''Tougher Than Love'' is the debut
extended play
An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record. recorded by Canadian
country music
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artist
Bobby Wills
Bobby Wills is a Canadian country music singer-songwriter. Wills has released five albums – ''Man with No Past'' (2010), '' If It Was That Easy'' (2012), ''Crazy Enough'' (2014), ''Tougher Than Love'' (2016) and an EP ''Longshot Bar & Grill'' ( ...
, released through
MDM Recordings Inc.
MDM Recordings Inc. is a Canadian independent record label, distributor and artist management company founded by 2014 Canadian Country Music Association Record Company Person of the Year Mike Denney and distributed through Universal Music Canada.
...
on March 18, 2016. It includes the singles "Won't You Be Mine", "Down by the River", and "Tougher Than Love", the first two of which reached the top 10 on the
''Billboard'' Canada Country airplay chart. Wills co-wrote all six tracks.
Singles
"Won't You Be Mine" was released to
digital retailers on October 9, 2015. It officially impacted Canadian country radio on October 28, 2015. The song debuted on the
Canada Country
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chart dated November 14, 2015 and reached a peak position of 9 on the chart dated February 20, 2016 in its fifteenth week.
The second single, "Down by the River", was serviced to Canadian and American country radio stations on March 29, 2016. It entered the Canada Country chart at number 45 in April 2016 and reached a peak position of 9 in its twelfth week, on the chart dated July 16, 2016.
"Tougher Than Love" was released to radio as the EP's third single on September 28, 2016. It debuted at number 47 on the Canada Country chart dated October 15, 2016, and has so far reached a peak position of 11.
Critical reception
Mike Bell of the ''
Calgary Herald
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History
''The ...
'' wrote that the record is "very much a complete and well-crafted album," despite comprising only six songs. He also said that, while the collection is "stylistically... all over the map," it is tied together by "Wills's steady voice and likable personality."
Accolades
''Tougher Than Love'' was nominated for Album of the Year at the 2016
Canadian Country Music Association
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Awards.
"Won't You Be Mine" was nominated for Single of the Year at the same awards ceremony, with Wills also receiving a nomination for the song in the category of Songwriter of the Year.
He lost all three awards.
Track listing
Chart performance
Singles
References
External links
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2016 EPs
Bobby Wills albums
MDM Recordings albums