Tough It Out

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Tough It Out
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Studio album by
FM
ReleasedOctober 2, 1989
RecordedCBS Rooftop Studios (London)
Air Studios (London)
GenreHard rock
Length47:09
LabelEpic
ProducerNeil Kernon
FM chronology
Indiscreet
(1986) 		Tough It Out
(1989) 		Takin' It to the Streets
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3/5 stars[1]

Tough it Out is the second studio album released by British hard rock band FM. Tough It Out is the follow-up album to their 1986 debut album Indiscreet and was released in 1989 on the Epic Records label.

Critical reception[]

British music newspaper Record Mirror gave very positive response to the album. Kirk Blows called it as "triumphant return". In the view of the writer, as opposed to Indiscreet "FM have succeeded in marrying the polish of their debut with the cut and thrust that was previously lacking, to create finely crafted, melodic rock with universal appeal"[2]

Track listing[]

  1. "Tough It Out" - 5:36 (S. Overland/C. Overland/J. Harms)
  2. "Don't Stop" - 3:53 (M. Goldsworthy/P. Jupp/D. Digital)
  3. "Bad Luck" - 4:07 (S. Overland/C. Overland/Desmond Child)
  4. "Someday (You'll Come Running)" - 3:57 (J. Randall/R. Randall/T. Sciuto)
  5. "Everytime I Think of You" - 4:37 (S. Mullen/J. Cesario/G. Jones)
  6. "Burning My Heart Down" - 4:01 (S. Overland/C. Overland/D. Child)
  7. "The Dream That Died" - 4:36 (S. Overland/C. Overland)
  8. "Obsession" - 4:08 (M. Goldsworthy/P. Jupp/D. Digital)
  9. "Can You Hear Me Calling?" - 3:40 (S. Overland/C. Overland)
  10. "Does It Feel Like Love" - 4:21 (S. Overland/C. Overland)
  11. "Feels So Good" - 4:13 (S. Overland/C. Overland)

2005 remaster bonus tracks[]

  2. "Let Love Be the Leader" - 3:45
  3. "Love Lasts Forever" - 3:52
  4. "This Could Be the Last Time" - 3:44
  5. "Hurt is Where the Heart is" - 3:58
  6. "Everytime We Touch" - 4:46
  7. "Let Love Be the Leader (Live)" - 6:36
  8. "Frozen Heart (Live)" - 5:09

2012 remaster bonus tracks[]

  2. "Hurt is Where the Heart is" - 3:58
  3. "This Could be the Last Time" - 3:44
  4. "Someday (Extended)" - 5:22
  5. "Alibi" - 3:50
  6. "Everytime We Touch" - 4:46

Personnel[]

  • Steve Overland - Lead vocals, guitar
  • - Bass, backing vocals
  • Pete Jupp - Drums, backing vocals
  • - Lead guitar
  • - Keyboards
  • Background vocals by "The Abrasive Brothers". (Merv, Pete, Steve and Terry Brock)
  • Background vocals on "Someday" - "The Abrasive Brothers" and Robin Beck

Production[]

  • Produced by Neil Kernon
  • Mixed by Nigel Green
  • Recorded at CBS Rooftop Studios (London) and Air Studios (London)
  • Mixed at Battery Studios (London)
  • Assisted by Richard Hollywood, Karen Down and Andrew (Carb) Canelle (Rooftop), Matt Howe and Rupert Coulson (Air) and (Def) Geoff Hunt (Battery)

References[]

  1. ^ Sharon Mawer (1989-10-02). "Tough It Out - FM | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
  2. ^ Blows, Kirk (7 October 1989). "Review: FM — Tough it Out" (PDF). Record Mirror. p. 32. ISSN 0144-5804. Retrieved 22 April 2021 – via American Radio History.


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