Tough It Out
Tough It Out is built around FM’s detailed harmonies and Steve Overland’s soaring voice.
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Track List
- Tough It Out
- Don't Stop
- Bad Luck
- Someday (You'll Come Running)
- Everytime I Think Of You
- Burning My Heart Down
- The Dream That Died
- Obsession
- Can You Hear Me Calling?
- Does It Feel Like Love?
- Feels So Good
- Hurt Is Where The Heart Is
- This Could Be The Last Time
- Someday (You'll Come Running) (Extended Version)
- Alibi
- Everytime We Touch
Liner Notes
Tough It Out is one of the band’s most polished melodic-rock records, built around FM’s intricate choruses and Steve Overland’s soaring voice. The guitar, keyboards and rhythm section lift the singing while giving each song a smooth drive. It further hones the ability shown on the debut under a more refined production.
On “Bad Luck,” “Someday (You'll Come Running),” “Burning My Heart Down” and “Don't Stop,” melody that is refined yet never loses its warmth, and the deft distribution of heavy riffs and soft melody, stand out. A lyrical ballad like “Everytime I Think Of You” fully brings out Overland’s expressiveness too. Where a British band’s delicacy and arena-sized hooks meet ideally, it is a masterpiece representative of 1980s British AOR, long and continually loved.