''Tuff Enuff'' is a 1986 studio album by

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, which pointed the band in a more mainstream direction. The single "Tuff Enuff" was featured in the films ''

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'', 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 Kim Wilson (born January 6, 1951) is an American blues singer and harmonica player. He is best known as the lead vocalist and frontman for The Fabulous Thunderbirds on two hit songs of the 1980s, " Tuff Enuff" (which was the group's only Top ...

) - 3:22 # "Tell Me" (

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, Sidney Simien) - 2:43 # "Look at That, Look at That" (Wilson,

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, Preston Hubbard, Jimmie Vaughan) - 3:25 # "Two Time My Lovin'" (Wilson) - 3:41 # "Amnesia" (Wilson) - 3:45 # "Wrap It Up" (

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, 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 Jimmie Lawrence Vaughan Jr. (born March 20, 1951) is an American blues rock guitarist and singer based in Austin, Texas. He is the older brother of the Texas blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan. He was a founding member of The Fabulous Thunder ...

- guitar, steel guitar, bass, vocals *Preston Hubbard - electric and acoustic bass, vocals *

- drums, vocals with: *Al Copley - keyboards *

Chuck Leavell Charles Alfred Leavell (born April 28, 1952) is an American musician. A member of the Allman Brothers Band throughout their commercial zenith in the 1970s, he subsequently became a founding member of the band Sea Level. He has served as the pri ...

- keyboards on "Look at That, Look at That" *

Geraint Watkins Geraint Meurig Vaughan Watkins (born 5 February 1951) is a Welsh singer, songwriter, rock and roll pianist and accordionist. He has backed many notable artists, including Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds, Van Morrison, Mark Knopfler, Paul McCartney, Ro ...

- piano, accordion on "Amnesia" *

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David Hidalgo David Kent Hidalgo (born October 6, 1954, in Los Angeles) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for his work with the band Los Lobos. Hidalgo frequently plays musical instruments such as accordion, violin, 6-string banjo, cello, requi ...

- vocals on "Two Time My Lovin'" Album Design-Spencer Drate, Judith Salavetz; Front cover artwork-Dan Youngblood

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1986 albums The Fabulous Thunderbirds albums Albums produced by Dave Edmunds CBS Records albums