Tommy Tutone 2
{{Infobox album
| name = Tommy Tutone 2
| type = studio
| artist = Tommy Tutone
| cover = tommy_tutone_2.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1981|09|23}}
| recorded = 1981
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|Power pop|pop rock}}
| length = {{Duration|m=38|s=29}}
| label = Columbia/CBS Records
| producer = {{hlist|Chuck Plotkin|Jim Keller|Geoff Workman}}
| prev_title = Tommy Tutone
| prev_year = 1980
| next_title = National Emotion
| next_year = 1983
}}
{{Album reviews
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |title=Tommy Tutone 2 Review by Mark Deming |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/tommy-tutone-2-mw0000318727 |website=AllMusic |access-date=28 September 2023}}
}}
Tommy Tutone 2 is the second album by rock band Tommy Tutone, released in 1981. It features its biggest hit, "867-5309/Jenny". The first two albums by the band were re-released by the Collectable label as a two-albums-on-one-CD release in 1997. John Cowsill of the Cowsills appears on backing vocals and plays percussion on the album.
In October 2006, VH1 listed "867-5309/Jenny" as the 36th-greatest song of the 1980s.{{cite web |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2006/vh180s.htm |title=VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80's: 1-50 |author= |date=2006 |website=Rock On The Net |publisher=VH1 |access-date=July 9, 2021}}
Track listing
=Side one=
- "867-5309/Jenny" (Alex Call, Jim Keller) – 3:46
- "Baby It's Alright" (Tommy Heath, Keller) – 3:23
- "Shadow on the Road Ahead" (Rita Abrams, Heath) – 3:36
- "Bernadiah" (Heath, Keller) – 5:29
- "Why Baby Why" (Heath, Keller) – 2:58
=Side two=
- "Which Man Are You" (Heath, Keller) – 2:50
- "No Way to Cry" (Heath) – 3:07
- "Steal Away" (David Gilman, Keller) – 3:50
- "Tonight" (Brian Dalton, Heath) – 2:41
- "Only One" (Keller) – 3:24
- "Not Say Goodbye" (Keller) – 3:26
Personnel
- Tommy Heath – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano
- Jim Keller – lead guitar, vocals
- Jon Lyons – bass guitar (tracks A1-5)
- Victor Carberry – drums (tracks A1-5)
=Additional musicians=
- Steve LeGassick – keyboards (became an official member of the band by 1982)
- Rick Cutler – drums (tracks B1-6)
- Lonnie Turner – bass guitar (tracks B1-6)
- John Cowsill – percussion, harmony vocals (tracks A1-2)
- Sam Clayton – percussion (track A4)
Production
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable"
! Chart (1982) ! Peak |
| Canada Albums
| align="center"|44 |
| U.S. Billboard Top LPs & Tape
| align="center"| 20 |
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=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable"
! Chart (1982) ! Peak |
| U.S. Billboard Top Pop Albums
| align="center"| 88 |
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= Singles=
| class="wikitable"
! Single ! Chart ! Position |
| rowspan=4|"867-5309 (Jenny)"
| Canada (RPM) |align="center"| 2 |
| Official New Zealand Music Chart
|align="center"| 32 |
| U.S.Billboard Hot 100
|align="center"| 4 |
| U.S. Billboard Rock Tracks
|align="center"| 1 |
| "Which Man Are You?"
| U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100"Which Man Are You" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 1 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. |align="center"| 1 |
References
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External links
- {{Discogs release|id=1119103|name=Tommy Tutone 2|type=album}}
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