{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Too Tough | type = studio | artist = Angela Bofill | cover = Angela Bofill 1983.jpg | alt = | released = January 2, 1983 | recorded = 1982 | venue = | studio = | genre = {{hlist|R&B|soul|dance-pop}} | length = | label = Arista | producer = {{hlist|Angela Bofill|Narada Michael Walden}} | prev_title = Something About You | prev_year = 1981 | next_title = Teaser | next_year = 1983 | misc = {{Singles | name = Too Tough | type = studio | single1 = Too Tough / Rainbow Inside My Heart | single1date = November 21, 1982 | single2 = Tonight I Give In / Song for a Rainy Day | single2date = April 14, 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== {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} <ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r2219/review|pure_url=yes}}</ref> }}
''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.<ref>{{cite book |title= Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=38}}</ref> It also peaked at number five on the Billboard soul chart.<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=69}}</ref> The remainder of the album has similar dance-pop songs and a few soulful ballads.
==Track listing== {{track listing | title1 = Too Tough | writer1 = {{hlist|Jeffrey Cohen|Narada Michael Walden}} | length1 = 5:36 | title2 = Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing | note2 = feat. Boz Scaggs | writer2 = {{hlist|Nikolas Ashford|Valerie Simpson}} | length2 = 3:04 | title3 = Tonight I Give In | writer3 = {{hlist|Lana Bogan|Donnie Shelton}} | length3 = 3:21 | title4 = You Could Come Take Me Home | writer4 = {{hlist|Cohen|Walden}} | length4 = 3:51 | title5 = Love You Too Much | writer5 = Gerard McMahon | length5 = 3:56 | title6 = Is This a Dream | writer6 = {{hlist|Angela Bofill|Danny Madden|Eva Lee|Steve Gaboury}} | length6 = 5:11 | title7 = Song for a Rainy Day | writer7 = Bofill | length7 = 3:37 | title8 = I Can See It in Your Eyes | writer8 = {{hlist|Bofill|Madden|Lee|Gaboury}} | length8 = 3:31 | title9 = Accept Me (I'm Not a Girl Anymore) | writer9 = Bofill | length9 = 3:34 | title10 = Rainbow Inside My Heart | writer10 = Bofill | length10 = 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== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1983) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Billboard200|40|artist=Angela Bofill|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 1, 2021}} |- {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|6|artist=Angela Bofill|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 1, 2021}} |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1983) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1983/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1983|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=August 1, 2021}}</ref> | 69 |- ! scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1983/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1983|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=August 1, 2021}}</ref> | 11 |} {{col-end}}
===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="3"| Chart positions<ref name="allmusic singles">{{Cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p3727/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}}|title=Angela Bofill US singles chart history|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=June 23, 2011}}</ref> |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="40"| US ! width="40"| US<br>R&B ! width="40"| US<br>Dance |- | rowspan="2"|1983 | align="left"| "Too Tough" | — | 5 | 2 |- | align="left"| "Tonight I Give In" | — | 12 | — |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.discogs.com/Angela-Bofill-Too-Tough/master/145296 Angela Bofill - ''Too Tough''] at Discogs {{Angela Bofill}} {{Authority control}}
Category:1983 albums Category:Angela Bofill albums Category:Albums produced by Narada Michael Walden Category:Arista Records albums Category:Dance-pop albums by American artists