National Emotion
1983 studio album by Tommy Tutone
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National Emotion is an album by the American band Tommy Tutone, released in 1983.[1][2] The band broke up after its release; it reunited in 1996.[3]
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1983 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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The album peaked at No. 179 on the Billboard 200.[4] It was barely promoted by Columbia Records, due in part to staff turnover.[5][6] "Get Around Girl" was released as a single.
Production
Members of Toto played on National Emotion.[7] It was intended to be a concept album.[8]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [9] |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer | [10] |
The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote that "Tommy Heath and Jim Keller rough up their heretofore smooth style, but their music is no less ingratiating ... This has always been a band that is simultaneously charming and derivative."[10] The Philadelphia Daily News called the band "one of the best practitioners of West Coast 'skinny tie' pop rock."[11]
The Sun-Sentinel deemed "Get Around Girl" "a punchy rocker full of angry, slicing guitars."[12] The San Francisco Chronicle noted "a swipe of grit, a certain mannerism that comes off as style, not excuse, on a base of writing that contains a germ of interest beyond the four-chord, get-the-girl mentality."[6]
AllMusic wrote that the album "finds the band going through the motions, half-heartedly repeating the formula of Tommy Tutone-2, rocking harder in places but generally lacking inspiration."[9] In 1991, The Palm Beach Post labeled "Get Around Girl" one of the 1980s' "hits-that-should-have-been."[13]
Track listing
- Dumb But Pretty
- Someday Will Come
- Laverne
- National Emotion
- Get Around Girl
- I Believe
- Money Talks
- Imaginary Heart
- Sticks and Stones
- I Wanna Touch Her