Powerful Stuff

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{{Infobox album

| name = Powerful Stuff

| type = studio

| artist = The Fabulous Thunderbirds

| cover = Powerful Stuff.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1989

| recorded = November 1988–January 1989

| venue =

| studio = Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee; Alpha Sound, Memphis, Tennessee

| genre = Blues rock, Texas blues

| length = 42:26

| label = CBS Associated

| producer = Terry Manning

| prev_title = Hot Number

| prev_year = 1987

| next_title = Walk That Walk, Talk That Talk

| next_year = 1991

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|2|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r7032}}

| rev2 =Hi-Fi News & Record Review

| rev2Score = A:1{{cite news|last=Kessler|first=Ken|authorlink=|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/Hi-Fi-News/80s/Hi-Fi-News-1989-08.pdf|title=Review: The Fabulous Thunderbirds — Powerful Stuff|work=Hi-Fi News & Record Review|type=magazine|date=August 1989|volume=34|issue=8|access-date=2 September 2021|page=109|location=Croydon|publisher=Link House Magazines Ltd|via=World Radio History|issn=0142-6230|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902075515/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/Hi-Fi-News/80s/Hi-Fi-News-1989-08.pdf|archive-date=2 September 2021}}

| rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings

| rev3score = {{Rating|2|4}}{{cite book |last1=Russell |first1=Tony |last2=Smith |first2=Chris |title=The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings |year=2006 |edition=|publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-140-51384-4|page=191}}

}}

Powerful Stuff is a 1989 studio album by Texas based blues rock band The Fabulous Thunderbirds. It was recorded in Memphis and produced by Terry Manning.

It was the last studio album to feature Jimmie Vaughan before leaving for a solo career. The track "Powerful Stuff" achieved mainstream success{{citation needed|date=August 2019}} and was featured in Touchstone Pictures' 1988 hit film Cocktail. It was the first single released from the Cocktail soundtrack album, which reached number one on the Billboard Charts and sold over 19 million copies worldwide.