When the Going Gets Tough

Bow Wow Wow | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 24, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: One Way Records Inc
• ASIN: B000002R99
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #109,825 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Aphrodisiac

2. Do You Wanna Hold Me?

3. Roustabout

4. Lonesome Tonight

5. Love Me

6. What's the Time (Hey Buddy)

7. Mario (Your Own Way to Paradise)

8. Quiver (Arrows in My)

9. The Man Mountain

10. Rikki Dee

11. Tommy Tucker

12. Love, Peace and Harmony

Editorial Reviews

When the Going Gets Tough The Tough Get Going is a well-polished, well-executed effort that holds some surprises mainly in the fact that there is more diversity than prior Bow Wow Wow records. Producer Mike Chapman (Blondie & Pat Benatar) adds a gloss to the ballads Lonesome Tonight and the dreamy Love Me, with Annabella Lwin toning down her usual frantic delivery. The Man Mountain sounds like an old, folk song. And, there's also the straight-ahead, playful pop that you'd expect from the band on the ultra-hooky single Do You Wanna Hold Me and Tommy Tucker, which begins as a nursery rhyme and concludes with a quasi-football chant. Reissue of their 1983 album featuring the hit 'Do You Wanna Hold Me' & the original cover art. 12 tracks.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars unjustly obscure due to widespread ignorance, August 27, 1999

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Tom Pinti (Niles,OH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: When the Going Gets Tough (Audio CD)

Bow Wow Wow seem to most an early eighties new wave band that if you want a recording by, get the "Best Of." WRONG! Along with the I Want Candy cd this is essential. Brutal drum rhythms back Matthew Ashman's stinging guitarwork; and the bass of Leigh Gorman (the best relatively unknown bassist around) speeds up and down the fretboard funking and popping his way to utopia. Annabella sounds sexy and fun throughout the disc and sings with a sexual attitude that belies her age. Believe me, if you even have the slightest inkling of buying a BWW disc, get this one first.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Tough Got Going, May 1, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: When the Going Gets Tough (Audio CD)

They fired MM went out on their own and did their best album. Then they broke up. Oh well, the songs on this album are all pure energy. Bararrosa's unique drums and LeRoy and Mathew's strings deliver that unique BWW sound. "Do You Want to Hold Me" will get the deadest party going. There are the usual BWW sex (wink wink) songs like "Aphrodisiac", but there are also some silly bits with "Ricke Dee" and "Roustabout." As a result the album is wide ranging yet always distintly BWW feast. In all cuts Anabella comes off at her best, sounding more like Terri Gunn of Berlin than a 16/17 year old. This is a must for any fan of the early New Wave scene that grew out of punk, with some real talent to boot.

5.0 out of 5 stars Very enjoyable., January 1, 2009

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This review is from: When the Going Gets Tough (Audio CD)

This band should have released more material because every album of thiers is a winner. This one is no exception. It's lighter than "Girl Bites Dog" and poppier than "See Jungle". I love it.