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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]

National Emotion
Studio album by Tommy Tutone
Released	1983
Label	Columbia
Tommy Tutone chronology
Tommy Tutone 2 (1981) National Emotion (1983) Nervous Love (1996)

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

Professional ratings

Review scores
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

1. Dumb But Pretty
2. Someday Will Come
3. Laverne
4. National Emotion
5. Get Around Girl
6. I Believe
7. Money Talks
8. Imaginary Heart
9. Sticks and Stones
10. I Wanna Touch Her

References

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