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

  1. "Tuff Enuff" (Kim Wilson) - 3:22
  2. "Tell Me" (Eddie Shuler, Sidney Simien) - 2:43
  3. "Look at That, Look at That" (Wilson, Fran Christina, Preston Hubbard, Jimmie Vaughan) - 3:25
  4. "Two Time My Lovin'" (Wilson) - 3:41
  5. "Amnesia" (Wilson) - 3:45
  6. "Wrap It Up" (Isaac Hayes, David Porter) - 2:42
  7. "True Love" (Wilson) - 3:08
  8. "Why Get Up" (Bill Carter, Ruth Ellen Ellsworth) - 3:48
  9. "I Don't Care" (Wilson) - 2:49
  10. "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:

Album Design-Spencer Drate, Judith Salavetz;

Front cover artwork-Dan Youngblood

References

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