Powerful Stuff

Powerful Stuff is a 1989 studio album by Texas based blues rock band The Fabulous Thunderbirds. It was recorded in Memphis and produced by Terry Manning. It was the last studio album to feature Jimmie Vaughan before leaving for a solo career. The track "Powerful Stuff" achieved mainstream success^{[citation needed]} and was featured in Touchstone Pictures' 1988 hit film Cocktail. It was the first single released from the Cocktail soundtrack album, which reached number one on the Billboard Charts and sold over 19 million copies worldwide.

Powerful Stuff
Studio album by The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Released	1989
Recorded	November 1988–January 1989
Studio	Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee; Alpha Sound, Memphis, Tennessee
Genre	Blues rock, Texas blues
Length	42:26
Label	CBS Associated
Producer	Terry Manning
The Fabulous Thunderbirds chronology
Hot Number (1987) Powerful Stuff (1989) Walk That Walk, Talk That Talk (1991)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Hi-Fi News & Record Review	A:1[2]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	[3]

Track listing

1. "Rock This Place" (Jerry Lynn Williams) - 4:22
2. "Knock Yourself Out" (David Porter, Garry Goin, Ronald Hill, Kim Wilson) - 4:32
3. "Mistake Number 1" (David Porter, T. Thomas) - 4:53
4. "One Night Stand" (Jerry Lynn Williams) - 4:59
5. "Emergency" (Kim Wilson) - 3:35
6. "Powerful Stuff" (Michael Henderson, R.S. Field, Wally Wilson) - 4:38
7. "Close Together" (Jerry Lynn Williams) - 5:18
8. "Now Loosen Up Baby" (Isaac Hayes, David Porter) - 3:35
9. "She's Hot" (Kim Wilson) - 3:22
10. "Rainin' in My Heart" (James Moore, Jerry West) - 3:41

Personnel

The Fabulous Thunderbirds

• Kim Wilson - vocals, harmonica
• Jimmie Vaughan - guitar
• Preston Hubbard - electric and acoustic bass
• Fran Christina - drums

with:

• Jimi Jamison, Terry Manning, William C. Brown III - additional backing vocals