''Cry Tough'' is a 1976 album from
Nils Lofgren
Nils Hilmer Lofgren (born June 21, 1951) is an American rock musician, recording artist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Along with his work as a solo artist, he has been a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band since 1984, a membe ...
. 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.
The album charted on the US
Billboard 200
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for sixteen weeks and peaked at number 32 on June 5, 1976.
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.
# "Cry Tough" (
, E. Gordon,
Winston Jarrett
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, Lofgren) – 5:07
# "It's Not a Crime" (Lofgren, Tom Lofgren) – 4:14
# "Incidentally It's Over" – 3:18
# "
For Your Love
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Graham Gouldman) – 5:21
# "Share a Little" – 5:16
# "Mud in Your Eye" – 2:42
# "Can't Get Closer" – 3:45
# "You Lit a Fire" – 3:18
# "Jailbait" – 3:55
Charts
Personnel
Musicians
* Nils Lofgren –
guitar
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keyboards
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vocals
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* Tom Lofgren – guitar, vocals (tracks 1–2, 4)
*
Al Kooper – keyboards (tracks 1–2, 4, 8–9)
*
Chuck Rainey
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bass
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(tracks 1, 4, 8)
* Paul Stallworth – bass (tracks 2, 4, 9)
*
Wornell Jones
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– bass, vocals (tracks 3, 5, 7)
*
Jim Gordon –
drums
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(tracks 1–2, 4, 8, 9)
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Aynsley Dunbar
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– drums (tracks 3, 5, 7)
* Scott Ball –
upright bass
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(track 6)
* Holden Raphael –
percussion
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(track 6)
*
Emil Richards – percussion (tracks 1–2, 8)
* Dominic Frontiere – orchestral arrangements (tracks 2, 8)
*
Ron Hicklin
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backing vocals
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(tracks 1–2, 8–9)
*
Billy Talbot
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Ralph Molina
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– backing vocals (tracks 3,5)
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P.P. Arnold
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Claudia Lennear
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Buddy Miles – backing vocals (track 2)
Technical
*
David Briggs –
producer
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(tracks 3, 5–7)
* Al Kooper – producer (tracks 1–2, 4, 8–9)
* Bob Dawson, David DeVore, Bob Edwards, Lee Kiefer, Tim Mulligan –
engineers
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* John Henning, Deni King, Chris Morris, Chip Brown – assistant engineers
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Ed Caraeff – design,
photography
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References
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1976 albums
Nils Lofgren albums
Albums produced by David Briggs (producer)
Albums produced by Al Kooper
A&M Records albums