Carl and the Passions – "So Tough" with Daryl Dragon, hinting towards the sound of his solo debut album, "Pacific Ocean Blue". Other songwriting contributions came from Jack Rieley (two co-credits), Alan Jardine (two co-credits), Mike Love (two co-credits), Tandyn Almer (one co-credit) and Carl Wilson (one co-credit). This LP was mixed for Quadraphonic reproduction (also compatible with stereo). It was to be played back using the now long-extinct Dynaco or EV Stereo-4 decoders, or later, using the "360Surround" matrix decoder built by Stephen Desper and previously included with purchases of his limited-edition book "Recording the Beach Boys". However, the recording (LP or CD) can be played
Carl and the Passions – "So Tough" back in Quad by most of today's audio-video receivers. The surround sound information can be extracted using the Dolby Pro Logic setting, albeit imperfectly, due to the different matrix coefficients. "Carl and the Passions – "So Tough"" met with moderate commercial success upon release, reaching number 25 in the UK and number 50 in the US. It was reviewed favourably in The San Diego Door. And unfavourably by Robert Christgau. Stephen Davis in a contemporary review in "Rolling Stone" felt that only four of the tracks were "acceptable", and that Brian Wilson's lack of genuine involvement hurt the album. Elton