Tough All Over (John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band album)

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Tough All Over
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Released1985
Genre Rock, heartland rock
Label Scotti Bros. [1]
Producer Kenny Vance
John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band chronology
Eddie and the Cruisers
(1983)
Tough All Over
(1985)
Roadhouse
(1988)
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Eddie and the Cruisers re-release cover
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Tough All Over is the debut studio album by American rock band John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band, released in 1985. [6] [7]

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It was Cafferty's first attempt to pull his band away from the Eddie and the Cruisers franchise; it was later re-released with a different album cover and "The Voice of Eddie and the Cruisers" added to the title.

The album peaked at No. 40 on the Billboard 200. [8]

Critical reception

The Rolling Stone Album Guide deemed Tough All Over "grandiloquent claptrap." [5]

Track listing

All songs written by John Cafferty.

  1. "Voice of America's Sons" - 4:35
  2. "Tough All Over" - 4:31
  3. "C-I-T-Y" - 3:28
  4. "Where the Action Is" - 2:52
  5. "Dixieland" - 3:55
  6. "Strangers in Paradise" - 4:23
  7. "Small Town Girl" - 4:14
  8. "More Than Just One of the Boys" - 3:17
  9. "Tex-Mex (Crystal Blue)" - 4:39

Singles

The album had four singles released from it. "Voice of America's Sons" was released after being included on the soundtrack to the 1986 film Cobra .

Personnel

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