Hangin' Tough (Waylon Jennings album)

Infobox Album
Name = Hangin' Tough
Type = Studio album
Artist = 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
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:he821vf8zz9a link]
Last album = "The Best of Waylon"
(1986)
This album = "Hangin' Tough"
(1987)
Next album = "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.

Track listing

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