"It's an even year, so it must be an Eleanor McEvoy album that's up for an award. Following in the footsteps of ''Yola'' and ''Out There'', this year's offering from the Irish chanteuse, ''Love Must Be Tough'', excels even the exalted standards set by its predecessors. What started out as a collection of covers, songs she wanted to sing from a woman's perspective, rather than in their more normal male voice, soon grew into something more - much, much more."