Strength (Enuff Z'nuff album)

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Strength
Enuff2.jpg
Original album artwork by Mark Ryden
Studio album by
Enuff Z'nuff
ReleasedMarch 26, 1991
Recorded1990–1991
StudioMusic Grinder, Hollywood, California,
Chicago Recording Company, Chicago, Illinois
Genre Glam metal [1]
Length57:54
Label Atco
Producer Paul Lani, Donnie Vie and Chip Z'Nuff
Enuff Z'nuff chronology
Enuff Z'nuff
(1989)		Strength
(1991)		 Animals with Human Intelligence
(1993)
Singles from "Strength"
  1. "Mother's Eyes"
    Released: 1991
  2. "Baby Loves You"
    Released: 1991

Strength is the second studio album by the American rock band Enuff Z'nuff, released in 1991. [2] [3] The band had positive momentum at the time of the album's release, including an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman , as well as Rolling Stone calling them "The Hot Band of 1991." [4] Although Strength quickly entered the British charts at No. 56, the album peaked at only No. 143 in the United States. [5] [6]

Contents

In 2007, lead singer and guitarist of Enuff Z'nuff, Donnie Vie, released the album Extra Strength, an acoustic reworking of the 1991 recording. Strength was re-issued June 2011 in Japan on the SHM-CD format.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [7]
Calgary Herald B [8]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 9/10 [10]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Entertainment Weekly C+ [12]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [13]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [14]

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music called the album "an impressive and mature musical offering that combined infectious hooks, abrasive guitar work and a sparkling production to dramatic effect." [11] The Washington Post wrote that it "is actually quite likable, with a melodic flair that renders such songs as 'Heaven or Hell' and 'Blue Island' as agreeable as, say, middling Badfinger." [15] The Province thought that "as the hair drops and the lip gloss is wiped away, Enuff Z'Nuff slowly is letting its real personality show - a group that really wants to be the hard rock equivalent of The Beatles or, failing that, the glam-rock Cheap Trick or, at least, the bastard children of Slade and The Raspberries." [16]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the original release. [17]

All tracks are written by Donnie Vie and Chip Z'Nuff, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Heaven or Hell"3:45
2."Missing You"5:10
3."Strength" (Vie)5:02
4."In Crowd"3:08
5."Holly Wood Ya"3:06
6."The World Is a Gutter" (Vie)3:52
7."Goodbye"4:26
8."Long Way to Go" (Vie)1:53
9."Mother's Eyes" (Vie, Derek Frigo)4:37
10."Baby Loves You"4:07
11."Blue Island" (Vie)4:45
12."The Way Home / Coming Home"5:36
13."Something for Free"5:31
14."Time to Let You Go" (Vie)2:56

Personnel

Enuff Z'nuff
Additional musicians
Production

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