Carl and the Passions – "So Tough" John penned liner notes for the 2000 CD reissue, writing: 'This is an album which I have loved for a long time... "Carl and the Passions: So Tough" has moments of breathtaking genius and experimentation. When this record was released, I remember how different and fresh it sounded. It still does'. English Britpop band Saint Etienne used the title "So Tough" for their 1993 album as an homage to the Beach Boys. Likewise, they also named their compilation of the same year, "You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone", after the Beach Boys song. Track notes per 2000
Passions (Bach) the 1960s. Passions (Bach) As Thomaskantor Johann Sebastian Bach provided Passion music for Good Friday services in Leipzig. The extant "St Matthew Passion" and "St John Passion" are Passion oratorios composed by Bach. According to his "", the 1754 obituary written by Johann Friedrich Agricola and the composer's son Carl Philipp Emanuel, Bach wrote "five Passions, of which one is for double chorus". The double chorus one is easily identified as the "St Matthew Passion". The "St John Passion" is the only extant other one that is certainly composed by Bach. The libretto of the "St Mark Passion" was published