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Released
  
October 23, 2007

Producer
  
Mark Wright Gary Allan

Release date
  
23 October 2007

Genre
  
Country music

Length
  
41:01

Artist
  
Gary Allan

Label
  
MCA Nashville Records

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Living Hard (2007)
  
Get Off On The Pain (2010)

Similar
  
Gary Allan albums, Country music albums

Gary allan watching airplanes


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

Contents

The album debuted at number three on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling approximately 69,000 copies in its first week. Its lead-off single, "Watching Airplanes", reached number 2 on the country charts, while "Learning How to Bend" reached number 13. The album's third single, "She's So California" reached number 24. "Half of My Mistakes" was originally recorded by Radney Foster on his album This World We Live In, and by Jace Everett on his self-titled debut album, both released in 2005. "Like It's a Bad Thing" was later recorded by Danny Gokey on his 2010 debut album, My Best Days.

Living hard gary allan


Personnel

  • Gary Allan - lead vocals
  • 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, strings, background vocals
  • Wes Hightower - background vocals
  • Steve Nathan - Hammond B-3 organ, piano, Wurlitzer
  • Russ Pahl - acoustic guitar, steel guitar
  • Jon Randall - background vocals
  • Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
  • Brent Rowan - electric guitar
  • Hank Singer - fiddle
  • Russell Terrell - background vocals
  • Robby Turner - steel guitar
  • Kristin Wilkinson - string arrangements
  • John Willis - acoustic guitar, mandolin
  • Glenn Worf - bass guitar
  • "Watching Airplanes"

    "Watching Airplanes" was the lead-off single. His twentieth chart single overall, the song reached a peak of number 2 on the Billboard country charts in early 2008. It was written by Jim Beavers and Jonathan Singleton.

    The music video for this song was shot during live concerts at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado, the Red Dirt Roundup '07 in Fort Worth, Texas, the Nutty Brown Cafe in Austin, Texas, and in Saint George, Utah.

    "Learning How to Bend"

    "Learning How to Bend" peaked at number 13 in the United States. Written by Gary Allan, James LeBlanc, and Matt Warren. The song debuted at number 51 on the Hot Country Songs chart dated April 5, 2008.

    "She's So California"

    "She's So California" was the third and final single, written by Allan along with Jon Randall and Jaime Hanna of Hanna-McEuen. It peaked at number 24.

    Songs

    1Watching Airplanes4:00
    2We Touched the Sun3:41
    3She's So California3:21

    References

    Living Hard Wikipedia