When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going (album)


When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going is the second full-length studio album by English new wave band Bow Wow Wow, released in 1983 by RCA Records. The cover photography was by David Bailey, and the album credits gave "a kiss" to "Jim" and John Belushi, both of whom had recently died. It is the final album featuring all four original members of the band.
On 25 May 2018, Cherry Red Records released the three-disc set Your Box Set Pet , which included When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going in its entirety on the second disc.

Reception

Tom Demalon of AllMusic called the album "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". Robert Christgau gave it a C+ and, in an extremely negative review, noted that "Mike Chapman adds few if any hooks and Annabella Lwin shockingly little verve to their pattering Afrobeats".

Track listing

All tracks written by Bow Wow Wow

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