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1988 album by Rebbie Jackson
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R U Tuff Enuff
Studio album by Rebbie Jackson
ReleasedFebruary 1, 1988 (1988-02-01)
Recorded1987–1988
StudioThe Lab Recording Studios
(West Orange, New Jersey)
Genre
Length37:49
Label
Producer
Rebbie Jackson chronology
Reaction
(1986) 		R U Tuff Enuff
(1988) 		The Rebbie Jackson Collection
(1996)
Singles from Reaction
  1. "Plaything"
    Released: June 16, 1988 (1988-06-16)
  2. "R U Tuff Enuff"
    Released: August 25, 1988 (1988-08-25)
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R U Tuff Enuff is the third album by American R&B singer Rebbie Jackson. This album was a different approach for Jackson, as it had a harder-edged street R&B sound that was very popular at the time—which was also exhibited on the La Toya album by Jackson's sister, La Toya Jackson.

The single "Plaything" peaked at number eight on the Billboard R&B charts, Jackson's highest-charting single since 1984's "Centipede." The title track was also released as a single, but it was not as commercially successful. Melle Mel guested on "R U Tuff Enuff."

Critical reception

People wrote that the "album is such a blank-sounding snore that—if dopey spelling is going to be insisted on—it might have been called Noise R Us."

Track listing

  1. "Perfect Combination" (Everett Collins, David "Pic" Conley, David Townshend, Robbie Danzie) – 5:16
  2. "Read Between the Lines" (Jack Ponti, David Conley, Vic Pepe, David Townshend) – 4:50
  3. "This Love is Forever" (Everett Collins, Rebbie Jackson, David Conley, David Townshend) – 4:40
  4. "R U Tuff Enuff" (Arthur McCallister, Rebbie Jackson, David Conley) – 4:10
  5. "Plaything" (Joshua Thompson, Romeo Williams, Gene Lennon) – 4:56
  6. "Friendship Song" (Joshua Thompson, David Conley, Gene Lennon) – 4:32
  7. "Sweetest Dreams" (Joshua Thompson, Gene Lennon, Romeo Williams) – 4:08
  8. "Distant Conversation" (Everett Collins, Derrick Culler, David Conley) – 5:17

Charts

Chart (1988) Peak
position
U.S. R&B Chart 58

References

  1. "Rebbie Jackson | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  2. ^ "Picks and Pans Review: R U Tuff Enuff". PEOPLE.com.
  3. Allmusic review
  4. "Columnist Jerry Fink: 'Lost' Jackson sister sails at Windjammer - Las Vegas Sun Newspaper". lasvegassun.com. July 27, 2001.
  5. "Rebbie Jackson And LaToya Jackson". MTV News. Archived from the original on November 24, 2020.
  6. "Rebbie Jackson". Billboard.
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