I'm Not So Tough

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By now, folks buying Mindy McCready albums know what they're getting into. If McCready's far from a devastating singer, she's also far from incompetent, and when she has solid material like Matraca Berg's "All I Want Is Everything," this album's most traditional-country-flavored track, or the road song "Tumble and Roll," she's capable of enough emotional vigor to pull them off. Unfortunately, her third record lacks much in the way of memorable songs, and whereas her previous two outings hinted at a feminist edge, the 23-year-old McCready now strikes a conventional desperate-for-love vulnerability and often a pouting vocal style. Invariably, the weaker the tune, the more she resorts to cloying whispers and chirps. If I'm Not So Tough has any highlights, they're to be found in Glen Duncan and Larry Franklin's soulful fiddle breaks and Paul Franklin's tasty pedal steel, which, to McCready's credit, are given plenty of room to roam. --Roy Kasten

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Average customer rating: Third Time Not the Ticket "I'm not so Tough" I'm Not So Tough Track by Track Third album Just Can't S T O P ! ! !

I'm Not So Tough Mindy McCready Manufacturer: Bna Entertainment ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Mindy McCready Ten Thousand Angels If I Don't Stay the Night If I Don't Stay The Night This Woman's Heart ASIN: B00000JMG4 Release Date: 1999-09-14

Tracks:

1. I'm Not So Tough
2. Tumble And Roll
3. All I Want Is Everything
4. Two Different Things
5. Dream On
6. I've Got A Feeling
7. Thunder And Roses
8. Over And Over
9. Lucky Me
10. Hold Me
11. Take Me Apart

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By now, folks buying Mindy McCready albums know what they're getting into. If McCready's far from a devastating singer, she's also far from incompetent, and when she has solid material like Matraca Berg's "All I Want Is Everything," this album's most traditional-country-flavored track, or the road song "Tumble and Roll," she's capable of enough emotional vigor to pull them off. Unfortunately, her third record lacks much in the way of memorable songs, and whereas her previous two outings hinted at a feminist edge, the 23-year-old McCready now strikes a conventional desperate-for-love vulnerability and often a pouting vocal style. Invariably, the weaker the tune, the more she resorts to cloying whispers and chirps. If I'm Not So Tough has any highlights, they're to be found in Glen Duncan and Larry Franklin's soulful fiddle breaks and Paul Franklin's tasty pedal steel, which, to McCready's credit, are given plenty of room to roam. --Roy Kasten

Customer Reviews:

Third Time Not the Ticket.......2007-07-09

Mindy declined some on this CD from her excellent previous two CDs. The tunes are catchy, but rather less substantial. Less genuine emotion comes through [tho Mindy is able to convey it], and they're more bubblegummy. That said, this is still a thoroughly listenable album. Good tunes:

I'm Not So Tough
Tumble and Roll
All I Want is Everything
2 Different Things - the first 3 listed are fast, this one is slower, but quite good

I've Got a Feeling - good, quick tune

Lucky Me - ironical statement by a girl who has the "hot guy" and should be thankful for it, supposedly.

Take Me Apart

"I'm not so Tough".......2006-05-23

This is an excellent album. There's something for everyone. It's a bit out of order but it's actually a chronology of love. The beginning, the middle, nearing the end, the end, starting over w/ baggage and so on. "I'm not so tough" is the starting over w/ baggage song which really is an anthem to men. It says, "I may have walls but if you give me chance I'll let you inside." "Tumble and Roll" is the middle. "All I want is everything" is the post breakup anthem when you're tired of hurting but want the fairy tale because its safe and unattainable. "Two different things" is the break up. "Dream On" is the song for when you've fallen in love but it's time to say goodnight or like someone else referred the long distance love has to go home. "I've got a feeling" is the anticipation of being with the one which you've fallen in love. "Thunder and Roses" is the dance of dating before you find a lasting love. "Over and Over" is when you just realize you are falling in love and you can't get enough of being with this new person. When the past is forgotten and the now is all that there is. "Lucky me" is one of the bads before the good when you just want to throw in the towel. "Hold me" is when you've been in a relationship for a while and you need the tender touch of love. It's about making things feel better and not taking each other for granted. "Take me apart" is when you first meet someone and you want them to take a chance. So my only complaint about the album is the lack of chronology. It should have been:

LUCKY ME
THUNDER & ROSES
TAKE ME APART
OVER AND OVER
DREAM ON
I'VE GOT A FEELING
TUMBLE AND ROLL
HOLD ME
TWO DIFFERENT THINGS
ALL I WANT IS EVERYTHING
I'M NOT SO TOUGH

Then maybe some people would get the story the album tells. Like most country songs, the album tells a story. Some of the songs may be missing that country flare but one only has to look and hear the album as a whole to realize its there just not where they've been looking. I highly recommend this album especially to anyone in one of these stages of love.

I'm Not So Tough Track by Track.......2003-11-17

1. I'm Not So Tough- 5/5 This song is about showing your softer side in a relationship and letting go of past relationships that may have left you kinda bitter.

