 32 on June 5, 1976.[3] On the UK albums chart, it peaked at number 8. No singles from the album charted in either country.

Track listing

All songs written by Nils Lofgren, except where noted.

1. "Cry Tough" (Alton Ellis, E. Gordon, Winston Jarrett, Lofgren) – 5:07
2. "It's Not a Crime" (Lofgren, Tom Lofgren) – 4:14
3. "Incidentally It's Over" – 3:18
4. "For Your Love" (Graham Gouldman) – 5:21
5. "Share a Little" – 5:16
6. "Mud in Your Eye" – 2:42
7. "Can't Get Closer" – 3:45
8. "You Lit a Fire" – 3:18
9. "Jailbait" – 3:55

Charts

Chart (1976)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4]	96
UK (Official Charts Company)	8
US Billboard 200[5]	32

Personnel

Musicians

• Nils Lofgren – guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Tom Lofgren – guitar, vocals (tracks 1–2, 4)
• Al Kooper – keyboards (tracks 1–2, 4, 8–9)
• Chuck Rainey – bass (tracks 1, 4, 8)
• Paul Stallworth – bass (tracks 2, 4, 9)
• Wornell Jones – bass, vocals (tracks 3, 5, 7)
• Jim Gordon – drums (tracks 1–2, 4, 8, 9)
• Aynsley Dunbar – drums (tracks 3, 5, 7)
• Scott Ball – upright bass (track 6)
• Holden Raphael – percussion (track 6)
• Emil Richards – percussion (tracks 1–2, 8)
• Dominic Frontiere – orchestral arrangements (tracks 2, 8)
• Ron Hicklin – backing vocals (tracks 1–2, 8–9)
• Billy Talbot, Ralph Molina – backing vocals (tracks 3,5)
• P.P. Arnold, Claudia Lennear, Buddy Miles – backing vocals (track 2)

Technical

• David Briggs – producer (tracks 3, 5–7)
• Al Kooper – producer (tracks 1–2, 4, 8–9)
• Bob Dawson, David DeVore, Bob Edwards, Lee Kiefer, Tim Mulligan – engineers
• John Henning, Deni King, Chris Morris, Chip Brown – assistant engineers
• Ed Caraeff – design, photography

References

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