Tuff Enuff
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| Released | January 1986 | |||
| Recorded | 1985 | |||
| Genre | Blues rock, Texas blues | |||
| Length | 32:26 | |||
| Label | CBS Associated Labels | |||
| Producer | Dave Edmunds | |||
| The Fabulous Thunderbirds chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Tuff Enuff | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Kerrang! | [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | [3] |
Tuff Enuff is a 1986 studio album by Texas-based blues rock band the Fabulous Thunderbirds, which pointed the band in a more mainstream direction. The single "Tuff Enuff" was featured in the films Gung Ho and Tough Guys, as was the follow-up single "Wrap It Up". It has also been played a number of times on the sitcom Married... with Children. "Tuff Enuff" remains the band's only Top 40 hit, peaking at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Track listing
[edit]- "Tuff Enuff" (Kim Wilson) - 3:22
- "Tell Me" (Eddie Shuler, Sidney Simien) - 2:43
- "Look at That, Look at That" (Wilson, Fran Christina, Preston Hubbard, Jimmie Vaughan) - 3:25
- "Two Time My Lovin'" (Wilson) - 3:41
- "Amnesia" (Wilson) - 3:45
- "Wrap It Up" (Isaac Hayes, David Porter) - 2:42
- "True Love" (Wilson) - 3:08
- "Why Get Up" (Bill Carter, Ruth Ellen Ellsworth) - 3:48
- "I Don't Care" (Wilson) - 2:49
- "Down at Antones" (instrumental) (Wilson, Christina, Hubbard, Vaughan) - 3:03
Personnel
[edit]- The Fabulous Thunderbirds
- Kim Wilson - vocals, harmonica
- Jimmie Vaughan - guitar, steel guitar, bass, vocals
- Preston Hubbard - electric and acoustic bass, vocals
- Fran Christina - drums, vocals
with:
- Al Copley - keyboards
- Chuck Leavell - keyboards on "Look at That, Look at That"
- Geraint Watkins - piano, accordion on "Amnesia"
- Cesar Rosas, David Hidalgo - vocals on "Two Time My Lovin'"
Album Design-Spencer Drate, Judith Salavetz; Front cover artwork-Dan Youngblood
References
[edit]- ^ Koda, Cub. "The Fabulous Thunderbirds Tuff Enuff review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved September 5, 2011.
- ^ Henderson, Paul (May 29, 1986). "Thunderbirds Are Go!". Kerrang!. Vol. 121. London, UK: United Magazines ltd. p. 16.
- ^ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 191. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