2. Tumble And Roll- 5/5 Very cute.. when you're in love sometimes you just wanna let go and be as crazy and spontaneous as you can, and that's basically what this song is saying.

3. All I Want Is Everything- 5/5 This is the "Material Girl" song for country music. It's adorable and sounds great!!

4. Two Different Things- 5/5 I think this is a perfect break up song. Sometimes when you're in a relationship something happens where you just need to let go, but you don't want to let go. I think this song says all that perfectly.

5. Dream On- 5/5. I love this song!!! It's about a long distance relationship. Everything on this song is great.... the lyrics, the music, and Mindy's voice.

6. I've Got A Feeling- 5/5 Ok I'm kinda confused by the meaning of the song. It's either about two people finally being able to be a couple, or finally being able to "hook up" (and you know what I mean by that) either way the song sounds great!!

7. Thunder And Roses- 4/5 Good song about wanting something more passionate yet at the same time wanting something more tender.

8. Over And Over- 5/5 This song is about falling in love. I really could listen to this song "over and over and over and over, and over again"

9. Lucky Me- 5/5 AMAZING song. The only way to love this song is if you get the irony in it. It's written with this sarcasm that is so perfect!!!! I can't get enough of this song.

10. Hold Me- 4/5 The title says it all.. it's a song about showing love through affection such as holding. It's a good song but just a little too slow for me.

11. Take Me Apart- 5/5 Wonderful way to end this Cd!!! It's about falling in love.

THE BOTTOM LINE: Whether Mindy sings about being in love, wanting to be in love, falling out of love, or wanting everything.... it's gonna be a good song. I bought this CD at a used CD store for $3.99 *no joke* all I have to say is the other persons loss is definitely my gain. This is such a good CD!!

Third album.......2003-10-12

Two weeks after this album was released in September 1999, Mindy was released from her contract with BNA. Cited as creative differences. She hated the whole cowgirl hat and the pigtails, but they made her. The label argued with her over song selection. So in the transition, a great album was overlooked. The album had one single, "All I want Is Everything", which received little to no airplay on radio. The excellent ballad, one of her best, "Over and Over", makes an appearance here, only heard before on the GIRLS NIGHT OUT concert special. If you can find the import version of this CD, it's worth it. It has three extra songs, "I Love You Too", "I Don't Want You To Go" and "One In A Million". "I Don't Want You To Go" became a hit for the songwriter, Canadian singer Carolyn Dawn Johnson, who also wrote "Tumble And Roll" on this album and also does it on her debut album (Canadian Version). There's some great ballads here like "Thunder and Roses", "Hold Me", and "Two Different Things". This album was after her breakup with actor Dean Cain and "Two Different Things" seems to sum up their relationship. There's some fun uptempo songs like "Lucky Me" and "Take Me Apart". The title track is a great song as well. She deserves more credit than she gets, but she has a bad reputation in Nashville which is a shame, because she has the talent.

Just Can't S T O P ! ! !.......2002-01-02

I bought this album the day it came out, and I still to this day (Jan. 2002), listen to it on a daily basis. This album is Absolutely AWESOME! I don't know how she will top this one!

So B U Y I T , Listen to it, and Love it!

And don't skip any tracks even if you think that you don't like the song at the begining, Because I P R O M I S E before the song is over you will have heard a verse, a lyric, or simply the way Mindy sings it, and will end up loving it! I know it! and I P R O M I S E ...You will too!

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1. Overture - Orchestra
2. Why Did You Call Me Lily? - Dora Bryan
3. Clip-Clop - Laurie Payne
4. I Should Worry - Dora Bryan
5. When I'm Washing Up - Pamela Charles
6. Jane's Prayer - Pamela Charles
7. Lily's Tale - Dora Bryan
8. He Doesn't Care - Peter Graves
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11. Why Should Spring Have All The Flowers? - Doris Hare
12. This Is Our Secret - Peter Graves
13. It Would Cramp My Style - Dora Bryan
14. You Never Know With Men - Dora Bryan
15. Here's Mud In Your Eye - Chorus
16. I'm Not A Jealous Woman - Joan Sims
17. Finale - Chorus
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19. I Never Dreamt (You'd Fall In Love With Me) - Lido Dance Orchestra
20. My Heart Is Saying - Billy Milton
21. Selections From 'Little Tommy Tucker' - The Million-Airs
22. You Looked At Me - Olive Groves
23. My Heart's A Compass - Olive Groves
24. You Have That Extra Something - Phyllis Stanley
25. Three Songs From 'Big Ben' - Vivian Ellis
26. Three Waltzes From 'Big Ben' - Vivian Ellis
27. Selections From 'Tough At The Top' Part One - Vivian Ellis
28. Selections From 'Tough At The Top' Part Two - Vivian Ellis
29. The Music From 'And So To Bed' Part One - Vivian Ellis
30. The Music From 'And So To Bed' Part Two - Vivian Ellis

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