Powerful Stuff

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Powerful Stuff
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Studio album by
the Fabulous Thunderbirds
Released1989
RecordedNovember 1988–January 1989
Studio Ardent, Memphis, Tennessee; Alpha Sound, Memphis, Tennessee
Genre Blues rock, Texas blues
Length42:26
Label CBS Associated
Producer Terry Manning
The Fabulous Thunderbirds chronology
Hot Number
(1987)		Powerful Stuff
(1989)		 Walk That Walk, Talk That Talk
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Hi-Fi News & Record Review A:1 [2]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Powerful Stuff is a 1989 studio album by Texas based blues rock band the Fabulous Thunderbirds. It was recorded in Memphis and produced by Terry Manning. It was the last studio album to feature Jimmie Vaughan before leaving for a solo career. The track "Powerful Stuff" achieved mainstream success[ citation needed ] and was featured in Touchstone Pictures' 1988 hit film Cocktail . It was the first single released from the Cocktail soundtrack album, which reached number one on the Billboard Charts and sold over 19 million copies worldwide.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Rock This Place" (Jerry Lynn Williams) - 4:22
  2. "Knock Yourself Out" (David Porter, Garry Goin, Ronald Hill, Kim Wilson) - 4:32
  3. "Mistake Number 1" (David Porter, T. Thomas) - 4:53
  4. "One Night Stand" (Jerry Lynn Williams) - 4:59
  5. "Emergency" (Kim Wilson) - 3:35
  6. "Powerful Stuff" (Michael Henderson, R.S. Field, Wally Wilson) - 4:38
  7. "Close Together" (Jerry Lynn Williams) - 5:18
  8. "Now Loosen Up Baby" (Isaac Hayes, David Porter) - 3:35
  9. "She's Hot" (Kim Wilson) - 3:22
  10. "Rainin' in My Heart" (James Moore, Jerry West) - 3:41

Personnel

The Fabulous Thunderbirds

with:

Notes

  1. ↑ Powerful Stuff at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Kessler, Ken (August 1989). "Review: The Fabulous Thunderbirds — Powerful Stuff" (PDF). Hi-Fi News & Record Review . Vol. 34, no. 8. Croydon: Link House Magazines Ltd. p. 109. ISSN   0142-6230. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 2, 2021. Retrieved September 2, 2021– via World Radio History.
  3. ↑ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings . Penguin. p. 191. ISBN   978-0-140-51384-4.
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