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| Released | October 11, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 2005 | |||
| Studio | The Sound Kitchen and House of Gain | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 47:13 | |||
| Label | MCA Nashville | |||
| Producer | Mark Wright Gary Allan | |||
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| Allmusic |    [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A[2] |
Tough All Over is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Gary Allan. It was released in October 2005 via MCA Nashville. It has been certified gold by the RIAA. Recorded after his wife's suicide, this album is more somber than his previous ones, with several of its songs termed to be "excruciatingly sad."[3]
Two songs from the album were released as singles: "Best I Ever Had" (a cover of a 2001 Vertical Horizon song) and "Life Ain't Always Beautiful" . Both placed reached within the Top 10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
- ^ Jurek, Thom. "Tough All Over review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
- ^ Nash, Alanna (October 17, 2005). "Tough All Over review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on August 29, 2007. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
- ^ Sanneh, Kelefa (May 29, 2006). "Rascal Flatts and Gary Allan: The Yin and Yang of Stoicism". New York Times. Retrieved March 13, 2009.