Living Hard is the seventh studio album by American country music singer Gary Allan. It was released on October 23, 2007 via MCA Nashville.
The album debuted at number three on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling approximately 69,000 copies during its first week. Its lead-off single, "Watching Airplanes", reached number 2 on the country charts, its second single "Learning How to Bend" peaked at number 13, and the third single "She's So California" went to number 24. "Like It's a Bad Thing" was later recorded by Danny Gokey on his 2010 debut album My Best Days. "Half of My Mistakes" was written by Bobby Houck and Radney Foster and originally recorded by Houck's band, the Blue Dogs, on their 2004 album, Halos and Good Buys, then by Foster on his 2004 album And Then There's Me (The Back Porch Sessions), and finally by Jace Everett on his 2005 self-titled debut album.
Track listing
Personnel
From Living Hard liner notes. Musicians Perry Coleman - background vocals Chad Cromwell - drums Eric Darken - percussion Dan Dugmore - steel guitar Jerry Flowers - background vocals Kenny Greenberg - electric guitar Jaime Hanna - electric guitar, background vocals Wes Hightower - background vocals The Love Sponge Strings - strings Steve Nathan - piano, Hammond B-3 organ, Wurlitzer electric piano Russ Pahl - steel guitar, acoustic guitar Jon Randall - background vocals Michael Rhodes - bass guitar Brent Rowan - electric guitar Hank Singer - fiddle Russell Terrell - background vocals Robby Turner - steel guitar John Willis - acoustic guitar, mandolin Glenn Worf - bass guitar
Technical
Gary Allan - producer
Greg Droman - recording, mixing
Hank Williams - mastering
Kris Wilkinson - string arranger
Mark Wright - producer
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
2007 albums
Gary Allan albums
MCA Records albums
Albums produced by Mark Wright (record producer)