| Strong Stuff | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Hank Williams Jr. |
| Cover: | StrongStuff.jpg |
| Genre: | Southern rock |
| Length: | 36:44 |
| Label: | Elektra/Curb |
| Producer: | Jimmy Bowen Hank Williams Jr. |
| Prev Title: | Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits |
| Prev Year: | 1982 |
| Next Title: | Man of Steel |
| Next Year: | 1983 |
Strong Stuff is the thirty-fifth studio album by American musician Hank Williams Jr. It was released by Elektra/Curb Records in February 1983. "Gonna Go Huntin' Tonight" and "Leave Them Boys Alone" were released as singles. The album peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart[1] and has been certified Gold by the RIAA.[2]
The music of Strong Stuff is predominantly Southern rock, such as the cover of ZZ Top's John Lee Hooker-esque song "La Grange".
While he praised the closing cut ("In this stately ballad about a lover's struggle with drugs, Hank's baritone coos, breaks, and flutters like a wounded butterfly as spare accompaniment by piano, harmonica and guitar pushes but never intrudes"), Lee Ballinger of Record gave the album an overall negative review. He was especially critical of "A Whole Lot of Hank", describing it as "a recitation of unconnected cliches ... carried bumpily along by a plodding instrumental track". He found some of the other songs overly similar to "A Whole Lot of Hank", and referred to "Leave Them Boys Alone" as "the obligatory song about other Southern musicians".[3]
| Chart (1983) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 7 | |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 64 |