My Top 20 Albums from 1976 No 19

Cry Tough is a 1976 album from Nils Lofgren. The follow-up to his solo debut, Cry Tough is another offering of Lofgren-penned pop/rock. Notable for the title track and the songs "It's Not a Crime", "Mud In Your Eye" and "Can't Get Closer", "Cry Tough" also includes Al Kooper on keyboards.

The album charted on the US Billboard 200 for sixteen weeks and peaked at number 32 on June 5, 1976.[3] On the UK albums chart, it peaked at number 8. No singles from the album charted in either country.
Track listing
All songs written by Nils Lofgren, except where noted.
"Cry Tough" (Alton Ellis, E. Gordon, Winston Jarrett, Lofgren) – 5:07
"It's Not a Crime" (Lofgren, Tom Lofgren) – 4:14
"Incidentally It's Over" – 3:18
"For Your Love" (Graham Gouldman) – 5:21
"Share a Little" – 5:16
"Mud in Your Eye" – 2:42
"Can't Get Closer" – 3:45
"You Lit a Fire" – 3:18
"Jailbait" – 3:55

Personnel
Musicians
Nils Lofgren – guitar, keyboards, vocals
Tom Lofgren – guitar, vocals (tracks 1–2, 4)
Al Kooper – keyboards (tracks 1–2, 4, 8–9)
Chuck Rainey – bass guitar (tracks 1, 4, 8)
Paul Stallworth – bass (tracks 2, 4, 9)
Wornell Jones – bass, vocals (tracks 3, 5, 7)
Jim Gordon – drums (tracks 1–2, 4, 8, 9)
Aynsley Dunbar – drums (tracks 3, 5, 7)
Scott Ball – upright bass (track 6)
Holden Raphael – percussion (track 6)
Emil Richards – percussion (tracks 1–2, 8)
Dominic Frontiere – orchestral arrangements (tracks 2, 8)
Ron Hicklin – backing vocals (tracks 1–2, 8–9)
Billy Talbot, Ralph Molina – backing vocals (tracks 3,5)
P.P. Arnold, Claudia Lennear, Buddy Miles – backing vocals (track 2)

Technical
David Briggs – producer (tracks 3, 5–7)
Al Kooper – producer (tracks 1–2, 4, 8–9)
Bob Dawson, David DeVore, Bob Edwards, Lee Kiefer, Tim Mulligan – engineers
John Henning, Deni King, Chris Morris, Chip Brown – assistant engineers
Ed Caraeff – design, photography