National Breakout

National Breakout
National Breakout
Studio album by the Romantics
Released	December 1980
Genre	Pop rock
Length	35:17
Label	Nemperor
Producer	Peter Solley
The Romantics chronology

National Breakout is the second album by the American band the Romantics, released in 1980 on Nemperor Records.^[1]^[2] It peaked at No. 176 on the Billboard 200.^[3]

Critical reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]

Goldmine opined that "too much of the record is a misguided, somewhat ham-fisted attempt at arena rock, with some just-plain-dumb lyrics."^[5]

All songs written by Palmar/Marinos/Skill, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Tomboy"		2:28
2.	"Forever Yours"		2:52
3.	"Stone Pony"		2:37
4.	"New Cover Story"		3:02
5.	"A Night Like This"		5:05
6.	"National Breakout"		2:33
7.	"21 and Over"		4:08
8.	"I Can't Tell You Anything"	Palmar, Marinos, Skill, Cole	3:35
9.	"Take Me Out of the Rain"		2:27
10.	"Friday at the Hideout"	D. Leone	3:00
11.	"Poor Little Rich Girl"		3:30

^ Cromonic, Richard (15 Jan 1981). "Reviews/Record". Calendar. The Boston Globe. p. 1.
^ McMenemy, Lauren (8 Aug 2002). "Here's the blueprint for how to make the most of your one-hit-wonder status...". The Advertiser. p. 44.
^ Gimarc, George (2005). Punk Diary: The Ultimate Trainspotter's Guide to Underground Rock, 1970-1982. Backbeat Books. p. 391.
^ National Breakout at AllMusic
^ Borack, John M. (Jul 18, 2008). "The Romantics/National Breakout". Goldmine. Vol. 34, no. 15. p. 50.