Rough Town Explained

Rough Town
Type:Album
Artist:Johnny Hallyday
Cover:Rough_town.jpg
Released:September 1994
Recorded:1994
Genre:Pop, rock
Label:Universal Music
Producer:Chris Kimsey
Prev Title:Parc des Princes
Prev Year:1993
Next Title:À La Cigale
Next Year:1994

Rough Town is a 1994 album recorded by French singer Johnny Hallyday. It is entirely written in English to win over the anglophone countries, with the title track written by Bryan Adams. It was released in September 1994 and achieved success in France, where it debuted at the top of the charts on 2 October 1994, but dropped just after and stayed for nine weeks on the top 50 chart. It provided two singles in France, "I Wanna Make Love To You" (#18) and "Love Affair" (#35), a duet with Kathy Mattea. The album was also released in Germany, but was unsuccessful in this country. The video for "Love Affair" was directed by Dani Jacobs, filmed in Nashville and features Johnny and Kathy Mattea who duets on this track. Rough Town is Johnny Hallyday's ever last album in foreign language.

Track listing

  1. "Fool for the Blues" (Robin Le Mesurier, Paul Rafferty) — 4:34
  2. "(I Wanna) Make Love to You" (Jerry Lynn Williams) — 4:30
  3. "Love Affair" (Jerry Lynn Williams) — 5:12
  4. "Hurricane" (Steve Diamond) — 5:14
  5. "Can't Stop Wanting You" (Paul Brady) — 4:31
  6. "Are the Chances Gone" (Robin Le Mesurier, Sheppard Solomon) — 5:10
  7. "Rough Town" (Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance) — 4:26
  8. "Lightnin'" (Richard Guy Bailey, Simon Carman) — 5:06
  9. "Dry Spell" (Daryl Burgess, Colin James) — 7:56
  10. "You're Mine" (Kevin Dukes, Paul Rafferty) — 4:53
  11. "Before You Change Your Mind" (Daryl Burgess) — 4:07
  12. "It's a Long Way Home" (Will Jennings, Frankie Miller) — 4:08

Source : Allmusic.[1]

Releases

Date Label Country Format Catalog
1994Ils UniversalBelgium, France, SwitzerlandCD522839
2000Mercury5469722

Notes and References

  1. Rough Town, track listing [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r289970|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic.com] (November 26, 2008)
  2. French certifications Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved November 26, 2008)
  3. Rough Town, French Albums Chart See: "Selection des autres artistes" => "Johnny HALLYDAY" Infodisc.fr (Retrieved November 26, 2008)

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