
Bow Wow Wow "When the Going Gets Tough the Tough Get Going" RE PINK LP (2023)
Details: Bow Wow Wow "When the Going Gets Tough the Tough Get Going" Reissue Translucent Pink LP (2023, Music On Vinyl). 40th Anniversary Edition, limited to 1000, 180g vinyl, new stock, comes in a resealable clear poly sleeve. Description: "Producer Mike Chapman, who had recently worked with Pat Benatar and Blondie, came on board for Bow Wow Wow's When the Going Gets Tough the Tough Get Going set. ... This 1983 album was also the first that had no writers from outside the band contributing. When the Going Gets Tough is a well-polished, well-executed effort that holds some surprises mainly in the fact that there is more diversity than on prior Bow Wow Wow records. Chapman adds a gloss to the ballads "Lonesome Tonight" and the dreamy "Love Me," with 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 Tucke