Girls Go Wild

Girls Go Wild is the alternate (and incorrect) title of the 1979 debut studio album by the Texas-based blues rock band The Fabulous Thunderbirds.^[6][8] The album was an eponymous release (the record label and the jacket spine have only the band's name), but due to the prominence of the words "Girls Go Wild" on the cover it has often been referred to by that name. The album was reissued via Benchmark Recordings in 2000.^[5]

Girls Go Wild
Studio album by The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Released	October 29, 1979 (1979-10-29)
Recorded	May 1979
Studio	Sumet-Bernet Sound Studios, Dallas, Texas
Genre	Blues[1]
Length	35:02
Label	Takoma Records[2] Chrysalis[3]
Producer	Denny Bruce[4]
The Fabulous Thunderbirds chronology
Girls Go Wild (1979) What's the Word (1980)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Austin Chronicle	[5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[6]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[2]

Reception

The Cleveland Scene wrote that the album "generated an excitement among many blues fans on a par with that brought on by the first couple of Paul Butterfield albums more than a decade before."^[9]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Kim Wilson except where indicated:

1. "Wait on Time" – 3:03
2. "Scratch My Back" (James Moore AKA Slim Harpo) – 3:52
3. "Rich Woman" (Dorothy LaBostrie, McKinley "Li'l" Millet) – 3:28
4. "Full-Time Lover" (Frankie Lee, Frank Scott) – 4:43
5. "Pocket Rocket" – 3:27
6. "She's Tuff" (Jerry "Boogie" McCain) – 2:59
7. "Marked Deck" (Jimmy Mullins, Johnny Vincent) – 2:41
8. "Walkin' to My Baby" – 2:25
9. "Rock with Me" – 2:38
10. "C-Boy's Blues" (Wilson, Jimmie Vaughan, Keith Ferguson, Mike Buck) – 2:58
11. "Let Me In" – 2:35

Bonus tracks on some editions

1. "Look Whatcha Done" (Samuel Maghett) – 2:17
2. "Please Don't Lie to Me" – 2:08
3. "Things I Forgot to Do" (Kim Wilson, Guitar Slim) – 3:00

Personnel

Musicians

• Kim Wilson – vocals, harmonica
• Jimmie Vaughan – guitar
• Keith Ferguson – bass
• Mike Buck – drums

Technical

• Denny Bruce – producer
• Bob Sullivan – engineer

References

1. Koda, Cub. "The Fabulous Thunderbirds - The Fabulous Thunderbirds | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com. One of the few white blues albums that works.
2. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 236.
3. KRAMPERT, PETER (March 23, 2016). "The Encyclopedia of the Harmonica". Mel Bay Publications – via Google Books.
4. "Declarations of Independents". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. October 7, 2000 – via Google Books.
5. "The Fabulous Thunderbirds, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, and The Fabulous Thunderbirds". www.austinchronicle.com.
6. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 356.
7. Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 190. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
8. "The Fabulous Thunderbirds | Biography & History". AllMusic.
9. Verh, Duane. "The Fabulous Thunderbirds". Cleveland Scene.