Rough & Tumble

Rock · 2011 · 12 tracks · 50m

Rough & Tumble

A gritty, guitar-driven pivot toward hard rock and blues. Waite's signature rasp finds a new home in unpolished, high-energy arrangements and barroom soul.

It's John Waite with the gloves off and the guitars turned up to ten.

A defiant and soulful surge of energy that balances hard-earned wisdom with a restless, rock-and-roll spirit.

Rough & Tumble · vs · John Waite

Defiant+3.0σ

Defiant saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks · 50m

01

Rough & Tumble

4:23

02

Shadows of Love

4:03

03

Evil

4:03

04

If You Ever Get Lonely

3:56

05

Skyward

4:09

06

Sweet Rhode Island Red

3:49

07

Love’s Goin’ Out of Style

4:47

08

Better Off Gone

3:52

09

Further the Sky

4:48

10

Peace of Mind

4:37

11

Mr. Wonderful

4:23

12

Hanging Tree

3:21

Moments Worth Waiting For

The title track's opening guitar riff that hits with a surprising, heavy-handed crunch unlike his 80s work.

The sudden shift to a vulnerable, stripped-back intimacy during the bridge of If You Ever Get Lonely.

The raw, unvarnished vocal strain in the final chorus of Hanging Tree that feels completely unedited.

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