Bow Wow Wow - When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going (1983) - €10,00

When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going is the second full-length studio album by English new wave band Bow Wow Wow, released in 1983 by RCA Records.
The cover photography was by David Bailey, and the album credits gave "a kiss" to "Jim" (James Honeyman-Scott) and John Belushi, both of whom had recently died.
It is the final album featuring all four original members of the band.

Producer Mike Chapman, who had recently worked with Pat Benatar and Blondie, came on board for Bow Wow Wow's When the Going Gets Tough the Tough Get Going set.
Perhaps it's Chapman's involvement that finds lead singer Annabella Lwin sounding a bit like Debbie Harry at times.
This 1983 album was also the first that had no writers from outside the band contributing. When the Going Gets Tough is a well-polished, well-executed effort that holds some surprises mainly in the fact that there is more diversity than on prior Bow Wow Wow records. Chapman adds a gloss to the ballads "Lonesome Tonight" and the dreamy "Love Me," with Lwin toning down her usual frantic delivery.
"The Man Mountain" sounds like an old folk song. And, there's also the straight-ahead, playful pop that you'd expect from the band on the ultra-hooky single "Do You Wanna Hold Me" and "Tommy Tucker," which begins as a nursery rhyme and concludes with a quasi-football chant.


Side A
A1. Aphrodisiac - 2:58 
A2. Do You Wanna Hold Me? - 3:14 
A3. Roustabout - 2:20 
A4. Lonesome Tonight - 2:47 
A5. Love Me - 3:28 
A6. What’s The Time (Hey Buddy) - 3:06

Side B
B1. Mario (Your Own Way To Paradise) - 2:54 
B2. Quiver (Arrows In My) - 3:14 
B3. The Man Mountain - 2:26 
B4. Rikki Dee - 3:02 
B5. Tommy Tucker - 2:44 
B6. Love, Peace And Harmony - 2:50

All tracks written by Bow Wow Wow (Annabella Lwin, Dave Barbarossa, Leigh Gorman and Matthew Ashman) 


Bow Wow Wow
Annabella Lwin - Vocals
Dave Barbarossa - Drums
Leigh Gorman - Bass
Matthew Ashman - Guitar

Credits

• Art Direction – Andrew Christian
• Artwork [Art Production] – A.D. Design
• Creative Director – Tony King
• Engineer [Assistant] – Dave Ahlert
• Engineer [Recording] – Nigel Mills
• Mastered By – Steve Hall
• Photography By – David Bailey
• Producer – Mike Chapman
• Written-By – Lwin, Barbarossa, Gorman, Ashman

Recorded at Basing Street Studios, London.
Mixed at United/Western Studios, Los Angeles.
Mastered at Future Disc Systems, Los Angeles.

Notes
Release:  1983
Format:  LP
Genre:  New Wave
Label:  RCA Records
Catalog#  PL-25458
Prijs:  €10,00

Vinyl:  Good
Cover:  Good

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