Hangin' Tough (Waylon Jennings album)

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Hangin' Tough
Studio album by Waylon Jennings
Released	January 1987
Recorded	Groundstar Lab, Nashville Sound Stage Studio, Nashville
Genre	Country Outlaw country
Length	36:17
Label	MCA
Producer	Jimmy Bowen Waylon Jennings
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Waylon Jennings chronology
The Best of Waylon (1986) Hangin' Tough (1987) A Man Called Hoss (1987)

Hangin' Tough is an album by Waylon Jennings, released on MCA Records in 1987. The second release of his two-year tenure at the label, it contained several songs, none of which were original compositions by Jennings. Among the tracks included is Sammy Johns' "Chevy Van" and two top ten country singles – "Rose in Paradise" and "Fallin' Out", which peaked at #1 and #8, respectively. The former was Jennings' final #1 single, though two more would ultimately reach the top ten. Hangin' Tough reached #19 on the country charts.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Baker Street" (Gerry Rafferty) – 4:33
2. "I Can't Help the Way I Don't Feel About You" (Chris Waters, Michael Garvin, Tom Shapiro) – 4:21
3. "Rose in Paradise" (Jim McBride, Stewart Harris) – 3:42
4. "Crying Don't Even Come Close" (Steve Gillette, Charles J. Cuarto) – 2:28
5. "Chevy Van" (Sammy Johns) – 3:06
6. "Fallin' Out" (Denny Lile) – 3:35
7. "Deep in the West" (Shake Russell) – 3:58
8. "Between Fathers and Sons" (Gary Nicholson, John B. Jarvis) – 3:18
9. "The Crown Prince" (Roger Murrah, Jim McBride) – 4:08
10. "Defying Gravity (Executioner's Song)" (Jesse Winchester) – 3:31