Tuff Enuff
{{About||the song|Tuff Enuff (song)|the video game|Tuff E Nuff|the record label|Tuff Enuff Records}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = Tuff Enuff
| type = studio
| artist = The Fabulous Thunderbirds
| cover = Tuff Enuff.jpg
| alt =
| released = January 1986
| recorded = 1985
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Blues rock, Texas blues
| length = 32:26
| label = CBS Associated Labels
| producer = Dave Edmunds
| prev_title = T-Bird Rhythm
| prev_year = 1982
| next_title = Hot Number
| next_year = 1987
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Tuff Enuff
| type = studio
| single1 = Tuff Enuff
| single1date = 1986
| single2 = Wrap It Up
| single2date = 1986
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 =AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/tuff-enuff-r7031/review | title = The Fabulous Thunderbirds Tuff Enuff review | accessdate = 2011-09-05 | last = Koda | first = Cub | work = AllMusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation}}
| rev2 =Kerrang!
| rev2Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite book | last1 = Henderson | first1 = Paul | title = Kerrang! | chapter = Thunderbirds Are Go! | volume = 121 | publisher = United Magazines ltd. | date = 29 May 1986 | location = London, UK | pages = 16 | title-link = Kerrang! }}
|rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings
|rev3score = {{Rating|3|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}}
| noprose = yes
}}
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
- "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
;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
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|www.fabulousthunderbirds.com}}
{{The Fabulous Thunderbirds}}
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Category:The Fabulous Thunderbirds albums