Tuff Enuff
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Tuff Enuff |
| type | studio |
| artist | the Fabulous Thunderbirds |
| cover | Tuff Enuff.jpg |
| released | January 1986 |
| recorded | 1985 |
| 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 |
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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
References
- Koda, Cub. "The Fabulous Thunderbirds Tuff Enuff review". [[Rovi Corporation]].
- (29 May 1986). "Kerrang!". United Magazines ltd..
- (2006). "[[The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings]]". [[Penguin Books.
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