Cry Tough is a 1976 album from Nils Lofgren

Nils Lofgren

Nils Hilmer Lofgren is an American rock music recording artist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist...

. As the follow-up to his solo debut, Cry Tough is yet another offering of Lofgren-penned pop/rock. Notable for the title track and the classics "It's Not A Crime", "Mud In Your Eye" and "Can't Get Closer", "Cry Tough" also includes legendary Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...

 sideman Al Kooper

Al Kooper

Al Kooper is an American songwriter, record producer and musician, known for organizing Blood, Sweat & Tears , providing studio support for Bob Dylan when he went electric in 1965, and also bringing together guitarists Mike Bloomfield and Stephen Stills to...

 on keyboards.

Track listing

All Songs Written By Nils Lofgren, except where noted.

1. "Cry Tough" (Alton Ellis
   Alton Ellis
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   , E. Gordon, Winston Jarrett
   Winston Jarrett
   Winston Jarrett is a Jamaican reggae singer who was part of Alton Ellis's group The Flames in the 1960s before recording with The Righteous Flames and as a solo artist.-Biography:...
   
   , Lofgren)
2. "It's Not a Crime" (Lofgren, Tom Lofgren)
3. "Incidentally It's Over"
4. "For Your Love
   For Your Love
   -Album reissues:The Yardbirds' 2001 compilation album Ultimate! contains eight of the eleven tracks from the original album. For Your Love has been reissued by several record labels, including JVC, Castle, and Repertoire...
   
   " (Graham Gouldman
   Graham Gouldman
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   )
5. "Share a Little"
6. "Mud in Your Eye"
7. "Can't Get Closer"
8. "You Lit a Fire"
9. "Jailbait"

Personnel

• P.P. Arnold - Vocals
• Aynsley Dunbar
  Aynsley Dunbar
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   - Drums
• Jim Gordon
  Jim Gordon (musician)
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   - Drums
• Ron Hicklin
  Ron Hicklin Singers
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   - Vocals
• Wornell Jones - Bass, Vocals
• Al Kooper
  Al Kooper
  Al Kooper is an American songwriter, record producer and musician, known for organizing Blood, Sweat & Tears , providing studio support for Bob Dylan when he went electric in 1965, and also bringing together guitarists Mike Bloomfield and Stephen Stills to...
  
   - Keyboards
• Claudia Lennear
  Claudia Lennear
  Claudia Lennear is an American soul singer who has worked with many acts including Ike and Tina Turner, Humble Pie and Joe Cocker. She recorded a solo album entitled Phew! in 1973.She was part of a trio of backup singers for Delaney and Bonnie, that also included Rita Coolidge...
  
   - Vocals
• Nils Lofgren - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
• Tom Lofgren - Guitar, Vocals
• Buddy Miles
  Buddy Miles
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   - Vocals
• Ralph Molina
  Ralph Molina
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   - Vocals
• Chuck Rainey
  Chuck Rainey
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   - Bass
• Holden Raphael - Percussion
• Emil Richards
  Emil Richards
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   - Percussion
• Paul Stallworth - Bass
• Billy Talbot
  Billy Talbot
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  - Vocals
• Scott Ball - Upright Bass on "Mud in Your Eye"
• Dominic Frontiere - Orchestral Arrangements

Production

• Produced By David Briggs & Al Kooper
• Engineered By Bob Dawson, David DeVore, Bob Edwards, Lee Kiefer, Tim Mulligan
• Assistant Engineers: John Henning, Deni King, Chris Morris