Cuts from the Tough Times explained

Cuts from the Tough Times
Type:compilation
Artist:Dragon
Cover:Cuts from the Tough Times by Dragon.jpg
Released:1990
Recorded:1983–1986
Genre:Rock, pop rock
Label:Polydor Records
Prev Title:The Best of Dragon and Mondo Rock
Prev Year:1990
Next Title:Incarnations
Next Year:1995

Cuts from the Tough Times is a compilation album by New Zealand group Dragon, released in January 1990 through Polydor Records. The album comprised all the tracks from their 1984 album, "Body and the Beat" and a selection of tracks from their 1986 album, "Dreams of Ordinary Men".[1] The album has been re-released numerous times.

Track listing

  1. "Rain" (Johanna Pigot, Marc Hunter, Todd Hunter) – 3:33
  2. "Dreams of Ordinary Men " (Alan Mansfield, Doane Perry, Johanna Pigott, Todd Hunter, Todd Rundgren) – 4:02
  3. "Speak No Evil" (Alan Mansfield, Johanna Pigott, Todd Hunter) – 3:34
  4. "Western Girls" (Alan Mansfield, Marc Hunter, Sharon O'Neill, Todd Rundgren) – 4:10
  5. "Promises" (Johanna Pigott, Marc Hunter, Todd Hunter) – 4:11
  6. "Wilderworld" (Johanna Pigott, Marc Hunter, Todd Hunter) – 3:51
  7. "Cry" (Todd Hunter) – 3:44
  8. "Cool Down" (Alan Mansfield, Todd Hunter) – 4:21
  9. "Body And The Beat" (Marc Hunter, Robert Taylor) – 4:26
  10. "Witnessing" (Marc Hunter, Todd Hunter) – 4:39
  11. "Magic" (Robert Taylor) – 3:57
  12. "What Am I Gonna Do?" (Alan Mansfield, Kenny Jacobson, Robert Taylor, Paul Hewson, Todd Hunter) – 3:41
  13. "Fool" (Johanna Pigott, Todd Hunter) – 3:31
  14. "Start It Up" (Alan Mansfield, Doane Perry, Johanna Pigott, Todd Hunter, Todd Rundgren) – 4:20
  15. "Smoke" (Johanna Pigott, Marc Hunter, Todd Hunter) – 4:42

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelCatalogue
Australia / New Zealand1990Polydor Records843 257-2
Australia16 September 1996Polydor Records9399084325729
United States/ United Kingdom12 November 2002Universal Music Australia9399084325729
Australia1 October 2005Universal Music Australia8432572
Australia2010Universal Music Australia365752557

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dragon. sergent. 2 July 2017.