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2003 studio album by Magic Dirt From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tough Love is the fourth studio album by Australian rock band, Magic Dirt. It was released in August 2003, it peaked at number 15 on the ARIA Charts; becoming the band's highest charting album.
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| Released | August 2003 | |||
| Studio | Birdland Studios, Melbourne | |||
| Length | 48:31[1] | |||
| Label | East West Records | |||
| Producer | Lindsay Gravina | |||
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| Singles from Tough Love | ||||
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The album was promoted with a national tour, appearances on multiple TV and radio shows, as well as playing supports for acts including The Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Swervedriver, The Beasts of Bourbon, Powderfinger and Jet.[2]
At the ARIA Music Awards of 2003 the album was nominated for three awards; Best Rock Album and Best Cover Art, losing out to Vulture Street by Powderfinger. Lindsay Gravina was nominated for Engineer of the Year for his work on this album.[3]
In 2005, the band reflected on the recording of the album. Adalita Srsen said "Tough Love was so regimented and there was a lot of discipline... We talked about every single thing, we worked really hard in the studio, we had tuning problems, I had difficulties singing. It all sounds great in the end but there was so much trial by fire and so much discipline which we'd never really encountered before; never put ourselves through before. So after all of that I guess we were a little bit burnt-out, a little bit tired and wanted to just relax a bit.". Dean Turner added "We found out it was a shit way to write music. We set goals for ourselves and at the end of the record we had achieved those goals. But it's not a very fun way to make music so we'll never do a record like that again."[4]
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| Sydney Morning Herald |   [5] |
"Vulcanella" and "Watch Out Boys" were issued as promotional singles, before the first official single, "Plastic Loveless Letter" was released in November 2003, where it became the band's first top 40 single.
All songs written by Magic Dirt.
| Country | Date | Format | Label | Catalogue |
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| Australia | August 2003 | East West Records | 2564606292 | |
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