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]
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.
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]
^ abAhlgren, Calvin (June 22, 1986). "LEAD SINGER TOMMY HEATH – Rock 'n' Roll Fever – Tommy Tutone's Got It". SUNDAY DATEBOOK. San Francisco Chronicle. p. 51.
^Tucker, Ken (17 Jan 1984). "CALCULATIONS FOR SUCCESS DON'T ADD UP". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. E4.
^Murray, Tom (15 Aug 2019). "The dual life of Tommy Tutone". Edmonton Journal. p. B2.
