Rough Town is a 1994 album recorded by French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 singer Johnny Hallyday

Johnny Hallyday

Johnny Hallyday is a French singer and actor. An icon in the French-speaking world since the beginning of his career, he was considered by some to have been the French Elvis Presley. He was married for 15 years to one of the most popular French female singers: Sylvie Vartan...

. It is entirely written in English-language to win over the anglophone countries. It was released in September 1994 and achieved success in France, where it debuted at the top of the charts on October 2, 1994, but dropped just after and stayed for nine weeks on the chart (top 50). 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

Dani Jacobs

-Background:Jacobs was born in London. He went to University of Manchester to study Physics but left to pursue his interests in Film.He worked at the The Haçienda nightclub as a resident filmmaker and VJ, creating visuals and lighting effects to project in the club space...

, filmed in Nashville and features Johnny and Kathy Mattea who duets on this track.

Track listing

1. "Fool for the Blues" (LeMesurier, Rafferty) — 4:34
2. "(I Wanna) Make Love to You" (Williams) — 4:30
3. "Love Affair" (Williams) — 5:12
4. "Hurricane" (Diamond) — 5:14
5. "Can't Stop Wanting You" (Brady) — 4:31
6. "Are the Chances Gone" (LeMesurier, Solomon) — 5:10
7. "Rough Town" (Bryan Adams
   Bryan Adams
   Bryan Adams, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, actor and photographer. Adams has won dozens of awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations. He has also received 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song Written...
   
   , Jim Vallance
   Jim Vallance
   James Douglas "Jim" Vallance, OC is a retired Canadian musician, songwriter, arranger and producer based out of Vancouver, British Columbia. He is best known as the former songwriting partner of Canadian international recording artist Bryan Adams...
   
   ) — 4:26
8. "Lightnin'" (Bailey, Carman) — 5:06
9. "Dry Spell" (Burgess, James) — 7:56
10. "You're Mine" (Dukes, Rafferty) — 4:53
11. "Before You Change Your Mind" (Burgess) — 4:07
12. "It's a Long Way Home" (Jennings, Miller) — 4:08

Source : Allmusic.

Releases

Date	Label	Country	Format	Catalog
1994	Ils Universal	Belgium, France, Switzerland	CD	522839
2000	Mercury			5469722

Certifications and sales

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified
France	Gold	December 21, 1994	300,000

Charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position
French SNEP Albums Chart	1