★★★★★
2014 marks the 30th anniversary of power pop/glam metal band Enuff Z'nuff's formation, yet over the past three decades they have still only managed to gather more than a cult following. Sure, their influence is undeniably suitable for the current wave of groups attempting that feelgood 80s rock sound again, but Enuff Z'nuff always seemed a little out of place, however much critics compared them to the peers in Quireboys, Poison and to a certain extent, Guns 'n' Roses...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2014-10-21
★★★★★
Enuff Z'Nuff is one of those classic hard rock bands from the Eighties that I can recall, but if asked anymore about them, I couldn't tell you a thing about. They had two Billboard hits and two gold albums yet, except for a largely cult following that includes the likes of radio personality Howard Stern, the band lives in obscurity. They do retro shows, like throwback Thursdays for 'what are they doing now' bands...
- www.dangerdog.com
2014-09-04
★★★★★
Sound: Out of any band that really was underrated, it was Enuff Z'Nuff. They have released 15 albums, and have been playing non stop since 1989, despite line up changes. You may remember them, from the MTV videos, such as "New Thing," and "Fly High Michelle...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
While Enuff Z'nuff's 1989 debut boasted a Cheap Trick-meets-Van Halen bravura, the follow-up to that album, Strength, suffers from the worst sort of Beatlesque ambition. Determined not to repeat itself, the band wildly overreaches with the mawkish balladry of "Goodbye," the belabored embellishments of the title track and the clumsiest of social commentary in "Mother's Eyes," which includes the following insight: "Nothing can change/Til we arrange/All of life's important fingers on one hand...
- www.rollingstone.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
Often overlooked because of their role in the ill-fated hair-metal craze of the late '80s, Enuff Z'nuff actually shares more common ground with power-pop luminaries Cheap Trick and Badfinger than with the lipstick-and-leather crowd. Their self-titled major label debut boasts one of the best power-pop singles of the late '80s with "New Thing," which features Donnie Vie's raspy vocals set against a backdrop of whimsical guitar-powered melody...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
So Enuff Z'Nuff (or more accurately, Chip Znuff and Donnie Vie) stick to their guns and reach album number ten. What a long, strange trip, and though the boys seem embittered and battered, they wear the sense of survival and experience well. This stash of songs retains their trademark melodic gestures, and like the luminous bands they emulate (the Beatles, Cheap Trick), Enuff Z'Nuff come off as a star no matter how many units the quartet actually sells...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
Enuff Z'Nuff's fortunes were quickly spiraling out of control by the time they released their third album, Animals with Human Intelligence, in 1993. The previous year had seen them dropped by record company Atco (which had somehow managed to completely bury their incredible sophomore album, Strength), only to be snapped right back up by Arista Records -- not exactly a force in hard rock circles either...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
Recorded, apparently, at the House of Blues in Chicago in 1997 (at least, if the MC's introduction and picture of a backstage pass is anything to go by), Live is something of a time killer from the band. If nothing else, it's a nice enough document of the late-'90s version of the group on stage...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
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