Living Hard

Infobox Album
Name = Living Hard
Type = studio
Artist = Gary Allan


Released = October 23, 2007
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length = 41:01
Label = MCA Nashville
Producer = Mark Wright
Gary Allan
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://wm06.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:a9fuxzwhldse link]
Last album = "Greatest Hits"
(2007)
This album = "Living Hard"
(2007)
Next album = TBD

"Living Hard" is an album by American country music singer Gary Allan. It was released on October 23, 2007 on the MCA Nashville label.

The album debuted at number three on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling about 69,000 copies in its first week. [Katie Hasty, [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003665671 "Underwood Leads Three Country Debuts Onto Chart"] , Billboard.com, October 31, 2007.] Its lead-off single, "Watching Airplanes", reached #2 on the country charts, while "Learning How to Bend" reached #13.

"Half of My Mistakes" was originally recorded Radney Foster on his album "This World We Live In", and by Jace Everett on his self-titled debut album, both released in 2005.

Track listing

# "Watching Airplanes" (Jim Beavers, Jonathan Singleton) - 4:03
# "We Touched the Sun" (Gary Allan, Odie Blackmon, Jim Lauderdale) - 3:42
# "She's So California" (Allan, Jaime Hanna, Jon Randall) - 3:21
# "Like It's a Bad Thing" (Wendell Mobley, Tony Martin, Neil Thrasher) - 3:23
# "Learning How to Bend" (Allan, James LeBlanc, Matt Warren) - 3:27
# "As Long as You're Looking Back" (Aaron Barker, Dean Dillon, Scotty Emerick) - 3:29
# "Wrecking Ball" (Audley Freed, Keith Gattis) - 3:49
# "Yesterday's Rain" (Allan, LeBlanc, Warren) - 3:55
# "Trying to Matter" (Allan, Casey Beathard, Blackmon) - 3:27
# "Half of My Mistakes" (Radney Foster, Bobby Houck) - 4:31
# "Living Hard" (Allan, Blackmon, Bob DiPiero) - 3:54

References