Too Tough Explained

Too Tough
Type:	studio
Artist:	Angela Bofill
Cover:	Angela Bofill 1983.jpg
Released:	January 2, 1983
Recorded:	1982
Label:	Arista
Prev Title:	Something About You
Prev Year:	1981
Next Title:	Teaser
Next Year:	1983

Too Tough is the fourth studio album by the recording artist Angela Bofill, released on January 2, 1983. This was her second release through Arista Records, with Narada Michael Walden again serving as joint music producer.

Reception

Too Tough performed better on the charts than her previous album, Something About You. The title track, "Too Tough", laced with double entendre, became a sizable dancefloor hit, spending four weeks at number two on the Billboard Dance chart.^[1] It also peaked at number five on the Billboard soul chart.^[2] The remainder of the album has similar dance-pop songs and a few soulful ballads.

Track listing

1. "Too Tough" (Jeffrey Cohen, Narada Michael Walden) 5:36
2. "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (feat. Boz Scaggs) (Nikolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) 3:04
3. "Tonight I Give In" (Lana Bogan, Donnie Shelton) 3:21
4. "You Could Come Take Me Home" (Cohen, Walden) 3:51
5. "Love You Too Much" (Gerard McMahon) 3:56
6. "Is This a Dream" (Angela Bofill, Danny Madden, Eva Lee, Steve Gaboury) 5:11
7. "Song for a Rainy Day" (Bofill) 3:37
8. "I Can See It in Your Eyes" (Bofill, Madden, Lee, Gaboury) 3:31
9. "Accept Me (I'm Not a Girl Anymore)" (Bofill) 3:34
10. "Rainbow Inside My Heart" (Bofill) 3:44

Personnel

• Angela Bofill - lead and backing vocals
• Narada Michael Walden - drums, keyboards, percussion
• Sheila Escovedo - percussion
• Nat Adderley, Jr., Steve Robbins, Frank Martin - keyboards
• Buddy Williams, Steve Ferrone - drums
• Randy Jackson, Francisco Centeno - bass guitar
• Corrado Rustici, Doc Powell, Peter Manu - guitar
• Fred Berry, Tim Acosta, Wayne Wallace - horns
• Marc Russo - saxophone
• Brian Atkinson - vibraphone
• Boz Scaggs - co-lead vocals (track 2)
• Jim Gilstrap, John Lehman, Kelly Kool, Myrna Matthews - backing vocals

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (1983)	Position
US Billboard 200^[3]	69
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[4]	11

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions^[5]
		US	US R&B	US Dance
1983	"Too Tough"	-	5	2
	"Tonight I Give In"	-	12	-

External links

• Angela Bofill - Too Tough at Discogs

Notes and References

1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 38.
2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 69.
3. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1983. Billboard. August 1, 2021.
4. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1983. Billboard. August 1, 2021.
5. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p3727/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} Angela Bofill US singles chart history]. allmusic.com. June 23, 2011.