Cry Tough is a 1993 collection of Alton Ellis

Alton Ellis

Alton Nehemiah Ellis, OD, was a Jamaican musician best known as one of the innovators of rocksteady music and was often referred to as the "Godfather of Rocksteady". In 2006, he was inducted into the International Reggae And World Music Awards Hall Of Fame.-Biography:Ellis was born in 1938 and...

 recordings from the rocksteady

Rocksteady

Rocksteady is a music genre that originated in Jamaica around 1966. A successor to ska and a precursor to reggae, rocksteady was performed by Jamaican vocal harmony groups such as The Gaylads, The Maytals and The Paragons. The term rocksteady comes from a dance style that was mentioned in the Alton...

 era of 1966-1968. It was released in 1993 by Heartbeat Records

Heartbeat Records

Heartbeat Records is an independent record label based in Burlington , Massachusetts. The label specializes in Jamaican music. Founded by reggae music enthusiasts Bill Nowlin and Duncan Brown, the label's first release was a vinyl LP reissue of Linton Kwesi Johnson's Dread Beat an' Blood...

, and features the pick of Ellis' work for Arthur "Duke" Reid

Duke Reid

Treasure Isle re-directs here. For the game, see Treasure Isle .Arthur "Duke" Reid, CD was a Jamaican record producer, DJ and label owner....

, plus some tracks produced by Sonia Pottinger

Sonia Pottinger

Sonia Eloise Pottinger OD was a Jamaican reggae record producer.The most important Jamaican woman involved in music business, Sonia Pottinger was the first female Jamaican record producer and produced artists from the mid 1960s until the mid 1980s.Married to music producer Lyndon Pottinger, she...

. The album contains most of Ellis' original Mr. Soul of Jamaica album, and contains the same tracks as the 1973 Greatest Hits compilation on Count Shelly Records, plus eight additional tracks. Several of the tracks are alternate takes of some of his biggest hits from the era. The backing band is the Treasure Isle studio band of the time, Tommy McCook

Tommy McCook

Tommy McCook was a Jamaican saxophonist. A founding member of The Skatalites, he also directed The Supersonics for Duke Reid, and backed many sessions for Bunny Lee or with The Revolutionaries at Channel One Studios in the 1970s.-Biography:McCook was born in Havana, Cuba, and moved to Jamaica in...

 and the Supersonics. The album was included in the Rough Guides

Rough Guides

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book Reggae: 100 Essential CDs.

Tracklisting

1. "Breaking Up"
2. "Why Birds Follow Spring"
3. "I Can't Stop Now"
4. "Ain't That Loving You"
5. "You Make Me So Very Happy"
6. "Remember That Sunday (Alternate Take)"
7. "All My Tears Come Rolling"
8. "Baby I Love You"
9. "Chatty Chatty People"
10. "Willow Tree"
11. "If I Could Rule This World"
12. "What Does It Take (Take Two)"
13. "Cry Tough (Take Six)"
14. "Girl I've Got A Date (Soul Style)"
15. "Can't Stand It (Extended Mix)"
16. "I'm Just A Guy (Soul Style)"
17. "La Means I Love You"
18. "Why Did You Leave Me To Cry"
19. "The Same Song"
20. "Black Man, White Man (Take Two)"